Rajnikanth Talanki
Hyderabad, Telangana
Summary
With over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, a customer-driven and self-motivated professional. Expertise in SAP Migrations and Implementations, successfully developing and implementing business solutions that drive productivity and growth for customers. Knowledgeable about creating strategies that exceed expectations, ensuring customer satisfaction. Commitment to delivering effective solutions makes a valuable asset in any organization.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certificates
Work History
Automation Consultant
Lemongrass Product Development India Pvt Ltd
10.2021 - Current
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for migrating the SAP systems to cloud through automation
- Responsible for migrating the SAP systems to cloud through automation
- Managing AMS customers and a team of 15 to support the customers.
Manager
SAP, Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd
04.2021 - 08.2021
- Managed Services Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for managing AMS customers and a team of 15 to support the customers.
Principal Engineer
EMC Software and Services India Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2021
Dell EMC / Cargill, Inc
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for OS Migration of SAP Systems from AIX to Linux, and from customer site to Virtustream Data center
- Performing the Source system checks
- Performed SAP GTS Data center migration and OS Migration
- Performed SAP SRM Data center migration and OS Migration
- Performed SAP TM with 8TB database data center migration and OS Migration
- Performed OS and Data center migrations with Export/Import parallel option
- Performed OS and Data center migrations with MIGMON and with multiple APP servers
- Performing post migration validation and checks
- Providing post migration support to the customer.
Benjamin Moore & Co
03.2020 - 11.2020
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible building a new landscape in Azure consisting of S/4HANA, B/4HANA, BOBJ, BODS and Solution Manager
- Install and configure a four-system landscape of S/4HANA 1909, B/4HANA 2.0, BOBJ 4.2 SP08 and BODS 4.2 SP08
- Performed Installation and configuration of SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP10 and basic, LMDB and Managed system configuration
- Installed French language packs in S/4HANA
- Performed HANA patching, Upgrade, and Backup/Restore
- Performed SAP S/4HANA 1909 System Refresh
- Also, responsible for DB migration of SAP ECC EhP7 from On-prem AIX/Oracle 12 to Azure RHEL 7/SAP ASE 16
- Performed table splitting to optimize the migration
- Performing post migration validation and checks
- Providing daily support and post migration support to the customer.
Vistra Energy
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for the data center migration of a four-system landscape of SAP Convergent Charging 4.0 from On-premise to Virtustream Enterprise Cloud
- Installed MSSQL Server 2016 and restored the DB’s provided by the customer
- Performed post migration validation and checks
- Providing hyper care support to the customer.
Stanley Black & Decker
11.2020 - 04.2020
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for migrating data from Scale-out to Scale-in
- Responsible for data center migration, HANA re-platform, of SAP S/4HANA 1808 from on-premise to Virtustream data center on Dell Hardware
- Responsible for migrating HANA from Scale-out of 10 nodes to 4 nodes and upgrade HANA from 1.0 to 2.0
- Performed HANA Scale-out installation of 4 nodes and migrated the data of 10 nodes
- Performed HANA Backup/Restore from 1.0 to 2.0
- Fixed topology issues
- Performed HANA indexserver reorg.
TechnipFMC
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for migrating SAP Data Services 4.2 on HANA from customer site to Virtustream site
- Responsible for migrating SAP GRC system on HANA system
- Responsible for migrating SAP Gateway on HANA system
- Installed HANA 2.0 Rev 00 and performed upgrade to Rev20
- Performed HANA System Replication from on-premise to VEC Cloud
- Performed HANA 2.0 backup and recovery
- Enabled HANA 2.0 system in-built feature “encryption”
- Installed SAP Data Services 4.2 SP05 on HANA 2.0 with JAVA as Web Application Server
- Performed HANA System Replication for Data Services migration.
