Nishit Bodola
- Senior SAP Basis/Security/DBA Engineer
- Los Angeles, CA
- Member Since May 10, 2023
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Nishit Bodola
SUMMARY
Ø Senior SAP Basis Consultant with 11+ years of experience in Implementations, Upgrades, Migrations and Production Support
Ø Multiple SAP Implementations and Installations involving SAP ECC, BW, BPC, Solution Manager, Enterprise Portal, Fiori, PI, CRM, GRC
Ø Implementation of SAP BW/BPC on SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 6
Ø Multiple SAP Upgrade Projects involving SAP ECC, BW, BPC, CRM, Enterprise Portal, SAP Solution Manager
Ø OS/DB Migration ECC 6.0 EHP 4 on AIX 5.3 to RHEL 6.6
Ø App Server OS Migration ECC 6.0 EHP 4 on AIX 7.1 to RHEL 7.3
Ø Extensive experience in SAP Security, User Creation, Role Design, SAP User Audit, assisted in remediating potential SODs, VIRSA, GRC, IDM and Central User Administration (SCUA)
Ø Extensive experience in database administration of DB2, Oracle and HANA
Ø Extensive experience in SAP Web AS Java Administration, Basic Configuration, monitoring and administration of Web AS Java using Config tool, Visual Administrator and NWA.
Ø Extensive experience in System Copies using R3load/Jload and DB specific methods, Pre-and Post-Refresh Activities specific to ECC, BW, SRM, SCM, Enterprise Portal, BPC
Ø SAP CHARM, SAP Technical Monitoring, Data Volume Management (DVM), Early Watch Alert (EWA), SL Reporting, Managed System Configuration, LMDB, SLD Administration
Ø Integration of SAP Solution Manager and Service Now for generating incidents using Tech Monitoring Alerts
Ø Implementation and Upgrade of BI Accelerator (BIA) release 7.20 for a 10TB environment
Ø Implementation of SAP Adobe Document Services for generating PDF versions of payroll and finance documents
Ø Extensive experience in applying enhancement packs (EHPs), support pack stacks (SPS), kernel upgrades, profile parameter maintenance, SAP Note implementation, Transport Management (STMS), troubleshooting transport related issues, SAP Router Installation and Configuration, SAP OSS Connection Administration, troubleshooting end user issues related to GUI and other standard SAP tools
Ø Extensive experience in implementation and upgrade of specialized 3rd Party tools like DSM from EPIUSE for Object Sync, Client Sync and Data Secure of HCM and FI data, ADP Taxware, SABRIX and VERTEX for maintaining company taxes, BSI TaxFactory for managing HR Payroll Taxes
Ø Extensive experience working on various SDLC and Change Management Tools like HPSM, HP PPMC, HP Quality Center, Service Now, Remedy, iSupport and SAP CHARM
CERTIFICATIONS
Ø SAP OS/DB Certified Technology Associate - C_TADM70_74 (Edition 2018)
Ø SAP HANA Certified Technology Associate – C_HANATEC_11 (Edition 2016)
Ø Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 Certified
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Ø SAP Products : SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 7, ECC 6.0 EHP 6, SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 4, ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, R/3 4.7
SAP BW 7.31, BW 7.0 with EHP1, SAP BW 7.0, SAP BPC 10, SAP BPC 7.5
SAP Solution Manager 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, SAP PI 7.31, SAP PI 7.11
SAP SCM 7.0, SAP SCM 5.0, SAP SRM 7.0, SAP SRM 4.0, SAP Portal 7.40, 7.30
SAP CRM 7.0, 7.0 EHP 1
Ø 3rd Party Tools : BSI Tax factory 8.0, BSI Tax factory 9.0, ADP Tax ware, EPI-USE DSM 3.18,
SABRIX, VERTEX
Ø Operating Systems : Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows Server
Ø Databases : HANA, ORACLE 8, 9i, 10g, 11g, DB2 9.7, 10.1 and 10.5, MAXDB
Ø Others : HPSM, HP PPMC, HP QC, Service Now, iSupport and CHARM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AutoZone,
Los Angeles, California
