Candidates About

   

Milind Pathak

SAP technical Architect

·         SAP Technical Architect with experience of 12 successful years as implementation partner and administrator of SAP systems, databases and analytics applications.

·         Skilled professional within SAP infrastructure space helping customers implement cost-effective, scalable, highly available and compliant SAP solutions.

·         Experienced in implementing and supporting huge and complex SAP landscapes of customers including Big 4, in single and multi-vendor environment at various geographic locations.

·         Demonstrated technical skills with multiple successfully delivered projects, technology certifications, publications and testimonials

·         SAP OS/DB Migration certified, Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect

§  SAP Technical Architect §  SAP Basis Administrator §  Team Lead / Mentor §  Server and Storage Architecture

§  SAP Infrastructure Design §  Transition Coordinator §  Customer Landscape Coordinator

§  Technical Writer §  Technical Presales §  Technical Alliance

 

SAP Solution Design

§  Design and implementation of end to end SAP infrastructure solutions including

o    SAP Applications servers

o    Databases (SAP HANA, MS SQL server and Oracle)

o    SAP Analytics tools (BI Suite like BOBJ, BODS, Lumira etc.)  

§  Expertise in implementing highly available solutions using

o    Database high availability features as applicable

o    SAP Application Server high availability using cluster software

o    SAP Analytics tools high availability

o    Hardware and operating system high availability features.

§  Setup DR site for SAP systems with acceptable RTO and RPO using

o    Storage replication technologies (Hitachi, EMC)     

o    Database replication/log-shipping along with multi-tier replication.

§  Right Sizing the SAP Applications and Databases (Servers, Storage, Network) with the help SAP tools (QuickSizer)

§  Expertise in storage architecture like RAID group designing, IOPS provisioning, SAN and NAS platforms, file system designing.

§  Designed and implemented SAP components on hyper converged and virtualized platform (VMWare) including setup of ESXi.

§  Backups for SAP applications and databases using backup tools including Commvault, NBU with host based backups and storage cloning/snapshots.

§  Experience in working on RFP/RFI responses for consulting services and SAP Infrastructure.

§  Knowledge and hands-on experience with servers, storage and network technologies.

SAP OS/DB Migrations and Upgrades

§  SAP OS/DB migration certified consultant with multi-project experience in heterogeneous migrations including datacentre migration.

§  Proficient in migration tools and downtime optimization techniques using standard migration monitor tools and distribution monitor.

§  SAP release upgrades for Business Suite and Netweaver systems.

§  Combined Upgrade and Unicode Conversion 4.6C to ECC6 EHP4

SAP Basis Administration

§  S/4HANA Installation and Fiori Apps Configuration

§  SAP Basis administration including multiple modules of SAP Business Suite and SAP Netweaver systems like SAP NW 7.0 to 7.4, Solman 7.1, SAP ECC 6.0 with EHPs, SAP BW 7.0 and 7.3, SAP SRM 7.0, MDM 7.1, SAP PI 7.1, SAP EP 7.0.

§  SAP database administration including SAP HANA, Oracle, MSSQL server.

§  SAP Analytics tools experience like BusinessObjects, SAP LT, SAP DS, SAP Lumira, SAP Predictive Analytics.

 

 

Client:        Consultant at Hitachi Data Systems, Northern California (Bay Area Santa Clara)

       Duration:     June 2014 till date

       Project :      Solutions Engineering - SAP HANA and SAP Applications

 

       Roles and Responsibilities: SAP Solutions Architect – SAP HANA and SAP Business Suite

§  Designing and implementing end to end datacenter efficient SAP solutions including multiple environments of SAP Applications and databases, enterprise storage systems and disk layout, enterprise servers, virtualization (as required), backup, HA and DR.

 

§  Solution engineering for SAP HANA scale-up and scale-out systems:

·         Installation of SAP HANA appliances and TDI for scale-up and scale-out

·         SAP Application server installation for high availability configuration

·         S/4HANA Installation and Fiori Apps Configuration

·         Troubleshooting SAP HANA and non-HANA related issues and handling customer escalation

·         Designing Storage System for SAP HANA systems with Internal disks and SAN storages

: Capacity, parity group layout, disk layout, Storage resources required to achieve required performances.

·         Server Designing for multiple T-shirt sizes for HANA scale-up and scale-out systems.

·         Network designing for scale-up and scale-out (inter-cluster, NFS, client, backup, replication networks)

·         Tuning HANA database and running benchmark tests for storage, networks and high availability using tools like HWCCT and SAP Benchmark tools.

 

·         SAP Certification: Working with SAP Walldorf for certifying SAP HANA appliances and enterprise storage for listing in SAP HANA hardware directory.

