Andreas Fischer
Project Manager & Portfolio Owner for Infrastructure (Automotive)
Experience
Jan 2025 - Present
7 monthsLudwigsburg, Germany
Project Manager & Portfolio Owner for Infrastructure (Automotive)
MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
- Overall coordination of service providers for all infrastructure topics at a production site being built in Baden
- Designing and finding solutions for the following topics:
- Internet connectivity, setting up office communication networks, installing Wi-Fi in production and administrative buildings, IP address management, password management, time tracking, access control systems, backup concepts, emergency power concept, operating concepts, cost planning, event control, workplace including laptop/mobile/telephony, remote maintenance, print servers
- Selecting suitable external service providers and designing requirements for “spare parts, repair, on-site service, network and workplace support including on-site system exchange by providers”
- Selecting suitable external service providers in facility management and building technology (fiber connections, data center infrastructure, cable ducts, etc.)
- Coordination with clients and service providers
- Escalation management, schedule control
- On-site deployment for service meetings and managing providers
Aug 2023 - Nov 2024
1 year 4 monthsKassel, Germany
Infrastructure Project Manager
SMA Solar Technology AG
- Requirements analysis, reporting, coordination, planning, communication
- Structuring and describing initiatives in corporate IT with a focus on infrastructure
- Analyzing and creating project proposals
- Leading complex IT projects in the infrastructure environment (LAN/WAN networks, servers, security, interfaces to IT systems, etc.)
- Current project: new production building and renewing the global network infrastructure (LAN/WAN)
- Project planning and control by constraints (time, scope, budget)
- Organizing, guiding and managing specialist project teams
Jan 2023 - Present
2 years 7 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Senior SIEM Service Manager & Technical Project Lead (SPLUNK)
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
- Managing SIEM providers
- Increasing coverage of systems connected to the SIEM
- Improving monitoring quality in authorization monitoring
- Conducting checks to ensure quality in authorization monitoring
- Developing use cases for deterministic detection of security incidents
- Regularly analyzing use case usability based on current threat landscape and compliance requirements
- Enhancing evaluation options for SIEM data sources (threat intelligence)
- Improving incident-handling processes for security events
- Supporting audits and reviews
- Evaluating and selecting tools for the SOC
Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
9 monthsRegensburg, Germany
IT Project Manager - Building-related Infrastructure
Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayern
Refurbishing the Regensburg site (LAN cabling, AV technology, building management, etc.)
Modernizing AV technology in the Würzburg conference room
Modernizing access management (door intercoms/video surveillance at entrances)
Overhauling video surveillance (Munich and Augsburg)
Expanding building management system
Implementing hybrid video conferencing for all locations in Bavaria
Project administration: reporting, coordination, planning, communication
Requirements analysis
Translating requirements into technical solutions with planners and specialists (architecture/configuration)
Preparing procurement (e.g., specs, acceptance protocols)
Testing solutions with users if needed
Supporting implementation and rollout
Early life support
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
4 monthsLeipzig, Germany
Consultant for Security Operation Management (SOM), L2 & L3 Security Analyst
European Commodity Clearing AG (Deutsche Börse Group)
- Various operational tasks in the SOC (focus on SIEM and IS incident management)
- Supporting the in-house hosted SIEM system (Splunk)
- Analyzing SIEM alerts
- Responding to incidents, e.g. log source failures or unusual events detected
- Documenting activities in the SIEM system
- Quality checks for outsourcing the IS incident management process, including documenting incidents and rating criticality
