Bernhard Döpper-Senior Architect, Project Manager and Coach
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Enterprise Architect. And responsible for the cross-functional architecture as well as all domains with a focus on the sales
Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung
Creation of business and technical concepts as well as support for enterprise architecture management as part of the migration to the Adesso standard insurance solutions and the renewal of surrounding systems
Interface definitions
Business analysis and creation of the business concepts for input management and sales
Creation of architecture guidelines and processes
Processing technical and business decisions in the architecture board
Definition of service processes and system management aspects
Creation of the technical target operating model
Creation of an integration architecture for AI/LLMs from the providers Commasoft and Insiders
CommaSoft (Alan) webpages and web services
Insiders for Smartfix based on web services
Creation of a question catalog for a security/regulatory check.
Analysis of threats using threat modeling / STRIDE incl. creation of a set of measures to secure the systems
System environment: Jira, Confluence, Java, Enterprise Architect, VAIT/DORA, KritisV, GDPR, IT ServiceMgmt, Adesso Ecosphere and Insure Health, DoPIX and successor product, SmartFix, SmartFlow, Zabas, Kolumbus, Clarc archive, BiPRO, AI / LLM, MS Azure, AWS, TOM/FMO
Senior Architect, responsible for processes and infrastructure
Sievert SE
Recording of the current state, determination of maturity as well as measures to harden processes and systems (national and international)
Inventory scanning / setup of asset management
Scanning of networks
Vulnerability scanning
Need-for-protection analysis (based on the BSI approach)
Separation of IT/OT networks and concept for user and device authentication
Consulting on routing between (IT<->OT) via firewalls
Consulting on the setup of PKI
Creation of security concepts
Recording of the processes of subsidiary companies
Processing technical and business decisions incl. documentation in Jira and Confluence
Security analysis of site connections (SD WAN and MPLS)
System environment: Jira, Confluence, DocuSnap, Enterprise Architect, 27001, GDPR, BSI basic protection, need-for-protection analysis, network segmentation, separation IT/OT, SD WAN, threat modelling, STRIDE
Senior Architect in the area of enterprise architecture, responsible for the setup of the new text and OMS system
Signal Iduna
Creation of concepts (business and technical) as part of replacing the DoPIX text system
Interface definitions
Planning the interaction between text and OMS system
Creation of security concepts for text and output management in compliance with regulatory requirements
Technical clarification with the projects to which we offer interfaces
Processing technical and business decisions in the architecture boards
Definitions for light and dark processing
Definition of service processes
System environment: Jira, Confluence, Java, DoPIX, Enterprise Architect, VAIT, KritisV, GDPR, IT ServiceMgmt
Senior Management Consultants for Architecture and Technology
A EINS Digital Innovation GmbH
Carrying out a structured due diligence analysis and implementing measures to increase compliance in the area of security and regulation
Planning and structuring the due diligence
Reviewing the relevant documents as part of the current-state analysis
Identifying gaps, risks and issues
Identifying the necessary measures
Creating guidelines for implementing the measures
Consulting in architecture, compliance and security
Preparing Dynatrace PoC
System environment: Enterprise architecture, Microsoft Azure, Cloud, SaaS, processes, Windows Server, Linux Server, LAN & WAN network infrastructure, application operations, Identity & Access Management, PAM, Dynatrace monitoring, Active Directory in the cloud, BSI basic protection, Security, GDPR, SOC II, KritisV, Cyber Security, Vulnerability Management, Cobit, technical and organizational measures & target operating model, data protection, Spark Enterprise Architect
Senior Management Consultants for Enterprise Architecture Management
Barmer Ersatzkasse
Building up enterprise architecture management and supporting the setup/adaptation of the necessary architectural prerequisites
Approach:
Planning the approach and rough concept
Analysis and assessment of the current situation
Prioritization of EAM-based capabilities
Designing the target picture
Initiating implementation & rollout
Results
Current architecture and maturity
Described and prioritized EAM capabilities
Defining enterprise architecture metamodels
Creating function catalogs (business)
Target application landscape
Target infrastructure
Creating the technology roadmap
System environment: EAM, enterprise architecture management, provider management, processes, BPMN, VAIT (compliance with technical aspects, even though statutory health insurance is not subject to VAIT), Kritis, data protection, Spark Enterprise Architect
