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Oracle Project Management and Automation

As part of the project, the operation of an Oracle infrastructure was automated by developing and enhancing Puppet modules and migrating existing Bash scripts to a standardized configuration management solution.

The aim of the project was to standardize and automate administrative processes, improve the maintainability of the Oracle platform, and increase the efficiency and traceability of infrastructure management through the use of Infrastructure as Code.

• Analysis and migration of existing Bash shell scripts to a Puppet-based automation solution
• Development and enhancement of Puppet modules for Oracle environments
• Automation of installation, configuration and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code
• Standardization and optimization of configuration management for Oracle systems
• Creation and maintenance of technical and operational documentation
• Planning, coordination and professional support during project implementation
• Operation and automation of Oracle systems on x86-based Linux server platforms
• Testing and quality assurance of the developed Puppet modules
• Analysis and resolution of technical errors as part of the automation and migration
• Close coordination with specialist departments and infrastructure teams to implement automation requirements

Technologies used: Puppet 7/8, SLES 15, Oracle 19, Oracle Grid, SVN, Windows Server, Confluence, VS Code, Ruby, Bash, Pass

• Designing the audit logging framework
• Implementing APIs for developers to integrate in their codebase
• Implementing ingestion pipeline, database query layer and UI for browsing the audit events
• Improving stability and reliability of the backend system

Leading the end-to-end development of Edge AI-powered smart glasses for visually impaired individuals, aligning product vision with user needs and managing a cross-functional team of data scientists, Android developers, AWS engineers, and hardware specialists.

• Defined product roadmap for Edge AI smart glasses and MVP features through user research, stakeholder interviews, and competitive analysis, ensuring accessibility and real-world usability.
• Developed and validated a PoC for AI-driven cancer cell identification in PET/CT scans, collaborating with medical experts to optimize diagnostic accuracy and clinical relevance.
• Built and scaled a multidisciplinary team of 75+ engineers, interns, and designers across Germany and India, driving cross-border collaboration and iterative prototyping.
• Established strategic partnerships with NGOs, healthcare providers, and advocacy groups to embed inclusivity and patient feedback into product design.
• Drove hands-on hardware-software integration using Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano of AI models. Initiated and nurtured relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, and ecosystem players to build scalable go-to-market plans.
• Owned critical product decisions, from prototype development to funding strategy, applying a data-informed and impact-driven mindset.
• Fostered a learning-focused culture by facilitating brainstorming sessions and continuous feedback loops between engineering and product.

Achievements:

• Public speaker: Auto.Ai 2025 (Berlin), Wearable technologies 2025 (Munich and Bangalore), MEDICA 2024 (Dusseldorf)
• WMF, Bologna, Italy (June 2024): Only AI startup to be selected from Germany as EBV hero to represent sprhava on global platform
• Medica, Germany (2024): Delivered a speech on AI smart glasses in world's largest Healthcare event.
• Wearable Technologies, Bengaluru, India (Dec 2024): I was a speaker presenting sprhava and its product.
• Venturise Global Challenge (GIM 2025, Bengaluru Palace, Karnataka): sprhava was selected as one of the 16 top startups (ESDM) to present on this global platform
• Wearable Technologies Conference 2025 EUROPE, Munich, Germany (May 2025): Delivered a talk on Edge AI at the Europe's biggest wearable tech event.
• InsurNext Köln, Germany (2025): sprhava was honoured with a booth from Cologne administration.

• Implementation of a GitLab CI/CD pipeline based on SAP Commerce Cloud 2211
• Development of a new B2C shop with Vue, Node and TypeScript to ensure scalability, extensibility and performance optimization
• Integration of Microsoft Azure Event Grid with SAP Hybris
• Implementation of BDD with Cucumber using Gherkin syntax to promote collaboration between development and business teams
• Support and customization of a Spartacus shop
• Technologies/Languages: Java, REST, OData, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Cucumber, Node, Vue, TypeScript, Spartacus, GitLab CI/CD, Gradle, Maven, Ant, SonarQube

• Designed and developed a high-performance internal resource management platform using React and TypeScript, optimizing dynamic data rendering and state management.
• Built a React Native application to support mobile access to internal tools, enabling on-the-go project tracking for field teams.
• Developed custom 2D canvas-based visualizations using Pixi.js to simulate material flows and refractory layer behaviors.
• Integrated Pixi.js with React components for interactive diagrams and real-time UI updates.
• Developed interactive 3D visualizations using React.js for displaying refractory product layouts and simulations, supporting engineering and sales teams with dynamic product previews.
• Integrated Three.js within the React ecosystem to allow manipulation of 3D models in real-time via browser, enhancing user engagement and field configurability.
• Integrated a headless CMS to enable dynamic content updates by non-technical users, reducing content deployment time by 40%.
• Led AWS CloudFront optimization initiatives, improving portal load speeds by 30% globally.
• Actively collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams and product owners to deliver prioritized features with a fast feedback loop.
• Key Technologies: React.js, React Native, Three.js, TypeScript, Contentful CMS, AWS S3/Lambda/CloudFront, Cypress, Agile Scrum

• Business and technical consulting for master data provisioning and process management
• Support for transition management
• Process optimization
• Interface definition

• Set up the new digitization strategy.
• Using Camunda as a process engine, a new way of handling batch and dialog tasks is created.
• In close cooperation with the business department, the individual processes are created and put into production.
• Forms for controlling manual interventions, e.g. when adjusting applications, are implemented.
• Gradual migration of old code from IBM WebSphere to JBoss.
• Skills: Arquillian, Camunda, Initiative, Empathy, Hibernate, Jackson, Java/JEE, JBoss, Jersey, JSON, JUnit, Openness to criticism, Willingness to learn, REST, Teamwork, WebServices.

