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Andreas Schenk-Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management

Andreas Schenk
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Offenbach, Germany

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Jan 2023 - Jun 2025

Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management

safarica.com

Position summary
Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management at safarica.com
Industries
Tourism
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Creation and implementation of a multilingual, relational MariaDB database to reflect the requirements of a booking system designed for safaris in Africa
  • Testing the front- and backend functionality, registration of clients and suppliers, the editorial system and the payment workflow
  • Defect management and documentation via BugHerd
  • Implementation of an automatic internal deployment of deliveries provided by an external company via bash scripts
  • Coordination of external companies in the function of a project manager (Stakeholder Management)
May 2020 - Dec 2022

Test-and Release Manager

1822direkt

Position summary
Test-and Release Manager at 1822direkt
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Creation and testing of test cases for sprint-dependent requests within JIRA via TestLink
  • Arrangement of technical and business additions with external providers (Stakeholder Management) and internal departments
  • Implementation of an automatic internal deployment of deliveries provided by an external company via bash scripts
  • Concept for a secure, general password implementation for users (PC, iOS, Android)
  • Testing of all online banking issues, e.g. payments, instant payments, registration, online credit
  • Testing against dwpbank (WP2) via Postman
  • Technical environment: Linux, bash scripting, Python (reading), test & release management
Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

Administration and media analysis

Ecko-Communications GmbH

Position summary
Administration and media analysis at Ecko-Communications GmbH
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Operations
  • Creation of Excel sheets to cover internal administration requirements, e.g. project duration/time splitting for internal staff
  • Official media data analysis for creating accompanying booklets
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

Technical Analyst

European Central Bank via Deloitte

Position summary
Technical Analyst at European Central Bank via Deloitte
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Short-term prestudy: technical analysis for replacement and decommissioning of the FAME statistical database (scope: time series plus formulas / volume of data ca. 1.6 billion datasets)
  • Analysis of the database structure (vectoral) including time series and formulas
  • Creation of Unix scripts for the database analysis
  • Creation of management presentation of the current operation model on deep technical level
  • Highlighting constraints for a potential migration towards a general other solution on management level
  • Technical environment: ITIL V3, Unix, ksh scripting, FAME (time series database), testing
May 2018 - Feb 2019

Administration and media analysis

Ecko-Communications GmbH

Position summary
Administration and media analysis at Ecko-Communications GmbH
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Human Resources
  • Creation of Excel sheets to cover internal administration requirements, e.g. timesheet tool for internal staff
  • Official media data analysis for creating accompanying booklets
Feb 2018 - May 2018

Documenting, Revision

HSH Nordbank

Position summary
Documenting, Revision at HSH Nordbank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Review of multiple emergency concepts for several trading applications and platforms, e.g. Reuters Trep-RT, Reuters EIKON, Bloomberg
  • Technical environment: MS Word, test & release management
May 2017 - Aug 2017

Murex Consultant

Statkraft

Position summary
Murex Consultant at Statkraft
Industries
Energy
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Implementation of several datamart reports based on simulation views
  • Technical environment: Mx 3.1.31, UNIX Sun Solaris, Sybase, Python (reading), test & release management
Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

Murex Technical Consultant

Finanzinformatik (Berliner Sparkasse)

Position summary
Murex Technical Consultant at Finanzinformatik (Berliner Sparkasse)
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Implementation of a technical transition concept for relocation of Murex, including all interfaces from Berlin to Hannover
  • Technical environment: Mx 3.1.27, Mx 3.1.37, UNIX Sun Solaris, ksh scripting, Sybase
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

Configuration Manager

AB Svensk Exportkredit Bank (SEK)

Position summary
Configuration Manager at AB Svensk Exportkredit Bank (SEK)
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Migration of Mx 3.1.33 to Mx 3.1.36
  • Implementation of a concept to handle multiple configuration items in TFS
  • Setting up new test environments and reference environments according to new drop deliveries provided by Murex
  • Performing migration procedures and technical analysis of failing Mx services and providing solutions
  • Technical environment: Mx 3.1.33, Mx 3.1.36, UNIX Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, ksh scripting, Sybase, test & release management

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Tourism, Media and Entertainment, and Energy.

