Solution / Integration Architect
Transport for London
Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months
TfL business systems and tools portfolio supports several business functions including Finance, Commercial, Treasury, HR & Employee Relations, Materials management, Assets management, Commercial Property Development and Occupational Health.
Worked as Solution Architect for Business Systems and Tools Portfolio, Technology and Data department on various IT architectural, strategy and governance engagements.
* Lead solution architect integration platform migration from dual stack to single stack SAP PI 7.5. Delivered high and low level target architecture design and governance and assurance of delivery through service partner.
* Integration architect major migration program of JNP (sub division) ERP systems from Oracle to SAP. The integration aspect covers integration of ERP to asset management and third party HR systems. This program is ongoing.
* Integration architect for Maximo & SAP ERP integration around asset management and procurement functions for Crossrail organization
* Lead Technical Architect cloud platform replacement e-Tendering solution - Engaged through requirements gathering/validation, tender evaluation, vendor selection & migration/ delivery phase
* Delivered ERP Integration Reference Architecture for TfL ERP estate; establishing principles, best practice, guidelines, architectural patterns & common taxonomy.
Part of the technology architecture team at CSC UK. Work here covered the projects listed below.
* Carrier (UTC) - Solution Architect
Leading the strategy, planning and design for upgrading Carrier systems from SAP 4.6B to SAP ECC6 ehp8. Covers planning, costing, establishing an approach for technical migration, interface migration, data migration and system migration.
* Croda International PLC - Technical Architect
Responsible for defining the technical migration strategy for non-production landscape into a cloud based environment. Covering sizing, logical technology model, migration approach and transport strategy.
* UN IMO Cloud Migration - Technical Architect
Responsible for defining the logical technology model for migration of IMO landscape from current datacenter to CSC Cloud Compute.
* BAE Global Combat Systems Migration & Upgrade Roadmap - Technical Architect
Working with BAE GCS in defining roadmap for upgrade and migration of the BAE GCS landscape.
* BAE FS - Technical Architect
Responsible for documenting interface strategy and impact analysis for 25+ interfaces in migrating BAE FS systems from traditional datacenter to CSC Cloud Compute
* Leaseplan Ireland GFS Rollout- Technical Architect
Responsible for completing the Technical Architecture deliverable for Global Financial System rollout for Leaseplan Ireland covering the Insurances and IS business streams. Deliverables included Data conversion strategy, Data cleansing strategy, security strategy, technical strategy, development standards, development approach and non-functional requirements.
* Royal Mail Group - OBA Migration Planning
Development of migration plan for Test and Production tiers from current hosting partner to Atos data centers including nDZT based upgrade. The delivery of the migration/upgrade being handled by SAP themselves.
* Delivered technical architecture strategy documents for the Pan-European Procurement Reformation project (PEPR Phase 2b). This project aimed at modernizing and upgrading the SAP infrastructure used by the Manufacturing for procurement. This included new applications like Sourcing and SLC as well as a shift to an on-premise/cloud hybrid design
* The artefacts delivered during the contract included Support & Enhancement Pack Strategy, System Creation Approach, Client Deployment Strategy, System Refresh Strategy, Non-Production System Access Design, SAP Infrastructure sizing, HA and Load Balancing Design, SLD Design and Transport Strategy.
Role and responsibilities included Technical architecture design and development, presales/bid
support, technical architecture advisory and support.
Key assignments,
* Essex County Fire & Rescue Services - Upgrade to ehp7 (ECC, Portal, Nakisa)
Technical project planning, estimates and upgrade blue print for upgrading SAP system landscape to ehp7. Project is in execution phase.
* EPI-USE - Solution Manager diagnostics
Solution Manager upgrade to 7.1. Setup for solution monitoring, RCA, diagnostics, change management and solution administration.
* African Minerals - Greenfield SAP HCM implementation
Setup of technical architecture of SAP ECC and SAP portal systems for a greenfield implementation of SAP HCM including Personnel Administration, Organization Management, ESS/MSS and Talent Management. Setup for Solution Manager landscape monitoring, maintenance and project administration.
* Sony Europe - Talent, Performance and Compensation Management
Provided design and delivery for the technical aspects of implementing performance and compensation management of SAP for Sony. Engaged with project sponsors, end-users and remote teams for discussing and resolving key design and technical issues.
* Sony Europe - System migration/consolidation
System migration and consolidation of disparate SAP HR (ECC 6) systems for Sony DE in to centralized global landscape (ECC6 ehp5) (called Esher).
Key deliverable included a migration strategy, strategy development for custom components
Integration strategy for HCM with external payroll and MS active directory and sharepoint. Design and strategy for adaptation of Portal based UI into NWBC role based UI display.
