Yogesh Sharma

SAP Basis Consultant with 11+ years of experience in SAP Basis. Led S/4HANA implementation and Upgrade of Hana 1709 to SP2 through maintenance planner. Directed SAP S/4HANA upgrade and migration to SAP RISE.

Executed SAP MI upgrade from 15.3 to 15.5.1, including SAP JVM upgrade. Delivered SAP NetWeaver upgrade from 7.5 SP19 to 31. Installed and configured SAP Cloud Connector. Installed ECC 6.0 on HA environment (AIX 6.1, HP-UX 11, Windows), including language installation.

Spearheaded ECC EHP upgrade from EHP4 to EHP7, executing stack upgrade and service-level patch upgrade for GST. Administered and maintained SAP systems across Windows and UNIX platforms, including installation and configuration. Executed system refresh, client copy (local and remote), and client export/import activities across landscapes.

Managed SAP user administration, role and authorization management, and user license management across ABAP and EP Portal systems. Installed, configured, and upgraded SAP Solution Manager 7.1 & 7.2 SP6, from 7.1 SP8 to SP12 and 7.2 SP6 to SP12. Installed and configured SAP Router.

Administered SAP ECC, Solution Manager, and SAP NetWeaver components (EP). Administered databases, including upgrades, refreshes, and patch upgrades on SQL Server, plus backup and recovery across multiple databases. Applied strong problem-analysis, troubleshooting, and issue-resolution skills, continually learning and implementing new methods.

Administered all SAP systems daily across the landscape, monitoring system logs, ABAP short dumps, database growth, process overview, updates, lock entries, alerts, and process chains. Configured BTP Cockpit connectivity with the S/4HANA system and managed user administration. Renewed cloud connector certificates and built connections.

Established connectivity between S/4HANA and SAP Ariba. Executed SQL Server upgrade from 2008 to 2012 and Oracle Database upgrade 11g to 12c.

SAP Basis Team Lead at Accenture (2021-08 – Present)

Led SAP Basis team in migration/upgrade and production support projects. Managed S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, and cloud migrations. Oversaw user administration, security tasks, BTP configuration, and system administration across multiple landscapes.

• Led SAP S/4HANA upgrade from 2021 to 2023
• Executed SAP MII upgrade from 15.3 to 15.5.1
• Managed SAP Java NetWeaver and SAP JVM upgrades
• Migrated on-premise SAP S/4HANA system to RISE with SAP
• Directed SAP S/4HANA upgrades from 1909 to 2301 and 2020 to 2301
• Performed kernel upgrades
• Configured SAML2 single sign-on
• Oversaw user administration, including user creation, deletion, and role creation/modification
• Administered BTP and configured BTP SSO
• Maintained profile parameters aligned to client requirements
• Coordinated client refresh and client administration activities
• Delivered support pack upgrades
• Set up and configured SAP Datasphere
• Set up and configured SAP IBP
• Implemented SAP DRC setup
• Configured SAP Watchlist setup
• Set up SAP Fiori and activated its apps
• Installed and upgraded cloud connectors
• Installed and upgraded Web Dispatcher
• Managed user provisioning and access-request workflows using GRC Access Control
• Conducted access risk analysis and applied mitigations via GRC Access Control
• Executed user security-maintenance tasks, including user creation, deletion, lock activation, and password management
• Configured Emergency Access Management in GRC, including Firefighter user IDs, owners, and controllers
• Created and maintained roles by Company Code, Plant, Cost Center, Profit Center, and Purchasing Organization for the SAP ECC system
• Resolved security and authorization issues using SUIM, SE16 (Data Browser), SU53, and ST01 t-codes
• Restricted SAP table access through authorization groups
• Followed change management processes to implement user role changes (creation/modification) via transport requests
• Disabled expired users, reassigned them to the INACTIVE group, and updated roles in the User Master Data spreadsheet
• Responded to requests, gathered requirements for functional teams and business stakeholders, and prepared reports for management and development needs
• Led role cleanup and standardization of business roles
• Supported SAP refresh activities, including user export via SCC8, SU10 mass user lock/unlock, and security transport maintenance
• Generated developer keys for ABAP developers via SAP Service Marketplace
• Managed HANA users via HANA Studio
• SAP BTP security
• SAP Java portal security
• SAML2
• Security Audit Log monitoring and investigating
• Administered all SAP systems daily across the landscape, monitoring system logs, ABAP short dumps, database growth, process overview, updates, lock entries, and alerts
• Led SAP S/4HANA implementation
• Monitored system performance and conducted analysis
• Administered and monitored databases, including checking database and file-system backup status and restarting databases as needed
• Managed transport requests
• Performed EWA Analysis and recommendations
• Renewed certificates for Web Dispatcher and SAP Router
• Configured Solution Manager, including alert configuration, job monitoring, and system monitoring

SAP BASIS Consultant at Capgemini (2018-10 – 2021-08)

Provided production support for SAP landscape. Administered all SAP systems daily, monitored system performance, managed databases, and maintained system configuration.

• Daily administration of all SAP Systems in the landscape for system logs, verification ABAP Short Dumps, database growth, process overview, updates, lock entries, alerts and logs
• Monitored system performance and conducted analysis
• Administered and monitored databases, including checking database and file-system backup status
• Managed transport requests
• Maintained profile parameters aligned to client requirements
• Configured system audit settings

SAP BASIS Consultant at KPIT Technologies. Ltd (2015-04 – 2018-10)

Executed EHP upgrades and Solution Manager installations. Performed system installations, prerequisite checks, and post-installation/upgrade configurations.

• Installed and executed EHP upgrade on sandbox system using production data
• Generated stack files from Solution Manager
• Performed prerequisite checks, including OS/DB version compatibility, kernel version, and database/file-system space
• Performed offline database backups
• Executed EHP upgrade from ECC6.0 to EHP7 using the SUM tool
• Completed post-upgrade steps, including SPAU, SPDD, SGEN, and database checks
• Conducted technical and functional testing
• Delivered post-upgrade support
• Installed SAP Router
• Prerequisite checks like OS, DB version compatibility, Kernel version, database and file system space etc
• Installed Solution Manager 7.2
• Completed post-installation steps, including new client creation via local client copy and ST-PI/API patch upgrade
• Managed system configuration and EWA report generation