Bharati Tambade

  • SAP Security/GRC consultant
  • San Jose, CA
  • Member Since May 08, 2023

Candidates About

 

Bharati Tambade

SENIOR SAP SECURITY CONSULTANT 

Looking forward to invest my skills & exploring my potential further in SAP Security along with aim to help companies maximize Enterprise wide Security and ensure compliance through the effective utilization of SAP’s security and Compliance Solutions.

 

 

PROFILE:

 

       An experienced SAP Security/GRC consultant with 9+ progressive years of proven experience in SAP areas of R/3, ECC, BW/BI,BOBJ, XI, SRM/SUS, SCM, solution manager ,EP Portal and GRC .

       Extensive Experience in SAP Security design, implementation, and support projects.

       Experience in leading and managing teams.

       Handled Two full lifecycle SAP implementations,  multiple project roll-outs including hypercare supports

       Excellent client-facing skills, supported both domestic and international clients in a client-facing role.

       Well versed with different working environments including onsite, Onsite- offshore Model, Offshore Model.

       Clients Handled: TATA Motors (Pune – Client facing role), General Motors (Asia Pacific and ANZ – offshore role), Abbott Labs (Waukegan, US- Client Facing Role), AbbVie (US- offshore role), Align technology (San Jose, US- Client Facing role).

       Good interpersonal skills, self-motivated, consistent learner and a Good team player who has rendered support to over 5 clients globally.

       Excellent written and verbal communication

       Proficient in analyzing and translating complex business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.

       A quick learner and hold the capacity to adopt to growing pace of newer SAP security dimensions.

       Proficient in SOX audit controls

       Well versed with IT processes for Incident management, change management, defect management, service request management.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES-A GLANCE

 

 

IBM INDIA PVT LTD                                                                                                                       since Jun’2006

Advisory SAP Consultant

 

      PROJECTS HANDLED:-

       SAP security Lead, Align Tech SAP Implementation-Since Aug’15

     SAP security Lead, AbbVie Inc. Support-Since May’13

     SAP security Analyst, Abbott Labs Support-Aug’12-May’13

     SAP security Analyst, Abbott Labs OM roll-out-Apr’12-Jul’12

     SAP security Analyst, Abbott Labs Symphony implementation and support-Mar’11-Mar’12

     SAP Security Team Lead, General Motors, AP and Holden-Feb’08-Feb’11

     SAP Security Consultant, Tata Motors-Sep’06-Jan’08

 

 

 

KEY SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

 

       Well acquainted with Full- life cycle SAP implementation projects

       Manage day-to-day activities of the SAP Security including the scoping and planning of security deliverable.

       Interfaced extensively with clients to gain insight and develop solutions to meet customer business needs across the entire SAP landscape

       Extensive experience with resolving ticket issues and troubleshooting security authorization problems while adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLA)

       Experienced in adhering to the Change Management Processes for transporting the security related changes.

       Expertise in analyzing and translating business requirements into technical specifications in collaboration with application developers

       Foresee any issues in the projects and escalate them immediately in order to have minimal impact on the client.

       Well acquainted with SAP- Security Best practices in implementation and support projects.

       Directs efforts in defining the overall architecture of the SAP security model, covering complex integration points between SAP and non-SAP area

       Well acquainted with SAP- security strategies during all project stages.

       Experienced in providing  SAP security and GRC training , also involved in hiring activities as a Technical Panel

 

       Extensive experience in creating and modifying Single Roles, Composite roles and Derived roles(PFCG), User Administration(SU01/SU10), Central User Administration (CUA), Authorization object maintenance.

       Involved in all aspects of sap security from setting of naming conventions for roles, profiles, test id’s custom objects and user groups and user to interact work closely with various functional team to collect role requirements

       Maintaining check indicators using SU24

       Transporting Roles, authorization profiles, SU24 changes and authorization groups

       Proficient in analysis and troubleshooting SAP security issues using tools such as SU53, ST01, STAUTHTRACE and SUIM change documents

       Working with business and functional team to implement custom Transaction/Reports requirements, Designing security for interfaces.

       Re-designed user roles and classification according to system usage to improve maintenance

       Redesigned the portal security and developed new portal content roles.

       Proficient in building and executing ECATT scripts for mass user administration.

