Ahmed Ibrahim

Senior SAP Basis Consultant with 12 years of total experience as SAP Basis/Net Weaver Consultant and 7 years as SAP HANA Administrator with core strength in all aspects of SAP systems, databases administration in implementation, production support, and migration and upgrade phases of a project, seeking a position with a progressive organization that gives scope to utilize my knowledge and skills and provide opportunity for career advancement

• Architected SAP solutions by prioritizing simplicity, appropriate scale, resiliency and maintainability.
• Applied widely accepted SAP best practices to SAP/S4HANA implementation, providing rapid onboarding
• Designed interconnectivity architectures for SAP products to communicate with cloud-based solutions
• Experience in SAP HEC (HANA Enterprise Cloud) private cloud management deployments
• SAP system experience includes, Installations, Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Administrate SAP Systems under different environments (Linux OS, Windows OS, VMWare, Standalone system, HA systems and different hardware).
• Solid Experience includes Installations, Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Administrate SAP HANA in-memory DataBase “SAP HANA Technical Certified”.
• Experience in Homogeneous/Heterogeneous System Copy using backup/restore mechanism and Import/Export mechanism SAP ABAP/ JAVA stack systems “OS/DB Migration Certified for SAP NetWeaver 7.30".
• Expertise in installation, upgrade and migration of Business Objects Data Services 4.1/4.2 (BODS), Information Steward 4.1/4.2 and BOBI on windows and Linux on DB Oracle and Sybase platforms and performed post installation activities in BODS such as creation of repositories, scheduling jobs and monitoring status and troubleshooting errors
• Solution manager experience in installation and configuring SLD, MOPZ, Central system monitoring, central and managed systems using SOLMAN SETUP
• Expertise in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.
• Experience with (oracle DataBase, syabse and MaxDB ) Administration using SAPDBA, BR TOOLS and SQLPlus includes Backup, Restore and Recovery, Tablespace and storage, table management and reorganization, Tables export and import, tuning Database performance.
• Hands-on experience with Java Admin tools NWA, SDM, Visual Admin, Config Tool, and Deploy Tool [JSPM].
• Extensive hands-on experience on all aspects of SAP Basis Administration Tasks i.e., Client Copy/Export/Import, System Copy/Refresh, Support Pack upgrades, Kernel Upgrades, Add-on installations, applying OSS Notes, Conflict Resolutions Transports (CRT), Spool Administration, Background jobs, Workload Analysis/Performance Tuning.
• Experience in configuring/executing SAP change control functions including transport management system (TMS) for the system landscape using STMS/Tp. Setting up Transport Routes, Configure Transport Domain Controller & customize Workbench Organizer.
• Good knowledge of SAP Security Administration. User Administration, Profile Generator, Monitoring, User Tracing, Troubleshooting. Experience implementing and configuring security tools such as CUA (Central User Administrator).
• Database upgrades and Patch applications.
• Strong technical and organizational skills with a focus on system availability and customer satisfaction.
• Good expertise in RedHat, Suse Linux OS, RedHat cluster suite and also good at handling VMware , HP data protector , Uperform

1 - Senior SAP Security Consultant 

Riyadh Cables Group of Companies

JUN 2018 – Present (New implementation)
Environment: S/4HANA 1709, SCM7 EHP4 , SAP SSO 3.0 SP02 on SAP NW 7.5 JAVA APP , SAP PO 7.5, SAP BOBJ-BI Lumira Server  , SAP Solution Managr  7.2 SP07 ,SAP Cloud connector, SAP Web dispatcher 7.53, SAP NW GW7.52, SAP Success Factor on Bublic Cloud , SAP Enable NOW 
OS : Linux RedHat , SUSE , Windows Server 2008
Database : HANA2.00 SP03 , Sybase 16 HF1

• Architected SAP solutions by prioritizing simplicity, appropriate scale, resiliency and maintainability.
• Performed interconnectivity architectures for SAP products to communicate with cloud-based solutions
• Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability
• Design technical security including roles and authorization, encrypted HTTPS protocol and webdispatcher Filters for the production environment
• Applied the SAP Best Practices DIMP Package V2.607
• Frontend/backend system configuration to enable Fiori app access 
• SAP webdispatcher configuration to allow Fiori app access from internet/intra-rnet
• Activate Fioir Apps based on the business request 
• Create roles/authorization for FIoir App 
• Implement SSO based on (Kerberos and SAML2) algorithm for on-premises/cloud systems 
• Configure Identity provider in SAP SSO system 
• Implementing Secure Login for SAP Single Sign-On
• SAP HANA DB administration, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Performed system Health checks as scheduled on day-day basis
• Communicated and explained technical requirements to HEC team members to understand and implement technical demands.
• Analyzed existing systems and databases and recommended enhancements to solve business needs
• Solved functional and technical obstacles and worked closely with project team from different streams.
• Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
• Performed internal system acceptance to deliver well-tested enhancements and meet business requirements.
• Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.
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2 - SAP BASIS Consultant 

