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VENU RAVIKANTI

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VENU RAVIKANTI

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Over 20 years of experience in IT experience working in SAP as SAP Basis Administration. 2 Years of experience in Migrating/Configuring and maintaining SAP on AWS. Involved in Implementing HA and DR soln for SAP HANA on AWS and on Premise as well. Performed various SAP upgrades (EHP, NetWeaver, Enterprise Portal, BW, BobJ, Live Cache). Involved in architecting and Implement Greenfield and brownfield SAP S/4 HANA. Experience of working on Memory management and resolving various memory management issues. Architecting SAP landscapes in Cloud for Scalability, simplicity, low cost and making system efficient. Working with AWS EC2 instance, Setting up SAP instance in AWS Server. Performed and design SAP Architecture in AWS platform for scalable and distributed systems running on SUSE and. Experience in SAP upgraded including SAP ECC, SAP BW, SAP SRM, SAP MDM, SAP BobJ, SAP GRC, SAP NW. Experience in configuring the SLD, importing various software components, creating mapping Techniques, working on various Adapters (File, Idocs, RFC, Mail, HTTP, JDBC, SAP, Proxies and SOAP). Extensive experience in Migrations Lift, homogenous/heterogeneous migrations to SAP HANA using SWPM/SUM(DMO). Upgrades (Version upgrades, EHP or stack upgrades using SUM, Kernel Upgrades and Database upgrades). Solution Manager 7.2(SLD/LMDB, DVM, Data Aging, ITSM Service desk, End user monitoring). Hands on experience working SAP Deployment for Rolling out Sap S/4HANA, HANA Studio and working AWS Platform Supported HANA version 1.0 SPS012 and above, HANA performance and tuning, Installation and implementation of SAP BW on HANA, SAP Business Suite on HANA, S/4HANA and performed HANA Migration of database from AIX Oracle system to Linux/HANA database using DMO.

Overview

20
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

NTT/SYMMETRY

SNR SAP BASIS Admin
04.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Migrated SAP S/4, BW HANA, SLT systems from HEC to on premise private cloud and upgraded from SAP S4 HANA 1809 to SAP S4 1909
  • Migrated SAP SOH/ SAP BW/ BobJ /Solman systems on AWS using SUM DMO
  • Performed Homogenous and Heterogenous Restores also worked on redirected restores on SAP HANA restore in AWS
  • Developed and deployed end to end IT solutions for business and markets, involving configuring and integrating standard
  • Facilitated Integration in ERP projects, including design, customizing, testing, and documenting in your domain
  • Managing and supporting as Technical Lead for several customers and handling day to day business
  • Managing and assigning team Task both onsite and offshore
  • SAP project management, value management, and quality management practices
  • Experience leading design, implementation, and change management projects
  • Pre-sales, Solutioning, Procurement, Contract Lifecycles, Contract Renewals, and Customer Retention experience
  • Experience working with c-levels, senior leaders, influencers, and trusted advisors
  • Developed and implemented solution designs that meet the functional requirements of our business in the areas of Application Integration and connecting external parties
  • Deployed system changes for transport cycles and review them on interrelation aspects with other applications
  • Supported Project Manager and Delivery Manager on managing, tracking, and forecasting of solution development
  • Performed Patching of Windows/ SUSE EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager
  • Launched EC2 High Memory instances and installed and configured HANA DB
  • Migrated SAP HANA systems from data center to AWS Using Backup/Restore
  • Managed HANA Database and table Administration like Table Partition / Row Store Reorganization / Delta Merge / Data Compression/ Data Encryption
  • Migrated on premise BW/Oracle system using SUM DMO with AWS Direct connect
  • Upgraded EHP 7 for ERP 6 to EHP 8 for ERP 6 on HANA
  • Performed half yearly HA DR exercise for SAP on HANA systems
  • Actively participate in the knowledge transfer and sharing process with other consultants
  • Successful creation of client landscapes, client copies, upgrades, patches and migrations
  • Performed HANA upgrade from HANA 1 to HANA with near zero down time
  • Perform SSL/SNC /SAML and SSO between all SAP and AD
  • Performed SAP BW/ SAP SLT/ SAP S4H / BOBJ upgrades / SAP Gateway Fiori system using SUM tool
  • Installed new SAP Solution manager system using SWPM/Performed Post Solman steps like setting up Managed systems, Setting up EWA, ITSM
  • Installed Web dispatcher and implemented SSO between web-dispatcher and backend system
  • Configured and setup the High availability and Disaster recovery of SAP HANA on AWS and on premise
  • Worked on HANA BI Sidecar setup and data loads
  • Successfully did HANA HA/DR setup and performed HANA Disaster recovery with Zero downtime
  • Worked and SAP SSO setup between SAP and AD
  • Performed System Sizing for ECC and defined the requirement for SAP Infrastructure to Support HANA, recommended solution for High Availability and HANA Replication
  • Worked on SAP Cloud connector setup and established the back-end system connections
  • Lead the effort of Heterogenous /Homogenous Migration of several SAP HANA boxes from SAP HEC to Local data center using SUM DMO/Export /Backup Restore
  • Performed Near Zero Downtime Hana upgrades using SAP HANA System Replication
  • Configured STMS for multiple landscapes N and N+1 systems
  • Implemented CTS Plus configuration for SAP JAVA / NWDI and SAP PI.

