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Nikhil Govindani

Solihull,West Midlands

Summary

AWS Migration SME, SAP Technical Architect , Rise with SAP , SAP environment manager SAP Certified Solution Manager , SAP certified S/4 HANA consultant with core strength in SAP Upgrade, Data Center Migration, Greenfield implementations, and production support. “14 years of total IT experience with emphasis on architecting solutions comprising various products of SAP put together in a complex landscape for the ease of customers. Around 5 years working in the UK leading teams, mentoring them on best practice and problem solving. Successfully lead and performed various greenfield implementations, multiple Data Center migrations (heterogeneous and homogenous) along with SAP upgrades and updates. I have excellent communication, interpersonal and judging skills, which facilitates effective communication with other functional and technical teams.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

SAP Basis Architect and Solution Manager

Infosys
London
05.2021 - 05.2026
  • Around 5 years of onsite experience in the UK, successfully leading project delivery across BAU operations and environment management teams.
  • Gathering requirements from the client and performing architect role to provide the solution in AWS cloud.
  • SAP Environment management to perform risk management, keeping all the projects coordinated and aligned properly.
  • Defining the Plan/strategy, estimation of resource sizing, Define cutover strategy.
  • Lead the implementation, migration, and integration of these SAP systems with various non-SAP systems.
  • Pacemaker cluster configuration and SAP/Hana DB cluster setup in Linux environment.
  • Provided cost optimization strategies to reduce operational cost of SAP landscape. (Saving 10,000 GBP per month)
  • ·Domain Migrations for entire SAP landscape including HA/DR solution.
  • AWS migration SME
  • Migration of SAP system from On Premise to Cloud (HEC and AWS).
  • Planned and executed end-to-end domain migration activities including SAP application connectivity validation, service account migration, SPN updates, cluster reconfiguration, and post-migration system stabilization
  • Preparing plan for RISE migration of SAP workloads.
  • Migration of SAP workload on RISEusing SUM DMO and SWPM.
  • Windows failover clustering experience in AWS cloud environment
  • Setting up High Availability /DR environment for SAP as well for DB.
  • S4Hana 2020 to 2023 Upgrade.
  • Hana Replication , SQL DB always on configuration setup and maintenance.
  • Fresh Vanilla system Build NW7.5 on ABAP as well as on Java stack.
  • Refresh of the ECC/BW/APO/LC systems
  • System builds with Backup/Restore and Export/Import method.
  • Windows failover clustering experience in AWS cloud environment
  • Setting up High Availability /DR environment for SAP as well for DB.
  • SAP-MII installation and configuration along with the HA of the Poc.
  • HA design of the Live Cache with 3rd party tool -SIOS Datakeeper.
  • Solution Manager build and alerts configurations for all the system via solution manager.
  • Decent knowledge on 3rd party solutions i.e. ControlM and Active Control.
  • Environment: S4Hana, ECC, APO, BW, MII, Live Cache, Content Server, Solution Manager, ADS, Hana ,SQL, MaxDB, Windows, Control M , Active Control , SIOS.

SAP Basis and Solution Manager SME

Infosys
Pune
01.2020 - 04.2021
  • Leading Solution manager and Basis team.
  • Performed successful transition for the AMS Basis and Solman work. Completed the transition in 6 months remotely during Covid and stabilized all the process in next 1 year.
  • Kernel Upgrade, Snote implementation.
  • Defining the strategy to build of N+2 landscape. Integrated them with Charm and performing Minor/Major release via Charm.
  • Supporting as an administration for Solman ITSM ticket tool and Charm.
  • Identifying the Potential RCB Tr's/Object which might go into error while importing them into Prod system. Co-ordinating with the Developer before importing them.
  • Configured BPMON for many business scenarios.
  • Configured Operation Dashboards of Focus Insight for End 2 End Scenarios of Business while help them to monitor the complete process at one place.
  • Prepared SLA Governance ABAP report with the help of ABAP team. Build Custom Fiori Dashboard for Open tickets/Ticket backlogs and SLA governance.
  • Environment: ECC 6.0, SAP BW 7.5, SAP SRM, Solution Manager

Solution Manager and Basis SME

Infosys
Pune
08.2018 - 12.2019
  • Solution Manager Upgrade from Solman 7.1 to Solman 7.2.
  • Content Activation
  • EWA ,TECH Mon Setup & Dashboard Configuration
  • Monitoring Setup for BODS, Live Cache, BPC systems, Advance URL monitoring
  • Solution manager Configuration, SOLDOC Configuration in Solman 7.2.
  • Supported BW on HANA upgrade.
  • Configured Backbone connectivity.
  • Integration of On Prem Satellite Systems to Cloud Solution Manager 7.2
  • Go-Live Check Reports Setup
  • Decommissioning the systems connected with Old Solution Manager 7.1
  • Environment: Solution Manager 7.1/7.2 , BW , HANA