Senior Management Consultants for Architecture, Technology and HR
OEDIV Oetker Daten- und Informationsverarbeitung KG
Due diligence review of a subsidiary of the Oetker Group
Planning and structuring the due diligence
Creating due diligence checklists to request documents (technical and commercial)
Reviewing the relevant documents as part of the current-state analysis
Preparation/implementation/follow-up of expert interviews
Recording the results of the expert interviews
Identifying gaps, risks and issues
Communicating results in the daily team meeting
Preparing the issue and results reports of the current-state analysis
Joint creation of the DD report
Individual, voluntary talks with employees to identify potential (using a standard set of questions)
Presentation of results to the managing directors, including 3 possible scenarios for implementation
Introduction of ITIL and preselection of ITSM tool
Introduction of BCM, ITSCM, Disaster/Recovery
BIA for 6 critical business processes
Building the procedure directory
Architectural consulting in the area of security
System environment: IAM, Microsoft Server/-SQL Server/-Web Server/TFS, Managed Services, SaaS, PaaS, Security, regulatory requirements (xAIT), KritisV, data protection, ITSM, ITIL v4, operating models
Subproject Manager and Consultant
Gothaer Köln
Migration of the existing archives of inbound and outbound management to a new audit-proof cloud archive
Planning the replacement of the old archives
Creating migration concept and design
Planning conversion of the data into a neutral format
Building an audit-proof migration process
Support in obtaining approval from data protection
Contributing to the creation of the operations documentation
Performing load tests
System environment: ContentManager, OnDemand, Azure, HSM, data protection impact assessment, BSM, D/R procedures, WORM, AFP, Annotations, PDF/a, OMS, IMS, Papyrus, Posy, M/TEXT, M/OMS, UC4, Azure (PaaS), VAIT
Technical Specialist, Release Management
Gothaer Köln
Consolidation of the reverse proxy landscape and the portals for the lines of business in the non-life insurance area, migration from OpenShift to Kubernetes/Ranger, planning of releases and setup of test environments
Planning the replacement of the old reverse proxy
Setting up the new reverse proxies
Setting up release artifacts in the test environments
Support for the planned PK migration
Migration from OpenShift to Kubernetes/Ranger
Analysis of errors in the test environments
System environment: RedHat Linux, JBoss, Tomcat, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ranger, CI/CD, Jenlinks, Git, Maven, Docker. DB2, Postgres, ODM, IMS, CICS, Dynatrace, Instana, UC4, MSG P&C Factory
Enterprise Architect
Barmenia, Wuppertal
Responsible for the EA aspects of the new container platform including CI/CD
Creating guidelines for the software aspects of the new container platform, taking regulatory and security requirements into account
Creating best practices for Helm charts
Creating best practices for Kubernetes APIs
Creating the big picture
Creating the structure of shared responsibilities
Expanding the project-specific Barmenia basic security aspects with the new emerging "SYS 1.6 Container" requirement
System environment: Rancher, Kubernetes, Docker, Github, Java, Python, CI/CD, Jenkins, Artifactory, VAIT, KritisV, ITIL v3, BSI Basic Protection, Jira, Confluence, Draw.io
Lead Architect for Output Management and Document Archive
IBM, Düsseldorf/Hamburg
Responsible for the business and technical concepts and interfaces for online and batch
Definition of interfaces
Requirement engineering
Definition of how the individual components, designed as microservices, interact
Creation of system documentation and security concept (27001, Kritis, regulatory requirements)
Design of recipient and delivery channel determination
eAttachments and use of shared resources
Creation of security concepts for output management and the document archive including IAM via OIDC or SAML
Technical clarification with the projects to which we offer interfaces
Definition of service requirements (especially service design from an agility point of view)
Handling technical and business decisions in the architecture boards
Advisory role in the batch project
Advisory participation in GPL alignment meetings
Advisory role in the document migration project
System environment: MSG LifeFactory, IBM ICP - IBM Cloud Private (IaaS, PaaS), DOPiX, POSY, Filenet P8 (with CloudObjectStorage and HSM module, Aspera, CI/CD, Integration Bus MQ Series), IBM IAM, Jira, Confluence, Java, Gliffy, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Jenkins, Github, VAIT, KritisV, GDPR, IT ServiceMgmt, ITIL v3
Managing Consultant
Global software development and technology consulting company, Munich