Hunter
06.2017 - 09.2017
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for implementation of SAP Data Services 4.2 SP08 on MSSQL 2012
- Responsible for migrating SAP Data Services 4.2 on MSSQL 2012
- Installed SAP Data Services 4.2 on MSSQL 2012
- Created users and assigned roles in Data Services
- Created database schema and created users in database
- Created local repository in Data Services
- Linked job server to local repository
- Created database schema for Central repository
- Created Central repository in Data Services
- Linked Central repository with local repositories
- Installed Information Steward 4.2 SP08
- Performed initial configuration of Information Steward
- Performed migration of SAP Data Services 4.2 SP08 on MSSQL 2012 from customer site to Virtustream
- Performed Backup/Restore method of Migration of SAP Data Services 4.2 SP08 on MSSQL 2012.
Altayyar
01.2017 - 09.2017
- 17
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for the implementation of SAP Data Services 4.2 SP08 on Sybase ASE 16 SP02/ on SuSE Linux in distributed method
- Responsible for the implementation of SAP BPC 10.1 embedded in BW7.5 on Sybase ASE 16 SP02/ on SuSE Linux in distributed method
- Installed Information Platform Services 4.2 SP03
- Installed SAP Data Services 4.2 SP08 on Sybase ASE 16 SP02/ on SuSE Linux in distributed method
- Created CMS and Audit databases in SAP Data Services 4.2 SP08
- Created local repository in Data Services
- Installed SAP BPC 10.1 embedded in BW7.5 on Sybase ASE 16 SP02/ on SuSE Linux in distributed method
- Performed SAP BPC 10.1 embedded in BW7.5 stack upgrade from SP00 to SP06
- Installed Arabic Language.
Lead SAP Basis Consultant
Spectraforce Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd
05.2016 - 01.2017
EIS Inc
10.2015 - 03.2016
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Planning and Preparation of the Technical Execution Plan required for Migration from AS400/DB400 to RHEL7/Oracle 11.2 on VM Environment for SAP ECC6.0 EHP6
- Responsible for managing, planning, preparation of the Technical Execution Plan, performing the OS/DB migration of ECC, BI-ABAP from AS400/DB400 to RHEL7/Oracle 11.2 on VM Environment for SAP ECC6.0 EHP6
- Source system discovery
- Played major role in Target Landscape design
- Sizing for entire VM landscape
- Post migration validation and checks
- Installations of SAP PI 7.4 Dual stack on VM
- Installations of Screen Personas 3.0
- Planning for Unicode conversion and the EHP7 upgrade
- Conducting analysis of early watch report and applying EWA recommendations.
BCBGMAXAZRIA GROUP
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for performing and managing the Data Center Migration from IBM and EHP 7 Upgrade for ECC6.0 and BI 7.0 ABAP with DB2 9.7 FP10 from AIX
- Prepared Technical Execution Plan for DC Migration and provided sizing based on the source system for ECC6.0 and BI 7.0 ABAP with DB2 9.7 FP10
- Performed DC Migration of ECC6.0 SR3 and BI 7.0 on AIX 6.1 and DB2 9.7 FP9 environment
- Preparing Technical Execution Plan for EHP7 Upgrade
- 24X7 Support.
Assistant Practice Lead
Velocity Tech-Sol India Pvt. Ltd
11.2014 - 03.2016
Fraser & Fraser
09.2015 - 10.2015
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for managing and performing the ECC6 EHP7 upgrade from ECC6.0 SR3 with Dual Stack split on Windows Server 2012 and MSSQL 2012
- Planning and Preparation of the Technical Execution Plan required for EHP7 upgrade
- Performed initial SP stack upgrade
- Generated and downloaded the Stack
- Disabled the PI technical usage in ECC dual-stack system
- Performed Dual stack split
- 24X7 Support
CEMEX
03.2012 - 11.2014
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible to support SAP HANA landscape and non-HANA landscape to the IBM's prestigious project
- Performed SAP HANA SP07 Monitoring
- Performed SAP HANA Start/Stop
- Performed SAP HANA Backups
- Performed SAP HANA upgrade from SP07 to SP08
- Worked on HPOV Incidents, Work Orders, Service Calls and Changes
- Worked on REMEDY Cases
- DAZEL Printing
- Travelled to Kolkata in short notice for KT with excellent feedback
- More than 100% utilization
- EWA Analysis and its solution implementation
- Knowledge transition from the onsite basis resource while taking over the project and documentation of all the activities supported across the landscape
- Performed System Copies, DR Test, support pack upgrade and etc
- SPOC for Customer systems at USA Region.
