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Damodar Reddy  Sallarm

Damodar Reddy Sallarm

Helsinki

Summary

With a decade of experience as a certified SAP administrator, one possesses proficiency in SAP Solution design, strategic planning, migration, upgrades, and administration of SAP and non-SAP products. Demonstrating perceptive problem-solving and analytical acuity, challenges are navigated effectively. With unwavering dedication, the focus is on achieving ambitious milestones within tight timelines while maintaining a commitment to impeccable code. This involves managing the entire product lifecycle, from installation to end-of-life strategies. Offering comprehensive technical support and tailored remote training, the goal is seamless functionality and equipping stakeholders with essential skills.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SAP Basis/Cloud & Datacenter Consultant

Capgemini Finland
08.2016 - Current
  • Being Technical lead responsible for end-to-end activities including planning, implementation, migration, conversion, and upgrade proposals, risk and impact analysis, runbook preparations, gathering technical requirements, creating testing scenarios, and active involvement during implementation.
  • Helping to create the testing scenarios based on the changes and also actively involved technically during the implementation until the team is confident enough to continue the process.
    • Plan, and manage a team of 20 employees in support of the overall Basis activities related to technical requirements for Application/Business requirements.
    • Activaly facilitating functional / technical workshop sessions
    • Coordinating other resources to assist in the Infrastructure build-out for Azure.
    • Designing or participating in the design of key areas such as high availability,
    disaster recovery and systems management for Azure.
    • Worked with other members of the SAP team to determine requirements
    necessary to meet project goals.
    • Responsible for technical delivery in the areas SAP S/4HANA, Solution Manager,
    Cloud connecter, MDG(SAP S/4HANA), BW, open Text, ICC, PI, MII, BO, BODS,
    Content server, and underlying databases i.e HANA, Sybase, MaxDB and MSSQL
    • End to End SAP Installation and Support skills (including UNIX/Windows, Various
    databases )
    • End to end SAP installations, upgrades, performance, security, sizing, support,
    system copies and connectivity.
    • Responsible for installing and configuring SAP Fiori Applications; Troubleshoot
    and upgrade Fiori Apps as required;
    • Responsible for HA/DR design and Installation, configuration and maintenance,
    includes Troubleshooting, fixing the Cluster and replication issues during any
    kind the fail-over scenarios
    • Responsible for designing and implementing optimal SAP configuration to
    maximize system performance and availability. SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.
  • • Responsible for installing and configuring SAP web dispatcher, create new rules, maintain permission tables, and routing to backend systems
    • Responsible for the administration of the SAP database with Database Administrator (plan and perform database upgrades, apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform database reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database security, administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem determination and resolution);
    • Responsible for leading the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades;
    • Worked on different modules and their integrations. Such as Azure APIM, BTP, Logic Apps
    • Closely working with the testing and operating system and hardware team solutions
    • A key central point of contact for providing day to day consultation in troubleshooting, analysis, and implementation of SAP-related system solutions, Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting skills
    • Closely working on SAP systems automation
    • Open Text, Power designer, OPI Colonies installation and configuration
    • End to End to implementation of SAP Process Mining by Celonis, Microsoft
    PowerBI, SAP Cloud Connecter, SAP Data Intelligence and SAP Predective Analysis • E2E System copies based on Hana, Sybase, oracle and Ms-Sql systems.
    • Hands on experience on SLT Installation, Upgrade, Performance optimization,
    Filtering and Advance configurations(MSSQL, Oracle and HANA)
    • End to End Fiori implementation, upgrade, configuration, Fiori Performance
    troubleshooting and fine tuning
    • Platform: SAP S/4HANA 2020, Bw on Hana, SBOP 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3, MDG (SAP
    S/4HANA), MII 15.5, GRC 12.0, Solution manager 7.2 , VIM, Open Text 7.5, ICC 7.5, Celonies SAP Data Mining, , , NWDI, PI 7.50, SLT, EP 7.52, NW GW 7.52, Sievo, Open Text Archive Server 16.0, ICC 7.5 (Invoice Capture Center), Microsoft PowerBI, SAP Cloud Connecter, SAP Data Intelligence and SAP Predective AnalysisOS and Database : Suse SLES 11, 12 and 15,Ms SQL Server 2014, 2016 & 2019, Sybase ASE 16.0 and SAP Hana 2.0 .

Associate Consultant

HCL Technologies
10.2012 - 06.2016
  • Working in shifts for covering 24X7 support as a team for Maintenance and support.
  • Involved in daily System monitoring activities like short dumps, database monitoring, system process checking, backups, system logs, background jobs, spool, etc.
  • Preparing Monthly Report on performance monitoring, Daily monitoring, Database monitoring based on EWA.
  • Importing the transports between DEV, QTY & PRD.
  • Working as SPOC from Bangalore for 8 clients and coordinated with Client for all issues
  • Applying SAP NOTE
  • Client Administration i.e., Opening client for development team via scc4 and se06
  • Database Administration through brtools
  • Importing the transports between DEV, QTY & PRD.
  • Client Administration i.e., Opening client for development team via scc4 and se06
  • Applying SAP NOTE
  • Configure Operation modes.
  • Performing Kernel upgrade
  • Includes local client copy, remote client copy and Export/Import.
  • Checking CCMS agent’s availability, system availability. Starting up the CCMS agents if they are down in OS level.
  • Troubleshooting ABAP/JAVA instance start-up issues
  • Start and Stop SAP.
  • System refresh on ABAP ECC on Quarterly release basis

Education

Master of Science - Computer Networking

Glyndwr University
Wrexham
2011

Master of Science - Master of Computer Application

Osmania University
Hyderbad
06.2008

Bachelor of Science - Physical Sciences

B.Sc Physical Sciences
Hyderabad
06.2005

Skills

  • Troubleshooting and Diagnosis
  • Systems Architecture/Design/Planning,Software Installation and Maintenance
  • Roadmap Planning, Prioritization, Technical Documentation and Reporting
  • Project Coordination, Communication and Team Collaboration
  • Virtual and Cloud Technologies
  • Performance Improvements, Technical Support and Assistance
  • Problem Resolution
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • HA Planning and implementation

Certification

  • Capgemini - L1 Architect Training & Certification In progress
  • Certified Technology Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade -2023
  • Certified Technology Consultant – SAP S/4HANA System Administration - 2023
  • Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA Cloud Provisioning and Administration - 2022
  • Certified Technology Associate - SAP Fiori System Administration - 2022
  • Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS05 - 2022
  • Az-120 Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty - 2022
  • Az-104 Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - 2022
  • SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Solution Manager, Mandatory and Managed System Configuration - 2020 & 2023

Timeline

SAP Basis/Cloud & Datacenter Consultant

Capgemini Finland
08.2016 - Current

Associate Consultant

HCL Technologies
10.2012 - 06.2016

Master of Science - Computer Networking

Glyndwr University

Master of Science - Master of Computer Application

Osmania University

Bachelor of Science - Physical Sciences

B.Sc Physical Sciences
Damodar Reddy Sallarm