SAP Solution Manager
Amar Kulkarni
SAP BTP Solution Architect | Senior SAP Technical Consultant
Stuttgart,BW GERMANY
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
SAP Certifications
Summary
- Experienced SAP consultant with over 14 years of experience in the SAP Ecosystem and IT sectors, specializing in SAP Technical, SAP BASIS, SAP Solution Manager Administration and Consulting
- SAP Certified Solution Transformation Consultant (SAP Cloud ALM) and SAP Certified BTP Solution Architect
- Specialized expertise in designing SAP BTP Services, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP system landscapes, SAP S/4HANA, SAP PO, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Focused Run, SAP Data Services, SAP Business Objects and SAP Fiori solutions
- Results-driven SAP Technical Specialist with a core focus on eliminating manual bottlenecks and driving operational efficiency
- Proven track record of transforming repetitive SAP Technical tasks into streamlined, automated processes that minimize human error and accelerate delivery timelines
- Bringing an optimization-first mindset dedicated to reducing operational overhead and scaling system performance
- SAP Technical expert with extensive knowledge of various SAP products, Operating Systems and Databases
- Strong understanding of fundamental and advanced SAP Basis techniques. Extensive technical and practical experience in implementation, migration, conversion and upgrade projects, as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd-level support
- Strong coordination skills and Team leadership experience
- Project roles including Senior SAP Technical Consultant, SAP Data Services Architect and Module Lead
- Very good proficiency in English (C1) and good in German (B1)
Work History
Senior SAP Technical Consultant
Deutsche Bank AG
07.2019 - Current
- Subject Matter Expert for SAP Solution Manager Technical Implementation, Operations and Lifecycle Management
- Key Team player in bringing automation to minimize manual efforts during Technical delivery timelines
- As SAP BTP Architect, hands-on with Design and Implementation of Multi-Factor Authentication for SAP Products
- SAP Cloud ALM for Operations & Implementation
- SAP Focused Run implementation and use-case Central Monitoring Tool for the landscape
- Migration of SAP Solution Manager to Google Cloud Platform PaaS
- SAP Solution Manager Central operational solution for diverse SAP and non SAP Solutions involving - S4 HANA, NetWeaver, ABAP JAVA, ERP, SAP PO, Cloud Connector, SAP Router, Hybris Convergent Charging
- Security Hardening in the landscape to maintain Organization Standards Ciphersuites
- Migration of Solution Manager from Oracle to SAP HANA – DMO
- SAML Authentication based Two Factor Authentication - Integration to Azure IDaaS
- Lifecycle Management of SAP Solution Manager 7.2 – Support Package Upgrade/Update
- Application System Monitoring, Exception Monitoring, Integration Monitoring, Advanced Monitoring Scenarios, Adobe Document Services and Change Request Management
- Extensive knowledge on Solution Manager component CA Introscope, Diagnostic Agent, Host Agent
- Operational task on SAP Web Dispatcher
- Work experience with Pacemaker cluster in High Availability GCP environment
- Installation and Configuration of Solution Manager 7.2
- Trained and mentored junior staff on SAP system operations and functionality
Senior SAP Technical Consultant
4U-Consult GmbH Co. KG / OOWV
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Conversion of SAP ERP6 EhP8 Systems to S/4HANA 2023 FPS01
- Implementation, Operation of SAP HANA Database
- Best Practices implementation for S/4HANA
- SAP Readiness Checks and Simplification Items during conversion procedure
- Implementation of Solution Manager 7.2
- SAP Technical consultation, bridging Business and IT team
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
4U-Consult GmbH Co. KG / Objective Partner AG
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Greenfield SAP Implementation Project for customer Objective Partner AG
- Installation of S/4HANA System on SUSE Linux platform
- Installation of SAP Solution Manager 7.2 to manage small landscape
- SAP HANA Database introduction to the landscape
- Best Practices for S/4HANA
- ADS Configuration
