Subramanian Yarakaraju

 

Subrahmanyam R Yarakaraju
Contact: 302-266-7847 Ext: 206

Summary:


�	Experienced SAP Basis Netweaver Consultant, Having around 14 years of experience in IT Industry, this includes over 7 years of  SAP Applications (R/3 4.6C/ECC 5.0/6.0, CRM 4.0/5.0, NW04/NW04s, BW3.1/3.5/7.0, XI3.0/7.0, Sol Man 3.1/3.2/4.0, APO3.0/4.1 and EP5.0/6.0
             Experience.

�	Fast Track professional successful in design and deployment of technology strategies for Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical/Chemical, Nickel/Steel, Bewerages, and Agriculture etc verticals.
�	Extensive thinker with outstanding record of achievement implementing and supporting new business concepts and delivering innovative business solutions with high level of ethics and risk management alternatives.
�	Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, Documentation, troubleshooting skills and flexible and ability to work in a team environment.
�	Involved in one end-to-end SAP 4.6c Implementation phases (OS, DB, SAP and the Post-Installation and Production Support).

Technical Skills	

�	Expertise in SAP NW04s (BW 3.x, WAS 6.40, EP 6.0, SCM, APO 3.x, 4.x, SRM 5.0,CRM 3.x, 4.0) Installations and Production support.
�	Performed upgrade from 4.6c to ECC.60
�	Performed upgrade from  BW 3.5 to BI 7.0
�	Set up New SAProuter connection using SNC/SSL(Secure Network Communication) 
�	Daily system Monitoring and trouble shooting problems, configure TMS, Transports, Work Bench Organizer, Performance Monitoring/Tuning, (CCMS), Workload Distribution, RFC connectivity, Operation Modes, Background job management, Applied OSS Notes, support packages (SPAM), Kernel patches, Plug-in/Add on upgrade, Client Administration Copy (Local, Remote)/Import/Export, System Copy/Refresh, Pro-active Maintenance, Spool Administration, Printer configuration/ Troubleshooting, Tem-se Administration, Language Import, 24X7 Production Support.
�	Worked extensively on Kernel Upgrade, installing Add-ons, update Support Packs and Patches, importing plug-ins (SPAM/SAINT) Performance Analysis and Memory Management.
�	Excellent knowledge about administering and managing SAP J2EE Web Application Server. Excellent knowledge of the tools: J2EE Visual Administration, Configtool, SDM, System Analyzer and other configuration tools in J2EE engine for portal components and applications.  
�	Security Administration: Maintained SAP security in terms of creating users, creating roles and  profiles, assigning roles, running user comparisons , assigning authorization objects to roles using profile generator(PFCG), use of SAP default templates for users, maintaining users in Central System by using Central User Administration(CUA).
�	Design of Security templates with help of other functional teams.
�	Set up New SAProuter connection using SNC/SSL(Secure Network Communication) 
�	Installed and Configured Solution Manager 3.2/4.0
�	Configured SMD(Solution Manager Diagnostics) 
�	Performed  System Monitoring through Solution Manager
�	Computer Center Management System(CCMS).

�	Worked with IBMs  TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)
�	Worked with CAs   BrightStor Storage Manager
�	Worked with CONTROL-M for Batch Scheduling.
�	Worked with Rev-Trac for Mass transport management.
�	Setting up TMS, Including systems to domains, importing transports from development to production, Quality, DEV and to some other systems as per requirement of user.
�	Client Administration like Creating Clients, Client copy (Local and Remote), deleting clients.
�	Database Administration, worked with Sapdba, BR tools, Table space administration.
�	Spool administration like configuring printers and trouble shooting spool request.
�	Database Backup/ recovery, Monitoring trouble shooting the backup problems by investigating the cause.
�	Perform SAP system, database, operating system, and transaction tuning to ensure the best possible response times for the end-users of the SAP system.
�	Configuring Operation Modes, Managing Instance Profile, Managing Logon Groups for load balancing.
�	Performed System copy/DB Refresh from PRD to QAS and DEV to QAS.
�	Operation Systems worked: AIX 5x, HP11x, Solaris 9x and Windows 2003.

