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• The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.

• In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.

• Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location

• Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)

• Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data

• Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure

• Environment coordination and build management

• Implementing external interfaces

• Implementing business requirements

• Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications

• Designing and implementing microservice architecture

• Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Deploying applications on OpenShift

• Creating technical documentation and diagrams

• Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)

• Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users

• Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)

• Support and further development of a complex process for creating XML documents for electronic invoices / E-Invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
• Automation of operational processes, process development and optimization
• Development of frontend applications with MS Power Apps
• Porting SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2022
• SQL Server database administration

• Project: Thermomix Online Mock
• Manual execution of functional tests
• Implementation of automated end-to-end tests
• Execution of regression tests and analysis of results
• Further development of the QA website on the server using Express.js, Handlebars, and Node.js
• Further development of the test environment
• Technologies: Agile software development Scrum, Robot Framework, Python, JavaScript, Git (GitLab), VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Express.js, Handlebars, Phoenix/Elixir

AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an E-Book on the Use of AI in Software Testing

• Designing and creating an e-book on the meaningful and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
• Using generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and variant creation, with final technical review and approval of all content based on my own expertise.
• Developing practical opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of "tester vs. AI".
• Title: "11 Strong Reasons: Dream Team Instead of Rivals - Testers and AI Are Unbeatable Together"
• Subtitle: "How humans and machines form the perfect team in software testing—and why pure AI testing is risky."
• Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, client presentations, or internal training.
• Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of professional testing experience, common sense.

• Complete redesign of IT infrastructure including setup of a server room according to BSI standards, new network concept and planning.
• Development of security concepts and IT security consulting for the DHCP/DNS election sector.
• Support of project management for the customer in the VOIS | MESO area.
• Technical support for setting up the IT infrastructure in new offices, including firewall configuration, router setup and network planning.
• Setup and configuration of the service management and ticket system JIRA.
• Implementation and administration of the Azure (Entra) environment for all employees.
• Setup and administration of the Confluence environment.
• Planning, setup, configuration and administration of the entire Atlassian Collaboration Suite.
• Development of BCM strategy options.
• Development and implementation of measures and creation of BCM plans, as well as evaluation of existing BCM.

• PHP application development for the following news portal CMS:
• lebensmittelzeitung.net
• textilwirtschaft.de
• horizont.net
• iz.de
• fvw.de
• ahgz.de
• horizont.at
• agrarzeitung.de
• food-service.de
• fashionmagazine.it

• Technical project management for a new policy and quote management tool in individual, commercial and specialty insurance
• Extending an established standard solution with dedicated lines of business modules for industry and public institutions
• Setting up project structures, teams, organization and communication processes
• Integrating the solution into the existing insurance ecosystem and connecting it to various systems
• Stakeholder management and classical project management (in time, in scope, in budget)
• Overall responsibility for project budget and deliverables
• Initiation, planning, execution, testing and go-live
• Tools used: MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Xray

• Taking over operational acceptance tests for internal and external applications in a preproduction environment
• End-to-end tests across multiple systems
• Planning and implementation of acceptances based on expected loads and service levels
• Creation of test plans and automated tests
• Monitoring of systems, log analysis and creation of test reports, monitoring charts and acceptance documentation
• Support during rollouts of security and OS patches in preproduction
• Load and performance tests as well as failover/rollback tests
• Testing SOAP/REST APIs with JMeter, Grafana and Kibana
• Batch tests with Bash and log analysis
• Load and performance tests of own applications
• Test automation with JMeter and PyTest
• Maintenance and creation of Bash scripting tests
• Manual system integration tests

• Consulting on a wide range of open science hardware projects in the fields of electronics, mechatronics, and optoelectronics
• Comprehensive system analysis and DFM optimization of a novel open hardware miniaturized two-photon microscope
• Exchange with scientists from renowned academic institutions to align the customer’s work in the best possible way
• Production coordination with local and international partners for PCB assembly, CNC machining, and optics
• Process analysis for product design, production planning/execution, product lifecycle, and product data management
• Coaching employees from all departments on the requirements that complex technical products place on business processes
• Development of a comprehensive PLM & PDM concept tailored to the needs of development and manufacturing
• Initiating intensive and direct cross-departmental exchange to identify improvement potential
• Planning shopfloor layout improvements with the production team and supporting the implementation process
• Quick onboarding of two new English-speaking colleagues in technical product management and development
• Ad-hoc and in-depth training of employees in the use of software tools such as KiCad or Autodesk Inventor
• Consulting on long-term development into a scalable, even stronger partner for the open science hardware community

• Added a safety shutdown in the MISCEO product firmware when a certain delivery limit (cap) was reached.

• Familiarized myself with the product and its firmware (C code and functionality).

• Identified the code parts needed for the change.

• Implemented the extension.

• Tested and documented (only in the source code).

• Target platform: embedded firmware without an operating system.

• Tools: Eclipse, C.

• Set up automated processes in data protection management (e.g. ROPA, PIA, DPIA)
• Complete overhaul of data subject rights processes (erasure, access, etc.)
• Development of a data and AI compliance management system
• Support in setting up a data governance framework
• Establishment and support of agile project management
• Support in the strategic realignment of the privacy department

• Within the project, Objego's digital platform for real estate management was further developed.

• Further development of various software modules within the application.

• Continuous improvement and optimization of existing functionalities to enhance performance and user experience.

• Design and implementation of unit tests to ensure code quality and stability.

• Close collaboration with the QA team to quickly fix bugs.

• Implementation of new features in coordination with stakeholders and end users.

• Active member of the Scrum team with a focus on agile methods and continuous improvement of the software.

• Technologies: Angular 16/17, Material, Angular CDK, Angular Elements, Nx, NgRx, NgNeat, NgX-Translate, NgX-Charts, NgX-Lottie, NgX-Markdown, Sentry, Azure AI Form Recognizer, Lodash, Dayjs, Flatpickr, Lottie-Web, Mixpanel, RxJS, Prettier, ESLint, Webpack, Cypress, Playwright, Jest, Husky, TypeScript, Node.js, Zone.js, Docker, Spring Boot, Git, Figma, Figma Token, Storybook, Jira, Confluence, Atlassian, Gitlab CI/CD, Codecov, Custom Design System, Mockoon.