- Operational / SAP Basis Administration
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
04.2017 - 06.2019
- Greenfield Implementation of SAP Solution for Automobile Industry(Daimler KAMAZ, Russia)
- As a Module Lead(SAP BASIS) helping local IT Team to up-scale with SAP Solutions
- Business Requirement gathering and hardware Sizing for all the SAP Product
- Implementation of SAP ERP solution, SAP Fiori Frontend Server and Solution Manager
- SAP DMS Solution via Content Server KPRO
- Configuration of SAP Fiori (Frontend, Backend Server Apps)
- Installation and Configuration of SAP Solution Manager 7.2
- Architect for Supplier Portal Applications on SAP Fiori UI5 technology
- Integration and Configuration to and fro SAP ERP system - Axway CFT, NTFS
- Administration and operation of Oracle Database
SAP Basis Consultant
Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
07.2012 - 04.2017
- Started as Junior SAP Consultant
- SAP BASIS Administration L1 and L2
- Installation and Update
- Migration of SAP system from one hardware to another (detach-attach methodology and export-import)
- Conversion of SAP ERP6 EhP7 system to S/4HANA 1511 – SAP DMO
- Preparation of S4 Readiness check reports
- SAP Data Services and SAP Business Object Administration
- Oracle online backup restore in case of any disaster
- MS SQL backup restore with attach and detach
- Oracle, MaxDB, SAP HANA and MS SQL Database Server
- Analysis performance problems; hardware configuration problems
- Upgrade of SAP Enterprise Portal from 7.31 to 7.5
- SAP HANA replication server built-up and test disaster recovery scenarios
- Import/Export of SAP ERP three system landscape
- Coordination with functional team for UAT Testing
- Kernel-Upgrade
- Support package upgrades
Certification
SAP Certified - Solution Architect - SAP BTP
SAP Certified - Solution Transformation Consultant with SAP Cloud ALM
Skills
- SAP Technology Solution Architecture
- SAP Solution Manager
- SAP BASIS Administration
- Process Automation and Optimization
- SAP Cloud ALM for operations
- SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation
- SAP Focused Run expert
- SAP BTP Administration
- SAP Implementation
- SAP S4 HANA Conversion
- SAP Solution designing
- System Migration
- Performance tuning
- System Upgrades
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving aptitude
- HANA Database administration
- Excellent communication
- Team building
- Programming languages
- Problem-solving abilities
- SAP Netweaver ABAP Administration
- SAP Netweaver J2EE Administration
Software
SAP Focused Run
SAP Cloud ALM
SAP Netweaver ABAP J2EE
SAP BTP
SAP S4 HANA
SAP HANA Database
SAP Router Web Dispatcher
SAP Secure Login Service
SAP Cloud Identity Services
SAP Data Services Business Object tool
SAP Cloud Connector
Timeline
Senior SAP Technical Consultant
4U-Consult GmbH Co. KG / OOWV
06.2024 - 12.2024
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
4U-Consult GmbH Co. KG / Objective Partner AG
01.2022 - 01.2024
Senior SAP Technical Consultant
Deutsche Bank AG
07.2019 - Current
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
04.2017 - 06.2019
SAP Basis Consultant
Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
07.2012 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Bangalore Institute of Technology
09.2008 - 06.2012
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
RemoteHybridOn-SiteImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCompany CultureCareer advancementEducation
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Bangalore Institute of Technology
Bangalore 09.2008 - 06.2012
Interests
Sports enthusiast
Mountain Hiking
Coin Collection
Travelling
Playing Badminton and Cricket
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
German
Intermediate (B1)
Kannada
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Accomplishments
SAP Certified - SAP BTP Solution Architect
SAP Certified - Solution Transformation Consultant with Cloud ALM
Higher Management recognition for Automation and Streamline of Technical Tasks
End-to end ownership of Enterprise wide SAP Security Project to mitigate an Audit remediation
The Sound of Success | Best Global Project – 2018
Versatile Performer (Expert) of the year – 2016
Rising Star of the year – 2014
Multiple star of the months across different projects