Anirban Guharaja
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Hampton, United Kingdom
Toptal member since September 30, 2022
Anirban is an SAP certified ABAP (full-stack) development lead and SAP-certified SAP BTP professional solution architect with 17+ years of diverse industry experience in tax and revenue (TRM), public sector (PSCD), IS-retail, FICO, consulting, and product companies. He specializes in ABAP development, RAP-ABAP, BTP architecture, administration and development, UI5 development, Fiori setup, administration and configuration, SAP transformation, and more.
Portfolio
Experience
- SAP - 17 years
- ABAP - 16 years
- SAP CRM - 10 years
- SAP UI5 - 8 years
- SAP Fiori - 8 years
- OData - 8 years
- SAP Process Integration (PI) - 6 years
- SAP BTP Architecture - 5 years
Work Experience
SAP Technical Architect and SAP BTP Lead Developer
H&M Company
- Explored the capability of BTP ABAP environment and successfully developed a Fiori elements custom transactional app employee absence list using RESTful ABAP Programming model(RAP). Managed Scenario, side-by-side extension.
- Defined BTP ABAP environment landscape by determining ABAP sizing, BTP ABAP development, QA, and product instances, integrating CTMS and Cloud ALM, and cross-subaccount access for ABAP cloud.
- Defined and streamlined the steps for the BTP subaccount and user onboarding services. Explored the capability of SAP Build Apps, Workzone (standard edition), and SBPA (build process automation).
- Implemented BTP Resource consumption monitor to keep track of CPEA.
SAP Developer
Onapsis
- Developed a comprehensive analysis and action plan to automate the current process of creating SAP add-ons, focusing on the new product "Control Central" SAP Add-On.
- Created preparation tests required to develop and packetize the Control SAP Add-On. The goal is to modernize and streamline the software delivery process, minimizing manual intervention and reducing the time spent on verification.
- Provided a detailed plan and road map to establish a CI/CD pipeline for the ongoing product development and a dual-track development strategy to reduce downtime during product release.
SAP Senior Developer and Technical Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
- Developed an app in SAP UI5 that helps SAP retail business users track items reaching their shelf life and list them for sale. The listed price is determined by comparing prices of items in other supermarkets.
- Built and managed a team of offshore Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) developers and brought them up to speed with the latest technical offerings of SAP.
- Upskilled the team and delivered challenging projects with an aggressive deadline.
- Wrote a REST API framework to handle HTTP requests and responses within SAP for creating and updating master data from a third-party website.
SAP Senior Solution Developer and Product Owner
Basis Technologies
- Acted as a product owner of Z-accelerators and mass data runtime product suite, which enabled SAP customers to reduce system refresh times and days with no additional hardware. Charged with the product feature list, roadmap, and release strategy.
- Performed as a technical design architect managing product roadmap strategy, product innovation, and delivery consultancy. Contributed towards presales as an SME for ActiveControl (AC), a product of basis technologies.
- Developed applications that run on BTP for clients like Procter and Gamble, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Reckitt Benckiser, BMW, and Schlumberger. Gained experience in SAP S/4 HANA Cloud in-app and side-by-side extension capabilities.
SAP Senior Technical Consultant
Capgemini
- Acted as SAP master data creation SME for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) IT program across various heads of duties.
- Delivered products and services using SAP PSCD, SAP CRM, SAP TRM, ABAP, XML, Adobe Forms, SAP PI, IDOCs, BRF+, and JavaScript.
- Led the development of complex enterprise releases, preparing release notes for code drops and making go-no-do decisions with project managers and other stakeholders.
Project History
ActiveControl Web | A Change and Release Management Tool for SAP Transports
SAP-CRM 7.0 and SAP-TRM Implementation for UK Revenue
I was the front- and back-end developer for this project. The front end was written in Business Server Pages (BSP) and Webdynpro, and the back end was written in ABAP object-oriented. Being the lead developer and technical design lead, I liaised with the business to understand the process flow, design the technical architecture, create user stories in Jira, and perform sprint planning. I worked actively in building the platform with my development team members to deliver the project on time.
I had to also liaise with the SAP-PI team to integrate third-party automated file submissions and create a proxy interface.
SAP-IS Retail and SAP-PLM Migration and Implemetation Project for HEMA
Liaised with project functionals to incorporate custom changes to fit the business requirements and IDocs configuration and create custom IDocs for data exchange.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) - Bangalore, India
Certifications
SAP Fiori Application Developer
SAP
SAP Certified Professional - Solution Architect - SAP BTP
SAP
SAP Certified Associate - Back-End Developer - ABAP Cloud
SAP
ABAP on HANA
SAP
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SAP ABAP Netweaver 7.2
SAP
Skills
Libraries/APIs
SAP Web Dynpro, REST APIs
Tools
SAP UI5, SAP Fiori, SAP IS-retail, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Security
Languages
ABAP, JavaScript
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Storage
Data Integration, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Master Data Management (MDM), SAP HANA SQLScript
Frameworks
SAP Gateway
Paradigms
Object-oriented Design (OOD)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver
Other
SAP, SAP Public Sector Collection and Disbursement (PSCD), SAP Treasury and Risk Management (TRM), SAP CRM, SAP Business Service Pages (BSP), OData, IT Product Management, Product Owner, Technical Leadership, Technical Architecture, SAP ECC, Projects, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SAP ERP, Technical Writing, IT Project Management, Architecture, Integration, APIs, Data Architecture, API Integration, SAP Architecture, SAP Process Integration (PI), Process Control, IT Automation, Software Development, SAP BRF Plus, SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Master Data Management (MDM), SAP Activate, SAP FI-AP, CI/CD Pipelines, SAP Open Data Protocol (OData), ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), SAP BTP Architecture, SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology, Identity & Access Management (IAM), SAP Data Analytics Methodology, SAP Intelligent Enterprise architecture, SAP Application Extension Methodology, SAP clean core extensibility, Data Modeling, OData And Advanced Data Handling, SAP Fiori Infrastructure, SAP Fiori Strategy, SAP HANA Cloud Platform and WebIDE Basics, SAP Hybrid App Toolkit, Standards and Guidelines, SAP FICO, SAP CDS
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