Arjun Raj
Senior SAP BASIS & HANA CONSULTANT
Chennai,TN
Summary
Passionate SAP Netweaver Consultant with over 7+ years of Relevant IT experience in Technical development and management of multiple projects from different industrial background such as Transportation and Logistics, Retail, and healthcare industries, and have profound knowledge and expertise in areas of SAP BASIS, NW ABAP and JAVA Stack, SAP Solman, S/4 HANA, HANA DB, SAP on Oracle DB, ASM (on RAC and NON-RAC), EXADATA and on Linux / Windows Operating System.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Accomplishments
- Have sound knowledge in SAP BASIS & HANA global end-to-end SAP development projects with all delivery competencies including app, DB, and infrastructure.
- Has worked on multiple SAP application and Database migration (Brownfield approach) from on-premises to cloud (Azure) using standard migration, classical migration and one step upgrade and migration using DMO option in SUM.
- Performed Hana Encryption and Decryption using HANA cockpit and studio.
- Experience in oracle DB installation and upgrade to 12C, 18C and 19C.
- SAP Database tablespace administration, resize, reorganization & Implementation of Database Patches.
- Experience in SAP HANA DB Installation, SP Upgrade, add on installation etc.
- SAP systems installation and configuration on MS Azure cloud platform.
- Experience in the areas of System Build, SAP system installation, web-dispatcher installation, SAP System copy, System Restore, system Refresh, SAP version, support pack upgrades, SPAM and SAINT upgrade, Kernel patch level upgrades, EHP upgrades, SAP Transport Management, Data Archiving setup, High Availability SAP System setup and administration, performance trouble shooting and system maintenance activities spanning across different industries.
- Experience in setting up central system monitoring using Solman – managed system configuration.
- Involved in many Performance troubleshooting, Identifying OS level Bottle necks and proposing solution to fix issue.
- Worked on different Modules of SAP (ECC, BW, GRC, SRM, MDG, PORTAL, PI/PO, SOLMAN)
- Worked in RSLF (Run SAP Like a Factory) Alert configuration & monitoring and its integration with ticketing tools like SNOW.
- Performance tuning and monitoring of SCM, BW and ECC System (10000+ users with 30 to 70TB databases).
- Sizing Infrastructure designs using quick sizer tool, determining azure t-shirt sizing & disk sizing and configuration for SAP implementations on Azure using greenfield approach.
- SPOC for SAP Automation in my current organization and involved in identifying Areas of automation, collaborate with Developer team to develop scripts or bots to reduce the manual intervention for repetitive tasks.
- Worked as Offshore technical focal point responsible for SAP BASIS customer deliverables from my previous organization perspective for shipping/Transportation and logistics client.
- Have experience working with functional teams and the architecture team to determine best practices for future landscapes.
- Monitoring of SAP systems and Databases, Responding and resolving incidents that may arise in the production and non-production SAP environments and Resolving incidents that may arise due to system-generated alerts.
- Experience in performing Disaster recovery tests resulting in a reliable disaster recovery program.
Skills
SAP BASIS
SAP HANA
S/4 HANA
SAP SOLMAN
SAP System Upgrade
SAP implementation
Oracle SAP
SAP DATA Archiving
Certification
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS00.
Work History
Senior SAP BASIS & HANA Consultant
DXC Technologies
CHENNAI, TAMILNADU
05.2019 - Current
- Performed SAP on-premises to Azure Migration using classical / one-step migration using DMO.
- Interact directly with SAP via OSS to resolve technical issues, review and apply OSS notes.
- Performed database export/ import to build parallel landscape to perform SAP Upgrade.
- Execution of Pre/Post-Upgrade steps within the System Landscape.
- Conducted BASIS Sanity checks to make sure nothing is broken after the upgrade.
- Performed System Copy from PRD to QAS and executed required steps after the System Copy.
- Analyzing the functional issues and providing relevant SAP Notes and Implementing SAP Notes.
- Performed Kernel Upgrades.
- Create a change and Follow the ITIL change management process to, obtain required approvals from management implement the change and document the same.
- Applying HANA patches (HANA patch upgrade) using HDBLCMs.
- HANA database backup and restore.
- Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
- Offered input for complex documents to support client-ready final versions.
- Analyzed existing systems and databases and recommended enhancements to solve business needs
- Solved functional and technical obstacles and worked closely with project team from different streams.
- Designed interconnectivity architectures for SAP products to communicate with cloud-based solutions such as AZURE.
- Architected SAP solutions by prioritizing simplicity, appropriate scale, resiliency and maintainability.
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGIES
CHENNAI, TAMILNADU
05.2019 - 10.2019
- Multitasked and managed multiple deliverables and projects concurrently and facilitated use of SAP for enterprise resource planning.
- Monitoring and Performance trouble shooting of SAP system
- SAP Application build and system refreshes with minimal downtime.
SAP Basis Administrator
IBM India Pvt ltd
CHENNAI, TAMILNADU
04.2015 - 05.2019
- New implementation of BW HANA(greenfield approach) and performing selective data migration and SLT setup.
- Installation and configuration of HANA cockpit and HANA studio.
- Performed high availability setup (SCS , ERS Installation and configuration).
- SAP System and Database parameter changes.
- Performed Oracle Server installation, client installation, SBP patching, restore and recovery of DB for Clustered and non-clustered Environments.
- Performed JVM Patch upgrade.
- Backup/Recovery Administration and Disaster Recovery Support during DR switch activities.
- Worked on ST-PI patching, Add-on installation and Support pack upgrade activities.
- Performed HANA sizing for new installation as well as migration.
- Worked on SPAM/SAINT upgrades.
- Performed System Refresh from Production to Quality and Pre-Prod for both clustered and non-clustered environments.
- Was part of SAP System Upgrade from EHP 6 to EHP 7 and from EHP 7 to EHP 8 across landscapes.
- Responsible for planning Kernel patching and Kernel upgrade for the entire landscape.
- BASIS & DATA Archiving, Creation of Data Archive setup for the Landscape.
- Configuring Centra storage, assigning it to repository.
- Creation and assigning the FS to archiving object in FILE.
- Creation and assigning the repository to archiving object in SARA.
- Creation of customized Archiving objects.
- Maintenance of Archiving setup and configuration of new objects.
System Engineer
TELESONIC
01.2014 - 10.2014
Handling IT tools supporting Network and Telecom Services.
Awards & Accreditations
Deep dive skill award from IBM.
Special Achievement award from cognizant.
DXC Champs Award.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
PSVP College
Anna University Guindy 09.2009 - 09.2013
12th - Computer Science
D.A.V School
Adambakkam, Chennai 04.2008 - 04.2009
10th - Science Education
D.A.V School
Adambakkam, Chennai 04.2006 - 04.2007
Timeline
SAP Workloads on Azure AZ120
12-2021
SAP Certified Technology Associate - OS/DB Migration for SAP NetWeaver 7.52
10-2021
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ900
08-2021
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGIES
05.2019 - 10.2019
Senior SAP BASIS & HANA Consultant
DXC Technologies
05.2019 - Current
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS00.
12-2018
SAP Basis Administrator
IBM India Pvt ltd
04.2015 - 05.2019
System Engineer
TELESONIC
01.2014 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
PSVP College
09.2009 - 09.2013
12th - Computer Science
D.A.V School
04.2008 - 04.2009
10th - Science Education
D.A.V School
04.2006 - 04.2007