
Venkat B
- Sr. SAP Security and GRC Consultant
- Warren, NJ
- Member Since Jun 02, 2023
Venkat B
Sr. SAP Security and GRC Consultant
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
• Senior SAP Security and GRC consultant with over 8 years of experience in SAP Security and over 6 years of experience in GRC Access Control Suite.
• Worked on 3 Full life cycle implementation of SAP Security projects from design phase to Post implementation phase in SAP Security domain.
• Expert in administration of SAP Application Security in ECC 6.0/5.0 and R/3 environment for the modules of FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, WM.
· Also experience in SAP Security Administration for BW 3.5/BI 7.0 security, HANA Security, Enterprise Portal, CRM and HCM modules.
· As a security administration, strongly expertise in using Profile Generator (PFCG) for creation and maintenance of Roles/Activity groups as required and expertise in Security Administration activities such as creating login Ids, assigning and resetting passwords, locking and unlocking users.
· Strong knowledge of designing of roles & authorizations and implementation of complex security framework and role matrix for SAP HANA Enterprise platform.
· Extensive experience in Configure and Maintain CUA (Central User Administration) landscape.
· Extensively performed and monitored transaction codes SU01, SU10, SU24, SU21, PFUD, SUPC, SUIM, SU53, SU56, ST01, SE54, STMS, SCC1, SE09/SE10, RZ10, SM18, SM19, SM20, SE16 and SM30 in SAP Security.
· Hands on experience in using Online Service System (OSS) for corrections and enhancements provided by SAP in Service Market place.
· Worked with the functional and development teams for role development and strategy and also working with Developers in setting up required Authority Check for Custom Tables, Reports and Custom transactions.
· Analyzing user activities reports, T-codes and role usage report and detail role analysis to decide the role set for every user under the Job Title.
· Performed BW/BI security for Administrative users (creating authorization objects and restricting users at info object level) and reporting users (analysis authorizations).
· Working knowledge in analyzing and processing SOD issues using the GRC 5.3/ 10.0/ 10.1 Access Control tools such as RAR/ARA (Access Risk Analysis), SPM/EAM (Emergency Access Management), CUP/ARM (Access Request Management), ERM/BRM (Business Role Management) components with an excellent understanding of Sarbanes- Oxley Act (Section 302 & Section 404).
· Involved in configuring and customizing the Multi-stage Multi-path (MSMP) workflows especially when working with ARM and EAM components.
· Performed Role and User Analysis, Risk Analysis and Mitigating risks and roles as required.
· Involved in the installation and Configuration of SAP GRC Access Control 10.0/10.1.
· Scheduling and working on reports of background jobs as well as foreground jobs during the risk analysis in SAP GRC AC suite.
· Providing detail reporting on Segregation of Duties (SoD) and critical access violations at both user level and role level.
· Design preventative, mitigating and compensation controls to ensure the appropriate level of protection and adherence to the goals of the overall SAP security strategy.
• Experience in documenting monthly performance reports, procedures, logs and other tracking documents to monitor health of project.
• Complete all security work for upgrades and implementations, including role development, trace, transport, overseeing testing, and userID administration.
• Strongly expertise in using Profile Generator (PFCG) for creation and maintenance of Roles/Activity groups as required. Security Administration activities such as creating login Ids, assigning and resetting passwords, locking and unlocking users.
• Build authorization checks (SU24) for profile generator access.
• Extensively performed and monitored PFUD, SUPC, SUIM, SU53, SU56, ST01 SCC1, and SE09/SE10.
• Used CATT Scripts for creating mass users.
• Test SAP authority requirements using ST01 trace function.
• Involved in Complete SAP R/3 project lifecycle from Design phase to Post-implementation phase, Upgrade & Support of several ERP implementations involving multiple modules, from system design stage to a “Go Live” stage.
• Familiar in using the ticketing tools like BMC REMEDY, ServiceNow, CLARIFY, HP.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
ERP : SAP R/3, ECC, GRC AC 5.3 & 10.0, 10.1
Operating Systems : Windows 2007, Vista/XP.
Databases : Oracle 10g, MS SQL Server 2005
Languages : ABAP, SQL, HTML5, CSS3, JAVASCRIPT.
Office Tools : MS Office Suite.
Sr. SAP Security and GRC Consultant | CELGENE - Warren, NJ (01/2016 - Present)
SAP GRC Consultant | Anthem Inc. (AmeriGroup) - Virginia Beach, VA (09/2012 - 07/2014)
Security Analyst | Scotts Lawn - Marysville, OH (01/2011 - 08/2012)
SAP Security Consultant | Tractors and Farm Equipment’s Limited, IND (07/2008 - 12/2010)
EDUCATION