Telephone Cables Company

January 2012 – June2018 (New implementation)

Environment: ECC 6.05 , SCM 7.01 + LiveCache ,Portal 7.3 , BW , SOLMAN 7.1
OS : Linux RedHat , SUSE , Windows Server 2008
Database : Oracle 11g , MaxDB 7.7
Team Size/Role : 5/Basis Administration
The tasks as following involved resolving backlog. The landscape has around 20 SAP systems. Carrying out the database refreshes, client refreshes and delivering them on time. Providing 24x7 production support 

• Installation of SAP Application server (ERP, SCM, SOLMAN, BE, PORTAL)  systems and perform post installation Activities.
• Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability.
• Assess impact of new SAP releases to current system landscape environments, design solution and assist production support teams in deploying the solution
• Design technical security including table, report, program, and interface security for the production environment.
• Install BW system and perform all required configuration and Creating roles, custom authorization objects to restrict reporting users, restricting the administration work bench components, reporting components in BW system 
• Installed solution manager 7.1and configured SLD, MOPZ, Central system monitoring, central and managed systems using SOLMAN SETUP.
• Worked on customizing using Solution Manager to drive configuration activities in target systems and created new systems and logical components in it
• Administer the SAP database (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, etc.).
• System refresh using import/export and database restore methods.
•  Troubleshooting SAP startup problems.
•  Client administration activities like client deletion, client export/import, local client copy.
•  Maintaining profile parameters & license installation.
•  SAP Kernel, Patch and Add-on implementation including ABAP and Java stack using SDM/JSPM.
•  SAP Support package installation.
•  Language installation.
•  SAP NOTE implementation.
•  Regular System/Batch Job Administration and Monitoring.
•  Performance tuning for ABAP & JAVA systems.
•  User administration
•  Maintaining role & Profiles.
•  TMS Configuration.
•  Configurations/activities using Visual Admin and Config Tool.
•  Performing various SAP Market place activities like software downloads, connection maintenance, co-ordination with SAP with various SAP message.
•  Offline, Online and archive backup with HP data protector.
• Design and document security administration policies and procedures for the production environment.

3 - SAP BASIS Consultant 

Telephone Cables Company

January 2017 – June2017 (Migrate ERP 6 EHP6 from Oracle DB to HANA DB)

• Performed SAP  ERP System technical update from EHP 5.0 to EHP 7.0
• Performed the End-to-End migration SAP ERP 60 EHP07 on Orcal/Linux to HANA DB
• Involved in hardware sizing of the SAP servers before migrating to HANA DB

4 - SAP BASIS Consultant 

Telephone Cables Company

January 2016 – June2016 (replicate the Data using SLT to new HANA DB As a Secondary DB and consume the data using different analytical tools)

• Install SAP HANA As a Secondary Database sidecar scenario
• Installing and Configuring the SAP Netweaver  LT Replication Server
• Install and configuring SAP BOBJ-Lumira server 
• Performed SAP HANA Operations such as Table Administration, Periodic Manual Tasks Transport Changes.
• Adding SAP HANA System in SAP HANA Studio, Stopping, Starting and restarting SAP HANA Services.
• Managing SAP HANA users and monitoring systems. 
• Configuration SDI (Smart Data Integration) Replication from Oracle source systems. 
• Responsible for SAP HANA Security including User Management, Roles, and Privileges. 
• Responsible for configuring backup / restore utilities and developing disaster recovery policies and procedures. 
• Responsible for setting up effective monitoring for alerts and capacity analysis. Also, tuning the database environment to insure optimal performance and resource utilization.    
• Monitoring SAP HANA overall health (CPU, Memory & Disk).   
• Scaling of SAP HANA for High-Availability and Disaster-Recovery. 
• Maintain solid working knowledge of the application functionality of existing Hana platforms and future enhancements.
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5 - Vodafone Egypt

Siebel Systems Administrator

January 2009 – December 2009 (1 year)

6 - Oracle Developer

Freelance

May 2006 – December 2008 (2 years 8 months)

Bachelor of Engineering- computer and control system (May, 2006).

Faculty of Engineering – Suez Canal University.