Technical Services Specialist
IBM India Pvt. Ltd
04.2011 - 11.2014
Solution Manager
LAM Research Corp
04.2011 - 11.2012
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Performed SAP BI Split and upgrade to BW 7.3
- Performed SAP JVM 4.1 Switch and Patching the JVM manually
- Performed Patching on SBOP 4.0
- Installed Solution Manager Diagnostics Agent in Managed system
- Working with Enterprise Portal system
- Transporting the Enterprise Portal Objects from Development to QA and PRD
- System Refreshes (Single and Dual Stack)
- Kernel Upgrade on UNIX and Windows Systems
- Downloaded Enterprise Portal 7.3 SP stack 11 through Solution Manager 7.1
- Applied SP Stack 11 to Enterprise Portal 7.3
- ABAP and JAVA Patching on CRM 7.0
- Vertex Patching on AIX
- Scheduling, monitoring and troubleshooting backups
- 24x7 Support., Upgrade from 7 to 7 EHP1
- 24x7 Support.
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2011 - 04.2011
Kleinwort Benson
10.2010 - 01.2011
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for Implementing SAP ECC6 EHP4, Solution Manager 7 EHP1, Enterprise Portal 7
- Installed Solution Manager 7 EHP1
- Installed ERP6 EHP4 READY
- Installed SAP Router
- Applied kernel 55 to ERP system
- Configured System Landscape and MOPZ
- Generated XML files in Solution Manager 7 EHP1
- Downloaded Enhancement Package 4 Stack 06
- Performed EHP4 Upgrade from SAP Ehp installer
- Performed Transaction Log Relocation.
Senior Consultant SAP
TTP Technology India Pvt. Ltd
09.2007 - 01.2011
Rush Enterprises Inc
07.2010 - 10.2010
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for upgrading NW BW 700 to 701 on Cluster environment
- Performed Database Export
- Performed Central Instance Export
- Performed Full Backup of BW systems
- Applied latest kernel to SAP Solution Manager
- Patched Solution Manager from SPS 16 to SPS17
- Modified Settings in SPRO to Generate XML files
- Applied latest kernel to BW system
- Applied ABAP Stack and Java Stack
- Performed Upgrade on NW BW to 701 SPS 05 through EHP Installer.
NICEIC Group
04.2010 - 06.2010
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for implementing SAP ERP6.0 Enhancement Package 4 on Windows Server 2008 and MSSQL 2008 SP1
- Installed ERP6 EHP4 READY SR1
- Requested and installed SAP licenses on ERP System
- Transaction Logs of ERP system relocated to another drive
- Configured ERP system into Solution Manager Landscape
- Configured SPRO Settings to generate xml files for the EHP4 Stack SP06 stack
- Patched ERP System 701 kernel from 32 to 55
- Updated SPAM to 39
- Downloaded Enhancement Package 4 Stack 06
- Performed EHP4 Upgrade from SAPehpi installer
- Performed Transaction Log shrinking
- Created new client and performed local client copy
- Created users and assigned roles & profiles to them
- Created BASIS specific role.
Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering
01.2010 - 03.2010
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for implementing SAP ERP6.0 Enhancement Package 4 on Windows Server 2008 and MSSQL 2008 SP1
- Installed SAP Solution Manager 7 Enhancement Package1
- Performed post installation tasks in SAP Solution Manager EHP1
- Installed SAP Router on Solution Manager System
- Installed ERP6 EHP4 READY and performed post installation steps
- Patched the 701 kernel from 32 to 55
- Updated SPAM to 38
- Requested and installed SAP licenses to Solution Manager and ERP System
- Configured System Landscape and MOPZ
- Downloaded Enhancement Package 4 Stack 05.