- Monitoring provider service quality
- Internal consulting on incident identification and orderly processing
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
1 year 2 monthsMunich, Germany
Technical Project Lead SIEM (SPLUNK)
Finanz Informatik Technologie Service
- Implementing authorization and security monitoring in 24/7 operation for a regional bank in southern Germany
- Consulting on all Security Operation Center topics
- Onboarding new customers to SOC services
- Custom design, costing, planning, and implementation of SOC products considering existing IT infrastructure, processes, and security requirements
- Supporting sales in placing SOC services
- Developing use cases for deterministic detection of security incidents
- Regularly analyzing use case usability based on threats and compliance
- Optimizing MTTD and MTTR for security incidents
- Enhancing SIEM data source evaluations (threat intelligence)
- Improving incident-handling processes for security events
- Modeling interface to FI and defining delivered services
- Supporting audits and reviews
- Evaluating and selecting SOC tools
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021
3 monthsLeipzig, Germany
Technical Project Manager for SIEM (SPLUNK) Onboarding
European Commodity Clearing AG (Deutsche Börse Group)
- SIEM onboarding of OpenShift platforms and applications to SPLUNK @ DBAG
- Defining work packages, creating project timeline
- Identifying dependencies, risks and developing mitigation plans
- Managing external IT providers to install SPLUNK components (Forwarder)
- Connecting ECC applications and related systems (mainly SPLUNK) with DBAG
- Analyzing log data and defining use cases
- Developing a new operating model for monitoring privileged user rights with Deutsche Börse based on SLAs
- Reports and decision documents for stakeholders
Aug 2018 - Jun 2021
2 years 11 monthsLeipzig, Germany
Project Manager, IT Service Manager & Subproject Lead
European Energy Exchange AG (Deutsche Börse AG)
Project Manager for setting up SIEM environment (SPLUNK) (since 03/2019)
Project to fulfill BAIT & MaRisk findings/requirements
Schedule, resource and budget control
Project planning (effort estimates, phase plans, work packages)
Managing external providers and internal project resources
Creating concepts for connecting source systems to SIEM
Designing and approving SPLUNK use cases
Maintaining and improving log analysis, storage, automation
Connecting more applications to SIEM (via forwarder & syslog)
Writing and updating rules
Creating and updating technical documentation
Transitioning SIEM environment to operations and training staff
Project Manager for IT Transition to DBAG (from 03/2019)
Changing IT provider and data center move from Leipzig to Eschborn
Schedule, resource and budget control, project planning
Creating migration concepts according to BaFin rules for:
Network (high availability)
Email (Exchange & Outlook)
File & server applications
Digital workplace (Windows 10 clients)
Application migration to new data center
Defining work packages, creating timeline
Quality assurance of migration concepts for file, email, AD trust & voice
Reports and decision documents for stakeholders and board
Running meetings and tracking tasks and schedules
Identifying dependencies, risks and mitigation plans
Managing external IT providers for data center move
Escalating or de-escalating risks to project goals
Coordinating stakeholders, internal and external teams
IT Service Manager & Subproject Lead (08/2018–02/2019)
IT service management following ITIL
Managing IT providers
Negotiating and monitoring SLAs
Improving ITIL processes (service asset & configuration management, patch & vulnerability management)
Supporting project leads in executing work packages:
Creating system hardening measures
Defining requirements for a CMDB
Jun 2018 - Present
7 years 2 monthsBorsdorf, Germany
Managing Director
Nexgen Consulting GmbH
- 4 employees
- Company for professional IT consulting & SAP consulting
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
6 monthsDresden, Germany
Project Manager for Cloud Infrastructure Services
SAP SE
- Leading a 28-member international project team (process & SAP consultants)
- Implementing cloud server build process with SAP PP on S/4HANA Cloud
