Mario Rothe
Owner / Founder, IT Consultant
Experience
Owner / Founder, IT Consultant
XTra Technology Consultancies L.L.C-FZ & CapExTra Technology Solutions Ltd.
- Oracle database migration lead engineer for multi-regional PLM system: solution design, source data analysis, data mapping, cleansing, test and validation, process automation, storage management, ETL by ODI and SQL*Loader
- Quantitative application support and DevOps for monitoring and trade feed processes: automation & integration, Python Pandas dashboards, report management system, infrastructure support, FIX client onboarding automation, architectural design, QA automation, deployment automation, PL/SQL development, OEM performance monitoring, Oracle APEX dashboards, database design, ETL development, big data analysis
- Unix engineer for deployment automation/integration of regulatory validation application: system gap analysis, automated deployment with Nexus, Puppet, Artifactory, CI/CD, Tomcat & ElasticSearch setup and tuning, QA test strategy, Oracle ETL tuning, DBA backup and recovery, security risk analysis
- Software engineer, automation/integration engineer, data architect for AI data consolidation: system and data analysis, proof of concepts, scripting, OEM performance tuning, Excel dashboards, Tableau integration, data quality correction, ODI, data architecture, schema design, ETL, chair meetings with stakeholders
- Data centre migration specialist and production support: automation of migration and validation processes, config management, PL/SQL migration code, Linux performance tuning, KDB+/q FX data processing, API & FIX latency troubleshooting, change and release management, Java component debugging
- Production engineer for high-performance file & content validation solution: Perl/shell development, security assessment, test automation, Oracle PL/SQL dev, ETL, Oracle APEX frontend, change and release management, system integration, dashboard development
- Microprojects: system architecture proposals, prototypes, workflow optimization, real-time dashboard reporting with Tableau, KDB+/q data pipelines, financial management solution, business expense reporting, entity transformation benchmarks, CI/CD data pipelines, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, infrastructure setup (router, DNS, firewall, VMs), Oracle installation and tuning, APEX reporting, AWS configuration, Ansible automation, Linux hardening
Data Analyst, Senior Production Support Analyst (AVP)
Credit Suisse
- 1st, 2nd & 3rd line production support for equities & fixed income: system stability, availability, data analysis, business report generation
- Automation of manual and scheduling processes, reconciliation, backend calculations
- Oracle PL/SQL development for database migration, data transfer, enhancements; Informatica PowerCenter, ODI, PowerBuilder, Snowflake schema design
- Backup & recovery using RMAN; scheduling with crontab, Control-M, Windows scheduler
- Batch processing design, restructuring, root cause analysis, fixes implementation
- SQL*Loader mass data upload, stored procedure development, performance tuning via explain plan, OEM
- Environment automation for pre-prod on Solaris and Linux; OS and database migrations via scripting
- FIX, API & TCP/IP latency investigations; client communications with global users
- Sybase, Oracle, PostgreSQL management; Control-M, Nagios, internal monitoring tools
- Mentoring and leading distributed teams (APAC, NY, Europe); release and environment management
Senior eFX/FX/FIX Support Analyst
UnicreditGroup
- 1st & 2nd line trading floor support for 300+ traders; client onboarding in Reuters RET AD for multiple portals
- Trading backend configuration: FX market data, trading connections, limits, margin groups
- Change control, release & environment management; planning, implementation, documentation
- Team management: task prioritization, status reporting, mentoring junior members
- Mass onboarding process architecture, capacity forecasting, scalability proposals
- Performance issue analysis and architectural tuning; FIX connectivity and latency troubleshooting
- SUN Solaris to Linux migration for trading system; shell, Perl, SQL and PL/SQL scripting
- Collaboration with traders, sales, network, internal and 3rd party teams; training juniors
Senior FX FIX Support Analyst
Velocity Systems International Ltd.; BGCPartners Inc.
- Front office trading floor support for FX sales/liquidity team; FIX production environment setup, configuration & monitoring
- Client onboarding, latency investigation, connectivity testing, conformance certification
- Setup and upgrade of FIX market data & trading connections; exchange integration
- Issue troubleshooting at FIX, API, network, TCP/IP, router and firewall levels
- Development of internal latency report applications/scripts (shell, nawk, Perl)
- FIX connector enhancements, onboarding & test automation, client simulator for stress testing
- Release & environment management; Bugzilla, Perforce for tracking
Senior Equities/FX & FIX Support Analyst
NYSE Euronext Ltd.; Allegro Development Ltd.; FX Alliance Ltd.; EMC2/Documentum Europe Ltd.
- 1st line technical support of trading floor applications and eTrading platforms
- Support of FIX-based low latency trading platforms and external clients
- Unix (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Debian) and Linux (RedHat, SuSE) management; scripting, root cause investigation
- Release & configuration management; solution design and implementation
- Windows server and middleware setup and tuning; database dev (Oracle, Sybase, MySQL)
- Process automation, report management and optimization
Core Java/Oracle Developer, DBA for Financial Exchange/Services
MeTechnology AG; Brokat Infosystems AG; bbv AG; Apoll AG; Fernbach Software S.A.; ClarITeam S.A.
