Professional Summary :

• Total 15 years of IT experience in Technical leadership in SAP in Installation/Upgrade/OS/DB Migration of R/3 and ECC6 EHP5. Implemented/worked on Netweaver 2004s Products - BI 7, CRM, SRM, SCM 5, Enterprise Portal 7, R/3 Enterprise 4.7 X 100, Solution Manager & BW 3.1 Content and also completed 5 full life cycles Implementation.
• Creating the future road maps for SAP product implementation.
• Server sizing, Server Procurement and working with hardware vendor for calculating number of SAPS per server
• Design, configure and administer SAP system landscape.
• Define technical policies and procedures.
• Meet with business to understand the requirements and delivering the technical solution.
• Design of client strategy for Development, Quality Assurance (QA) and Production environment.
• Design SAP Transport Strategy for system landscape.
• Designing backup & restore policy.
• Oracle Installation and upgrade.
• Planning Disaster Recovery for Site Redundancy.

Professional Training Attended

• SAP ECC6 EHP5 upgrade - SAP America, Philadelphia, PA
• SAP Netweaver Portal 7 Administration - SAP America, Philadelphia, PA
• Local Area Network (LAN) Engineering – Mumbai, India
• Cisco Certificate – Mumbai, India

Confidential, RI November 2007 – July 2012
Roles: SAP Basis Team Lead

• Implemented/designed and architected ECC 6 EHP5 upgrade.
• Build, design as well implementation SAP security roles and profiles for SAP landscape.
• Implementation and upgrade of BW landscape to BI 7.
• Access Control and Segregation of Duty (SoD) for yearly SAP audits.
• Implementation of SAP Portal and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC)
• Implementation of Single-Sign-On in SAP Netweaver Portal 7 integrated with Active Directory.
• Implementation of business packages for ESS and MSS for HR System in SAP Portal 7.
• Design and architect for SAP Disaster Recovery (DR) Servers solution with oracle 11G without using third party software by providing a cost effective solutions.
• Owned IS annual controls and audit compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, and ISO 27001.
• This lead to an improved business stakeholder relationship with increased accuracy and time ultimately saving a huge cost to the corporation.
• Refresh of Database by performing backup and recovery of database on SAP quality and sandbox system.
• Lead a team in identifying project risk and to develop a mitigation plan.
• Architect for OS/Database migration project and design of future landscape on Linux environment for SAP.
• Upgrade of Oracle 10G to 11G.
• Monitor and maintain SAP systems environments for optimum performance and be proactive in identifying potential problems.
• Support on call basis.
• Create adequate balance between the team members for daily support and project activities.
• Responsible for SAP Audit and SAP security.
• SAP data archiving.
• Responsible for negotiations of OS, Database, Backup, ERP-SAP with vendors

SAP Environment: ECC6 EHP5, R/3 Enterpice, BI 7, Netweaver Enterprice Portal 7
OS: Windows and Linux 5
Database: Oracle 11G and 10G

Confidential, April 2004 – October 2007

Project: Upgrade from R/3 4.7 systems to ECC 5.0 for client - Freescale semi-conductor, division of Motorola – Tempe, AZ

Key Role: Basis Lead/Architect for Upgrade from R/3 4.7 systems to ECC 5.0

Project scope includes following activities:

• Oracle upgraded from 9.2.7 to Oracle 10G
• SPAM update to latest version
• Apply support patches for avoiding the upgrades error.
• Prepared Landscape Upgrade Plan for R/3.
• Activate participate in the mock cut over, for the timely delivery production server upgrade.
• Carried out environment check list for all the servers before handing over the system.
• Delivery of Upgraded Production system on time.
• Project report submitted to internal audit team of review.

SAP Environnent: SAP : ECC 5, BW 3.5,
OS : AIX 5.5,
Database : DB2, Oracle 10G

Projects: BW upgrade from 3.0 B to 3.1 Contents

Key Role: Basis Team Lead

The project scope includes following activities:

• Study of BW existing system i.e 3.0B and documentation.
• Apply support patches for avoiding the upgrades error.
• Upgrade Training Server.
• Activate participate in the mock cut over, for the timely delivery Production Support Server upgrade.
• Carried out Environment check list for all the servers before handing over the system.
• Upgrade of production system
• Project report submitted to team for review.

SAP Environnent: SAP : BW 3.1 Contents,
OS : AIX 5.5,
Database : DB2

Projects: SAP Security

Role: Technical Team Lead

The project scope includes following activities:

• Creation of documentation for SOX Compliance.
• Understands Impact to Baseline Business Requirements
• Follow pre-defined process set by client to create personnel Actions form in BW Report
• Preparation of SAP Security evidence/documentation for audit.
• Developed CATT Procedure for User id creation / Role assignment
• User id and Role assignment for Production system through client (Dyno or ITHelp) Ticketing system for SRM.
• Participate in Annual Review: Access Review and Validity Review of all user accounts.
• User id creation and Role assignment for production system
• Segregation of Duties (SOD) reports creation and documentation.

SAP Environnent: BW 3.5, SRM, CRM, ECC 5.0
OS : AIX 5.5,
Database : DB2 & Oracle 9.2.7

Confidential,Houston, TX

Key Roles:

• Migration of Old BW 3.0b roles to New Analysis Role of BI 7.
• Preparation of Landscape Security Migration plan.
• Mock & Production Cut over plan.
• Design of New role for the current development activities.
• Involved and Implemented the Netweaver Security
• Involved in implementation of Analysis Authorizations in BI (Netweaver)
• Activated Authorizations in BI and managed hierarchical Authorizations
• Designed and developed the BW security model on the basis of functional area level.
• Extensively worked in SAP BW, Data modeling, Reporting and BW security.
• Developed security models with inputs from Functional & Technical teams using tools in PFCG and SUIM
• Created, modified, and assigned user authorizations and profiles to user IDs.
• Go-live support.

