Implementation of a microservices-based application and security architecture in the Anti Financial Crime program. Responsibility for high-level design, maintenance and further development of the Technical Roadmap, mentoring of solution architects and compliance of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Enterprise Data Model (EDM).

Realization phase (01.2020 – present)

• Migration of country-specific specialist applications into a global application with regional adaptations
• Gradual increase of the automation degree
• Ensuring data consistency and service resilience (no-data-loss)
• Responsibility for architecture governance and maintenance of the architectural registry
• Review and approval of the architecture concerning regulatory requirements and audit guidelines
   

Planning phase (06.2019 – 12.2019)

• Audit and review of existing software components, interfaces and data models
• Analysis, design, and drafting of the high-level architecture and global application architecture
• Verification of the solution designs of the individual offshore and nearshore development centres
• Implementation of an overarching QA service and design of a DevOps strategy

BTMS GmbH develops and maintains the travel expense software RKA², which is used by major customers (DAX companies). In the course of further development, the application components were migrated to a cloud-native application.

• Ensuring and meeting all requirements regarding traceability and completeness of the artefacts
• Requirements analysis as well as the definition of the new application architecture
• Migration of legacy components to Java / Cloud Native
• Automated build & deploy
• Test automation with JUnit5, Mockito, Selenium WebDriver

Design, integration and verification of application architectures for various programs and projects. Responsible for project planning, Monte Carlo simulation (Full Monte), architecture development, reporting to program management.

• Transaction Data (06.2017 – 12.2018) Harmonization and bundling of transaction data delivery to Market Surveillance in Frankfurt, London, Singapore and New York via a new central platform (Informatica PowerCenter): technical requirements analysis, creation of application architecture, creation of migration and test concept.
• IDM Data Supply (01.2017 – 05.2017) Development of a complex near-time data supply of the primary IDM system based on J2E/Websphere: Project management, technical requirements analysis and specification (interfaces and services), security and source code audit of software components and solution documentation, preparation and presentation of a final report to management level.

Design of software architectures in the presales process. Responsibility for the analysis of existing system documentation, product requirements documents and tender documents (RfI, RfQ, RfP), steering of agile organized bid teams, coordination with sales and delivery units, resource planning nearshore/offshore, cost calculation as well as bid presentation on management and customer level.

• Deutsche Bahn AG (01.2014 – 07.2014). Technical presales and bidding support for the introduction of new subscriber management and billing system including maintenance and operation. Challenge was among others the increasing number of subscribers by a factor of 100 for the next five years (Internet of Things). Creation of the solution design, selection of standard components and creation of the migration concept.
• Investitionsbank Berlin (08.2013 – 12.2013) Technical presales and bidding support for the implementation of a new core banking system. Draft and design of the software solution, integration of the existing workflow solution, creation of a secure migration concept.
• National Bank of Pakistan (01.2013 – 08.2013) Technical presales and bidding support for the implementation of a new core banking system. Design of a KWG compliant infrastructure and network connection, selection of standard components  (e.g. Oracle Flexcube), creation of the migration concept as well as the operational concept offshore/nearshore.
• British Petroleum plc (01.2012 – 12.2012) Technical presales and bidding support for a pricing application. Definition of the software architecture and a dedicated infrastructure solution, development of a SLA and KPI based operation and maintenance model for Germany and India as well as a concept for automated software monitoring.

Design, integration and verification of application architectures for various programs and projects. Responsible for project planning, Monte Carlo simulation (Full Monte), architecture development as well as reporting to program management.

• Upgrade ComSI Core (01.2011 – 12.2011) Upgrade of ComSI Core from Jupiter 3.4 to SEIM 1.1 and surrounding business applications, including a trial parallel operation and production rollout with detailed fallback planning: project planning and team management, analysis, design and drafting of software solution, migration of legacy components, customization of generic import client, definition and planning of load and performance tests with target systems.
• Authorization (01.2009 – 12.2010) Design of a new authorization system for users and applications to manage duplicate data and request volumes: State analysis of the overall system (performance, cost drivers, optimization potentials), technical requirements analysis, design of the target architecture based on J2E/zOS, refactoring of Cobol programs, team management.

Design, prototype implementation, integration and verification of application and security architectures for various programs and projects. Responsible for project planning, Monte Carlo simulation (Full Monte), architecture development and reporting to program and project management.

• CaSCCade (08.2006 – 12.2008) CaSCCade consolidates and manages customer master data from different partner master systems of the banking group and enables the unique identification of a customer: Design and implementation of a RCP client and implementation of a graphical group view with Eclipse GEF as well as further development of the server component for supplier and customer systems.
• Neukundenanlage (03.2005 – 07.2006) Within the project "Neukundenanlage” (new customer creation) a web service was needed as an interface between the J2EE application NKA and the host-based legal customer database of the bank (PAD). The PAD web service is the first web service within the bank and was designed for a transaction load of 400,000 transactions per day. Project planning, definition of target architecture under iX, team management.
• Structured Data System (01.2004 – 02.2005) The legacy application BGS (Structured Data System) was replaced by a Java EE application: elaboration of a feasibility study, creation of a prototype as well as presentation of methodology and tools in the context of a lecture series.
• KWG-Novelle (03.2003 – 04.2003) As part of the extension of the German Banking Act (KWG), basic information must be kept on all account holders. The BaFin query component is implemented by Bankenverlag for various credit institutions. A secure and cost-effective solution must be found for transmitting the data from the bank to Bankenverlag. The conception of the interface and coordination with IT security, management of a classically organized team.
• Refactoring CDB (05.2001 – 03.2003) Refactoring of the application CDB (Counter Party Database) for the administration of all trading partners of an investment bank. Analysis of the program core: coordination with IT and business management, project management, conversion by a classically organized team within an agile environment (FDD).