العربية

Available for senior infrastructure and SAP roles, on-site, hybrid or remote.

MohammedJawoad

محمد جواد

Senior Systems Administrator and SAP & ERP Lead

For three and a half years I ran the servers, networks and SAP Business One system behind a seven-company group: 73 users, one data center, and month-end numbers that match to the cent. Before that, an ERPNext rollout I led end to end and an SAP S/4HANA implementation I helped deliver.

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The group IT estate I ran from 2023 to 2026, drawn as built. Select a part to see what it covers.

Checked the way finance checks a statement

Figures from the work, not from a job description. Every one of them was counted against a system or a signed-off report.

Al-Rafidain Group, 2023 to 2026.

  1. Years in IT infrastructure8+
  2. Years implementing and supporting SAP7+
  3. Companies run from one IT function7
  4. SAP Business One users supported73
  5. Financial reports automated on SAP HANA54
  6. SAP-integrated applications built and run in production7
  7. Legacy reports replaced by role-based workspaces27 → 20
  8. Access roles designed for the portals10
  9. Closed-month checks matched to finance, to the cent23 / 23

Selected work

Six engagements that show the range: running infrastructure, leading ERP, and building what the ERP could not do on its own.

All case studies on GitHub

Al-Rafidain Group

2023 to 2026

  • Windows Server
  • Active Directory
  • VMware ESXi
  • Hyper-V
  • Cisco
  • MikroTik
  • SAP Business One on HANA

Group IT and SAP Business One for seven companies

One IT function for a group spanning pharmaceuticals, airport transport, car rental, jewellery and entertainment, with SAP Business One as the system of record for all of it.

  • Administered the servers, Active Directory, virtualization hosts and networks for every company, including monitoring, hardening, backup and disaster recovery.
  • Led SAP Business One rollouts and changes for Wadi Al-Rafidain, Al-Mosafer, Al-Hajan, Al-Kahraman and Adventure using SAP Activate, from fit-to-standard design through configuration, UAT, go-live and training.
  • Designed user authorizations and segregation of duties for each company.

Result: A business-critical SAP system for 73 users, run without an outside partner.

Al-Rafidain Group, finance

2024 to 2026

  • SAP HANA
  • SQL
  • Node.js
  • React

Consolidated financial reporting on SAP HANA

The group finance manager needed trial balance, financial position, income statement and daily sales for seven companies in IQD and USD, without waiting for seven exports.

  • Automated 54 consolidated reports as HANA views and procedures, with a portal on top.
  • Validated every report against closed months signed off by finance.

Result: 23 of 23 closed-month checks matched the finance statements to the cent.

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Airport transport company

2024 to 2025

  • SAP Service Layer
  • B1if
  • SAP Customer Checkout
  • PostgreSQL
  • React

Operations and finance monitoring platform

Managers were working from 27 legacy reports that disagreed with each other.

  • Replaced them with 20 role-based workspaces in Arabic and English, fed live from SAP Business One and SAP Customer Checkout.
  • Designed 10 access roles, audit-logged evidence exports and certificate-validated connections.

Result: One set of numbers for operations and finance, with a trail for every export.

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Pharmaceutical and car rental companies

2024 to 2026

  • SAP Service Layer
  • Node.js
  • React PWA
  • SQL Server
  • Caddy
  • Cloudflare Tunnel

Approvals and postings moved into SAP

Supplier payments were approved on paper and journal entries typed in twice.

  • Built a payment approval portal where the finance manager approves requests against open SAP invoices on mobile, with push notifications.
  • Built a posting portal for journal entries, incoming payments, fund transfers and commissions, writing straight to SAP.
  • Deployed both behind Caddy and Cloudflare Tunnel with TLS, role-based access and audit-logged exports.

Result: Every approval traced to its SAP outgoing payment; no paper, no retyping.