Client: Glaceau, NY                                                                                         Sep�07 to Feb�08

Sr.Basis Consultant 

Environment: ECC 6.0, Solution Manager4.0, on Windows 2003 x64 and SQL Server 2005.                 

�	Installed and configured Solution manager 4.0
�	Installed and configured SAP ECC60 Sand Box, DEV & QAS servers with SQL Server 2005
�	Responsible to load & apply Support Packages, Add-ons, Kernel Upgrades and Hot patches (SPAM/SAINT).
�	STMS configuration
�	Client Administration like creation of clients, deletion of clients.
�	Maintained and configured the parameters in profiles.
�	Performed daily health check for Paragon Production systems using various tcodes such as SM50, SM12, DB01, ST03, ST22, SM21, DB02, ST04, ST06, ST02, DB12, DB13 and some other related codes and procedures if needed.
�	Troubleshooting system problems by analyzing system log update monitoring and lock entries and configured Alert Monitor for System monitoring. 
�	User Administration: 
�	Created, modified, and assigned user authorizations and profiles to user ids. With the help of profile generator (PFCG).
�	Performed System copy from DEV to QAS.
�	Configured Gentran (IDOC) software.
�	Installed Vertex (sales tax) software.

Client: Dyno Nobel Inc, UTAH  		                                                   Nov�06 to Aug�07

Sr.Basis Consultant 
Environment: SAP 4.6c, Solution Manager 4.0, BI 7.0, APO.4.0,SRM4.0,EP6.0 on AIX5x with Oracle9i

�	Worked on production support for SAP.4.7, BW3.5, Solution Manager 4.0, APO.4.0 & EP6.0
�	Performed upgrade from  R/3 4.6c  to ECC6.0
�	Created a BW source systems from administrator work bench
�	Created connections between difference components of SAP. (4.7,APO,BW & Solman) 
�	Monitoring and Troubleshooting � Monitoring of all the key components of SAP4.7, BW, APO  which includes analysis of system logs, ABAP dumps, work load analysis, load balancing.
�	Daily Backups monitoring.
�	APO Live Cache monitoring through LC10
�	Daily health check monitoring of R/3,BW,APO
�	Performed DB Refresh from PRD to QAS.
�	Creation of profiles, Assigning profiles to users. 
�	Mass Maintenance of users.
�	Created, modified, and assigned user authorizations and profiles to user ids. With the help of profile generator (PFCG).
�	Background jobs management like checking the status of background jobs, deleting batch record, generating batch record, scheduling background records.
�	Client Administration like creation of clients, deletion of clients, Client Copy, Client Export etc.
�	Table space administration through BRTOOLS.
�	Maintained and configured the parameters in profiles.
�	Spool Administration like adding printers, managing spool requests and troubleshooting printing problems.
�	Downloading SAP support packs, patches, Plug-ins, Oracle patches from SAP Marketplace and uploading them to servers.
�	Applying Java support packs and patches via SDM (Software Deployment Manager).
�	System bounces -SAP and DB, APO systems - Live Cache, J2EE Engine Restart

Client: G E Waters, CO                                                                                              Nov�05 to Oct�06
 
Sr.Basis Consultant 

Environment: ECC6.0, Solution Manager3.1, XI3.0, BI.7.0, CRM.40,SCM5.0,EP5.0 & SRM 5.0 on 
                      AIX5x and Oracle 10g