* Northern Ireland Prison Services - Technical Migration
Planning and design for technical migration of NIPS SAP ECC5 systems to SAP ECC6 Ehp4 built over Microsoft based high availability clusters. Responsibilities and deliverables included, technical migration strategy/design, system sizing, cost planning and project delivery planning, business continuity design (high availability).
Setup of solution manager for landscape management and technical project management.
* Rexam PLC - Systems Upgrade Upgrade project for Rexam's SAP HR landscape to ECC enhancement pack 5.
Components covered in upgrade included ECC, SAP Portal, SAP CE, Trex, Nakisa and SAP Solution Manager.
Key deliverables included technical project plan, upgrade strategy, interim disaster recovery
planning, effort estimation, sizing and system provisioning.
* PALL (Manufacturing) Global Talent Management Project
Engagement with client from pre-sales stage in providing a strategy for establishing branched
SAP HR ECC and Portal system for UK business. Other deliverables included architecting the landscape for talent management systems and advice on their integration and consolidation with existing core applications. Providing IT strategies for technical change management and backup management for newly established systems and providing technical project leadership for implementation of the architecture.
Responsibilities included ownership of Netweaver basis tasks on projects and technical advisory in project planning and pre-sales. Additional ownership of an internal landscape of 13 SAP instances.
* Surrey County Council Template Learning Solution
Template based rapid implementation of SAP LSO for Surrey Country Council.
Role included advisory on landscape design, resolving design issues with interim hybrid landscape with Portal systems hosted in the cloud connecting back into internally maintained backend system. Key issues tackled were integration and security.
* Amey PLC : ESS/MSS and SAP LSO
Amey provides professional services and has a very large workforce of temporary and permanent workers. The project involved implementation ESS/MSS and Talend Management.
My role on the project was to plan, design and deliver integration with Org Publisher (an Org Chart visualization solution) and iGrasp (an eRecruitment solution from StepStoneSolutions). Solution included web service design and development, workflows, WebDynpro UI and use of BizTalk as middleware.
* Coca-Cola Hellenic (System Integration LSO to HR)
Integration of Learning Solution System on ECC6 to disparate backend HR system (4.7) using ALE/IDocs. Key deliverables and responsibilities included, design document for system integration, data mappings, master data synchronization and data exchange structures. | Review of impact of version differences on master data synchronization using ALE. | Strategy for synchronization and replication of organizational structure, employee master for LSO related infotypes and cost centers. | Implementation of ALE subsystem landscape of configuration for iDocs for message exchange. | Engagement with process owners and project sponsors in Coco-Cola Hellenic (Sofia, Bulgaria).
* West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Services (Virtualization)
Advised on methodology and design for virtualization of SAP portal landscape including solution manager and SLD. Key deliverables and responsibilities included, technical project planning and cost planning/budgeting, system sizing, setup of the virtual landscape using VMWare and migrated the landscape to these virtual systems, OS and DB migration 32 to 64 bit including version upgrades and design and setup of interim change management procedures for during of upgrade.
Payroll, Time Management, E-Filing, ESS/MSS)
* Comet PLC (Payroll, Time Management, E-Filing, ESS/MSS)
Part of the team doing SAP HCM implementation for Comet PLC. Work included interface design and development for data exchange with legacy systems. XSS/Portal configuration and LSO technical configuration.
Set up of PoC landscape using ERP 6 EhP3, Portal 7 including KM and TREX configuration, LSO installation and technical configuration, SSO and SSL configuration, and ESS/MSS. Additionally, configured e-filing based on PI including SLD, integration content configuration.
* Pearson Education (Business Connector Server Migration)
Technical migration of all integration content from BC version 4.7 to BC version 4.8. Included E-filing and custom integration scenarios with in-house developed integration content. My role as the integration consultant was to plan and implement the migration.
Absoft is an SAP VAR partner in Scotland with major clientelle in Oil and Gas Industry including Chevron, BP and Total. My role in Absoft Limited was to provide back office support to clients. It involves hands on work on HR, SD and PM modules.
Major work here involved several performance optimization tasks, which were completed with outstanding results. Other work included report development and interface enhancements.
SAP Netweaver Service Development Lead BTS-LAS(SAP)
Appointed to lead the service development for Netweaver Services focusing on Portal, Business Analytics and Master Data Management. Responsibilities included, | Planning and building the required competencies and delivery capability for successful project implementations. | Design and planning POC's for prospective clients. | Building up a internal NW infrastructure for demonstration purposes.
* PSO Terminal Automation System Integration
IDoc based integration between Honeywell Experion TAS and R/3. Assigned project manager for this project. Also handling technical aspects of IDoc interfacing.
