Candidates About

Professional Summary:

• Murali Vuppari has around 15 years of IT experience in which 13+ years as SAP Consultant. He worked as a Team lead for most of his tenure in Tech Mahindra and has lead teams successfully in the security area by imparting training to fill the gaps and also by training fresher’s in security area to make them full-fledged security consultants.
• He worked for top Pharmacy client GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for close to 8 years and from the past 5 years has been managing the security area.
• As a part of this exposure in SAP Security he has extensive Knowledge in SAP R/3 4.7/4.6C, ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0, BW 3.0, BI 7.3 on HANA database, CRM 7.0 (EHP2.0) and HR system on ECC 6.0.
• As a SAP Security Consultant his responsibilities include SAP User, Role, Enterprise Portal User Administration and User management in CUA environment, IdM and GRC administration. He has complete idea of how to design SAP Authorizations for R/3, BW, BI and HR systems based on the guidelines provided by the Business Process Teams.
• Extensive experience Change Management Process.
• Responsible for attending the critical calls, trouble shooting and resolving issues and well versed with Remedy, Service Now and BMC Tools.
• Strong technical experience in implementation, rollout and support projects.
• Very stable minded, handled critical situations with ease, having ability to organize, coordinate activities and motivate others through leadership and a positive and optimistic outlook.
• Contributed significantly to transition the various projects from onsite to service operations to ensure right support is ensured to business teams. 

 

Academics:

·                                 MCA - Master of Computer Applications.

Trainings/Certifications:

• SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Authorization and Auditing for NetWeaver 7.31 (IDM and GRC).
• PRINCE2 and CSM Certified.

 

Awards:

• Received ACE Award (Associates Consistently Excel2-17) from Tech Mahindra for being Star performer for three consecutive years.
• Received reward from GE Oil & Gas client for the outstanding performance for the year 2014.
• Received the best team award from TechM Management.
• Has been awarded as Excellent Performer of the year by Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) client.
• Received best team award by Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) client.
• Has been awarded Pat on Back and Associate of the Month, multiple times by TechM.

 

 

 

 

Work experience:

Organization	Designation	Client	Duration
Tech Mahindra	SAP Security Team Lead	Glaxo SmithKline (GSK)	08/2016 – till date
Tech Mahindra	SAP Security Team Lead	GE Oil & Gas	06/2013 – 08/2016
Tech Mahindra	SAP Security Consultant/Team Lead	Glaxo SmithKline (GSK)	09/2007 – 05/2013
Satyam Computers	Security Consultant	Mars	04/2005 – 08/2007
Satyam Computers	Web Design/Dev	Satyam Internal	02/2003 – 01/2005

 

 

Project: 1

Project name	GSK
Client	GSK - Glaxo SmithKline, UK
Role	SAP Security Team Lead
Organization	Tech Mahindra
Location	Hyderabad and Malaysia
Duration	August - 2016 till date

 

Description:    

Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) is a science-led global healthcare company. It’s research and develops a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare.

 

Rresponsibilities:

·         For the rollout project (CERPS W10 and W11) worked as onsite Security Team Lead for APAC region.

·         Attending the daily and weekly status calls to know the activities status, working based out of Malaysia.

·         Actively involved in all STP’s as the part of localization system study.

·         Actively participated all the role mapping workshops, market preparation, DIL workshop and business cutover activities based out of Malaysia with core team and MAC’s.

·         Create, up version the System Requirement and Design specification documents with respect to security changes.

·         Maintaining organizational values as and when required while creating / modifying single or global roles.

·         Analyzing and solving the missing authorizations (using SU53 and System Trace) and day-to-day security issues that are being raised by the users using Remedy ticketing tool.

·         Generating reports using SUIM and security tables for GIA and other requirements as and when required.

·         Understanding and implementing the Change Control process to for any enhancements or operational changes required.

 

 

 

Project: 2

Project name	SAP Oil & Gas – Subsea
Client	General Electric, Norway
Role	SAP  Security Team Lead
Organization	Tech Mahindra Limited
Location	Hyderabad and Norway
Duration	May 2013 to August 2016

Description:    

GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in advanced technology equipment and services for all segments of the oil and gas industry, from exploration & production to downstream. GE Oil & Gas SAP project is intended to implement and support SAP functions towards Scandinavian region for GE Company. It has a vast business expansion in this region particularly Oil & Gas and has ware houses across Norway and in other Scandinavian regions.