�	Worked on production support for ECC6.0,BW3.5, CRM.40,SRM5.0, Solution Manager 4.0,EP5.0 &  SCM5.0 
�	Setup the printer and spool configuration
�	Created a BW source systems from administrator work bench
�	Created connections between difference components of SAP. (ECC6.0,XI,SCM,Solman) 
�	Created a SCM source systems from administrator work bench
�	Created connections between difference components of SAP. (ECC6.0,XI,BW,Solman) 
�	Spool Administration like adding printers, managing spool requests and troubleshooting printing problems.
�	Perform R/3 systems refreshes and client refreshes applying License and Taking care of Transports, Configuring SCOT and CCMS, Define operation modes and distributed workload among available application servers, Implementing SAP notes, Schedule, monitor and perform backups - partial online recovery of data files, table spaces, tables etc and complete offline backup using SAPDBA & BRTOOLS Performing Log Backups.
�	Downloading SAP support packs, patches, Plug-ins, Oracle patches from SAP Marketplace.
�	Backups & Restore strategy �Scheduling and monitoring Database backups done through Tivoli Storage Manager.
�	Maintain DB planning calendar � schedule and monitoring CheckDB, Check and Update optimizer statistics, online DB backup, Adapt Next extent job, cleanup log.
�	Applying Java support packs and patches via SDM (Software Deployment Manager) in XI.
�	Table space administration through BRTOOLS.
�	Maintained and configured the parameters in profiles.
�	Daily Health Check monitoring.







Client: Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton,NJ                                                     May�05 to Nov�05

Basis Consultant 

Environment: SAP4.6C/ECC5.0, BW.3.5, CRM.4.0 on HPUnix and Oracle 9i

�	SAP Upgrade from 4.6C to ECC5.0          
�	Worked on production support for SAP ECC5.0,BW3.5,CRM.40
�	Background jobs management like checking the status of background jobs, deleting batch record, generating batch record, scheduling background records.
�	Client Administration like creation of clients, deletion of clients, Client Copy, Client Export etc.
�	Monitoring and Troubleshooting � Monitoring of all the key components of R/3, BW,  CRM and other NetWeaver components which includes analysis of system logs, ABAP dumps, work load analysis, load balancing.
�	Troubleshooting system problems by analyzing system logs, Updating monitoring, Alert monitors, System traces, Lock entries, System dumps Monitoring performance, workload analysis and performance tuning.
�	Setup the printer and spool configuration
�	Table space administration through SAPDBA
�	Maintained and configured the parameters in profiles.

Client: Australian Wheat Board Ltd,  Australia                              May�04 to Apr�05

Basis Consultant 

Environment: SAP4.6C, Solution Manager3.0, XI3.0, CRM4.0, BW.3.5 on Windows 2000 Enterprises  
                     Oracle 9i

�	Provided daily Basis production support for the R/3 4.6C,BW.3.5,XI,30 and Solution Manager.
�	Performed database refresh of QA systems with production.
�	Background jobs management like checking the status of background jobs, deleting batch record, generating batch record, scheduling background records through Control-M.
�	Client Administration like creation of clients, deletion of clients, Client Copy, Client Export etc.
�	Monitoring and Troubleshooting � Monitoring of all the key components of R/3, BW, XI, CRM, EP and other NetWeaver components which includes analysis of system logs, ABAP dumps, work load analysis, load balancing.
�	Table space administration through SAPDBA,BRTOOLS.
�	Maintained and configured the parameters in profiles.
�	Daily Health Check monitoring.
�	Setup the printer and spool configuration
�	Spool Administration like adding printers, managing spool requests and troubleshooting printing problems.
�	Downloading SAP support packs, patches, Plug-ins, Oracle patches from SAP Marketplace and uploading them to AWB servers.
�	Backups & Archiving strategy �Scheduling and monitoring Database backups from SAP level and third party utility called BrightStor Backup Manager.  
�	Maintain DB planning calendar � schedule and monitoring CheckDB, Check and Update optimizer statistics, online DB backup, Adapt Next extent job, cleanup log.
�	Applying Java support packs and patches via SDM (Software Deployment Manager) in CRM, XI and      Enterprise Portal, upgraded SDM
�	Applied Patches like BASIS, ABAP, Kernel Upgradation and OSS Notes .
�	Configured the STMS for 3 system landscape and worked with Rev-Trac for Mass transports management.
�	Responsible for user security profiles and authorization.
�	Daily Monitoring activities like Analyzing ABAP Dumps, Update Monitoring, Alert  Monitors, System Traces, Lock Entries Set Alert threshold, operation modes.  
�	Did the performance tuning by adjusting by various profile parameters, and buffers sizes.
�	Documented various recovery, database refresh, client copy and client export/import procedures.