Senior Basis Consultant

Accenture
Pune
07.2015 - 07.2018
  • Supported to SAP for OS & DB migration (from OnPrem to HEC)
  • Supported to SAP for S4 HANA migration.
  • ECC-EHP4 to EHP7 Upgrade
  • GRC 10.0 to GRC 10.1 Upgrade
  • PI upgrade from NetWeaver 730 to 731
  • BODS SPS upgrade
  • Solution Manager Upgrade from Solman 7.1 to Solman 7.2
  • Environment: S4 HANA, SAP Netweaver 7.3, ECC6,GRC10.1,Solution Manager 7.1, PI 7.3,Fiori
  • LAMA Setup and configuration

Software Engineer

Wipro
Pune
09.2012 - 06.2015
  • Daily System Monitoring to provide health analysis of system on daily basis to client for further actions.
  • Troubleshooting and analyzing SAP Basis problems by checking the ABAP short dumps, update record errors, system logs
  • Weekly Release – Transport via Transport Express Tool.
  • Kernel Upgrade.
  • BRTOOLS: - Create table space, extend table space Resize datafile etc.
  • Batch job Management (Scheduling of jobs)
  • Done changes in profile parameters according to the requirement.
  • Installed solution manager 7.1 on windows 2012.
  • Good hands-on experience on working with Compliance tool (GRC CUP – Compliant User Provisioning). Role and User administration by GRC.
  • Good hands-on experience in RAR (Risk Analysis and Remediation) for SOD checks at User level and Role level.
  • Maintaining authorizations fields, values, activities using Organization levels and Profile Generator(SU24).
  • GRC CUP and RAR support. Troubleshooting GRC related issues for end users.
  • Monthly List of Active Users Reporting
  • User administration, Role administration and Role design
  • Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 7.3, SAP Solution Manager 7.1, NetWeaver 7.X, SAP R/3 , Oracle DB, SYBASE ASE,HPUX

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science

GLA University
Mathura, India

Skills

  • SAP Landscape Architecture ,SAP Technical Architecture, Cutover Planning & Execution, Release Management, Environment Management, Stakeholder Management, Technical Leadership, Estimation & Capacity Planning, ITIL Process Support
  • SAP S/4HANA ,SAP ECC 60 , SAP APO / LiveCache, SAP Solution Manager 71 / 72, SAP MII, SAP GRC, SAP PI/PO, SAP BODS, SAP Fiori Administration, SAP LaMa
  • SAP Installation & Configuration, SAP System Refresh, SAP Kernel Upgrade, SAP S/4HANA Upgrade & Conversion, Unicode Conversion, SAP Client Copy, SAP Performance Tuning, SAP Transport Management (ChaRM), SAP System Monitoring, SAP Security & Authorizations, Root Cause Analysis, SAP Archiving & Data Volume Management
  • AWS Cloud for SAP, RISE with SAP, SAP on AWS Migration, SAP HEC Migration, Infrastructure Sizing & Planning, High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR), Pacemaker Clustering, Windows Failover Clustering, SIOS DataKeeper, SQL AlwaysOn, HANA System Replication, Active Directory Domain Migration, Migration of 100 SAP Servers Across Domains
  • SAP HANA 20, MS SQL Server, Oracle Database, MaxDB, Sybase ASE
  • SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, Windows Server
  • Control-M, ActiveControl, SAP Focused Run (FRUN), CCMS Monitoring, Wily Introscope, SAP EarlyWatch Alert (EWA), Automation & Operational Monitoring

Certification

  • SAP Certified Technology Specialist Implementation Consultant - SAP S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition E_S4CPE
  • SAP Certified Technology Specialist SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade E_S4CON
  • SAP Certified Technology Associate SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Fiori System Administration C_FIOAD
  • SAP Certified Technology Associate Project Manager - SAP Activate C_ACT

Personal Details

English & Hindi.

Personal Details

  • Name: Nikhil Govindani
  • Date of Birth: 13th Apr 1990
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Passport No: T9143293
  • Address: 105 , Touchwood Hall Close , Solihull , B91 2UE

Timeline

SAP Basis Architect and Solution Manager

Infosys
05.2021 - 05.2026

SAP Basis and Solution Manager SME

Infosys
01.2020 - 04.2021

Solution Manager and Basis SME

Infosys
08.2018 - 12.2019

Senior Basis Consultant

Accenture
07.2015 - 07.2018

Software Engineer

Wipro
09.2012 - 06.2015

B.Tech - Computer Science

GLA University
Nikhil Govindani