 

§  SAP HANA high availability setup using

o    HANA system replication (scale-up),

o    Automatic failover setup using SuSE High Availability SAP HANA host auto-failover (scale-out)

o    Host Auto failover using redundant nodes

§  Disaster recovery of SAP HANA using HANA system replication and storage replication technology (sync and async).

 

§  Solution Design, Installation and configuration of SAP Business Objects, SAP Landscape Transformation server, SAP Lumira, server for BI platform, SAP Predictive Analytics and SAP Data Services with SAP HANA database.

§  Installation of Appliance and TDI SAP HANA scale-up and scale-out, S/4HANA.

 

§  Design and Implement SAP High Availability systems with installation of ACSS and enqueue replication server on certified cluster software like SUSE HAE and Windows cluster software

 

§  Backup Solutions for SAP system: Development of backup of entire SAP system (database and application using backup tools like Commvault, NBU etc (both host based and storage based backups). Sizing of backup infrastructure, installation of backup tools and SAP systems, performing backups and restores.

 

§  Design and install SAP in virtual environments. Install vCenter server, ESXi hosts, create and configure virtual machines, configure networks for ESXi hosts, create datastores and RDM devices for SAP system ad DB storages, install OS on VMs for SAP systems, install and configure SAP systems.

 

§  Working with SAP HANA sizing reports and other SAP sizing tools (Quick Sizer and BI Platform sizing tool) to design hardware layout for customers (servers / storage / switches etc.)

 

§  RFP / RFI Technical Support

 

o    Help pre-sales team build cost-effective solutions which fits customer requirements, is supported by all the involved vendor, is scalable to accommodate customer’s future growth and provides features beyond their expectations when possible.

o    Provided support for multi-million dollars deals

o    Propose technical solutions / Validation of proposed technical solutions as per customer requirements

o    SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud RFI support

§  Installation of Linux (SuSE, RedHat and Windows), configuration of switch and server networking, installation of cluster software and provisioning of storage / file system.

§  L3 level support for all SAP related issues including applications, databases, operating systems and hardware. Resolve issues within my purview or work with other vendors to get the resolution for the customer.

 

 

 

Client:        Consultant at Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) through Infosys, Northern California (Bay Area SFO and San Ramon)

 

        Duration          June 2013 to June 2014

        Project             SAP BusinessObjects upgrade and support

 

       Roles and Responsibilities: SAP BusinessObjects Migration Lead

 

·         Hardware Sizing of BI 4.0 Platform

·         Installation of landscape of BI 4.0 on Win 2008 virtual machines, Installation of BI 4.0 Web-Tier and deployment of applications on Linux.

·         Performing the post-installation like setting up LDAP authentication, Siteminder SSO, connectivity with data sources Oracle, sql server, SAP BW, MS access and excel etc.

·         Migration of repository objects from 3.1 to 4.0 environments, LCM promotion till production.

·         Designing DR strategy for BI 4.0 and implementation.

·         Administration of BO 3.1 and 4.0, migrating contents based on developer’s request, updating connection, setting up STS and SNC Single-Sign On between BO and SAP systems, report scheduling, performance tuning on BI Platform, troubleshooting user access or any other issues, creation of new BICS and relational connections.

 

 

Client:        Consultant at Price Water Coopers through Infosys - Tampa - Florida – USA

      

        Duration          April-2010 to May 2013

         Project            SAP Basis Support, OS/DB Migration, Datacenter Migration SAP Upgrades.

                               

      Roles and Responsibilities: SAP Basis Lead

 

      SAP OS/DB Migration (with Data-Center migration):

 

·         Planning and execution of OS / DB migration of SAP systems, track lead for R/3 and SRM 7.0 system.

·         Installation of SQL 2005 and 2008 instances including MS-SQL clustering

·         Minimizing downtime with migration techniques like MIGMON, parallel export / import, table and package splitting.

·         Performing DB compression on MSSQL.

·         Tuning SAP system for performance.

·         Providing UAT SAP Basis support after non-production system migration.

·         Providing hyper-care SAP Basis Support after project Go-Live.

·         Creating support procedures for new environment like Win/MSSQL system copy, backup strategies, space management and handing over to support team.

 

SAP Upgrades and Unicode Conversion:

 

·         SAP Basis Onsite lead for SAP CU&UC project for R/3 4.6C and SAP CFM system to SAP ECC 6.0 EHP4, which included planning all the technical activities for the project including the cutover downtime.

·         Performing release upgrades of 5 system landscape for two SAP systems from 46C to ECC6 / EHP4 / NW701.

·         Performing SCP to Unicode Conversion of 5 TB databases in a weekend’s downtime using SUM tool for upgrade and migration techniques like DISTMON, table splitting, package splitting and sql server migration best-practices release by Microsoft and SAP.