General Motors

Lead/Sr. SAP Basis Admin
04.2016 - 03.2019

Job overview

  • Migrated various SAP systems SAP ECC FI to SAP S/4 HANA using SUM DMO on Linux Power box with Cluster DR setup SAP GRC/ SAP SCM- Live cache / SAP SRM – SAP MDM from 770 AIX to AIX 870 boxes using SWPM tools
  • Setup and configured SAP DR/FO of all SAP boxes on 870 power HA with Oracle
  • Performed SAP ECC EHPi upgrade, SAP SRM – MDM and SAP CRM upgrades
  • Used SUM DMO tool to migrate and Upgrade SAP BW from Oracle 11g to SAP BW HANA 1 SP12 on SAP NetWeaver 7.5
  • Lead SAP BASIS team in upgrading multiple SAP systems like SAP ECC, SAP BW, SAP SRM, SAP CRM, SAP GRC
  • Implementation of enterprise Portal 6.0 SAP NetWeaver Suite, Upgrade portal from 5.0 to EP 6.0 for ESS, MSS, benefits and implementation of SSO
  • Installed and configured Web dispatcher in all SAP systems
  • Upgraded SAP ESO to NW 7.3 SP13
  • Working on Portal Redesign for External Vendors with multiple IDP (Vendor tooling portal /GAME/VSP)
  • Worked on SAP MDM upgrades/Migration installation.

General Motors

Operational SAP Basis Admin
04.2013 - 03.2016

Job overview

  • Operational Support: Production on-call, incident management, availability management and for weekly changes
  • Migrated ECC, BW, PI, Portal, SRM, MDM, Sourcing, BW, BobJ and CRM system from IBM AOD cloud to GM data center using SWPM tools
  • Primarily responsible for maintaining and monitoring all the 18 global production landscapes
  • Configured and update SSL certificates and Configured SNC setup
  • Worked on quality System refreshes for Test Environments and Pre-prod
  • Experience of working on Memory management and resolving various memory related issues
  • Maintenance of System Landscape Directory (SLD)
  • Configured SSO and maintained SSO connections between various systems
  • Provided basis support for Applying Support Packages, Kernel Upgrades on AIX/Linux
  • Worked closely with BUR/DBA/Hosting/Storage teams for various backup/ Archive or system restore issues
  • Pro-actively monitored/ analyzed and worked on various production related issues
  • Worked/ Analyzed and tested DR/FO for few SAP Prod systems.

Coca-Cola Refreshments

Senior SAP Basis Admin
07.2012 - 03.2013

Job overview

  • Upgraded ECC to EHP6 ERP6 and NetWeaver EHP3 using SUM tool on AIX
  • Performed CRM EHPi Upgrade from CRM 2007 to CRM 7.0
  • Performed HSC system copies and performed post installation tasks
  • Used Quick sizing tool for hardware sizing for CRM Trade Promotion Management
  • Applied and maintained licenses on Dev/Quality/ Prod
  • Production Support & Upgrading CRM 6.0 to CRM 7.0 and was involved in the Technical Cut-over for Coca-Cola Release.

CORE ECS

Senior SAP Basis Consultant
06.2007 - 06.2012

Job overview

  • Performed couple of upgrades from R/3 4.7 to EC6.0
  • BI/BW loads Trouble shooting and monitoring
  • Java Support patches Implementation
  • Installation and configuration of NetWeaver SRM 7.0, CRM 7.0, SCM 7.0
  • Application of ABAP, Kernel, Java Patches on NetWeaver BI & XI
  • Performed Archiving on SAP Modules HR, FI/CO, MM and PP Oracle
  • Managed supporting dual stack (ABAP + Java) and stand-alone Java stack systems
  • ECC 6.0 Production support and ongoing implementation support Oracle 10g
  • Manage dual stack and single stack (ABAP) system copy of ECC 6.0, CRM 4.0, J2EE 640, PI 7.1 & BI 7.0 systems.

Education

Sheffield Hallam University

Masters in computer and Networking Engineering

University Overview

Dr. BABA Saheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

University Overview

Skills

Participated in designing, scaling and implementing databases created to customer specifications

Certification

C_E2E100_718 Certified Technology Associate - SAP Solman (Root Cause Analysis) 7.1 SP8 2014 Year

Timeline

SNR SAP BASIS Admin
NTT/SYMMETRY
04.2019 - Current
Lead/Sr. SAP Basis Admin
General Motors
04.2016 - 03.2019
Operational SAP Basis Admin
General Motors
04.2013 - 03.2016
Senior SAP Basis Admin
Coca-Cola Refreshments
07.2012 - 03.2013
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
CORE ECS
06.2007 - 06.2012
Sheffield Hallam University
Masters in computer and Networking Engineering
Dr. BABA Saheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

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