Topic responsibility in the proposal: approach for outsourcing core software components to the cloud in line with global regulatory requirements, as well as the approach for developing a new Future Mode of Operation (FMO)
Assessment of regulatory relevance based on the BAIT example (BaFin requirements cover about 75% of the relevant international regulatory requirements) for all services requested in the RfP document
Assessment of security topics
Detailed planning of the workshops needed for the proposal
To assess the current status of compliance/governance and the legal and regulatory requirements (DE/EU) before moving to the cloud
To determine the concrete impact of moving to the cloud and the later operation (technical, responsibility, organizational, regulatory, process-related)
To identify the necessary measures during the "Change the Company" phase
To describe the necessary measures for the "Run the Company" phase including adjustments to the system/service processes
System environment: AWS (IaaS, PaaS), Azure (IaaS, PaaS), SaaS (ServiceNow) BAIT, internal regulations (incl. EBA)
Enterprise Architect, Managing Consultant
Bank Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe GmbH, Hamburg
Benchmark of the previously used Telekom OTC, taking into account the given cloud service providers (OTC, AWS, Azure, GoogleCloudPlatform, PlusServer)
Workshops with the customer's IT and business departments to capture
the current status of the systems in use
the architectural extensions and changes planned for the short and medium term and to be included in the assessment
the company's requirements for compliance/governance and the legal and regulatory requirements (DE/EU)
Comparison of the technical and cost aspects weighted by the customer (Fit for IT, Fit for Business) as well as the security of the cloud providers based on the identified scenario
Based on the maturities identified, proposals for expanding/restructuring the existing IT organization and infrastructure, as well as concrete adjustments and extensions to the system/service processes (backup/restore, disaster recovery, service level management) for the cloud components and the on-prem systems (IBM zOS mainframe and IBM Power LPARs)
Creation of a new Future Operating Model
Creation of a bilingual documentation and presentation of the results to management
System environment: IaaS and PaaS (OTC, AWS, Azure, GoogleCloudPlatform, PlusServer), IBM zOS mainframe, IBM Power LPARs, microservices, Kafka, Rabbit MQ, ITSM, BAIT, GDPR, regulatory requirements of the EBA
Release Manager and Technical Architect
Basler Versicherungen, Bad Homburg
Responsible for the newly created integration components. Setting up the necessary processes and defining the technical aspects in the Stream Delivery Center Integration
Coordination of the setup and configuration of the test environments for the microservices (on JBoss and Tomcat) of the new platform
Coordination with Basler and Baloise group release management to implement the necessary process adjustments in program K2 regarding agile requirements
Conversion of the architectural High Level Design documents into a technical design
Definition of the standards/frameworks used (Spring, Apache Zuul) to meet the requirements stated in the architecture concept; especially regarding operability, scalability, security and regulatory compliance (VAIT)
Development of the integration patterns used to connect the new microservices to the Basler/Baloise IT:
MQSeries for asynchronous communication and synchronous communication via Request/Reply pattern to the zOS mainframe
File transfer (FTP encapsulated via Automic/UC4 and mounted NAS on the microservices) for communication with the zOS mainframe and external partners (law firms, UCe bank)
REST and SOAP services for communication between the new Java/GO applications and external applications (GDV, Avarto)
Coordination of the setup of technical monitoring
Extension of the CI/CD pipeline for the integration components
System environment: Guidewire (PC, BC, CC, AM, Datahub), JBoss, Tomcat, Spring, Netflix Zuul, MQSeries, CI/CD, Jenkins, Nexus, UC4, zOS mainframe, REST and SOAP, Java, Scala
Project Manager and Technical Specialist
Axa Versicherung, Cologne
Responsible for operations management in the project, the creation of technical operations/infrastructure concepts and the definition of IT service management processes
Definition/agreement of service times and service levels for the project infrastructure and operations
Stakeholder analysis for operations during the project phase and later production
Definition of processes, responsibilities/roles, escalation paths, tools and communication channels for all service processes during the project phase as well as for production
Documentation and communication of the defined processes to the whole program and operations
Detailed effort planning and capacity allocation
Development of a Target Operation Model (TOM) with the goal of building up a previously non-existent DEV-OPS organizational unit for operations.