- Core Java front- and backend development; Oracle development and DBA
- ERM modeling, performance tuning, Oracle Forms & Reports
- Unix/Linux environments
Summary
Hybrid Support/Data Analyst / Oracle Developer (Unix/Linux scripting, SQL & PL/SQL), Automation, Integration, Perf Tuning eFX/ FX FIX (Equities) Dev / Support Analyst & Oracle Development for Financial Exchange, spot & derivatives Trading Systems as well as AI (21 years) FIX protocol based low and ultra-low latency trading platforms: client onboarding, latency root cause investigations, configuration management & automation (10 years) Architectural Design of System & Databases (9+ years) Oracle database modelling & normalization: Snowflake/Star schema, SQL, PL/SQL dev, performance tuning, Query & Optimizer tuning, ExplainPlan, tkprof, OEM, ODI, data transformation & ETL process management & root cause analysis, testing & deployment (22+ years) Data Quality Analysis and implementation of enforcing processes and constraints leading to more efficient data storage and process performance improvement Unix/Linux sys management, shell/Perl scripting, Windows as well (18 years), Python (8 years) Implementation of Validation Processes to confirm compliance with regulatory requirements (12 years) Data Analysis, Data Architecture, architectural design, Security & Risk Analysis & Solution Architect System Integration & Implementation, Issue & Data Analysis, root cause investigation, rollout of fixes & enhancements from DEV via QA to Prod (16+ years) 1st, 2nd & 3rd line Production/trading floor Support & project delivery (16 years) Mentoring, coaching and leading other team members through new projects (11 years) Business User & Stakeholder Management (16 years)
Skills
- Oracle Database Design, Modelling, Development And Performance Tuning & Administration – Since 1998
- Since 2004 In Production / Application Support, Oracle Development, Etl, Datawarehouse Processes
- Oracle Database Design & Modelling
- Development Of Logical Entity Relationship Models And Physical Database Models, Star- & Snowflake Schema, Normalisation Of Database Models Based On Business Requirements Incl Maintenance Of Historical Records, Performance And Process Optimisations, Multi-language Capabilities, Mechanisms For Archiving And More
- Database Metadata Normalisation To Eliminate Redundant Data, Enable Efficient Querying, Simplification Of Updates
- Database Model Management Either Manually In Scripts But Better Also With E.g. Oracle Sql Developer Data Modeller (Or Similar Tools Also For Sybase, Ms Sql Server, Mysql Like Visio Etc.) To Keep The Database Model In-line With Generated Scripts To Create All Database Objects
- Oracle Database Development (Sql, Pl/sql) & Administration
- Development Of Scripts To Setup The Entire Database Systematically And In A Modular Way Inclusive Tablespaces, Users, Roles With Appropriate Permissions And All Required Database Objects (E.g. Tables, Views, Constraints, (Primary-, Foreign Keys, Check-, Unique Constraints Etc.), Triggers, Indexes, Sequences, Materialized Views, Partitioned Tables And Indexes, Database Links And More
- Storage-, Session- & Tablespace Management
- Development Of Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers Based On Business Requirements
- Implementation And Integration Of Etl Processes To Upload Mass Data Of Streamed Data And Files To Database Level
- Process & Transform Data Based On Non-it-specific Guidelines
- Provide Data For The Presentation Level (Dwh) To Provide Ready Data For A Frontend
- Full Data Pipeline Development & Maintenance In Dwh Through Staging, Transformation And Presentation Stages, Etl, Elt, Sourcing Data From Different Structured Sources, Transform And Interrelate Them To Each Other
- Data Migrations: Data Analysis & Cleansing, Oracle Analytical Functions
- Data Mapping If Source And Target Database Structure Are Different
- Source/target Data Validation After Migration
- Development Of Data Extraction, Loading And Transformation Processes (Etl, Elt), Complete Automation
- Etl Process Tools: Sql*loader, Informatica, Sql Scripting, Advanced Oracle Features, Sql Combined With Unix/linux Shell And Perl Scripting
- New Developments For Frontend Applications In Oracle Forms & Reports, Oracle Apex Appbuilder & Sql Workshop (Apps, Reports, Dashboards), Backend Stored Procedures, Packages, Functions, Triggers Etc. Incl System Integration, Scheduling
- Development Of New Links Based On Data Of Different Data Sources (Ai)
- Frontend App Creation And Configuration With Oracle Appbuilder And Sql Workshop (Part Of Apex)
- Implementation And Integration Of Business Logic In Pl/sql, Migration (Pl/sql, Unix/linux)
- Performance Tuning (Query-, Index-, Optimizer, I/o, Process And Workflow Tuning, Explainplan, Tkprof) But Also Oracle Enterprise Manager (Oem): Realtime Query Monitoring, Performance Monitoring & Tuning, Dashboard Configuration
- Cpu, Memory, Storage Monitoring In Distributed Environments
- Alert Setup, Configuration & Management For Outages, Security Breaches And More
- Datamart Integration And Process Automation
- Data Analysis: Source Code, Query And Data Analysis; Generation Of Business Reports
- Root Cause Analysis Incl Performance Bottlenecks And Provide Appropriate Solutions
Languages
Education
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Equivalent to British master's degree · Mathematics, Physics; Information Technology, Astronomy · Halle (Saale), Germany
Certifications & licenses
BPSS Security Clearing
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