• Head of overall technical integration NSC (National Secure Cloud, project with approx. 60 employees).

• Technical integration of all subprojects into one product, definition of interfaces and basic components of a cloud including hardware, technical architecture of the IABG platform.

• Development of a Cloud Management Platform (CMP) capable of creating private/mixed clouds of any complexity based on a textual description with one click or interactively.

• CMP also includes the complete hardware management lifecycle.

• Kubernetes, OpenStack and Hadoop are used as the foundation.

• The management layer includes Harbor, Gitea, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher and Jenkins, which are configured automatically.

• Private cloud can run any customer workloads, including a full Hadoop layer with HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Mesos, HBase and around 20 additional ML/DL technologies.

• Hadoop worker clusters can also be installed automatically without Kubernetes on bare metal or commodity hardware.

• OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Ironic, Swift, Cinder, Ceph.

• Development of a Java application Rudi: SOAP, REST, containers, DB.

• Technologies: Kubernetes (K3s, Rke2, Minikube, Harbor, Gitea, Jenkins, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher), OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Swift, Ceph, Cinder, Sahara, Magnum, Kayobe, Kolla, Bigrost, Ironic), Hadoop (HDFS, Ambari, Solr, Livy, Ranger, YARN, Tez, HBase, Kafka, Hive, Zookeeper, MapReduce, Spark, Oozie, Flink), virtualization (Kubernetes (K3S), VMware, Oracle), scripting (Ansible, Puppet, Juju, Shell, Groovy, Gradle, Maven).

• Create a product and service portfolio delivering a 360 degree approach to digital corporate sustainability covering KPI management, CSRD reporting and sustainable strategy
• Create vision and business case
• Onboard and align business partners, negotiate contracts
• Set up partner network as self-organized agile team
• Co-develop product and service portfolio
• Coordinate sales and marketing, go-to-market strategy and roadmap

• Development of the Ibalis portal and payment procedures for applying for and paying out EU funding.
• Publicly accessible portal, e.g. for farmers.
• Projects over the last ten years were carried out according to Scrum.
• Technologies: Spring, Wicket, Hibernate, Postgres, JSON, XML, REST, Bitbucket, Podam, Buckets, JUnit, Gradle, Intellij, Bamboo, Swagger.

• Engage with stakeholders across departments to identify and document business needs, goals, and objectives.
• Conduct interviews, workshops, and surveys to gather comprehensive requirements for Salesforce solutions.
• Configure Salesforce products such as Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Health Cloud, and Data Cloud to align with the company's requirements.
• Analyze existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation within the Salesforce platform.
• Build campaigns, automation and journeys, data management, API and integrations, scripting and customization, analytics and reporting, introduction of generative AI capabilities.
• Develop custom applications using Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning Components; create and customize Salesforce objects, workflows, validation rules, and triggers; implement custom user interfaces using Lightning Web Components (LWC).
• Develop training materials and conduct training sessions to ensure effective user adoption of Salesforce solutions.
• Provide ongoing support to end-users, addressing issues and ensuring they are proficient in using Salesforce tools.
• Create and execute test plans, including unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Identify and resolve issues, ensuring that Salesforce solutions meet business requirements and quality standards.
• Design and implement customized reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making and product delivery.

• Support in building a modern and secure microservice architecture
• Creation of architecture documentation
• Analysis and definition of interfaces with OpenAPI
• Knowledge transfer on architecture
• Support in frontend architecture
• Implementation of rule sets
• Hands-on work in backend and frontend

• Act as interface between business, IT demand management and IT architecture, analyzing functional and technical requirements in Salesforce.
• Create requirements and specification documents together with the business unit and develop solution concepts.
• Define, control implementation and acceptance of epics and user stories.
• Advise business units on optimization potentials and develop functional solution concepts.
• Support project management and product owners in scope analysis and ticket creation.
• Develop identity management solutions and deletion concepts in the Salesforce environment.
• Define and implement DWH reports for analysis of business areas and process optimizations.
• Document and optimize functional process workflows.
• Tools and technologies: Miro, Salesforce, Draw.io, Atlassian Stack (Confluence, JIRA), Figma, Enterprise Architect, MS Teams, Slack, Zoom, SCRUM, agile project management.

• Migration of a mainframe application (PL/1, zOS) to the cloud (Azure)
• Data transfer from z/OS (USS) to Azure storage (blob containers, file shares)
• Implementation of the mainframe job control in Java
• Mapping of job network dependencies in Control-M
• Performance analysis and optimization measures
• DB2 (z/OS) migration to Postgres (Azure)
• Technologies: Azure (storage, VM, VMSS, Postgres), z/OS (USS), DB2, Postgres, Packer, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Control-M
• Tools: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