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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

• Creation, maintenance and hardening of Kubernetes clusters employing Ansible and ArgoCD
• Keywords: Ansible, AWX, Kubernetes, NetApp, Prometheus, CI/CD ArgoCD, SSO, Fluent-bit, HAProxy, Calico, Keycloak, oauth2-proxy, SealedSecrets, kubeseal, Aqua kube-bench, CIS-Benchmarks, Aqua Trivy operator

• Developing the infrastructure and improving existing infrastructure: Jenkins, Gitlab Pipeline, OpenShift, Docker, Helm Chart, Kubernetes, Artifactory, CodePipeline, CodeArtifact, Python
• Documenting solutions in Jira/Confluence
• Supporting other colleagues in different technical areas

• Created an application to control measurement hardware with a Tauri application using React.JS and TypeScript on Raspberry Pi
• Developed a cloud application for storing and analyzing measurement results using Spring Boot and React.JS
• Built a Tauri application for printing ZPL labels on Windows
• Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Tauri, Rust, React.JS, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, REST API (JSON), Maven, CI/CD, PostgreSQL

• Lead Presales, R&D, Product, and Engineering for EMEA region – remote/hybrid, multicultural teams of 30+
• Serve as Information Security Officer (ISO), leading ISO 27001 certification efforts and conducting regular security audits
• Implement and maintain comprehensive information security management systems (ISMS) ensuring compliance with GDPR, DORA, and international regulations
• Architect data intelligence, SaaS, and unstructured data solutions using AI, ML, and cloud-native tech
• Drive solution sales initiatives, conduct technical demonstrations and engage with enterprise customers to deliver tailored solutions
• Engaged in hands-on pilots with cutting-edge cloud platforms, Generative AI, and edge computing
• Represent company in major industry forums – regular interface with C-level, customers, and partners
• Delivered proven 35-45% cost/complexity reduction with innovative, automated compliance and privacy frameworks.

• Data-analysis, Preparation, gathering and coordination of business requirements for retrieval of monthly- and long term (CLV – relevant) cost- and revenue-components per contract for a customer–base–grouping project (HUB–Project) for B2C-Postpaid-Controlling
• Concept and Implementation of cost- and revenue-KPIs calculation and corresponding CLV–reports (Oracle, Perl, SVN, MS SQL Server, MS Power BI, Serviceware Performance Analytics)
• Operational support of the HUB-Project – various ad-hoc reports, deployments, job-scheduling etc. (Oracle, SVN, BICSuite–Scheduler, DWSODA etc.)
• Analysis, implementation, retrieval and reporting of various physical and financial KPIs for B2P-Prepaid Business on an existing data-mart (Oracle, Perl)

• Lead Developer / Tech Lead in a large banking group for a complete redevelopment of payment systems
• Rebuilding payment processing in stream processing
• Development and design of cross-border payment stream processing based on Kafka and Kafka Streams
• Development of different input formats for the business team using Drools rules to dynamically adjust validation rules
• Evaluation and comparison of different public cloud providers regarding the databases they offer
• Technologies & Tools: Java 21, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, Azure, TDD, JEE, REST, Angular, Spark, Google Cloud, SCDF, PostgreSQL, Drools, Git, S3, MongoDB

• Project: Mazars Windows 11 rollout: responsible for the Windows 11 rollout at customer Mazars
• Understand customer-specific requirements (hardware compatibility, application dependencies, Microsoft AD group policies)
• Implement hardware logistics at customer sites
• Involve the IT, business, security, and compliance teams
• Update the infrastructure
• Carry out driver and firmware updates
• Automate the rollout with scripts
• Notify users, provide FAQs, change logs, and support contacts
• Technologies: Baramundi Management Center, AD, Azure AD, Intune, Office 365, OpenProject, RDP, Topdesk, MS Teams, PowerShell

• PAYBACK GmbH: PAYBACK app - a loyalty bonus program and customer card that allows users to collect points.

• Enhanced the application's architecture by restructuring and modularizing it.

• Refactored and improved complex features using SwiftUI and The Composable Architecture.

• Maintaining, bug fixing, optimizing, troubleshooting, and continuously improving the app.

• Facilitating and planning the onboarding of new developers and providing mentorship.

• Assistance in the hiring process, including evaluation, interviews, and strategic planning.

• Porsche Digital GmbH: Development of the Porsche Road Trip app that allows users to comfortably plan and navigate through spontaneous drives and individual road trips along curated premium routes.

• KI Labs: Development of a MVP for a large automotive company.

• Snapp Mobile Germany GmbH: Equitel Banking - Consumer digital banking app for Equity bank, one of the largest banks in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• comdirect Mobox - Banking app to manage current, savings and credit card accounts for teenagers. Addressed technicalities of implementing playful UI with customizable options and various offline features.

• Deutsche Bahn AG - Development of a prototype for the next generation of companion app for train travellers.

• optile GmbH: KPI Dashboard - KPI tracking of online payments for merchants that use optile's online payment solutions.

• Every Interaction: Watchy - Composer of Apple Watch screenshots, which allows users to export the composed image and share it.

• Senior Frontend Angular and Frontend
• Integrating Camunda processes into the frontend
• Development supported by ChatGPT (Codex) and Claude (skills etc.)

Knowledge: Angular, Camunda

Products used: Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, Camunda

• 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

• Integration of partner systems in the payment and credit card environment.
• Development, deployment, and monitoring in a large system landscape.
• Use of a wide range of customer-specific frameworks and tools.

• Setting up and enhancing an international subscription management system

• Migrating and decommissioning a Hybris-SAP system and integrating Zuora

• Implementing numerous interfaces to various systems (external and internal)

• Setting up and improving monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and Databricks

• Introducing logging with Loki

• Implementing business requirements using jQuery, Thymeleaf, Spring Boot, Java, Go, and Python

• Adjusting and extending the GitLab CI pipelines

• Setting up and extending infrastructure as code with Terraform and ArgoCD on AWS

• Setting up and running E2E and performance tests

• Expanding the Databricks business intelligence solution to provide various KPIs

• Responsibilities: Architecture, DevOps, development, unit tests, coaching employees and apprentices, E2E, smoke, and integration tests, agile methods consulting (Kanban, Scrum)

• Technologies and methods: Java, Go, Kotlin, Node.js, Spring Boot, SOAP/REST, Quarkus, Thymeleaf, Vaadin, Slack, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, GitLab, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Maven, Gradle, GitLab CI, Databricks