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Al-Qalab

2022 to 2023

  • ERPNext
  • Windows Server
  • Active Directory
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V

ERPNext implementation, end to end

A construction company moving its finance, purchasing, sales, inventory and production onto one system.

  • Led the implementation from requirements and configuration through UAT, go-live and post-go-live support.
  • Ran the company infrastructure alongside it, and trained the users who would keep it running.

Result: Five departments live on ERPNext, with documentation the team still uses.

NetGate-Iraq, for Noor Al-Nibras and other customers

2018 to 2022

  • SAP S/4HANA
  • VMware ESXi
  • Hyper-V
  • Windows Server
  • Linux
  • Cisco
  • MikroTik

SAP S/4HANA implementation and data center services

An IT services company delivering infrastructure and SAP to its customers.

  • Delivered the Noor Al-Nibras perfume factory project across its branches in 2020, four months on site: data center, servers, SAP S/4HANA as part of the implementation team after SAP partner training, Cisco networking, VoIP and CCTV.
  • Set up the network and the hotspot RADIUS manager for the Hospital of Child project in 2019.
  • Administered customer servers, Active Directory and backups, and ran data center virtualization on ESXi and Hyper-V.
  • Designed and supported customer networks on Cisco and MikroTik.

Result: Four years of production infrastructure for customers who could not afford downtime.

Companies and sites

Where the work above happened: each company, its line of business, and what I ran there.

  • Wadi Al-Rafidain

    2023 to 2026

    Pharmaceutical factory and drug-store sales, Al-Rafidain Group

    • SAP Business One
    • Supply chain
    • Inventory
    • Planning
    • Production
    • Sales

  • Al-Mosafer

    2023 to 2026

    Airport taxi, Al-Rafidain Group

    • SAP Business One
    • SAP Customer Checkout
    • Operations and finance platform

  • Al-Hajan

    2023 to 2026

    Car rental, Al-Rafidain Group

    • SAP Business One
    • Payment approval portal

  • Al-Kahraman

    2023 to 2026

    Jewellery, multiple branches, Al-Rafidain Group

    • SAP Business One
    • Authorizations per company

  • Adventure

    2023 to 2026

    Entertainment, multiple branches, Al-Rafidain Group

    • SAP Business One
    • Authorizations per company

  • Al-Qalab

    2022 to 2023

    Construction company, IT Manager and ERPNext Lead

    • ERPNext
    • Company infrastructure

  • Noor Al-Nibras

    2020, four months

    Perfume factory, multiple branches, With NetGate-Iraq

    • Data center and servers
    • SAP S/4HANA
    • Cisco network
    • VoIP
    • CCTV

  • Hospital of Child

    2019, one month

    Healthcare project, With NetGate-Iraq

    • Network
    • Hotspot and RADIUS manager

Experience

Eight years, three employers, one direction: more systems, more responsibility.

  1. Mar 2023 to Sep 2026

    Group Systems Administrator and SAP Business One Consultant

    Al-Rafidain Group

    7+ companies in pharmaceuticals, airport transport, car rental, jewellery and entertainment.

    • Administered Windows Server and Linux, Active Directory, VMware ESXi and Hyper-V, and Cisco and MikroTik networks for the whole group, with monitoring, security hardening, backup and disaster recovery.
    • Led SAP Business One rollouts and changes using SAP Activate, from requirements and fit-to-standard design through configuration, UAT, go-live and user training.
    • Designed SAP user authorizations and segregation of duties for every group company and ran SAP Business One on SAP HANA for 73 users.
    • Automated 54 consolidated financial reports on SAP HANA for 7 companies in IQD and USD; 23 of 23 closed-month checks matched the finance statements to the cent.
    • Built 7 SAP-integrated applications in React, TypeScript, Node.js and SQL through Service Layer and B1if, replacing 27 legacy reports with 20 role-based workspaces.
    • Deployed production web portals behind Caddy, Cloudflare Tunnel and TLS, with 10 access roles and audit-logged exports.

