Content Management System Experts in Cologne

With project PRIZMA, DB will modernize its infrastructure on the one hand, and develop a fail-safe IT landscape on the other hand, which can be restored quickly and securely in case of a disaster.

• Capture current architectures of existing systems as well as methodical consulting and development of target architectures
• Deepen and maintain the building plan / target IT landscape
• Implement technical architecture concepts & architecture descriptions
• Implement migration concepts for updating and further developing the platform and information systems
• Assess submitted improvement suggestions as part of the project
• Capability management: identify capability gaps, develop target visions, and support transformation planning within the enterprise architecture.
• Create a compatibility matrix of the components in use and compare dependencies of specific versions
• Create an IT concept for extending the platform with the following topics: hardware and software requirements, security, licensing, high availability, load balancing, backup & recovery, update strategy, monitoring integration, etc.
• Coordinate with business architects as well as technical architects from the cross-functional architecture area of the PRISMA program for the topics (backup, Active Directory, monitoring, Citrix, and business applications ...)
• Status meetings and alignment of project planning with the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager
• Advise the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager in identifying project risks
• Advise the System Architect Engineers in steering the implementation of the concept
• Implement the IT concept
• Document the infrastructure

Label: MS Project, LINUX, Windows, ORACLE, Java, REST, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, UML, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, AZURE, AWS, V-MODEL, Micro Service, VisualStudio, SAP S/4HANA, SCRUM(SAFE), ESB (TIBCO), Python, Innovator, LeanIX (TOGAF), Ansible, Ansible Tower, Ansible Automation, ROBOT, SpringBoot

• Self-hosted table tennis equipment platform.
• Development of a custom “Racket Builder” that uses a co-evolutionary genetic algorithm to identify, evaluate, and recommend the optimal combinations of racket blades and rubbers based on physics heuristics and player data within a search space of over 4 billion combinations.
• Development of a custom fully automated web crawler to capture equipment specifications, integrating an automated pipeline for image normalization as well as data harmonization via DeepSeek.
• Cloudflare Edge Workers written in Rust to perform low-latency data searches and offload computationally intensive simulations from the main server.
• High performance and accessibility standards across a large Nuxt 4 codebase achieving 95–100/100/100 Lighthouse scores.

Planning and delivery of cross-target group CRM and loyalty campaigns for the REWE Bonus Program across digital and offline channels. Coordination of cross-functional stakeholders and analysis of campaign performance to specifically improve customer engagement, new customer acquisition, and customer retention.

continued product ownership of the global B2C platform

Key responsibility for the visual and technical frontend relaunch as well as the continued development of the platform architecture.

• Designed and continuously developed the frontend architecture, including a Figma-based Component Library and migration to Vue 3.
• Developed a robust, high-performance, component-based CSS architecture.
• Continuously optimized accessibility, Core Web Vitals, and web performance.
• Worked closely with UX, Product, and Editorial teams on design, product, and implementation decisions.

RESULT:

• WCAG-compliant
• Core Web Vitals issues resolved
• PageSpeed ~90 Desktop / ~80 Mobile

Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector

Responsibilities:

• Project coordination (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)

Products and standards:

• Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
• Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud

• Collaborates with publishers and authors, guiding manuscripts (novels & non-fiction) from draft to print-ready with linguistic precision, stylistically confident revisions, and proofreading, with a trained eye for dramaturgy and target audience.

• Revises and optimizes AI-generated texts professionally in terms of style, structure, and tone.

• Provides content and stylistic editing (non-fiction & fiction).

• Conducts proofreading (spelling, grammar, punctuation).

• Offers manuscript review and qualified text feedback.

• Supports self-publishers.

• Worked with clients including Penguin Random House, Münchner Verlagsgruppe, Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuch Verlag, Next Level Verlag, Wolters Kluwer Editorial Services, Eskimoz, Die Wirtschaft Köln, Visable, and Pylot.

• Holds a Magister in English and German studies.

• Produces SEO-optimized articles and web texts, PR and press texts, and translations (German/English).

• Completed further training in online marketing and CMS.

• Member of the Association of Freelance Editors (vfll.de).

• Backend WordPress web development.

Consulting on and implementation of technical processes in CRM and email marketing, international project management

• Program Manager for a strategically highly relevant compliance project in the enterprise segment (C4)
• Management of 6 workstreams
• Establishment of the project organization, communication structures, project and budget planning, risk management
• Reporting to CIO
• Moderation of steering committee meetings
• Moderation of critical solution processes
• Responsibility for adapting the operating model of the IT organizations in Germany, the EU and India, including planning and managing the relocation of affected employees

• End-to-end recruiting, consulting with specialist departments, writing job descriptions, scheduling interviews, building an automated recruiting process
• Focus on project environments, ERP rollout, project management, business process experts
• Active Sourcing, candidate identification and screening, requirements gathering, sourcing strategy, asset management and social media marketing, feedback discussions
• Direct outreach, social media recruiting, performance recruiting, online marketing, building a talent pool
• Employer branding, project controlling, leading and supporting interviews, Executive Search
• MS Office 365, Exchange, Word, Excel, Agile Recruiting, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/-XRay Search, MS Teams, Recruitee ATS

• Network elements, network, operational and operator-related systems
• Supporting around 20 different products (managed agile)
• Requirements analysis and management (functional and non-functional)
• Test concept and planning (scope, test phases, effort, schedule, resources, organization, etc.)
• Aligning approach with clients and service providers
• Managing and assisting in creation of test cases for system, integration and end-to-end tests
• Guiding and supporting test execution
• Defect management and planning bug fixes with external providers
• Preparing and facilitating workshops
• Regular reporting and creating automated test reports
• Further development of agile testing methodology and configuration of supporting tools
• Conceptual support in developing a quality seal for rating product and service quality of internal and external providers
• Requirements engineering based on ISO/IEC 25010, Scrum, SaFE
• BMC Remedy, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira (including plugins Xray, Structure), Microsoft Office (incl. Visio), Obsidian, doxis document management system, Gitlab, Obsidian

• Conducted OT security assessments at European manufacturing facilities
• Analyzed and improved IT security processes and infrastructure
• Revised SOC processes in conjunction with the internal SOC team
• Conducted OT incident training and tabletop exercises
• Facilitated C-level workshops to align European OT security strategy
• Evaluated regulatory changes related to NIS2 and their relevance to the client

• Freelance work as a CMS expert