 

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintains the roles based on the needs in close partnership with business.
• Creates and manages SAP user accounts, authorizations, and profiles.
• Based on the roles ability to translate business drivers and priorities into security design, policies and procedures.
• Assures that any segregation of duty issues is not only identified and addressed but are prevented and also provides SOD related guidance, requirements and solutions.
• Responsible for developing, implementing and executing security policies and procedures to ensure the integrity confidentiality and availability of SAP systems in support of the SAP applications.
• Plans, evaluates, recommends, designs and implements security solutions on multiple medium to large projects, including preparation of cost justifications, use cases, alternative solutions, and technical recommendations. 
• Design, build and maintains the roles based on the needs in close partnership with business.
• Creates and manages SAP user accounts, authorizations, and profiles.
• Based on the roles ability to translate business drivers and priorities into security design, policies and procedures.
• Assures that any segregation of duty issues are not only identified and addressed but are prevented and also provides SOD related guidance, requirements and solutions.
• Responsible for developing, implementing and executing security policies and procedures to ensure the integrity confidentiality and availability of SAP systems in support of the SAP applications.

·         User and Role Administration for SAP ECC, BW/BI, Business Objects, Solution Manager, PI, GRC and Portal systems.

• Plans, evaluates, recommends, designs and implements security solutions on multiple medium to large projects, including preparation of cost justifications, use cases, alternative solutions, and technical recommendations.  Ensures the delivery and administration of such high performing security solutions, including installation, configuration, testing, problem diagnosis, and resolution are successfully implemented.

 

 

 

 

Project: 3

Project name	GSK
Client	GSK - Glaxo SmithKline, UK
Role	SAP Team Lead / Security Consultant
Organization	Tech Mahindra
Location	Hyderabad and London
Duration	August - 2009 to May - 2013

 

Description:    

Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) is a science-led global healthcare company. It’s research and develops a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare. It is having significant global presence with commercial operations in more than 150 countries, a network of 86 manufacturing sites in 36 countries and large R&D centers in the UK, USA, Spain, Belgium and China.

 

Team lead responsibilities:

·         Monitoring project progress on a daily / weekly basis.

·         Carrying out evaluations and analysis.

·         Carrying out a formal review at the end of each phase.

·         Reporting regularly to PMO/PM on the progress and status of the project.

·         As per the project guidelines provide status report to both the client and the internal stakeholder.

·         Responsible for assigning the work to the team members and also continuously monitor their timely closure.

·         Responsible for the overall quality of deliverables and will provide approvals if necessary.

·         Apart from these will be responsible for managing the other soft issues like the training and development needs of his team members, their appraisal etc and will plan the resource deployment strategy.

 

SAP security consultant responsibilities:

SAP R/3 Security:

·         Extensively used Profile Generator (PFCG) to create roles for various modules.

·         Worked on SAP Check Indicator Defaults and Field values, reduced the scope of Authorization checks using transaction SU24 and maintained check indicators for Transaction codes.

·         Analyzing and solving missing authorizations (using SU53 and System Trace ST01) and day-to-day security issues that are being raised by the users using Remedy ticketing tool and common mailbox requests.

·         Generating reports using SUIM and security tables for Internal Security Audit and other requirements as and when required.

·         Leavers Process: Users who left from the company will be locked in all production systems across all landscapes using table (USR02).

·         90 day inactivity: All the users who did not log into their accounts during the last 90 days will be displayed and these accounts will be locked using program (RSUSR200).

·         Processing the user requests using ZUM i.e. Custom Central User Administration (CUA) implemented by the client.

·         Applying mass changes like printer settings or language setting for users using SU10 as when required.

·         Performing User migration activities from old roles to new roles as per business requirement.

·         Performing License type and Understanding User Groups, Roles and Naming conventions.

·         Having experience in GRC and Compliance Calibrator (VIRSA) tool for SOD Analysis such as User level, Role level, Authorization object level etc.,

·         Users Account creation & assigned role/activities to users for Go-Live, post go-live support.

