Jürgen Schoemaker - IT-Consultant

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Erkrath, Germany

Experience

Jul 2021 - Mar 2024

2 years 9 months

Wolfsburg, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer / Tester / Support

Car manufacturer

Analysis, software development and testing of various transaction and batch objects.
Conducting domain-related integration and regression tests on TEST and QA platforms under z/OS for later production deployment.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM-MVS, z/OS, JES2/3, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, SQL/PL, QMF, QMF for Workstations, SPUFI, FileAid, IMS-DB/DC, MFS, XPEDITER, COBOL, REXX, Windows 10, MS Office 365, MS Teams, batch job management via OPC, BETA92, RVS, BVB, ABL, DIALOGplus, PROBA, PRODPR (VW internal systems), JIRA, Confluence.

Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

9 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer

Insurance company

Analysis of business functions in KMB modules as part of Di-Org replacement by EOS and ICM (SAP).
Conducting impact analyses of relevant KMB modules including domain and system-specific adjustments.
Hardware / Software / Tools: z/OS, TSO-ISPF, IMS-DC, CICS, JCL, REXX, OPC, DB2, SQL, MQ Series, ENDEVOR, COBOL, XML, MS Office, Visio, ROCHADE, Wiki, HP ALM, IBM Debug Tool, company-specific tools/methods (ATV, EKS, VKS, SharePoint), Wiki, Confluence.

Feb 2018 - Dec 2018

11 months

Oberursel, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer / Tester

Tour operator

Processing and adapting the internal reservation and booking system for all European travel requests.
Re-design and implementation of the Fraud Booking Blacklist subproject to detect and log fraudulent bookings.
Hardware / Software / Tools: z/OS, TSO-ISPF, IMS-DC, CICS, JCL, REXX, OPC, DB2, SQL, MQ Series, ENDEVOR, BETA92, COBOL, XPEDITER, XML, MS Office, Visio, Kanban.

Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

11 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer / Tester

Insurance company

Analysis, design and creation of a unified data platform under z/OS in the form of a relational database (DB2) for the ETL process.
Development of a customer app for policyholders to prepare relevant data using agile project development under SCRUM.
Hardware / Software / Tools: z/OS, DB2, IMS, COBOL, TSO-ISPF, JCL, MS Office, Visio, ChangeMan, TWC-OPC, specific tools like ZGen, agile project development (JIRA / SCRUM), ERM, Wiki.

Jun 2011 - Jan 2017

5 years 8 months

Wolfsburg, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer / Tester / Support

Car manufacturer

Projects: DISPO, STEREO, Product Hierarchy, ZBM, MBV, IFA, KORENA.
Planning, development and testing of various transaction and batch programs and technical parts lists.
Migration from IMS to DB2 databases.
Support for web-based applications and second/third-level support.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM-MVS, z/OS, JES2/3, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, SQL/PL, QMF, QMF for Workstations, SPUFI, FileAid, IMS-DB/DC, MFS, XPEDITER, COBOL, CLIST, Windows XP/7, MS Office 2010, OPC, BETA92, RVS, BVB, ABL, DIALOGplus, PROBA, PRODPR (VW internal systems), HP Service Center, TSO/ISPF Dialog Manager.

Jan 2011 - Mar 2011

3 months

Dresden, Germany

IT Consultant / Tester

Service provider

Testing the UI and functionality of business and corporate customer portals and back office processing.
Documenting and executing test cases and regression tests based on use cases.
Hardware / Software / Tools: HPQC (HP Quality Center), Bugzilla, HTTP, S-HTTP, SMTP, SFTP, WLAN, LAN, Tomcat, JBoss, WinSCP, Jabber, SQC Developer, PuTTY, LDAP, Windows XP, Windows 7.

Aug 2010 - Sep 2010

2 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst (Holiday cover)

Software company

Error analysis and correction in the European billing system (batch) due to conversion from DCF reports to XML reporting.
Analysis and adjustments related to VSAM files.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM VM, VSE/ESA, CMS, XEDIT, JCL, COBOL, VSAM, XML, DCF, Windows XP, Windows 7, MS Office, PSPad, SPF/PC.

Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

4 months

Bonn, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst

Public sector

Projects DpInstPlBw and DVU/VTT.
QA/QS tasks for service descriptions in the materials management area.
Migration from ISAM to relational databases.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM-MVS, z/OS, JES2, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, QMF, QBE, SPUFI, PL/1, IBM 8100/DPPX, PL1/DPPX, FileAid, IMS DB/DC, MFS, client-server PC, Windows 2000/XP, Lotus Notes, V-Model XT.

Sep 1989 - May 2008

18 years 9 months

Cologne, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer / Tester / Support

Car manufacturer

Projects ECDB, TMS, NEWPAC, EXTRAC, ORANGE VISTEON, MITCOS, IMCS, EUROPUCS, EWOS, CYMCAS, PFEP/FPS.
Development of interfaces, optimization and new development of European systems.
Expansion of communication and material systems.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM-MVS, z/OS, JES2/3, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, QMF, IMS-DB/DC, COBOL, REXX, CLIST, TELON, Windows, UltraEdit, Oracle, MQ Series.

Jan 1985 - Dec 2024

40 years

Freelance IT Consultant

Jan 1985 - Aug 1989

4 years 8 months

Cologne, Germany

IT Consultant / Analyst

Public sector

Projects BMS and RINA.
Conducting system analysis and developing support software for airborne weapon systems and maintenance planning.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM-MVS, JES2, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, IMS-DB/DC, PL1, BTS, DSX, HIPO.

Nov 1984 - Dec 1984

2 months

Ratingen, Germany

Software Developer

Materials management

Adapting POC software components to company-specific processes.
Creating interfaces and transferring company data into the system.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM 4331/VSE, IBM 3081, TSO-ISPF, JCL, COBOL-74, PC-BASIC.

Nov 1980 - Oct 1984

4 years

Essen, Germany

Software Developer

Energy provider

Fixing cost budget project and third-party billing.
Organizing and developing batch programs and user software for power plants.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM 3033, JES2, MVS, JCL, IMS-DB/DC, COBOL-74, BTS, Easytrieve, VSD (internal).

Feb 1980 - Oct 1980

9 months

Ratingen, Germany

Software Developer

Materials management

Migration from OS processing to IMS-DB/DC.
Maintenance of legacy systems.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM 370/168, OS/VS2, JCL, IMS-DB/DC, PL1.

Apr 1975 - Dec 1979

4 years 9 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Software Developer

Chemical industry

Program development according to standard guidelines in accounts payable/receivable.
Implementation and system test support.
Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM 370/168, OS/VS, IMS-DB/DC, COBOL-74, SPL/SWT.

Jan 1975 - Dec 1984

10 years