Ravi D

With extensive experience in SAP S/4 HANA Basis, I specialize in designing, implementing, migration and supporting SAP landscapes. As a SAP Basis Administrator my focus is on delivering technical solutions to ensure system reliability and seamless integration. My work emphasizes collaboration with infrastructure, network, and security teams to optimize operations, conduct security audits, and address technical challenges effectively.

Experience delivering cloud transformation projects on Microsoft Azure, including OS/DB migrations, DMO-based system conversions, cloud migrations, high availability, disaster recovery, automation. Dedicated to maintaining robust system performance, I strive to contribute towards achieving organizational goals through strategic system upgrades, third-party integrations, and problem-solving solutions. Enhanced overall database performance through proactive reorganization, index rebuilding, and fragmentation checks, ensuring optimal system responsiveness.

Achieved a 10/10 Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score by delivering proactive SAP Basis support, rapid incident resolution, and clear communication with stakeholders. Worked in Solution Manager involving Solution Monitoring, Change Request Management (ChaRM), User Maintenance, and Authorization, CUA, UME, SSO, SNC and EWA. Strongly familiar with SAP Software Logistics (Client Concept, System and Client Change Option), Spool Administration, SMTP Mail Administration, RFC connections and SAP Web Dispatcher.

Very strong experience in User Administration, Change Management System, Security, and Support.

SAP Basis HANA Administrator at The Swatch Group U.S. Inc (2022-10 – 2026-08)

• Hands-on approach to performing the Installation and Migration of SAP Systems on Azure. Worked in System Replication for S/4 HANA, SAP HANA Migration, Setting HA/DR environment.
• Experienced in SAP HANA Database Backup and Restore using various HANA database tools like HANA Cockpit, Veeam.
• Worked in interfacing 3rd party tools like Vertex, Paymetrics, ShipERP.
• Designed SAP roles to ensure financial data integrity by restricting access to sensitive transactions, enforcing Segregation of Duties (SoD), and monitoring elevated access through Firefighter ID to prevent unauthorized activities.
• Involved in integrated identity control between on-premise and cloud-based SAP environments through Azure Active Directory for Identity Protection and Network Firewalls.
• Experience of S/4 HANA conversion and System Upgrade and monitored SAP HANA system landscape.
• Applied SAP Notes requested by users and collaborated with SAP functional experts to resolve incidents and issues.
• Configured SAP Cloud ALM for monitoring business processes, tracking incidents, and conducting root-cause analysis, streamlining workflows during SAP RISE migration and post go-live support.
• Configure ArchiveLink/content repositories. Configured logical systems, HTTP/HTTPS and certificates and content repository and document types, establish secure connectivity to the OpenText repository
• Experience in Cloud ALM by providing centralized, administration, deployment orchestration, and proactive monitoring across SAP S/4HANA and Business Process & Integration Monitoring
• Install the DMIS add-on and configure SLT, creating Users, RFC
• Utilized SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS) for secure user authentication and single sign-on (SSO) configuration
• I coordinated technical cutover communications, system downtime notifications, transport freeze periods, and hypercare support while working closely with business change management teams.
• I coordinated customer-owned activities such as transport management, testing, Cloud Connector configuration, SAP BTP integration, and cutover planning while collaborating with SAP-managed infrastructure teams
• Maintained Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), operational runbooks, disaster recovery documentation, patching guides, backup procedures, monitoring checklists, and change management documentation to standardize SAP operations and improve operational efficiency

SAP Basis – Account SME at Kyndryl India (2021-09 – 2022-06)

Install, configure, integrate, and upgrade SAP environments. Work in System Refresh, EHP upgrade for ABAP and JAVA systems, SAP HANA Migration, S/4 HANA conversion, and System Upgrade, Create and configure RFC destination. Provide performance tuning, problem analysis & system administration for Oracle database & SAP instance.

Configure Adobe Document

Services, also upgrade Kernel patch and Support Packages in ABAP systems. Configuring/activating Fiori apps and related services. Administration of Fiori launchpad. HANA Executing and monitoring.

• Actively handled evolving challenges related to SAP Migrations to HANA using the latest tools like DMO and SUM with nZDT services, managing SAP Correction and Transport System; and setting up the System Landscape, STMS.
• Applied SAP License, SPAM, JSPM, Support Package, SPS for ABAP and JAVA systems, using HANA database tools e.g. HANA studio, also handled SAP HANA Database installations (2016) and monitored SAP HANA landscape.
• Created database users and roles in SQL Server and HANA database, and applied SAP Notes as per requested by Users. Functioned in close collaboration with the SAP Functional exports to facilitate incident & problem resolution.
• Activating Business Function during configuration of Fiori Launchpad
• Facilitated the initial testing of problem fixes, change requests, enhancements, and new functionality; ensured backup and recovery of SAP systems, Oracle database, and Storage/Data Management.
• Managed Installation of SAP Oracle Upgrade & SBP using MOPatch Application
• Ensured appropriate client Copy / Transport, TMS Configuration, Authorization, and Background Processing.

SAP Basis - SME at IBM India (2016-06 – 2021-08)

• Exercised hands-on approach to performing the Installation of SAP Systems. Transformed DB2 from 10.5 to 11.1, Oracle from 11i to 12c and 12.1 to 12.2.
• Worked in System Refresh, EHP upgrade for ABAP and JAVA systems.
• Experienced in SAP HANA Database installations (Edition 2016), using various HANA database tools like HANA studio, setting up the System Landscape, STMS.