Establishment of a "shadow" operations organization responsible for the program
Coordination and participation in the creation of the technical infrastructure and operations concept (cloud platform design, deployment concept (CI/CD), batch/job scheduling, file transfer, backup & recovery, disaster recovery, security (participation only), log & event management, identity and access management, service monitoring)
System environment: Guidewire (PC, CC, ClaimPortal), AWS (IaaS, PaaS), Nagios, Dynatrace, AXA on-prem systems (zOS, webMethods, Kafka), ITIL, VAIT (incl. KritisV), GDPR
Team Lead for the support of cloud initiatives/projects
Ergo Versicherung (ITErgo), Düsseldorf
Support of the initiative/projects
Shaping the tasks and processes in a way that the transition into the different areas of the organization can take place smoothly at the beginning of 2018
Development/further development of a cloud governance process (E2E)
Support of cloud initiatives/projects along the cloud governance process. Responsible, efficient and secure control of IaaS projects, build-/PaaS projects (AWS, Azure) and Software as a Service (SaaS) projects under compliance aspects
Support of business units and ITERGO in the use of cloud services as well as communication of the necessary requirements for cloud operations processes, data protection, security, ITIL processes
Conducting reviews. Ensuring compliance with ERGO cloud principles and compliance in the context of supporting initiatives/projects
Close collaboration and assumption of control and coordination of compliance topics between stakeholders and initiatives/projects
Reporting and documentation of the status of the initiative/project pool
Transfer of the cloud governance process into the organizational structures of ITErgo/Ergo
System environment: Cloud technologies/methods. Impact of cloud on organization, processes and skill requirements. Domain architecture. Operations. Legal. Purchasing and contract management. Data protection. Security (threat modeling / STRIDE). Risk management. Compliance in the IT environment. / VAIT / software technologies (e.g. containers, Kubernetes). Agile methods (KANBAN, SCRUM), Dynatrace in the cloud, operational procedures (e.g. DevOps). Deployment procedures (Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration). Transformation processes. ITIL
IT Architect and Technical Project Manager
Zurich Versicherung, Cologne
Introduction of the Guidewire Suite at Zurich as the new platform for underwriting, policy administration, claims management and in-/outbound payments as an integrated solution for all business areas. This is meant to replace all policy and claims systems as well as some in-/outbound payment systems. For this, a new, consolidated infrastructure is being built
Infrastructure planning; setup of the test and production environments
Analysis of technical issues as they arise and development of solution proposals
Design of the integration of the new environment into the batch processes of the z/OS mainframe (based on XCOM from CA)
Analysis/evaluation of load test results and development of improvement proposals
Provider management for the operation of the platform (more than 100 Red Hat Linux VMs with Tomcat and WebSphere as well as almost 20 Windows Server VMs with MS SQL Enterprise Edition). The providers are CSC/DXC (Sophia Cloud for production and Dynamic Cloud as well as Azure for the test and development environment)
Support for the development team in integrating the new components into the existing infrastructure (analysis using Dynatrace, use of MQSeries for synchronous and asynchronous communication of the new applications and connections to zOS via CICS using CTG for ASF text processing) are integrated
Support for the migration team regarding performance improvements during mass data load
System environment: RedHat, Windows Server 2012R2, Tomcat 7, WebSphere 8.5, JBoss 10, Dynatrace, MS SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition, SVN, IAM, Keycloak, ADDS, ADFS, Jenkins, Confluence, Jira, Sharepoint, private and public cloud (PaaS) from CSC/DXC, DoPIX, GMC (Inspire)
Project Coordinator Technology (Technical Project Manager and Solution/Enterprise Architect, Technical Design)
GoSys/Gothaer, Cologne
Support of a wide range of large projects and smaller projects in the insurance sector
Planning of the project budget
Consulting in the area of enterprise architecture and application development regarding the technologies in use
Creation of the technical design (translating the functional and software-specific requirements into technical implementation)
Sub-project management and independent implementation in projects where suitable
Conducting preliminary studies and PoC, cost estimation in large projects (project budget > 4 million)
Launching and supporting projects as Technical Project Manager
System environment: AIX, Suse/RedHat Linux. Web servers (Apache/IIS with Web Application Firewall – modSecurity). IBM Application Server (IBM Websphere). JBoss, Docker. DB2 (zOS and UDB), Oracle, MSSQL. MQSeries. ODM/JRules). zOS and connections to zOS (IMS, CICS). Partner connection via VPN, DHCP and DNS for test environments (, control/monitoring integratiions, system, load) of the software: MON, Dynatrace, ICINGA, ZIS, TSA, UC4, m/Text, m/OMS
Consulting as a J2EE expert and execution of infrastructure projects.