- Orchestrating global shared service improvement projects
- Managing and implementing a production planning process
- People capacity management
- Analyzing processes and identifying optimization potential
- Regular status reporting
- Defining project scope and goals with stakeholders
- Ensuring technical feasibility
- Project language: English
- Agile methods, iterative SAP PP implementation for ~1,100 staff
- Implementation scope: SAP PP, MM, FI/CO @ S/4HANA Cloud
Dec 2015 - Jan 2018
2 years 2 monthsGöttingen, Germany
IT Infrastructure Project Lead, Multi-Project Management
Sartorius Corporate Administration GmbH
- Responsible for up to 15 IT experts
- Global contact for Cisco video conferencing & AV technology (CRESTRON)
- Building a new site for 300 IT staff (project lead):
- Schedule, resource, and budget control
- Developing network concepts on CISCO, reports and presentations
- Running meetings, monitoring tasks and deadlines
- Escalating or de-escalating project risks
- Coordinating external providers
- Equipping 30 meeting rooms with central AV and conferencing systems in a new building (project lead):
- Schedule, resource, and budget control
- Architecture concepts, reports and board presentations
- Drafting specs for public tender of AV tech
- Running meetings and tracking tasks and deadlines
- Escalating or de-escalating risks
- Coordinating external providers
- Expanding network infrastructure with an additional floor in existing offices:
- Schedule, resource, and budget control
- Architecture concepts on HP/Aruba, reports and presentations
- Running meetings and monitoring tasks
- Coordinating external providers
- Migration of VMware from 5.1 to 6.0 (project lead & hands-on):
- Migrating ~500 VMs to new data center on ESX 6.0
- Adjusting server settings in new data center
- Creating migration manual for VMs
- Resource planning & task distribution
- Installing mobile antenna systems (LTE/UMTS/GSM) in new and existing buildings:
- Schedule and resource control
- Running meetings and tracking tasks
- Aligning plans with construction meetings
- Coordinating external providers
- Setting up new network (LAN, WLAN & DECT) and central AV (Crestron) in 4 new office complexes (800 workplaces, 60 meeting rooms) (overall & technical lead):
- Schedule, resource, budget control
- Architecture concepts on HP/Aruba, reports and presentations
- Specs for AV public tender
- Running meetings and tracking tasks
- Escalation management
- Managing prototype build for AV integration
- Managing internal resources
- Reporting to board & VPs
- Coordinating external providers
- Extension of logistics center “DISTRIBO”, adding 10,000 sqm storage, expanding WLAN, DECT and network (project lead):
- Schedule, resource, budget control
- Architecture concepts on HP/Aruba & Alcatel, reports and presentations
- Running meetings and monitoring tasks
- Escalation management
- Managing internal resources
- Presenting decisions to client and site management
- Coordinating external providers
- Cisco video platform migration & implementing Cisco UCC (project lead for VCS migration & subproject lead for UCC):
- Schedule, resource, budget control
- Architecture/design docs and presentations
- Running meetings and tracking tasks
- Quality control
- Escalation management
- Managing internal resources
- Coordinating external IT providers
Sep 2015 - Nov 2015
3 monthsDresden, Germany
Director IT EMEA, IT Infrastructure
Danzer Deutschland GmbH
- Managing up to 15 internal & external IT experts across Europe
- Creating and updating IT strategy/policies/sourcing
- IT cost management, budgeting, cost planning
- Headcount analysis, staff leadership, coaching
- Transforming local IT structures to global
- Setting up global demand management, IT portfolio and resource management
- Expanding server & storage on HP platform (HP DL servers & HP MSA storage)
- Installing Veeam backup for virtual servers
- Optimizing Windows Active Directory (merging subdomains into OUs)
- Contracting and steering external providers
- Business liaison for operational improvements
- Supporting departments in digitalizing production and global service
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
8 monthsGöttingen, Germany
IT Consultant Infrastructure, System Engineer & Subproject Lead
Sartorius AG