  2. Jan 2022 to Mar 2023

    IT Manager and ERPNext Lead

    Al-Qalab

    • Led the ERPNext implementation across finance, purchasing, sales, inventory and production, from requirements and configuration through UAT, go-live and post-go-live support.
    • Administered the company infrastructure: Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware and Hyper-V, backups, and Cisco and MikroTik networks.
    • Trained end users, wrote system documentation and resolved configuration and data issues after go-live.

  3. Jun 2018 to Jan 2022

    Systems Administrator

    NetGate-Iraq

    IT services company.

    • Implemented and supported SAP S/4HANA for customer Noor Al-Nibras as part of the implementation team, after completing SAP training delivered by an SAP partner.
    • Administered customer Windows Server and Linux servers, Active Directory and backup systems, and ran data center virtualization on VMware ESXi and Hyper-V.
    • Designed and supported networking solutions on Cisco and MikroTik: routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls and VPN.

  4. 2018

    B.Sc. in Computer Engineering

    Al-Mustansiriyah University

    Training: SAP S/4HANA implementation training delivered by an SAP partner, 2018

What I run

The whole stack of a group IT function, from the switch port to the general ledger.

Network and security

Where it was proven: Cisco and MikroTik networks for 7+ companies and for data center customers at NetGate-Iraq

  • Cisco and MikroTik routing and switching
  • Firewalls and VPN
  • TLS/SSL, Caddy, Cloudflare Tunnel
  • Security hardening
  • Role-based access control

Compute, virtualization and continuity

Where it was proven: Data center operations on VMware ESXi and Hyper-V since 2018

  • Windows Server and Linux
  • VMware ESXi and Hyper-V
  • Data center operations
  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • Patching and monitoring

Identity and administration

Where it was proven: Active Directory for every company in the group, with authorizations mirrored in SAP

  • Active Directory
  • User lifecycle and access reviews
  • Technical documentation
  • Vendor management and user training

SAP and ERP

Where it was proven: SAP S/4HANA with an implementation team, SAP Business One on HANA for 73 users, ERPNext led end to end

  • SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business One
  • SAP HANA, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
  • SAP Activate and fit-to-standard
  • Finance, purchasing (MM), inventory, sales
  • Project management and costing
  • Authorizations and segregation of duties
  • UAT, go-live and user training
  • Service Layer, B1if, Crystal Reports
  • ERPNext and Odoo

Applications around the ERP

Where it was proven: 7 production portals integrated with SAP Business One

  • React and TypeScript
  • Node.js and SQL
  • SAP Service Layer and B1if integration
  • Audit-logged exports
  • Production deployment behind TLS

About

Location
Baghdad, Iraq
Languages
Arabic (native), English (professional working proficiency)
Education
B.Sc. Computer Engineering, Al-Mustansiriyah University, 2018
Work mode
On-site, hybrid or remote

I am a systems administrator who ended up owning the ERP as well. I started in a data center at NetGate-Iraq, running customer servers and networks and joining an SAP S/4HANA implementation team. At Al-Qalab I led an ERPNext rollout end to end. At Al-Rafidain Group I ran both sides for seven companies: the infrastructure, and the SAP Business One system their finance depends on.

That combination is the point. When the finance manager’s consolidated report is wrong, the cause can be a HANA view, an authorization, a VLAN or a backup that did not run. I have fixed all four, and I would rather be the person who can tell which it is.

I am based in Baghdad, Iraq, and work in Arabic and English, on-site, hybrid or remote.

The oldest writing we have, pressed into clay five thousand years ago, is accounting. Keeping records that reconcile is an old trade.

Hiring for infrastructure or SAP? Let’s talk.

Send the role or the problem. I reply within a working day, in English or Arabic.

Also open to SAP Business One consulting engagements.

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Email[email protected]
Phone, WhatsApp+964 772 550 1097
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/mohammedjawoad
Case studies on GitHubgithub.com/mohammedjawoad-sketch/erp-case-studies
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