IDG GmbH, Cologne
Cross-project consulting as a J2EE expert for application development in architecture, design and implementation on all topics related to new technologies based on J2EE. Technical consulting for the service areas in the IBM WebSphere environment on high availability, clustering, load balancing, hosting, performance and security. Execution of infrastructure projects.
Consulting the application development team regarding the technologies in use
Translation of architecture into technical designs
Technical sub-project management
Planning and steering the setup of the required infrastructure
System environment: Apache (or IBM IHS) web servers with various plugins such as modSecurity, Sesame, etc. with virtual hosts. Application server IBM WebSphere (version 6.x and 7). JRules (ILOG). zOS DB2 databases as well as IMS, CICS. Connection to zOS with CTG and IMS Connect
Consulting and software development
T-Systems, T-COM, Essen/Mülheim
Software design and subsequent software development with Java/J2EE and C++
Extension of a portal in the telecommunications environment with order and error management functionality
Extension and performance improvements for the order database of T-Punkt orders for companies.
System environment: Modeling with Rational Rose and WSAD/Rational XDE. Programming with Java/J2EE and C++. KDE tools, Linux used, WebSphere Portal Server, MQSeries, Oracle, DB2
Functional designer, designer, developer
GEZ Cologne (for IBM), now Beitragsdienst
Creation of the new sub-ledger accounting. Responsible for payment transactions (bank statements - MT940, documents - DTAUS. Posting of cash flow
Creation of the functional concept for payment transactions in a workshop/review methodology with the customer
Transfer of the functional concept into a design
Software development based on the design with Java (MDA) for online processing and with C++ for batch
System environment: Rational Rose, Java (WSAD) C++ and Java instead.
Lead Developer
Karstadt Essen (for IBM)
Coordination and implementation of the teams for the backend and data import
Design and development of the interfaces for connecting the order processing systems (backend) to the standard product WCS (IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite) using MQ-Series or IP communication. The following systems were connected: banks for direct debit and credit card providers or with SET (Secure Electronic Transaction Server - a wallet solution), various fulfillment systems and an address management software
Design and development of software for data import. Programs for preparing supplier data (ASCII files -> XML format) as well as tools for importing and propagating data from the editorial environment to production
Design and development of a hotline and reporting system based on a JSP (Beans) / Servlet solution
System environment: Windows NT WS, AIX, Apache, WebSphere Application Server, WCS, Java, Visual Age for Java, Homesite, Perl, C++, IBM Open Classes, DB/2, UML
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Experienced in Information Technology, Insurance, Retail, Telecommunication, Government and Administration, and Construction.
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Summary
with many years of experience in planning and implementing software solutions as well as integrating them into the company-wide IT landscape
Skills
Software, Infrastructure And Enterprise Architecture
Cloud (Technical As Well As Compliance/Governance)
System Design
Process Modeling
Conducting Analyses And Feasibility Studies
Management Consulting
Project Management
Service And System Management
Interim Management
Coaching
Software Development
Operations Management And Application Support
Creating Operations And Process Documentation
Administration And Support Of Systems
Configuration Management / Build Management
Deployment And Automation Of Deployment Processes (Ci/Cd)
Databases: Db2/Udb, Oracle, Ms Sql Server, Mysql/Mariadb, Access
Operating Systems: Unix / Linux (Redhat, Suse, Debian), Aix, Windows Server2003
Programming Languages: Java / J2ee, Pascal / Delphi, Fortran, C / C++ (Visual C++) / C#, Assembler, Ant, Perl, Shell Scripts, Javascript, Vb Script, Visual Basic, Vba, Python / Jython
Cloud Platforms: Otc, Aws, Azure, Googlecloudplatform, Plusserver, Ibm Icp, Dxc/Csc Sophia- And Dynamic Cloud
Tools / Standard Solutions: Webmethods, Ibm Zos Mainframe, Ibm Power Lpars, Guidewire, Msg Lifefactory, Application Server Websphere Nd, Jboss, Tomcat, Spring, Api Gateway/Zuul (Microservices), Nagios/Icinga/Dynatrace, Mqseries/Rabbitmq, Cyber Security, Gdpr, Bait/Vait/, Kritisv, Kafka, Open Shift, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Mft/Udm, Dopix, Posy, Filenet P8, M/Text, M/Oms, Automic/Uc4(Automic)/Jen
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Education
University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
Diplom-Ingenieur · Telecommunications Engineering · Düsseldorf, Germany
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Professional Scrum Product Owner
scrum.org
Scrum Master
scrum.org
Sun Certified Java Programmer
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