Linux Experts in Nuremberg

• Focus on winning new enterprise IT projects and further developing the IT Service and Application Management profile
• Available for new projects in Application Management, IT Service Management and Application Operations

• Managing projects on site
• Coordinating various stakeholders (Operations, IT, Maintenance, suppliers, service providers)
• Leading technicians and external contractors
• Planning resources, schedules, and budgets
• Quality, risk, and safety management
• Conducting daily status meetings
• Escalation management and problem-solving
• Maintaining project tracking, ticket systems, and KPI dashboards
• Materials and spare parts management
• Preparing reports and project status updates

Environment: Infrastructure, Logistics

• The aim of the project is to build a Greenfield FailSafe data center (FSRZ) as an emergency measure in accordance with BSI 200/4 against a cyberattack.
• Recovery of a project that had been running for several years. Re-initialization of the project: adjustment of the project organization, initiation of regular meetings, establishment of project controlling and project reporting, introduction of project risk management and consolidation of project documentation. Establishment of project governance and introduction of decision-making structures based on decision papers. Definition of deliverables and derivation of phase plans and the project plan. Personnel and resource planning. Coordination with “neighboring projects.” Initiation of concept development and implementation. Management of the project with 8 subprojects and PMO. Budget planning and controlling (14,8 Mio). Support and coaching of the subprojects in their methodological approach. Coordination with suppliers and support during EU tenders. Coordination and processing of change requests. Coordination with the line organization regarding the economic operation of the FSRZ. Technical support for IT architecture in the areas of zOS, Windows and Linux, network and IT security, the design of interim operations and extended regular operations for the FSRZ, planning of emergency processes and emergency communication internally and externally.

• Introduction of Agile-CCPM in an IT project agency with a focus on PHP-based content management systems.
• Preparation and facilitation of workshops to establish a cross-agency multi-project management system.
• Coordination and support of the agency partners.
• Coaching of the methodological framework.
• Collection, evaluation, and use of organizational metrics to plan next steps.
• Environment: OKR, CCPM, Agile Coaching, Agile Planning, Agile Metrics, Workshops, Facilitation, Change Management, JIRA, Zoom, Slack, Miro.

• Lead software architect and technical team lead for a new logistics platform for load carrier trade
• Core design of software architecture using arc42 spanning frontend, backend, delivery strategies and cloud native infrastructure with Domain Driven Design and Hexagonal Architecture
• Evaluation of initial business requirements and software development roadmap
• Technical team lead in a Scrum team of 9 people
• Introduced and strengthened AI-assisted (JetBrains AI & GitHub Copilot) and collaborative code development strategies to speed up feature development

• Helped to design the AWS infrastructure, integrated services and backend architecture for use cases of an on-premise solution and partial migrations to AWS with fast response times
• Implemented automated AWS integration test suites
• Implemented mission-critical components and delivered them before the deadline in a production-ready state with operation and monitoring concepts
• This 2-month subproject was about building a data-intense pipeline (5 TB) to be enriched continuously with data
• Designed and implemented reusable AWS CDK constructs to be used across the company’s teams to enable faster onboarding with AWS
• Coached on AWS topics, distributed software patterns, security, domain-driven design, agile collaboration and documentation to improve performance and collaboration
• Technologies: AWS, GitHub Actions, ETL, monitoring, operations, TypeScript, Python, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Java, Docker, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda, serverless, Jenkins, DevOps principles

• Software development
• Technical design of software architecture and design (considering functional and non-functional requirements)
• Frontend and Backend
• Refactorings
• Code reviews
• Unit tests
• Automated integration tests
• E2E tests

Global Identity Services (GIS) is the identity provider for the Digital Services Platform (DSP). GIS is responsible for authenticating and authorizing end users and other DSP services by issuing security tokens. This includes:

• Identity management (e.g., user registration, password reset and change, user profiles)
• Management of roles and permissions
• Single Sign-On (SSO) across DSP services
• Management of OAuth resources and terms and conditions

• Designed and implemented the complete data flow architecture for the Mercedes-AMG battery case production line, from raw material processing to end-customer traceability.

• Developed MQTT-based communication protocols for Siemens S7 PLC controllers to enable efficient real-time data exchange between machines and supervisory systems.

• Architected a local Ubuntu-based industrial server, integrating Node-RED for data collection, MySQL databases running in Docker containers, and automated data pipelines.

• Commissioned connectivity of 52 Siemens PLCs and 32 Yaskawa welding and handling robots.

• Designed and implemented HMI and visualization systems to support operator interaction and production monitoring.

• Designed a 2D digital twin of the production floor, visualizing real-time process data from 26 Siemens PLCs and 18 Yaskawa welding robots via Stromquelle interfaces.

• Implemented data collection and camera-based measurement systems for welding quality control and automated defect visualization.

• Designed and optimized MySQL database structures, including stored procedures for data processing and performance analytics.

• Supported a telematics component in the automotive sector with SELinux and open-source license management.
• Products: SELinux, iMX8, ScanCode.
• Skills: Linux, firmware development, Python.

• Retrofit of wind turbines with innovative technologies

• Set up a project management system based on Atlassian software with the Work Management and Confluence modules

• Developed a workflow for the proposal process for retrofitting existing wind turbines (WKA) and photovoltaic systems (PVA)

• Created business cases and business plans

• Tracked deadlines and content of the project and piloted the workflow in client projects

• Ensured stakeholder acceptance of the project management system

• Introduced and consistently applied agile methods, such as Kanban

• Met deadlines and delivered content for the set milestones

• Acquired industry knowledge

• Successfully implemented Atlassian software

• Consulting on functional topics and their feasibility with Zoho technologies
• Implementing solutions based on Zoho
• Integrating Zoho solutions with third-party systems
• Performing data migrations
• Training and support

• Technology update
• Microsoft Azure certification

• Pioneer work in personalized AI: development of a framework for “Interactive Content” (RAG) for novels, lectures, expert debriefing
• Successful launch of Einbug, the Pantopia chatbot, with media resonance (SZ interview)
• Creation of compelling AI personalities: AI blog ([link]), 100% personalized learning environments, Perry Rhodan, and others.

Industrial Communication | Proof of Concept: Controller-to-Controller Communication with OPC UA FX

Proof of Concept for OPC UA FX-based controller-to-controller communication between virtual programmable logic controllers (vPLC) on an industrial edge platform. A virtual test environment was set up on Debian Linux in two phases (including VMs and vPLCs), shared-memory communication (real-time information bus) was activated, and the RIB solution was integrated into a customized product firmware (including shared memory and PROFINET support) and deployed in containerized environments (Docker). Additionally, a virtual Ethernet connection was developed to simulate the network topology. Finally, commissioning, functional tests, sample application creation, comprehensive documentation, and customer support were completed.