Senior SAP Basis/Security/DBA Engineer Apr ‘17 – Current
Ø OS/DB Migration from ECC 6.0 EHP 4 on AIX 5.3 to RHEL 6.6
Ø SAP ECC 6.0 EHP8 upgrade from ECC 6.0 EHP4 SP3
Ø SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Upgrade from Solution Manager 7.1
Ø SAP Fiori 2.0 Installation and integration with backend ECC 6.0 EHP8
Ø SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Technical Monitoring and Job Monitoring
Ø SAP Security Administration, User Creation, Role Design, Role Cleanup, SAP User Audit, assisted in remediating potential SODs and Central User Administration (SCUA)
Ø Designed and Implemented SAP ERP Systems Backup and Restore policies
Ø Established and tested procedure for SAP System DB2 database Point in Time recovery with EMC NMDA backup server
Ø SAP System Copies/DB Refresh using DB specific copy method involving restoring backup from EMC NMDA backup server
Ø SAP System Copy of SAP Solution Manager 7.1 using R3load and Jload
Ø Designed and Implemented strategy for ensuring 24x7 availability of ECC QA systems during quarterly system refreshes
Ø DB2 Database Administration, Tablespace Management, Move data files, DB Statistics Update, DB Reorganization
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting end user issues
Ø Application of monthly and critical tax updates in VERTEX
Ø SAP Kernel Upgrade, Application of Support packages, Implement SAP delivered notes/corrections, Install and Manage SAP Add-Ons
Ø Create and maintain operation modes, logon groups, RFC server group maintenance and SAP profile parameters
Ø Create and maintain RFCs, partner profiles, administer iDocs, background job scheduling, monitoring and maintenance
Ø STMS Configuration and Transport management
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting system and end user issues.
Ø Handling system outages, sending out incident and status reports and updates to senior management. Working with technical and functional teams for resolution and for providing fixes
Compass Group USA
Charlotte, North Carolina
SAP Basis/Security/DBA Consultant Oct ‘16 – Mar ‘17
Ø SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Upgrade
Ø SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Technical Monitoring
Ø Migrating App Servers from AIX 7.1 to Linux RHEL 7.3
Ø SAP Security Administration
Ø Oracle Database Administration, Tablespace Management, Move data files, DB Statistics Update, DB Reorganization, BR TOOLS, RMAN
Ø Database backup and restore using brbackup and brrestore
Ø Quarterly database refresh using online backup and brrestore
Ø Disaster Recovery Setup
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting issues in the environment
Ø Application of cyclics, Tax Update Bulletins (TUBs) in SAP HR and Regulatory Bulletins in BSI Tax factory. Also install and configure BSI Taxfactory client with a cyclic or release upgrade.
Ø Backup/Restore BSI employee dataset using BSI Taxfactory
Ø Application of monthly ADP Taxware Supplemental Updates and important changes
Ø EPI-USE DSM primarily for data scrambling post system refresh, copying and downloading employees from one system to another in scrambled manner
Ø Setting up Adobe Document Services for generation of PDF based forms in SAP
Ø SLD and Java Administration of SAP CLM 7.0 and SAP PI 7.1 Systems
Ø SAP Kernel Upgrade, Application of Support packages, Implement SAP delivered notes/corrections, Install and Manage SAP Add-Ons
Ø Create and maintain operation modes, logon groups, RFC server group maintenance and SAP profile parameters
Ø Create and maintain RFCs, partner profiles, administer iDocs, background job scheduling, monitoring and maintenance
Ø STMS Configuration and Transport management, designing Dual Transport Strategy to Support existing production path
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting system and end user issues.