Xchanging UK Ltd
02.2009 - 12.2009
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Participated in Technical Upgrade from 4.6c to ECC6, 32bit to 64bit migration
- Patched the 32-bit kernel to 2458
- Applied patches on 4.6c system to commence the upgrade
- Worked on Database parameters required for upgrade
- MaxDB Database upgrade from 7.3.0.53 to 7.6.00.35 to 7.7.06.10
- Full Database Backup/restore from DBM GUI
- Database export in 32bit
- Database import in 64bit
- Applied patches to ECC6 system
- Installed Solution Manager 7 Ehp1
- Configured Systems into Landscape
- Configured MOPZ
- Worked creation maintenance transaction and downloading patches.
RUSH Enterprises
09.2007 - 06.2009
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Performed NetWeaver 2004s System Copy with MS SQL specific attach/detach method with different SID
- Installed My SAP ERP 2005 SR1/ECC6.0 on Windows 2003 Server, MS SQL 2005
- Installed Dialog Instances on Production
- Installed SPS Stack 15
- Performed relocation of Transaction Logs from one drive to another
- Performed Transaction Log shrinking
- Performed Transaction Log backup MS SQL 2005
- Performed Full Back up in MS SQL 2005
- Generated Installation Key/Migration Key in SAP Solution Manager
- Participated in configuring Maintenance Optimizer and Service Desk
- Performed KERNEL Upgrade on Development system
- Applied patches on Development, Quality and Production with minimal downtime
- Performed Backup/Restore from MS SQL 2005
- Configured CCMS Automatic Alerts for specific background jobs
- Worked on performance tuning
- Worked on user administration
- Worked on authorization issues
- Worked on Local Client Copy, Remote Client Copy
- Worked on Client Refresh
- Monitoring Development, Quality and Production systems.
JOERNS Healthcare Inc
09.2007 - 01.2009
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for implementation and providing 7x24 BASIS support
- Customer notification for important events (System down Job failures)
- Performed NetWeaver 2004s System Copy with MS SQL specific attach/detach method with different SID
- Performed OS Migration from 32bit to 64bit and database upgrade from MSSQL 2000 to 2005 on Windows platform
- Worked on various technical issues on the existing systems documented and trained the Basis team
- Installed SAP Solution Manager 4 SR3
- Performed Disaster Recovery setup
- Configured System Landscape in SAP Solution Manager 4 SR3
- Installed SAP CRM 2007 and performed post-installation tasks
- Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 7 and performed post-installation tasks
- Java administration and troubleshooting
- Downloaded and installed SPS05 stack on CRM 2007 system
- Performed kernel upgrade through JSPM in SAP CRM 2007
- Downloaded and installed ABAP stack in SAP CRM 2007 through EBP CRM
- Generated SAP Solution Manager Installation Key for all the systems in the landscape (development, quality and production systems)
- Installation of My SAP ERP 2005
- Applied ABAP Kernel and JAVA patches using JSPM for ECC6.0
- Requested License key from SAP and applied for ECC6 Production system
- Responsible for monitoring client's production SAP R/3 system for any performance bottlenecks
- Applied patches to the development and quality system
- Performed backup/restore on MS SQL Server 2005
- Reporting and analyzing day to day issues
- Defined RFC connections in the landscape.
Software Engineer
VCentric Technologies (P) Ltd
06.2005 - 08.2007
Electronica Machine Tools Ltd
06.2005 - 08.2007
- Major Assignments Handled:
- Performed client copy remote client copy and client export/import from production system to test system
- Created users and performed deletion, lock and unlock of users in production system
- Early Shift checks of all production servers on SAP and OS level
- Analyze the OS level errors and intimate the responsible team
- Troubleshooting errors and documenting for the future
- Checking the systems logs and abap dumps and solve the problems
- Maintain the user's problems on priority basis
- Monitor the backups and rectify the backup failures
- Importing Transport requests
- Performed MS SQL system copies from production to test system using ATTACH/DETACH method
- Generated solution manager key using SMSY tcode for the newly constructed system (System Copy).