Banking and Finance
Tourism
Media and Entertainment
Energy
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Operations, and Human Resources.

Information Technology
Quality Assurance
Project Management
Business Intelligence
Operations
Human Resources
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Summary

  • (Partial-) Project management
  • Test-and Release Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Automatic deployment via Linux/Unix scripts
  • SQL Development (Sybase, Oracle, Time Series, DB2, MariaDB, MS SQL)
  • Environment-Management (automatic via Linux/Unix scripts)
  • (Trading-) Application Support / Development
  • Murex (Trading System) Development/Support (Migration, Upgrade, Reporting/Datamart, MxML Exchange, Interfaces)
  • Interface development
  • Unix/Linux Shell Scripting (ksh, bash), Parallel programming
  • Datawarehousing (DWH), ETL
  • Database Design, Big Data Analyst, Data Science
  • IT/Business Analysis, conception, documentation and implementation
  • Technical System Architect
  • Data-/Requirement Engineer
  • Sale of fund-linked life insurance policies

Skills

Programming Languages:

  • Unix/Linux (Ksh, Bash) Application Development, Parallel Programming
  • C, C++, Python (Reading), Perl (Reading), Java (Reading), Cobol (Reading)

Databases:

  • Sybase (>=15 Years)
  • Oracle/Pm Sql (>= 12 Years)
  • Db2 (>=4 Years)
  • Mariadb (>=5 Years)
  • Fame (>= 1 Year)
  • Ms Sql (>= 3 Years)
  • Rdbms (>=27 Years)

Systems:

  • Unix (Solaris + Aix)
  • Redhat Linux
  • Os/2
  • Windows Nt
  • Mainframe (Ibm Host)

Trading Systems:

  • Murex 3.1.X
  • Murex 2.X
  • Murex C+ (Fx)
  • Murex Mx Rates
  • Gloss (Equity)
  • Zai*Net (Fx)
  • Swisskey (Options And Futures)
  • Imagine (Equity)
  • Summit (Interest Rates)

Banking Products:

  • Fx + Derivatives
  • Eq + Derivatives
  • Ir + Derivatives
  • Otc-Derivatives
  • Fixed Income
  • Card Management Systems/Payments (E.G Via Apps)

Others:

  • Datawarehousing (Dwh)
  • Eod-Processing
  • Toad, Squirrel For Sql
  • Etl
  • Bloomberg, Reuters + Excel
  • Xml, Xslt
  • Jc4, Tws
  • Svn
  • Eod (End Of Day), Batch Handling/Processing
  • Postman
  • Jboss
  • Jira
  • Agile Development
  • Google Cloud + Google Docs Creator
  • Wp2 (Dwpbank)
  • Incident-/ Logfile Analysis

Standard Software:

  • Excel
  • Powerpoint
  • Word
  • Outlook
  • Visio
  • Lotus Notes

Testing Software:

  • Testlink
  • Bugherd

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1990 - Jun 1995

University of Würzburg

Degree · IT/Mathematics · Würzburg, Germany

Sep 1979 - Jun 1988

High School Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 9
Experience in Banking and Finance 4 y
Avg length 11 m
Longest experience 2 y 7 m

Expertise

Recent roles Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management, Test-and Release Manager, Administration and media analysis
Main industries Banking and Finance, Tourism, Media and Entertainment
Main business areas Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management

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Andreas is based in Offenbach, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Andreas speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Andreas has at least 8 years of experience. During this time, Andreas has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 11 months. Note that Andreas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Andreas would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management, Test-and Release Manager, Administration and media analysis.

Andreas's most recent position is Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management at safarica.com.

In recent years, Andreas has worked for safarica.com and 1822direkt.

Andreas is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Tourism, and Media and Entertainment. Andreas also has some experience in Energy.

Andreas is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Project Management. Andreas also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Operations, and Human Resources.

Andreas has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance and Tourism.

Andreas has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Project Management.

Andreas attended University of Würzburg for IT/Mathematics.

The availability of Andreas needs to be confirmed.

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