·         Post Go Live support to resolve all security-related issues.

·         Resolving tickets raised by customer's by Remedy tool, Lotus Notes (URWF-User Request Work Flow), Service Request.

·         Ensuring the calls is closed within the signed SLA.

 

IDM Activities:

·         IDM support, provisioning the privileges, raising IDM request for support users for the required responsibility sets.

·         Creating Identity, changing Identity, Lock Identity, Unlock Identity, and Delete Identity in IDM.

·         Implementing the Delegation of Authority (DOA) when and where required.

·         IDM query updates, analyzing IDM issues and resolving with suitable solutions then and there.

·         IDM Reconciliation activity: To synchronize active users in IDM as well as in SAP Production system

·         Worked with SAP Identity Management 7.1 to handle authorizations whenever an employee was assigned a new position in the organization, and de-provisioning for inactive users.

·         Monitored privileges that control access to tabs in the IDM portal associated with the correct roles currently assigned to users.

·         Assisted on user support tickets through Remedy tool.

·         Support Training Team to prepare documents for End User training.

 

GRC:

·         Working with SAP GRC Super user Privilege management tool (Firefighter) and Complaint User Provisioning (CUP) activities.

·         Performing risk analysis in GRC 5.3 and VIRSA CC while assignment of roles to the users and assignment of transactions to roles.

·         Mitigating users with the respective control ids to align the risk analysis.

·         Having experience in GRC and Compliance Calibrator (VIRSA) tool for SOD Analysis such as User level, Role level, Authorization object level etc.,

 

 

 

Project: 4

Project name	MARS - Poland
Client	MARS
Role	SAP Security Consultant
Organization	Satyam Computers
Duration	January - 2006 to August 2009

Description:      

Mars, Poland is one of world's leading food manufacturers known for Chocolate Candy, Pet care, Beverages and Food products.

 

• Extensively used Profile Generator (PFCG) to create roles for various modules.
• Worked on SAP Check Indicator Defaults and Field values, reduced the scope of Authorization checks using transaction SU24 and maintained check indicators for Transaction codes.
• Analyzing and solving missing authorizations (using SU53 and System Trace ST01) and day-to-day security issues that are being raised by the users using Remedy ticketing tool and common mailbox requests.
• Generating reports using SUIM and security tables for Internal Security Audit and other requirements as and when required.
• Leavers Process : Users who left from the company will be locked in all production systems across all landscapes using table(USR02)
• 90 day inactivity: All the users who did not log into their accounts during the last 90 days will be displayed and these accounts will be locked using program (RSUSR200).
• Processing the user requests using ZUM i.e. Custom Central User Administration (CUA) implemented by the client.
• Applying mass changes like printer settings or language setting for users using SU10 as when required.
• Performing User migration activities from old roles to new roles as per business requirement.
• Performing License type and Understanding User Groups, Roles and Naming conventions.
• Having experience in GRC and Compliance Calibrator (VIRSA) tool for SOD Analysis such as User level, Role level, Authorization object level etc.,
• Users Account creation & assigned role/activities to users for Go-Live, post go-live support.
• Post Go Live support to resolve all security-related issues.
• Resolving tickets raised by customer's by Remedy tool, Lotus Notes (URWF-User Request Work Flow), Service Request.
• Ensuring the calls is closed within the signed SLA.
• Imparted Knowledge Transfer to new joiners.

 

 

Project: 5

 

Client	HR and Marketing & Communication - Satyam Internal
Role	Executive
Organization	Satyam Computers
Duration	February - 2003 to January 2006
Client	Satyam Internal

 

Description:    

HR and Marketing & Communication is part internal support group.  This team use to deliver all kind of communication to its stakeholders in terms print and web media.

 

·         External client visit handling

·         Preparing presentation for client visits.

·         Helping Sales team.

·         Designing and development of collaterals and internal/external websites for its stake holders.

·         Interacting with internal team and understanding their requirements and providing required support.

·         Design and Development of required application support.

·         Implementation and support all its internal websites.

·         Client presentations.

·         Worked along with team good coordination.

·         Good team player.