System Administrator
Swarnandhra College of Engineering and Technology
01.2002 - 05.2005
- Responsible for installing operating systems like windows 9x, 2000/2003 and Linux 9
- Maintaining complete and concise network and personal computer system running on windows 2000/2003 and Linux servers
- Configuring DHCP Server to allow dynamic allocation of IP address to all clients in the network
- Installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting operating system and network devices
- Controlling, monitoring and fine-tuning systems for better performance
- Managing, monitoring and administering the network servers for an assigned department
- Adding and deleting users, setting up/changing workstations, backing up data and restoring the data on a timely basis
- Implemented disaster recovery strategies, upgraded software for desktop PCs and servers
- Responsible for administration, installation and problem resolution for all network related problems for both desktop PCs and Servers
- Documenting software and hardware inventory listing
- Providing support and training to the students and staff
- Implemented good virus protection tools across all the systems
- Training Students and Staff on Computer fundamentals
- Training Students on “How to Build the PC”.
ASC Profiles
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- Major Assignments Handled:
- Responsible for performing and managing the DC migration, Hardware Migration, Database Upgrade from MSSQL 2008 to 2014 on ECC6 EHP5
- Responsible for preparing the Technical Execution Plan for MSSQL 2014 Upgrade
- Performed initial SPS stack patching
- Performed MSSQL 2014 upgrade through system copy method across the landscape.
Education
MBA - Systems
Periyar University
05.2010 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Commerce - Computers
Osmania University
07.1997 - 08.2000
Skills
SAP Migrations
Certification
SAP Certified Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade
Timeline
SAP Certified Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade
12-2024
SAP Certified Technology Associate - OS/DB Migration for SAP NetWeaver 7.52
12-2023
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS05
12-2022
Automation Consultant
Lemongrass Product Development India Pvt Ltd
10.2021 - Current
Manager
SAP, Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd
04.2021 - 08.2021
Stanley Black & Decker
11.2020 - 04.2020
Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
07-2020
Benjamin Moore & Co
03.2020 - 11.2020
Vistra Energy
01.2020 - 06.2020
TechnipFMC
09.2017 - 05.2018
Hunter
06.2017 - 09.2017
Principal Engineer
EMC Software and Services India Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2021
Altayyar
01.2017 - 09.2017
Lead SAP Basis Consultant
Spectraforce Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd
05.2016 - 01.2017
EIS Inc
10.2015 - 03.2016
Fraser & Fraser
09.2015 - 10.2015
BCBGMAXAZRIA GROUP
06.2015 - 03.2016
Assistant Practice Lead
Velocity Tech-Sol India Pvt. Ltd
11.2014 - 03.2016
CEMEX
03.2012 - 11.2014
Technical Services Specialist
IBM India Pvt. Ltd
04.2011 - 11.2014
Solution Manager
LAM Research Corp
04.2011 - 11.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2011 - 04.2011
Kleinwort Benson
10.2010 - 01.2011
Rush Enterprises Inc
07.2010 - 10.2010
MBA - Systems
Periyar University
05.2010 - 06.2011
NICEIC Group
04.2010 - 06.2010
Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering
01.2010 - 03.2010
Xchanging UK Ltd
02.2009 - 12.2009
Senior Consultant SAP
TTP Technology India Pvt. Ltd
09.2007 - 01.2011
RUSH Enterprises
09.2007 - 06.2009
JOERNS Healthcare Inc
09.2007 - 01.2009
Software Engineer
VCentric Technologies (P) Ltd
06.2005 - 08.2007
Electronica Machine Tools Ltd
06.2005 - 08.2007
System Administrator
Swarnandhra College of Engineering and Technology
01.2002 - 05.2005
Bachelor of Commerce - Computers
Osmania University
07.1997 - 08.2000
Dell EMC / Cargill, Inc
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Personal Information
- Passport Number: R0615887
- Date of Birth: 08/14/78
Nasscom Itpin
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Personal Information
- Passport Number: R0615887
- Date of Birth: 08/14/78
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