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Pavan Yarlagadda

Summary

SAP Basis HANA architect with 15+ years of experience in SAP Systems Landscape Design, Installations, Migrations, Upgrades and Support.

● Proficient in complex SAP OS/DB Migrations involving business-critical systems.

● Proficient in migrating and managing SAP workloads to Cloud environments (i.e. AWS, Azure)

● Proficient in assessing vulnerabilities & securing SAP infrastructure in cloud environments

● Proficient in hardware sizing, design, and implementation of SAP components on various operating systems and databases

● Managed various SAP infrastructure migration and upgrade projects

● Proficient in using SUM and SWPM tools

● Managed day-to-day Interaction with clients/businesses during the complete project lifecycle.

● Coordinated large Onsite – Offshore engagements.

● An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to relate to people at any level of management and significant experience working with customers, Senior managers, and technical teams for securing & executing concurrent projects.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
Certificates

Work History

Subject Matter Expert

Kyndryl Global Services
3 2023
  • Managing over 200 SAP application servers
  • Supporting the SAP components SAP S4HANA, BW4HANA, SOLMAN, GRC, webdispatcher, ADS & IDM
  • Providing basis support for the Fiori applications, BODS
  • SAP BTP administration.

Lead Consultant

Wipro
09.2020 - 03.2023
  • Lead and adviser for SAP Basis team
  • Designed, planned and Migrated SAP systems from on premise to Managed Private Cloud
  • Planned and executed technical Migration of BW HANA systems from HEC to Managed Private Cloud
  • Performed Oracle upgrades from 12c to 19c, System refreshes, SAP Upgrades
  • Performance tuning of SAP systems with oracle and hana DB
  • Created assessments for migrating SAP systems from on premise to Azure cloud
  • Performed HANA upgrades from HANA 1.0 single DB system to HANA 2.0 Multitenant Database Containers
  • High availability and Disaster Recovery configuration for HANA Database
  • Supporting various SAP systems (ECC, CRM, BW, PI, PO, SRM, Solution Manager & HANA)
  • Migrated SAP systems from AIX, Oracle to Redhat Linux, Oracle RAC environment using RMAN tool XTTS to target system
  • Interfacing with business and application management teams to work with various interfaces and its connectivity to sap systems
  • Planning and executing DR setup for SAP systems
  • Designed the Architecture for ECC HANA system on AWS cloud
  • Migrated the ECC system with Oracle DB from on-premises to HANA on AWS cloud using classical migration method
  • Analyzed SAP environments for security vulnerabilities and implemented remediation
  • Worked on HANA Data Volume encryption
  • Performed Hana system refreshes
  • Performed HANA revision upgrades
  • Configured SSO for HANA xs applications
  • System refreshes, Kernel upgrades, DB upgrades, NW stack upgrades
  • Implemented the systems health check automation
  • Responsible for documenting Basis Administration SOP's
  • Improved the current monitoring templates in solution manager to eliminate false and unnecessary alerts
  • Configured DVM (Data Volume Management) in solution manager
  • Capacity planning for SAP systems
  • SAP system performance optimization.

SAP Basis Lead

CSC/DXC
08.2014 - 05.2017
  • Managing a team of 20 SAP level-2 and level-3 administrators: dispatched tasks, managing team planning
  • SAP HANA Administration
  • Performed SAP HANA system refresh (Multi node to single node and Single node to Single node)
  • Configured HANA System replication
  • Performed HANA DB SPS09 upgrade
  • Managing SAP HANA users their authorizations and access
  • Managing Backing Up and Recovering the SAP HANA Database, maintaining backup alerts
  • SAP MII systems Implementation
  • Hardware migration of SAP systems using system restore
  • Oracle DB Upgrades, Applying Support packs on the ABAP and Java systems
  • Transport Management, Kernel Upgrades, System Refreshes
  • SAP Standby system build
  • Tax Factory BSI 9.0b Upgrade on HR Landscape & application of Tubs into HR landscape
  • Solution Manager 7.1 Installation
  • Managing the design, build, enhancement and support of SAP systems for the Finance and HR functions
  • Sizing assessment for SAP systems on AIX, Linux platforms
  • EWA and Alerts configuration in Solution Manager
  • Designing DB Backups strategy
  • SAP User and Authorization management.

SAP Basis Consultant

Myitgroup
07.2009 - 08.2010

· Performance tuning, System refreshes, Transport Management, User administration, Spool Management, Basis support activities

SAP Basis Consultant

Bristlecone India Limited
01.2005 - 10.2007
  • Deploying patches and applications (as requested) on J2EE engines using either SDM (for 640 and 700 release) or using deploy Controller (for 710 releases) and monitoring such deployments.
  • Troubleshooting and error analysis of deployments.
  • Administrating the SAP J2EE engines using NWA.
  • Applied Java patch using SDM.
  • Kernel upgrades, TMS Management, Client Administration

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Thangavelu Engineering College
04.2001 -

Skills

SAP HANA administration

Certification

SAP OS/DB Migration_for_SAP_NetWeaver_7_52

Projects

Client : KDR
Duration: Mar 2023 to till date
Role : Prduct Delivery Lead
Employer: Kyndryl Global Services

Client : E.ON
Duration: Sept 2020 to Mar 2023
Role : SAP Basis Lead
Employer: Wipro

Client : Volkswagen
Duration: Oct 2019 to Aug 2020
Role : Lead Consultant
Employer: Wipro

Client : Chevron
Duration: Dec 2018 to Oct 2019
Role : Lead Consultant
Employer: Wipro

Client : Bio-Rad
Duration: Oct 2018 to Dec 2018
Role : Lead Consultant
Employer: Wipro

Client : Indivior
Duration: Jun 2018 to Sept 2018
Role : Lead Consultant
Employer: Wipro

Client : Bio-Rad
Duration: Jun 2017 to May 2018
Role : SAP Basis Lead
Employer: Wipro

Client : CSC Internal Project
Duration: Aug 2014 to May 2017
Role : SAP Basis Lead
Employer: CSC Technologies

Client : Coke
Duration: May 2013 to Apr 2014
Role : Senior Consultant
Employer: CSC Technologies

Client : Continental Hospitals
Duration: Oct 2012 to Apr 2013
Role : Senior Consultant
Employer: CSC Technologies

Client : BHP Billiton
Duration: Sept 2010 to Apr 2013
Role : Senior Consultant
Employer: CSC Technologies

Client : Emerson network power systems
Duration: Oct 2007 to Aug 2010
Role : SAP Basis Consultant
Employer: Myitgroup

Client : SAP Labs
Duration: Jan 2005 to Oct 2007
Role : SAP Basis Consultant

Timeline

Lead Consultant

Wipro
09.2020 - 03.2023

SAP Basis Lead

CSC/DXC
08.2014 - 05.2017

SAP Basis Consultant

Myitgroup
07.2009 - 08.2010

SAP Basis Consultant

Bristlecone India Limited
01.2005 - 10.2007

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Thangavelu Engineering College
04.2001 -

Subject Matter Expert

Kyndryl Global Services
3 2023
Pavan Yarlagadda