SAP Environnent: BI 7
OS : Linux 5
Database : Oracle 9.2.7

Projects: Disaster Recovery for R/3 4.7 and BW 3.1 C

Role: Technical Team Lead Basis/Abap

The project scope includes following activities:

• Developing a Disaster Communication Responsibilities plan.
• Preparing SAP Operation Disaster Communication Process Flow chart.
• Validate if any additional Incident Communication Process to be conducted.
• OS/390 Operating System Recovery
• R/3 DB2 Database Recovery
• Vertex(TAX Software) Install
• KPRO Recovery
• Preparation of critical Application Recovery/Validation.
• Creating Critical Application Fail-back plan.
• SAP BW CI in USS Disaster Recovery
• BW DB2 Database Recovery
• Maintaining the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Off-Site Storage of the Disaster Recovery tapes
• Electronic Storage of the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Distribution of the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Documenting
• SAP R/3 Critical Interface Recovery process.

SAP Environnent: BW 3.5, ECC 5.0
OS : Main frame – ZOS
Database : DB2

Project: OS/DB Migration to Mainframe ZOS

Role: Basis/ABAP Team Lead

The project scope includes following activities:

• Create Linux Environment
• Install DB2 Connect
• Install Central Instance
• Configure DB2 Connect
• Configure Vertex (Tax Software)
• Create Tivoli Alerts
• Identify Userids / Groups
• Configuration of Rightfax (Fax Software)
• Installation of Connect: Direct for Idoc and file transfer.
• Installation of Maestro for Job Schedule
• Installation of Sapia
• Configure ITS
• Configuration of WWI Server
• SMLG configuration
• Configure AutoCTS
• File transfers (need C: D)
• Lotus Notes interface
• STMS Configuration
• Update Print Spool Servers
• DNS Configuration (Change alias names to point to new server)

SAP Environnent: SAP : BW 3.5, CRM / ECC 5.0
OS : Main frame – ZOS
Database : DB2

Project: Enterprise Portal (EP 6 SP 2)

Role: Basis Team Leader

The project scope includes following activities:

• Study of Existing EP 6 SP2 at LNT and documented the process flow.
• EP 6 on .Win 2K SP4 , implemented domain controller for EP6 pre-requisite configuration.
• Implemented EP System Database
• Install SQL Server on Win 2K
• DB Schemas on Windows
• Portal , Content Management & Collaboration
• Installing the Portal Platform, CM, and Collaboration
• Install SAP J2EE System for Portal Cluster

SAP Environment: EP 6 SP2,
OS: Win 2000
Database: MSSQL

Project Role: Confidential,Banglore, India

Key Roles:

• Upgrade of current BW 3.0B system to latest version of Netweaver 2004s – BI 7.
• Implementation of XI
• Present cost benefit solutions.
• DB Connect from Non SAP product to Netweaver 2004s – BI
• Data load strategy for BI 7
• DBConnect from MY SQL to BI 7
• Aggregates & Indexes for Query Performance.
• Configuration of WebAs for Web Reporting
• Written a Case Study for OS/DB Migration & DBConnect
• Design of Security based on Info-Cubes, Hierarchy (Sale Office & Customer)
• Implementation on Report base Security.
• Design Roles and Authorization Matrix.
• Implementation of SOD, base on Zone Wise and Plant wise.
• In most case, used New Netweaver Security Features called, RSECADMIN for Role Development instead of PFCG.
• Worked closely with BI Designers in creating appropriate authorization Object.
• Instituted a formal process to support modifications and transport of security roles.
• Developed a profile to monitor BI activities without Master and Transaction Data visible to the BI consultant.
• Conducted a Security Training for Functional and Basis Consultant.
• Created Documentation & Procedural work flow for Authorization & Role Creation.

SAP Environment: Netweaver 2004s – BI 7.03, PI 7,
OS: HP UX 11.23
Database: Oracle 10G

Confidential,Mumbai, India August 2001 – June 2004

Key Roles:

• SAP Basis-Network-Security Administrator
• Creating the future road maps for SAP product implementation.
• Server sizing, Server Procurement and working with hardware vendor for calculating number of SAPS per server
• Design, configure and administer SAP system landscape.
• Define technical policies and procedures.
• Meet with business to understand the requirements and delivering the technical solution.
• Design of client strategy for Development, Quality Assurance (QA) and Production environment.
• Design SAP Transport Strategy for system landscape.
• Designing backup & restore policy.
• Oracle Installation and upgrade.
• Planning Disaster Recovery for Site Redundancy.
• Bandwidth requirement finalization and network security
• Clustering of Server in fail-over option.
• Design of backup & restore policy, planning for site redundancy
• Administration Workshops for team members on daily, weekly, monthly basis
• Configured remote backup for SAP Development Server on the Unix System
• Hosting of website on Intranet on Linux environment.

SAP Environnent: BW 3.0B, R/3 4.7
OS: Unix & NT,
Database : Oracle 8.1.7

Confidential,India May 2000 to April 2001

Key Roles:

• Network Engineer
• Delivered reliable performance through intensive collaboration with vendors including Cisco and Microsoft.
• Managed Microsoft vendor contract for enterprise licensing agreement.
• Brought uptime to 99% plus with application of network monitoring tools and training for help Desk, vendors and consulting teams.
• Led technology configurations to support business expansion project, meeting with users and facilities management to design all network access points.

Confidential, India Aug 1995 to Mar 2000

Key Roles:

• Desktop/hardware support
• Back office support as well visiting the clients for (Local Area Network (LAN) Installation
• Responsible for installation of operating system.
• Help desktop activities and call log monitoring.

Education

• Masters of Information System