Naresh Kumar Prajapati - SAP ISU Device Management / AMI Lead

Mumbai, India

Experience

Dec 2023 - Present

2 years 2 months

SAP ISU Device Management / AMI Lead

Capgemini India

Working as a lead in device management / AMI substainment activities, monitoring incident queue and allocating incidents to team members
Part of AMI1.0 to AMI2.0 transformation project
Conducted client workshops for requirement understanding and fit gap analysis
Created, reviewed and signed off business process documents
Led SAP development team and supported end-to-end deliverables including unit testing and end-to-end testing

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

7 months

SAP ISU Device Management Lead

Utegration India (A Cognizant Company)

Led device management area in SAP ISU S4 HANA green field implementation project
Conducted client workshops for requirement understanding and fit gap analysis
Created and reviewed business process documents

May 2022 - May 2023

1 year 1 month

SAP ISU Device Management Lead

Utegration India

Led device management area in SAP ISU S4 HANA implementation project
Developed functional design documents and delivered end-to-end system configuration for device creation from vendor file, inspection document linkage, technical master creation process, MRU configuration, and quality management and inspection plan configuration for ISU equipment
Participated in go-live and hyper care support core team

Sep 2021 - May 2022

9 months

Data Migration Lead

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Delivered data migration strategy document and set up necessary steps for S4 HANA migration project including building team and training new resources
Created mapping documents and coordinated daily with business and functional teams
Trained team on LSMW and S/4 HANA Migration Cockpit
Managed ECC to S4 HANA migration for SD, MM, customer and vendor modules

May 2021 - Sep 2021

5 months

Data Migration Lead

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Delivered data migration strategy document and set up necessary steps for ECC data migration project
Scheduled and conducted workshops with client on data extract and transformation processes
Set up team and provided training in LSMW for data migration activities
Trained team on LSMW

Feb 2021 - May 2021

4 months

Smart Meter Analyst

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Acted as SME in smart meter processes for TNB Malaysia implementation using SAP ISU, Energy IP (MDUS) and Trilliant (HES)
Analyzed current manual smart meter commissioning processes in SAP and MDMS and created process improvement documents for commissioning, remote reconnect and disconnect

Nov 2012 - Feb 2021

8 years 4 months

ISU Technical Functional Analyst / SAP AMI Architect / Team Lead / Data Mapping

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Designed end-to-end AMI landscape solutions including smart meter installation and commissioning in SAP, MDMS and head end systems (Logica, Trilliant, DCC)
Configured and implemented SAP Event Management for non-responding meters, alarms and alerts for firmware deployment
Identified smart meter communication issues between SAP, MDMS and head end; managed manual meter upload/download for billing when issues could not be rectified
Led MDUS migration from OSISoft to Meterflow; designed SAP AMI web services for Meterflow
Designed DCC head end migration solution and managed data migration
Implemented pre-payment meter top-up process and data updates in vendor management system
Designed and implemented smart meter dashboard in SAP to monitor installation, commissioning status and failure alerts
Designed and implemented smart data reconciliation and meter read extract processes using Hadoop/Hive for data validation across SAP, MDMS, MDM and VMS with automated fixes and dashboards
Managed SMETS 1 migration to DCC environment, including requirement mapping, workshops, gap analysis and phased meter migration
Architected firmware management process for DCC meters integrating SAP ISU and Meterflow
Led MDUS migration from OSISoft to AMT Sybex, including requirement gathering, cross-meter functionality mapping, DCC meter creation configuration, data migration of 3 million meters with 2 years read, parallel run support, test case review and business updates
Provided ongoing development and support, collaborating with MDUS vendor on SAP AMI enhancements and web services customization
Led requirement gathering and design with business analysis and solution architecture for credit and pre-payment meter processes
Monitored AMI landscape incidents, smart meter commissioning, EMMA case resolution and meter-to-read scenarios; identified and fixed billing synchronization issues

Dec 2011 - Aug 2012

9 months

On-site

Onsite AMI SAP Developer

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Built smart meter capability in existing SAP ISU system for SP AusNet rollout
Identified necessary SAP program and code modifications for logical conversion of existing meters to smart meters
Managed inbound/outbound message control modifications for communication with energy market, retailers, MDMS and MMS systems
Prepared test data and supported end-to-end and regression testing
Oversaw environment setup and shakeout for SAP integration with other systems

Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

9 months

SAP Billing Support Team Member

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Monitored daily SAP billing processes and resolved user incidents using BMC Remedy
Supported billing transactions including billing, invoicing, payment schemes and installations
Provided batch job support for nightly billing jobs
Developed billing outsort/invoice outsort configurations and payment scheme variants for extrapolation amount calculation and unbilled revenue reporting

Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

3 months

Offshore SAP ABAP Senior Consultant

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

Simulated pricing generation and created pricing conditions after discount margin validation
Enhanced CAT2 transaction with personalized search helps and custom search help append
Designed interface to update sales order status and text via inbound IDoc from courier delivery status
Modified XML export class for user-specific format export to Java-based webshop and added BAPI prefix handling

Nov 2008 - Sep 2010

1 year 11 months

Offshore SAP ISU Consultant

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Developed ALV reports for invoicing returns extraction from ISU and SICOMXXX via FI-CA
Implemented custom report for extracting guarantee deposit accounts in SAP IS-U using FPD2 basis
Enhanced invoicing of interests and integrated with SD for ISU invoicing
Worked on BW IS-U invoiced extractor and mass simulation
Designed workflow for material change approvals

Oct 2006 - Nov 2008

2 years 2 months

Offshore SAP ABAP Consultant

TATA International Ltd

Developed SD-PP integrated module pool for material issue planning in sales orders
Created user exits for invoice number and sales order series and validation on invoice cancellation
Developed vendor rating and worker productivity module pools
Performed LSMW data loads for master and transactional FI data
Developed multiple reports across SD, MM, PP, FI/CO and QM modules and prepared functional specifications
Implemented reports for Ramco payroll modules

Oct 2005 - Sep 2006

1 year

Offshore SAP ABAP Consultant

Prism Cement Ltd

Implemented and supported SAP modules at Prism Cement Ltd
Performed data migration using LSMW for vendor, customer, purchase order and material masters
Developed and modified SAP SD, MM, PP, FI/CO and QM components