       Well versed with using Key Security tables USR*, AGR*, /Virsa*

       Maintain Security of custom Tcodes , Tables and programs using authorization groups and authorization objects

       Well versed with critical access in SAP environments

       Experience configuring and executing appropriate audit logs using SM20/SM21.

       Setup of security jobs for user comparison, SOD reports, Firefighter logs, Role compression, profile generation using SM37 /Autosys tool.

       Using SUIM for several user/role reporting and change documents

       Building SQVI queries for several Security  reporting requirements

       Worked on environment sync, Retrofits when dual landscapes are in use

       Worked on user licensing reports using USMM.

       SRM authorizations and users’ Org structure setup.

       OSS ID processes and maintenance

       Analyzing SAP notes, Creating OSS messages for complex issues.

       Understanding of SAP Security upgrade in areas of SAP ECC, BI/BW, and BOBJ, SRM, CRM, and Portals,

       BI SECURITY :Experience in setup of BI security for user roles (query users, administrative users and power users) ,BW analysis authorizations and role Build, Key BW authorization objects, troubleshooting authorization issues with RSECADMIN, Workbook Authorizations

       BOBJ SECURITY: Acquainted with BOBJ authentication, role imports, schedule Sync up jobs, define Folder security, and define granular access levels, manager users and groups list in BOBJ.

       SOLUTION MANAGER: charm , creating change requests using SM_CRM and Maintaining project documents using SOLAR01

       SAP BASIS: Understanding of SAP Basis activities OSS Notes Implementation, New Developer Key Access, Configure the RFC connections, Spool Administration, Scheduling and Monitoring Background Jobs, Profile parameters maintenance, analysis of ABAP dumps, Client administration, SAP Processes.

       GRC and SOX Audit Experience: Utilizing and administration of GRC 5.3  and 10.1 including risk Analysis, Mitigation controls setups, Firefighter ID setups, compliant user provisioning and enterprise role Management.

       GRC admin Tasks including password self-service issues, administration of CUP and SUP requests, importing or disabling roles into GRC.

       Risk Analysis and Remediation (RAR/ARA) - Manage the SOD analysis and provide solution for reducing the SOD conflicts in the best possible way with help of Virsa   Compliance calibrator or GRC RAR as part of internal controls. Extensive user and role remediation support for SOX controls, Define Rule set, Risk, Business process, Action, Roles and implement them in GRC-RAR. Generating Detail or management report of Risk. Performing user/role/profile synchronization, batch risk analysis and generating Management reports. 

       Super User Privilege and Management (SPM/EAM) – Fire Fighter Configuration, Creating Firefighter ID, Maintaining Firefighter ID Owner and Controller, Assigning Firefighter ID to the user, and generating reports.

       Compliant user provisioning (CUP/ARM) Maintenance – Provisioning the CUP request, Creating CUP request (if required), Weekly synchronizing the CUP and Production system roles.

       Developing and designing Training Manual and User Manual on SAP GRC for end user, working extensively on the SAP GRC 5.3 with the SAP Net Weaver environment in frontend and SAP ECC 6.0 in Backend

       Involved in the design and implementation of the Mitigating Controls and uploading the same into the SAP GRC system. Maintaining detailed documentation of the role and the detailed risk analysis and detailed change and approval documentation

       Working with internal audit teams to address different audit control requests.

       Collaborated extensively with Internal Audit, and External Audit teams for SAP systems 
SOX compliance activities, proactively engages in automating and streamlining of security and control processes. 

 

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ü  ERP:      SAP R/3, ECC, BW/BI, XI, SRM, SCM, solution manager and GRC

ü  Languages:        C, C++, Core Java, Advanced Java, VC++

ü  O/S:        Windows , HP-UX, Linux

ü  Applications: Remedy, SharePoint, Citrix, HPQC,RPM(IBM),E-requestor (IBM), SNOW, JIRA, Service Now

 

 

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

 

      B.E (Computer Science),Walchand College of Engineering., Shivaji University-2006

 

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

 

ü  SDLC

ü  SAP Basis overview

ü  ADM940 SAP Authorization Concept

ü  ADM950 Secure SAP System Management

ü  ADM960 Security In SAP system Environments

ü  GRC300 SAP Business Objects access control5.3-implementation and Configuration

ü  SAP BI security , analysis authorizations

ü  SAP SRM security

ü  SAP HR security

ü  SAP Solution Manager