Ø Handling system outages, sending out incident and status reports and updates to senior management. Working with technical and functional teams for resolution and for providing fixes
BB&T Bank
Greensboro, North Carolina
SAP Basis Consultant Oct‘14 – Sep’16
Ø BB&T ProjectONE Go-Live SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 6, SAP BW 7.31 and BPC 10 on HANA 1.0 SPS6
Ø SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 7 Implementation on DB2 10.5 FP4 using SWPM
Ø Ramp up SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Installation using SWPM
Ø SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP01 and SP02 update using SUM tool
Ø SAP Netweaver Gateway 7.4 Installation and Upgrade using SWPM and SUM
Ø SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 7 Upgrade from EHP 6 using SUM
Ø SAP BW 7.40 Upgrade from 7.31 using SUM
Ø SAP BW/BPC HANA Troubleshooting and Monitoring
Ø SAP Solution Manager Technical Monitoring and Service Now Integration using IBM ITCAM tool and SOI
Ø DB2 Client Upgrade
Ø SAP HANA Administration and Monitoring
Ø Generation of Service Now Incidents
Ø SAP Support Pack Upgrade, Kernel Upgrade, Implement SAP delivered notes/corrections, Install SAP Add-Ons
Ø BW and ECC database refresh using standard SAP procedure
Ø End to End SSL Implementation across the SAP environment
Ø Setting up Early Watch Alert to identify problems, bottlenecks and monitor system performance
Ø SAP Solution Manager Change Request Management, Technical Monitoring, Data Volume Management, Guided Procedure, Incident Management, Service Level Reporting, Early Watch Alert, LMDB, Generates stack files using maintenance optimizer and maintenance planner
Ø STMS Configuration and Transport management, designing Dual Transport Strategy to Support existing production path
Ø Create and maintain operation modes, logon groups, RFC server group maintenance and SAP profile parameters
Ø Create and maintain RFCs, partner profiles, administer iDocs, background job scheduling, monitoring and maintenance
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting system and end user issues.
Ø Handling system outages, sending out incident and status reports and updates to senior management. Working with technical and functional teams for resolution and for providing fixes
The Walt Disney Company
Los Angeles, California
Lead SAP Basis Consultant July ‘14 – Sep ‘14
Ø Release management planning, system upgrade, support stack upgrade and kernel upgrade planning
Ø Database refresh and restore
Ø Disaster Recovery Planning
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting issues
Ø SAP BW Accelerator Installation for Quality and Production systems
Ø Upgrade of BW Acceleration revision to BWA 7.20
Ø Indexing cubes, rebuilding indexes, administering BW Acceleration using RDDV, RSRV, RSDDBIAMON2 and TREXADMINTOOL from SAP. Also administer BWA using TREX Admin tool
Ø Application of cyclics, Tax Update Bulletins (TUBs) in SAP HR and Regulatory Bulletins in BSI Tax factory. Also install and configure BSI Taxfactory client with a cyclic or release upgrade.
Ø Backup/Restore BSI employee dataset using BSI Taxfactory
Ø Setting up Adobe Document Services for generation of PDF based forms in SAP
Ø Database Refresh of ECC, BW, SRM
Ø Setting up Early Watch Alert to identify problems, bottlenecks and monitor system performance
Ø Setting up Root Cause Analysis and Wily Introscope for troubleshooting and identifying root cause of the issues
Ø SAP Kernel Upgrade, Application of Support packages, Implement SAP delivered notes/corrections, Install and Manage SAP Add-Ons
Ø Create and maintain operation modes, logon groups, RFC server group maintenance and SAP profile parameters
Ø Create and maintain RFCs, partner profiles, administer iDocs, background job scheduling, monitoring and maintenance
Ø STMS Configuration and Transport management, designing Dual Transport Strategy to Support existing production path
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting system and end user issues.
Ø Handling system outages, sending out incident and status reports and updates to senior management. Working with technical and functional teams for resolution and for providing fixes
Ø Prepare and update SAP Basis technical procedure documentation, and fixes for KEDB.
NBC Universal
Los Angeles, California
Senior SAP Basis Consultant May ‘11 – June ’14
Ø BW Unicode Conversion/ OS-DB Migration/BW 7.3 Upgrade Project
Ø Unicode conversion using conversion tools like Table Splitting, Migration Monitor and Distribution Monitor.
Ø Upgrade of existing SAP ECC 6.0 systems to ECC 6.0 EHP6
Ø Upgrade of existing SAP ECC 6.0 systems to ECC 6.0 EHP4
Ø Work with technical and the functional team to fix issues during ECC upgrade and BW Migration.
Ø Upgrade using Downtime minimized strategy.
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting issues in the environment Post Upgrade and Migration environments.
Ø SAP BW Accelerator Installation for Quality and Production systems with 7 active blades and one backup blade.
Ø Upgrade of BW Acceleration revision to BWA 7.20
Ø Indexing cubes, rebuilding indexes, administering BW Acceleration using RDDV, RSRV, RSDDBIAMON2 and TREXADMINTOOL from SAP. Also administer BWA using TREX Admin tool
Ø Upgrade of existing BSI Taxfactory 8.0 release to BSI Taxfactory release 9.0.
