Vinod Vijayan

A result driven SAP Expert with 14 years of demonstrated experience working in IT services, consulting, and industry-based organizations. Expert in leading large scale SAP implementations and managing operations, specialized in SAP BASIS and S4 Hana projects & skilled on cloud-based solutions across various notable industries. Established the strategy, execution/implementations & operating models for large scale SAP projects in line with organization objectives to deliver the business value and impact to the customers.

• Very good experience in SAP system architecture design, Installations and Production Support. Worked on SAP ERP 6.0 EHP7, SAP BO 4.1, PO 7.4, BI 7.4, EP 7.4, Web dispatcher, SAP CS, Hana and Solution Manager 7.1
• Having experience in upgrade of SAP systems to EHP6, EHP7, and SP Upgrade for EP, and BI.

• SAP security management for production support environment
• Installation, Consulting and Configuration skills in SAP Basis, SAP Net Weaver, Enterprise Portal, BO, PO, SSO, Solution Manager and Backup Solutions.
• Database management including installation, patch upgrade, database performance monitoring and tuning for SAP on SYBASE, Oracle and HANA
• Installation of BI 7.4 on HANA
• Hana Backup Configuration and user creation 
• Worked on disaster recovery setup and planning
• SAP SRS 16 HADR implementation and configuration
• Planned and executed DC-DR drill for customer where all users worked in DR for one complete business day. 
• Worked on publishing, testing and configuring webpage portal application on to internet
• Expertise in Backup/restore scheduling, monitoring and troubleshooting, define backup strategy, Background job management and Spool administration
• STMS design, configuration, support and troubleshooting
• ADS Configurations
• Router implementation and configuration
• Implementation of support packages, Add-on’s and SAP notes
• Client administration: Local client copy, Remote client copy, Client Deletion
• BO 4.1 installation, configuration and troubleshooting
• SAP system monitoring/troubleshooting like RFC communication, Spool Administration, System Log Review, Lock Entries, ABAP Dumps, Update Records, Background Jobs, SAPGUI Patch Up gradation, Early Watch Report, Password Management, Work Process Monitor, License keys, DR rebuild and performance analysis and troubleshooting
• SAP production system planning, installation and configuration on cluster 
• Providing support for SAP basis RFP proposals and sizing
• Involved in technical documentation preparation and one point contact with client network, PMO, audit(vulnerability report) and third party support team (riverbed, SMS, SSL, bank cbs, finnacle, Fujitsu etc.)
• Involved in meeting new technical challenges and finding solutions to meet needs of the client.
• Training and development on SAP basis for new members and also participated in campus interviews 

Master of Computer Application (MCA) - Completed in the year 2006