- Short-term takeover of multiple subprojects in critical situations
- Schedule, resource, budget control
- Creating project plans, reports and presentations
- Running meetings, monitoring tasks and deadlines
- Escalation management
- Planning & building a fully virtualized & mirrored data center at Göttingen HQ (subproject lead):
- Concept, architecture, execution planning
- Outsourcing IT services
- Infrastructure expansions
- Windows Server migrations, 2003 to 2008R2/2012R2
- Moving to a fully virtual environment (~1,000 VMs, 8,000 users worldwide)
- AD release update during migration
- Migrating HP servers to Cisco Blade systems
- Global rollout of new Checkpoint RAS/VPN client (project lead):
- VPN site design & routing rules
- Test plans for pilot phase
- Managing external providers
- Planning integration/migration of international sites (project lead):
- Integrating ~40 sites into a central data center, migrating bare-metal to virtual systems
- Merging acquisitions into central AD
- Integrating video surveillance (64 IP cams on VMware cluster, VMotion) (project lead):
- Design
- Managing external provider implementation
- Monitoring project plan and escalation at milestone deviations
- Documentation and handover to internal team
Feb 2014 - Feb 2014
1 monthDresden, Germany
Migration and Configuration of Symantec Endpoint Protection
Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden
- Migrated a mixed Linux & Windows environment with 1,000 users to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1, defining SEP policies for different user/application groups per client requirements
Jan 2013 - Dec 2014
2 yearsDresden, Germany
IT Manager, East Germany
M+W Central Europe GmbH
- Took over IT management at Leuna, Leipzig & Dresden
- Windows server administration
- Client support & mobile devices
- Liaison between management and departments/procurement
- Built and led standalone user helpdesk in the East region under global IT’s ITIL standards
- Planned and deployed on-site support staff
- Responsible for SLA compliance and monitoring
- Designed and implemented decentralized Active Directory & messaging solution for East region
- Migrated and consolidated global CAD applications (Autodesk, Intergraph & AVEVA) to a secure IBM cloud with follow-the-sun data centers to optimize collaboration and reduce duplicate storage
- Introduced client hardware and email encryption solution based on Symantec products
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
3 yearsGermany
On-siteIT Service Engineer, Server Support
Bosch GmbH
- 2nd & 3rd level hardware support on-site
- Installing, configuring and commissioning Windows server systems and applications
- User management and access rights assignment via Active Directory
- Troubleshooting hardware and software issues
- Creating and maintaining system documentation
- Performing routine tasks
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
3 yearsSchkeuditz, Germany
Head of IT
M&W Power Solutions GmbH (formerly Reliable Plant Solutions GmbH)
- Full site IT support in Schkeuditz
- Operating and evolving MS Windows server environment (AD, Exchange, terminal servers, MS SQL, print servers)
- VPN administration
- Client support & mobile devices
- Responsible for hardware procurement & lifecycle management
- IT cost management, analysis, budgeting
- Software license management for Microsoft, Autodesk, Intergraph & Bentley
- Introducing online ‘pay per demand’ licensing for CAD applications
- Liaison between management and departments/procurement
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
3 yearsGermany
On-siteIT Service Engineer Endpoint
MVV Gruppe, Energie & Umwelt
- On-site client management support
- 2nd level user support on-site
- Company-wide user support
- Troubleshooting hardware and software
- Administering and 2nd level support for Lotus Notes 8.5.2
Jan 2010 - Dec 2014
5 yearsBerlin, Germany
RemoteSystem Engineer ICT Support for Berlin, Leipzig and Remote (global)
Avaya Deutschland GmbH
- Migrating ITIL ticket system to HP Service Manager
- Creating and customizing service requests in HP Service Manager per client workflows
- Creating and maintaining HP CMDB
- Supporting, installing and expanding Avaya ICT landscape in East Germany
- Handling IT and telecom tickets on-site and remote per ITIL
