Jenkins Expert in Vienna

Senior Expert / Program Manager

IT Services

• Management of internal projects for infrastructure modernization: setup and maintenance of test environments that realistically replicate complex customer networks.
• Resource coordination: planning server capacities and cloud resources for automated test runs.
• Implementation of CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated tests into the build process.
• Evaluation of performance bottlenecks through load testing (NeoLoad/JMeter) to ensure scalability.

Tools / Technologies: Jenkins, Docker, GIT, ButBucket, NeoLoad, Azure

• Business analysis
• Requirements engineering
• System design
• Various insurance projects
• Technology stack: msg.Billing (InExkasso)
• Product: Pay-per-use car insurance based on blockchain and OBD-II real-time telemetry with AI

Tech: AWS (Glue, Lambda, Redshift), Airflow, PostgreSQL, Python, PySpark, Metabase, Power BI

Delivered: Analytics-Ready Data Models • Legacy SQL to Cloud ETL Migration • Dynamic Pricing Engine

• Owned and evolved the company data warehouse end-to-end — from ingestion to transformation to analytics-ready dimensional data models on AWS Redshift.
• Collaborated with Analysts, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable dimensional data models that enable self-serve analytics and streamline dashboarding in Metabase and Power BI.
• Architected end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines on AWS (Glue, Lambda, Redshift) using Python and PySpark, orchestrated with Apache Airflow (MWAA) for reliability and observability.
• Defined and enforced data quality standards and governance practices across pipelines and the core data layer.
• Led migration of legacy SQL infrastructure into scalable AWS Glue pipelines with distributed PySpark processing, eliminating bottlenecks and reducing downtime.
• Developed a dynamic pricing engine applying automated promotional discounts based on occupancy rates, competitor pricing, and location performance tiers.
• Designed schema mappings to ingest MongoDB data into structured relational systems (Redshift/PostgreSQL).

Project Tech Stack: Python, AWS, Azure, FastAPI, openai, pandas, unittest/pymock

Achievements:

• Engineered automated data extraction pipelines to transform complex Excel datasets into structured formats via LLM-driven workflows.
• Architected a generative slide-deck engine that translates natural language prompts into formatted presentation assets.
• Integrated advanced LLM capabilities with the OpenAI Response API, implementing sophisticated tool-calling and structured output logic.
• Developed and containerized scalable backend microservice using FastAPI, Docker, and OpenShift to host and serve agentic skills.

Implementation and operation of OpenShift / Kubernetes solutions for customers, focusing on aspects such as storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, and high availability. Support with application containerization and modernization.

• Creation of test scenarios, manual test cases and test data using boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning
• Execution of functional and non-functional tests (manual with Postman and web application, automated with WebDriver, JUnit and NUnit)
• Setup, automation and maintenance of the Test Automation Framework with Java, Spring Boot, Selenium and Cucumber in IntelliJ (system, regression, smoke, UI and integration tests for web frontend and SOAP API backend interfaces)
• Automation of backend NUnit test cases in Visual Studio
• Test management: development and implementation of the test strategy and test plans, test coordination, quality responsibility and prioritization of risk-based tests, as well as documentation management in Confluence
• Detailed analysis and quality assurance of requirements
• Creation and maintenance of Jenkins pipelines, quality assurance during build & deployment
• Close cooperation with business analysts, developers, testers and test management
• Identification, creation and tracking of errors/defects, as well as careful test documentation
• Reporting of test results and defect reports
• Monitoring of test processes and continuous improvement
• Verification of test data and test results in a PostgreSQL database in pgAdmin
• Support with effort estimates and backlog prioritization
• Analysis and debugging of development code

System environment: Java, JUnit, Spring Boot, Selenium, Cucumber, JavaScript, Jenkins, C#, NUnit, Postman, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira, xRay, pgAdmin, PostgreSQL, SonarQube, Maven, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, CI/CD, SOAP API interfaces

• Deputy project manager for one of the largest projects in the Customs Union Code program, CEIS CDA for the Federal Ministry of Finance
• Budget planning and control
• Negotiations and ongoing communication with all relevant stakeholders
• Risk identification and assessment, and development of risk mitigation strategies
• Creation and implementation of action strategies to achieve project goals
• Efficient resource planning and allocation to support project requirements
• Managing the release process using agile methods and coordinating sprints for analysis, development, and testing phases
• Process optimizations and regular reporting for progress monitoring and decision making

• Project: E-Platform with 100k users
• Skills: Java, Spring, Spring Boot
• TechStack: Angular 18, Java 17, Spring Boot, Oracle DB, Spring Data, JPA, Hibernate, Oracle, Postgres, SQL

• Program delivery: set-up of strategic initiatives from ideation to execution, designing cross-divisional operating models that streamlined delivery across 6 business units.+
• Large scale initiatives: IT project manager of eMobility mobile app development for entire group, cross-country and multi-year initiative, with budget oversight of >2Mn and 20 FTEs.
• Product lifecycle management: delivered the end-to-end SDLC of a key B2B digital mobility application, successfully launching to 10 000+ users while managing vendor partnerships and system architecture.
• Vendor oversight: successfully negotiated and managed multi-vendor contracts, with negotiated contract value of 30% with no impact on scope.
• Architecture definition: definition of system architectures to ensure scalable, cost-effective solutions for the pricing, logistics and mobility domains, integration of 3 back-end systems.
• Digital transformation & coaching: supported group-wide agile maturity as a coach, upskilling pool of over 40 professionals in Product Management to increase delivery predictability and ensure value-driven approach.

• Migrated infrastructure automation from Puppet to Ansible
• Ensured compatibility with CentOS and RHEL 8 and 9
• Managed users in Active Directory
• Managed applications, services, security policies, certificates, and more

• I am responsible for providing solution architecture and technical assistance for a migration initiative aimed at transitioning to a new core banking system.
• The project involves replacing in-house development with a commercially available off-the-shelf core banking system operated as SaaS on AWS.
• Duties encompass solution design, technical coordination, supporting development teams, and providing IT support and troubleshooting.
• Managing over 10 global vendors and partners is crucial to project success.
• Technologies: VMWare ESXi, AWS, EKS Kubernetes, Mastercard Payment Transaction Service, Avaloq, A1 Telekom Austria infrastructure, CheckPoint FW, F5, Site-to-Site VPNs, PingID, Futurae SDK, Airlock, UC4/Automic, Firebase, iOS/Android lifecycle management, AWS IAM, AWS AppStream, AWS S3, AWS Transfer Family, QlikView, OpenAPI.

• Pivoted the company into data-driven and AI-powered energy optimization solutions for microgrids, energy communities, and grid operators.

• Custom anonymized research data analyzer, providing insights and facilitating data-driven decision-making.
• Designed and developed back- and frontend.
• Delivered end-to-end solution.
• Accelerated research timeline by 2 months.

• Design appropriate test cases to verify the GUI in Azure Test Plans
• Creation and execution of manual test cases
• Test design for user stories to be implemented in the current sprint
• Analysis of deviations/bugs based on log files and Kibana dashboards
• Creation of bug tickets with error description, screenshots, and short videos
• Prioritization of open bug tickets together with the PO
• Retest of bugs and hotfixes
• Execution of manual tests to ensure a 100% fulfillment rate of all functional requirements
• Selection, installation, and maintenance of a test automation tool (Selenium)
• Implementation of automated regression tests
• Continuous expansion of the object repository and adaptation of automated test cases (acceptance, integration, and system tests)
• Creation of test logs before each sprint change