Ø Application of cyclics, Tax Update Bulletins (TUBs) in SAP HR and Regulatory Bulletins in BSI Tax factory. Also install and configure BSI Taxfactory client with a cyclic or release upgrade.
Ø Backup/Restore BSI employee dataset using BSI Taxfactory
Ø Upgrade of existing ADP Taxware release to
Ø Application of monthly ADP Taxware Supplemental Updates and important changes
Ø Implemented EPI-USE DSM 3.18 primarily for data scrambling post system refresh, copying and downloading employees from one system to another in scrambled manner
Ø Setting up Adobe Document Services for generation of PDF based forms in SAP
Ø Quarterly Database Refresh of ECC, BW, SRM, and SCM systems for Q-Close
Ø Setting up Early Watch Alert to identify problems, bottlenecks and monitor system performance
Ø Setting up Root Cause Analysis and Wily Introscope for troubleshooting and identifying root cause of the issues
Ø Setting up central monitoring with CCMS to monitor satellite systems from a single point of contact
Ø Setting up CTS+ to transport non-ABAP objects in SAP PI
Ø SLD and Java Administration of SAP CLM 7.0 and SAP PI 7.1 Systems
Ø Administration of IPC, TOMACT and TREX in relation to SAP SRM 4.0
Ø SAP Kernel Upgrade, Application of Support packages, Implement SAP delivered notes/corrections, Install and Manage SAP Add-Ons
Ø Create and maintain operation modes, logon groups, RFC server group maintenance and SAP profile parameters
Ø Create and maintain RFCs, partner profiles, administer iDocs, background job scheduling, monitoring and maintenance
● STMS Configuration and Transport management, designing Dual Transport Strategy to Support existing production path
Ø Workload Analysis, performance tuning, troubleshooting system and end user issues.
Ø Handling system outages, sending out incident and status reports and updates to senior management. Working with technical and functional teams for resolution and for providing fixes
Ø Prepare and update SAP Basis technical procedure documentation, and fixes for KEDB.
AIG Investments
New York, New York
SAP Basis Consultant Nov ‘10 – Apr ’11
Ø Implementation of SAP BPC 7.5 and SAP BW 7.0 EHP1 involving installation of Sandbox, Development, Quality and Production systems for Project Harmony
Ø Activation of BPC content in SAP BW and integration with SAP BW 7.0 EHP 1 systems.
Ø Installation of BPC Client for SAP Netweaver, Patches and Add-Ons.
Ø Hardware Sizing, Capacity Planning and load balancing of the entire landscape.
Ø Designing transport strategy for moving changes across the landscape
Ø Prepare and update SAP Basis documentation, document problems and solutions and them to KEDB.
Ø Go-Live and hyper care support post Go-Live. Transition new systems to IBM in a phased manner.
Ø Implemented and configured SAP CHARM (Change Request Management) in a three-system landscape. Also, organized a demo for AIG management in a Sandbox using three-client strategy.
Ø Design a new transport strategy which involved creating client specific transport routes and transport groups to support CHARM and also without affecting existing flow of transports
Ø Implement and configure service desk in SAP Solution Manager for reporting and tracking issues.
Ø Implemented and configured SAP Governance Risk and Compliance 5.3
Ø Setting up Availability and Central System Monitoring to monitor entire system landscape from single point of contact. Setting up email notification for relevant teams and groups
Ø Involved in setting up systems for Disaster Recovery. Successfully started SAP applications at DR site, worked with technical and functional team to validate business processes and fix issues. Validated systems over CITRIX/VPN and prepared documentation for end users
Ø Database Refresh of ECC and BW Systems
Ø DB Export/Import using R3load method.
Ø QA Client Refresh from Production Client using client export/import
Ø Implement and configure CTS+ for moving changes of SAP XI Systems
Ø Export/import changes in SAP XI Landscape
Ø Integration of SAP Enterprise Portal 7.0 with backend systems ECC and BI
Ø SLD and Java Administration in dual system (ABAP+JAVA) landscape with Visual Admin, Configtool, JSPM and SDM
Ø SAP Kernel Upgrade, Application of Support packages, Implement SAP delivered notes/corrections, Install and Manage SAP Add-Ons
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