* SAP Academy Infrastructure Setup
Set up servers and restored academy data on them using homogeneous system copy subsequently preparing them for relevant academies.
* Solution Manager Based Service Desk Setup
Responsible for setting up service desk infrastructure for VAR level certification audit based on solution manager. Includes setting up organizational model, installed base, business partners, partner determination procedures and web interface for message creation and reporting.
* Independent Newspaper Cooperation Limited Design and setup of ECC5 based SAP landscape. Included setting up STMS, STMS workflows, authorizations and, backup strategy.
* Dadex Eternit (FI, SD, MM, HR)
A pipe manufacturing organization switched to SAP from home grown legacy applications. I leaded a team of 4 developers here to fulfill the projects development needs, including enhancements, modifications and intensive reporting.
* Public Organization - Supply Chain Implementation (SAP-IS Defence)
Fully functional proof of concept Supply chain solution for public defence organization. Pilot phase included customized reporting module and workflow implementation for notifications.
BTS-LAS(SAP)
The technical and development resources in Abacus were part of a central competency team which
served all ongoing projects centrally. From Jan' 06, I was assigned to lead is team which I doubled
in number of resources by end of the assigned period.
Responsibilities included, | Managing the optimal utilization of development and technical resources for ongoing projects. | Managing delivery of development work for assigned projects. | Design, development, quality assurance and delivery of development work on all SAP implementations under the department. | Carrying out technical material presentations to prospective customers. | Solution design and technical bid preparation.
* Nexus Automotive SAP Implementation (FI, SD, MM)
Automotive Manufacture representing Chevrelot in Pakistan. Involved extensive Smartforms development for financial statements, ALV reporting, LSMW, upload programs and modifications to standard reports.
* Callmate-Tellips SAP Implementation (FI, SD, MM)
Telecommunication services company running LDI and calling card services. Involved offline integration with legacy HR system, modification of some FI and SD processes. Development of SmartForms and Sapscripts.
* Abacus Internal SAP Implementation (FI)
Design and implementation of ECC5 based SAP landscape. Configuration for STMS, print methodologies, backup strategy and authorization structures. Furthermore developed ALV based reports for FI, SmartForms, data upload programs and an application for offline integration of legacy HR system.
Development work for Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar (WCMC-Q) modular improvement phase 1, on behalf of UCE. The work was of fixed contract nature and included the following,
* Modification and enhancements in MM workflow and notifications.
* Redesign and implementation of offline integration module with legacy system.
* Smart form implementations for electronic document printing.
* Updates and corrections to MRP processes.
(PIFRA Project)
Project for Improvement of Financial Reporting and Auditing- Financial Accounting and Budgeting System of Pakistan (PIFRA-FABS), is a Public Sector Project that implements the HR and FI modules of SAP R/3. It is being implemented in 127 locations with approximately 1500 users all over Pakistan.
Responsibilities included, | Ensure quality of development process as the lead ABAP. | Interact with clients/end users and effectively translate their requirements into the system. | Coordinate and plan all custom development activities. |Performing regular code reviews of custom-developed reports/programs to identify performance bottlenecks and propose strategies for improving system performance.
Achievements: |Formulated and implemented development guidelines and standards for the project. |Designed and developed ALE/iDocs based system to consolidate financial and budgeting
data at a central level from as many as 5 distributed sites. | Re-designed and implemented income tax calculation (country specific) process as part of
payroll using object oriented approach. | Re-designed and implemented several critical custom programs to achieve drastic improvements in performance.
* Netweaver Development Consultant
Responsibilities: | Interact with clients/end users and effectively translate their requirements into the system. | Design, development and implementation of customized SAP-based reports, dialog programs and Modifications/Enhancements to fulfil customization demands.
Achievements: |Designed and developed massive and critical reporting system for both HR and FI modules of the project. |Designed and developed Budget Transfer Mechanism based on ALE and custom developed iDocs. | Developed publishable version of reports using Smart Forms and Sap script.
TriSektor is an an organization engaged in Information Technology, telecommunications, data communication and test & measuring equipment.
Achievements:
* Initiated the creation of a new product servicing department in the company and oversaw it to profitability.
* Expanded the company's product portfolio two folds in ten months.
* Identified and implemented of marketing strategies and promotional activities.
* Planned, formulated and prepared complete intranet work solutions after conducting extensive
surveys and holding in-depth discussions with the customers.
NUST is the top rated university of Pakistan drawing the best and brightest from all over the country. The engineering degree spans 4 years intensive studies in an extremely competitive academic environment and at the same time helps it students develop the soft skills to succeed in professional life.