         SAP XI 3.0 Installation 
Upgrade XI support patches and J2EE Engine in Exchange Infrastructure system

      SOLUTION MANAGER 3.1 Installation & CONFIGURATION

         Configured all the satellite systems to SOLUTION MANAGER with SMSY  
        Transaction so that they can be monitored with a given threshold for different alerts.

Client: QNI - Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd (Australia)            Jun�03 to Apr�04

Basis Consultant � SAP R/3 4.6c

SQL Server 2000 with Windows 2000 Enterprise server.

�	Worked on production support for SAP.4.6c
�	CCMS � Monitoring the Workload analysis, OS activity, Buffer Management, Database Actions
�	Transports - Perform transports within the system, across the Landscape.
�	Database Refresh � Refreshing of DEV, TST and TRN servers from PRD.
�	Supporting the OS/NT Team � For Managing SAP and Database Servers during any activities at OS level.
�	Client Copy � Client copy within the system and also export/import to production server.
�	Server Tuning � Analyze and improve the performance of SAP servers. Follow the recommendations given by the EWR.
�	Spool Management � Troubleshooting Spool/Print problems. Installing Printers
�	Backups � Supporting in SAP backup issues and Online and Offline backup of the Database
�	Applying Support Packs � Applied all Support packs and Kernel Upgrades
�	Database Administration � Managing Table space growth, manually adding Data files and adjusting extent size.
�	Preparation of Daily and Monthly reports.


Client: Matrix Laboratories Limited, INDIA.                                                  Aug�01 to May�03 

Basis Consultant � SAP R/3 4.6c

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c with AIX 5.1 / Oracle 9i.

�	Involved in system landscape architecture design and implementation/installation of R/3, Post Installation Process.
�	Applied Patches like BASIS, ABAP, Kernel Up gradation.
�	Created users, roles and assigned required privileges for the database access.  User Administration: 
�	User creation, user deletion, creation of activity groups, 
�	Creation of profiles, Assigning profiles to users. 
�	Mass Maintenance of users.
�	Locking / unlocking a user, resetting password. 
�	Monitoring and controlling active users
�	Created, modified, and assigned user authorizations and profiles to user ids. With the help of profile generator (PFCG).
�	Setup the printer and spool configuration
�	Spool Administration like adding printers, managing spool requests and troubleshooting printing problems.
�	Background jobs management like checking the status of background jobs, deleting batch record, generating batch record, scheduling background records.
�	Client Administration like creation of clients, deletion of clients, Client Copy, Client Export etc.
�	Table space administration through SAPDBA.
�	Database Monitoring for Space utilization & performance tuning. 
�	Defining Daily/Weekly/Monthly backups and recovery.
�	Analyzing system errors & ABAP Dumps. 
�	Applying required patches.
�	Providing end users day-to-day support
�	Involved in SAP HR module implementation and HR security authorizations.

Non-SAP Experience:

ACADEMIC:

�	Bachelor of Commerce from Osmania University. India.

TECHNICAL TRAINING:

�	Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology. India.

�	Undergone an On-site Training on SAP Basis Administration from Siemens Information Systems Limited.

�	Undergone training on IBM AIX5L Unix from IBM Learning Services Division, Hyderabad.


REFERENCES: Will be provided on request.






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