- Application support for Avaya telephony (OneX, softphone)
- Expanding network and telecom systems in East Germany
- Supporting Avaya phone hotline in ticket handling
- Registered Avaya Business Partner since 2011
Oct 2007 - May 2018
10 years 8 monthsSchkeuditz, Germany
Owner, Managing Director
Nexgen IT Solutions (Sole Proprietorship, Freelance)
- IT consulting and services company
- Advising, installing and supporting complex IT applications focusing on Windows server, security solutions, networking, freelancer placement
- Administering MS Windows server infrastructures (up to 9,000 users) and MS application servers (AD, DNS, DHCP, Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, MS SQL)
- Monitoring & optimizing HW/SW IMAC, service requests and incidents per ITIL
- Managing and resolving escalated tickets
- Practical documentation to improve quality of base installs, leading internal engineers to create checklists and flowcharts
- Planning SLAs for complex server and storage
- Developing effort estimates for proactive remote checks
- Planning and executing data center moves
- Moving full and partial server and storage infrastructures without downtime
- Advising clients on technical topics
- Project management, team leadership, escalation management
- Business acquisition, proposals, marketing
- Analysis, design, development, implementation
- Personnel leadership and planning
- Budget responsibility (up to €2M)
- Purchasing, accounting, invoicing
- Environment: Windows server, Linux, virtualization, Oracle, MySQL, Active Directory, MS Exchange, terminal servers, SharePoint, Lync, Intergraph, AutoCAD, security (antivirus, VPN, endpoint protection, backup)
Apr 2003 - Sep 2007
4 years 6 monthsSchkeuditz, Germany
IT Department Head
Reliable Plant Solutions GmbH (since 06/2012 M+W Power Solutions GmbH)
- 70 staff
- Developed a 5-year roadmap to optimize IT infrastructure, capturing current communications and network setup
- Technical contact for Windows server implementations (migrating from Novell)
- Service lead for network access solution
- Supporting Securepoint & Astaro remote access
- Installing, configuring and maintaining VPN concentrators, routers and servers
- Managing authentication, authorization and accounting services
- Environment: Windows NT/2000/XP, Windows Server 2000/2003, Novell; MS Office, AutoCAD, PDS, PDMS; networks, xDSL, MySQL, Oracle, PHP, HTML; storage, NAS, SAN, virtualization
Feb 2003 - Apr 2003
3 monthsGermany
Trainer for Store Training
Microsoft Deutschland
- Training for the launch of Xbox Live
- Developing training instructions to certify retail partners to meet sales guidelines
- Creating individual training plans with partners to certify staff
- Conducting nationwide workshops and certifying attendees
- Environment: Windows XP, PowerPoint, xDSL, Xbox
Jun 2002 - Aug 2002
3 monthsGreece
Network Administrator and IT Trainer
Aldiana GmbH
- Managing internet cafes in Aldiana holiday clubs in Spain, Greece, Turkey and Tunisia
- Guest trainings on:
- Internet applications
- Email systems
- HTML homepage design
- Digital photography
- MS Office
- Environment: Windows, Office, ISDN & modem, Photoshop, digital photography
Jul 2001 - Oct 2001
4 monthsGreece
Network Administrator and IT Trainer
Aldiana GmbH
- Managing internet cafes in Aldiana holiday clubs in Spain, Greece, Turkey and Tunisia
- Guest trainings on:
- Internet applications
- Email systems
- HTML homepage design
- Digital photography
- MS Office
- Environment: Windows, Office, ISDN & modem, Photoshop, digital photography
Feb 1999 - Mar 1999
2 monthsNuremberg, Germany
Student Assistant in Network Management Dept. EV NL
Siemens AG
- Migrating MS clients from Windows 3.11 to Windows NT, troubleshooting
Feb 1998 - Apr 1998
3 monthsNuremberg, Germany
Student Assistant in Network Management Dept. EV NL
Siemens AG
- Migrating MS clients from Windows 3.11 to Windows NT, troubleshooting
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
Intermediate Education
Oct 2004 - Oct 2007
Staatliche Berufsakademie Sachsen (BA)
Dipl.-Informatiker (BA) · Computer Science · Leipzig, Germany
Oct 2003 - Sep 2004
Fernuniversität Hagen
Computer Science · Hagen, Germany
Oct 1997 - Oct 2002
University of Leipzig
Dentistry · Leipzig, Germany
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