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Education
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Dhanalakshmi S

Bangalore

Summary

17+ years of Professional experience, with a strong focus on SAP Suite of products and technologies.

Enthusiastic and committed to partnering with different stakeholders to achieve the common goal.

Detail-oriented and skilled at making pivotal decisions while meeting critical deadlines. With analytical, solid insights and problem-solving abilities, delivered compelling design solutions.

As a dedicated architect, drove impactful results through effective collaboration with diverse teams. Led architectural initiatives and drove key security projects for collaboration, bringing valuable experience to the team.

At times, have taken product-related roles, actively evaluated requirements and drove the development accordingly

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Development Architect

S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Q2C Solution Business
09.2022 - Current
  • Led the team in architectural efforts to deliver Solution Business capabilities within S/4HANA Cloud
  • Currently overseeing technical discussions at the scrum level for Solution Order Orchestration
  • Responsible for driving the technical aspects of RAP-based enhancements for Solution Business Orders
  • Overseeing technical developments related to Product-as-a-Service enhancements involving maintenance contracts
  • Contributed to modernization initiatives within the RAP for the Solution Order Business
  • Served as a Center of Excellence (COE) for RAP - Solution Order Business
  • Made substantial contributions to performance improvements
  • Guided the team in addressing customer queries and issues through clear communication, providing straightforward, step-by-step solutions

Development Architect

S/4HANA Asset and Service Management
09.2019 - 08.2022
  • Led the team in delivering service-related capabilities in S/4HANA Cloud from an architectural perspective
  • Oversaw the development of service quotation features in S/4HANA Cloud
  • Responsible for cross-team collaboration and led the technical aspects of logistics integration for service order management in S/4HANA Cloud
  • Resolved customer queries and problems using effective communication and providing step-by-step solutions

Security Architect

Application Innovation Services
01.2017 - 08.2019
  • As member of central security team, drove key security initiatives and ensured quality of solutions delivered to customers
  • Conducted security-related assessments in ATC Framework, focusing on missing Authorization checks and Directory Traversal vulnerabilities
  • Guided teams in identifying security vulnerabilities through static and dynamic scans
  • Assisted teams in spotting security flaws during design phase through a threat modelling initiative

Topic Lead

Application Innovation Services
04.2011 - 12.2016
  • Led the Office Integration project, driving the implementation of spreadsheet integration as a service for S/4HANA Cloud in procurement
  • Gained deep expertise in CRM Mobile, Adapters, Middleware, and Groupware solutions
  • Contributed to a proof of concept (POC) for a Groupware solution using the CALDAV/CARDDAV protocols

Developer

Application Innovation Services
12.2006 - 11.2010
  • Development and Support experience, contributed to various products and technologies in Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Technologies worked on include ABAP, Microsoft .NET, C++, and C#.NET.
  • CRM Mobile Framework
  • CRM Adapter
  • Mobile Laptop Solutions
  • CRM Middleware

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Golden Valley Institute of Technology
01.2006

Accomplishments

  • Technical paper evaluator at the Grasshopper Conference.
  • Received the LOB Award for Best Customer Engagement.
  • Received the Special award for SAP Passions LOB annual award.
  • Wall of fame bagging a memento under category Professionalism.
  • Speaker at SAP Tech Ed - Secure ABAP development/Managing access control for S/4HANA.
  • Speaker at Security Summit - India and Germany - Open-Source Security using Vulas and simplifying configuration.
  • Trained through the Architecture Curriculum at SLI level.
  • Obtained TOGAF 9.2 Certification.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Carnatic Music - Vocal
  • Reading books

Timeline

Development Architect

S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Q2C Solution Business
09.2022 - Current

Development Architect

S/4HANA Asset and Service Management
09.2019 - 08.2022

Security Architect

Application Innovation Services
01.2017 - 08.2019

Topic Lead

Application Innovation Services
04.2011 - 12.2016

Developer

Application Innovation Services
12.2006 - 11.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Golden Valley Institute of Technology
Dhanalakshmi S