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1. TallyMarks Consulting (TMC)

   SAP BASIS Administrator

   Dec 2025 – Present | IslamabadCurrent

   HEC HEDP project — SAP S/4HANA On-Premise on SAP HANA 2.0 and SUSE Linux (DEV/QAS/PRD), serving 80,000+ students and 1,000+ faculty. Official designation: MTO.

   Responsibilities

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   SAP HANA 2.0 installation and configuration

   Installed SAP HANA 2.0 using HDBLCM and performed the HANA configuration.

   SAP installation with SWPM

   Installed the SAP application using SWPM, then did the SAP-to-HANA database configuration and post-installation activities (some of them together with my lead).

   HANA System Replication

   Configured HANA System Replication from the primary to the secondary system, and check replication status as part of regular HANA monitoring.

   HANA backup and recovery

   Run HANA backups and recoveries in HANA Studio, including planned/test recoveries and real recovery situations. Monitor backup status, disk/data/log usage, alerts, services, database health, and performance and resource usage.

   Production support

   Handle SAP BASIS incidents and service requests within the project SLAs. Resolve what is in BASIS scope and escalate to ABAP, other teams or seniors with my findings. Perform SAP instance start/stop/restart, including planned and unplanned restarts.

   System monitoring, jobs and dumps

   Monitor system health with SM21, SM50/SM66, AL08, ST04 and ST06; manage background jobs and spool (SM36, SM37, SP01); analyse ABAP short dumps in ST22 and pass the error details to the ABAP developer for the fix.

   Parameters, licences, certificates and RFCs

   Work with RZ10/RZ11 profile parameters and SLICENSE licences, and with STRUST, SECSTORE, SM59, STC01 and SCC4 for certificates, secure storage, RFC connections and configuration tasks.

   SUSE Linux operations

   Daily checks on SLES with df -hT, top and free; SAP/HANA start/stop with sapcontrol; file permissions with chmod/chown.

   Transports and SAP Notes

   Create and manage transports in DEV and move them through QAS to PRD in STMS; check transport errors and coordinate with the ABAP team when a code-side fix is needed, then move the corrected transport. Search, download and implement SAP Notes in SNOTE, and release and move the related transports DEV → QAS → PRD.

   SAP PO installation and updates

   Installed SAP Process Orchestration DEV and QAS using SWPM and configured the required components. Worked on PO updates with my lead using SUM: added the system in Maintenance Planner, selected the Java components, prepared the update information and downloaded the media with Download Manager.

   SAProuter

   Registered SAProuter with SAP and configured saprouttab (my lead helped the first time; I have worked on it myself since). Deployed the SAP-provided PSE/certificate (sapgenpse, seclogin, SECUDIR), tested connections and troubleshot connectivity.

   Security and authorizations

   For authorization incidents I check SU53, use STAUTHTRACE when needed, identify the missing authorization or values, maintain the role in PFCG and assign the access. Also work with SU01, SU10 and SUIM. Some days bring 10+ such requests.

   Fiori and OData

   Activate and deactivate ICF services in SICF and troubleshoot Fiori/OData access issues. Exposure to Fiori catalogs, groups/spaces/pages, PFCG catalog mapping and OData service administration (/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE).

2. Xplor Group LLC

   SAP Security & GRC Intern (Remote, Part-Time)

   Mar 2024 – Feb 2025 | Remote

   Travelstay247 environment (300+ users). March–August 2024: structured SAP Security/GRC training. September 2024–February 2025: remote client work as an intern, under guidance.

   Responsibilities

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   User administration

   Created and maintained users with SU01, ran mass user changes with SU10, and checked authorization default values with SU24.

   Role maintenance

   Maintained existing roles in PFCG, including derived and composite roles, created composite roles, and assigned roles to users.

   Authorization troubleshooting

   Investigated missing-authorization issues with SU53 and STAUTHTRACE, then maintained or assigned only the authorizations required instead of giving broad access.

   SAP GRC Access Control

   Used Access Risk Analysis (ARA) under guidance and worked with the SoD results; worked with existing ARM/MSMP access request workflows under supervision.

   Firefighter (EAM)

   Worked with an existing Firefighter setup: assigned and changed Firefighter ID owners and controllers when required.

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