·         Upgrade of GTS 7.2 NW 7.0 to GTS 10.0 NW 7.0 EHP2 using SUM tool with 8 hours downtime

·         Upgrade of BI 7.0 to BI 7.3, Installation of BI portal, configuring BI portal with BI ABAP, migration of BEx queries from ABAP stack to BI portal.

·         Performing SQL Server upgrade from 2005 to 2008 R2.

 

SAP Basis Support:

 

·         Basis Administration of entire PwC landscape (SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BI 7.0, SAP SRM 7.0, SAP MDM 7.1, SAP Solman 7.0 EHP1

·         EP 7.0, PI 7.1, SAP GTS 10)

·         Incidents troubleshooting, support data-loads between ECC and BW system, Configuring and performing the transports, dump analysis, monitoring of SAP systems and databases, printer management, administration of SAP ITS, refresh MDM repository, adding and configuring satellite systems to Solution Manager, creating solutions, logical systems, adding systems to SLD, generating stack files and download media from Solman. Installation of certificates, setting up ICM parameters.

·         Performance tuning, batch job optimizations, analyzing hardware bottlenecks, memory parameter tuning, generating the EWA reports of systems from SAP and implementing recommended changes.

·         Maintenance of systems: Kernel upgrades, database patches, Basis support during system outages, performing SP stack upgrade for ABAP systems ECC, BI , SRM and Java systems EP, MDM using JSPM and SUM tool. Performing SRM-MDM catalog upgrade.

·         Quarterly system refreshes of all modules- ECC, BI, SRM, and GTS.

·         Single-Sign On configuration between ABAP and Java systems, SAPJVM switch, performing Java transports, performing system copy on J2EE systems, deploying java applications in Visual admin, applying licenses, setting the heap memory and other parameters for Java systems. Single Sign On configuration with SAP ITS and CA Siteminder, installation of SAP Web Dispatcher Configuration of ADS services with J2EE stack, adding J2EE instance to SLD, running the portal configuration wizard for post-installation portal configuration.

·         Database administration of Oracle and SQL server database – Tablespace administration, Backup/restore, database patching, db parameter settings, index rebuild, database reorganization, compression, checking and resolving archive stuck situations.

·         Implementation of DR site with EMC SRDF data replication for SAP system, supporting the MSCS cluster environment for SQL server and SAP system

     

 

 

 Client:     Siemens information Systems, Mumbai India

 

        Duration         Feb 2008 to April 2010

       Project            SAP Basis Realization Support for Siemens Group

 

Roles and Responsibilities: SAP Basis Administrator

·         SAP Release upgrade (4.6C to ECC6.0)

·         OS Migration (Sun Solaris to Linux, Windows to Linux), Heterogeneous system copy.

·         Sun Solaris to Linux

·         Windows NT to Linux

·         Performing Oracle Database Copy for SAP systems – Perform pre-refresh tasks, generation of control file script at Production database, restoring production DB at target environment, creation of control file and starting the database, performing post-refresh activities.

·         Oracle Database Reorganization

·         Using BRTOOLS and Using export/import with R3load (SAPINST)

     

Client:   Atos Origin (Philips, Heiniken etc.) Mumbai, India and Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

        Duration         Dec 2005 to Feb 2008

       Project            SAP Basis Support

 

Roles and Responsibilities: SAP Basis Administrator

 

·         Worked as Backup Customer Landscape Coordinator for the customer Philips Semi-Conductors.

·         Responsible for planning, executing and documenting the changes ordered by the customer, attending weekly meetings with the customer, ensuring that the incidents are resolved within SLAs.

·         Performing Incident management, troubleshooting various problems occurred during the daily operations of an SAP system.

·         Performing various change management activities like database refresh, client copies, kernel upgrades, support package application, Oracle Upgrade, Oracle bug fix application.

 

Certifications	Trainings
SAP OS/DB Migration Certified	Trained in SAP TADM51 at SAP Labs
AWS Solutions Architect Certified Associate	Trained in Storage Foundations – Hitachi Data Systems
ITIL Foundation Certified Consultant	Trained in Unified Compute Platform for VMWare vSphere – Hitachi Data Systems

 

 

Analytics with Hitachi Unified Compute Platform 6000 for the SAP HANA Platform  - Business Intelligence and Data Provisioning Tools Integration

 

SAP HANA Scale-Up High Availability with HANA System Replication and Automated Failover using SUSE High Availability Extension

 

SAP HANA Tailored Data Center Integration with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G800 using 1.5 TB Nodes

 

SAP Business Suite on HANA on Hitachi Unified Compute Platform 4000 for VMware vSphere

 

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform 6000 for SAP S/4HANA

 

Bachelors of Engineering (Information Technology) RGPV University, India.