Martin Schaefer

PostGres Training / Update

Hanover, Germany

Experience

Jun 2025 - Jul 2025
2 months
Frankfurt, Germany
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KFW-Frankfurt

  • Code review, quality assurance in SAS, DB2 and VBA.
  • Ensuring standards for documentation and source code rules for BaFin controls.
  • Keywords: MS Office, NIS, BaFin, GitLab, IdGard.
May 2025 - May 2025
1 month

PostGres Training / Update

  • EDB PostgreSQL administration and performance tuning.
  • Setting up test scenarios.
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
3 months

Migration Project

End clients

  • Migration from a Delphi MS-SQL Windows application to a C# Wisej .NET MS-SQL web application.
Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
3 months

Training

  • ISTBQ Foundation certificate – study and exam.
  • Python update.
Apr 2024 - Sep 2024
6 months
Frankfurt, Germany
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Sparkassen Financial IT, Regulatory Reporting

  • Work in the CCR III area, participating in two production release packages/deadlines, agile development in direct contact with the business team.
  • Programming to specifications, code reviews of team source code, ticket responses for customers (branches) under the supervision of specialist colleagues.

Netting packages and risk allocation:

  • Combining individual instruments into netting packages under an existing netting framework agreement. Production release: July 2024.

  • Calculation of RWA (risk-weighted assets) for credit risk using the internal approach based on probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), and exposure at default (EAD). Production release: Sept. 2024.

  • Tools: Unix shell, SAS 9.4, MS SQL, DB2, testing with HP ALM / HP QC, IBM Code Pipeline, WinSCP, Confluence, and MS Office.

Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
3 months
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End client projects

  • Setting up new Docker files and Hyper-V for development environments.
  • Initial introduction to Kubernetes.
  • Maintenance tasks in the Delphi-UniGUI area.
  • Office renovation.
Feb 2023 - Dec 2023
11 months
Frankfurt, Germany

DevOps Engineer and Tester

Deutsche Bank

  • Assigned as a DevOps engineer and tester in infrastructure mainframe job monitoring and ad-hoc error analysis, code review, and documentation of Oracle, VBA, and SAS source code.
  • Version control using Git.
  • Working with SAS 9.4 z/OS, SAS PC, PL/I, ISPF, B92, SFDF, TSO, VBA.
  • Confluence and Office 365 (MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word).
  • Time-shifted work model with colleagues in Bangalore.
  • Trainings: Risk Awareness, Anti-Financial Crime, Compliance, Market Participation & Banking Rules, Sanctions Essentials, Market Abuse & Antitrust, Data Protection & Privacy.
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
11 months
Munich, Germany

Data Analyst / Data Engineer

Bayerische Versicherungskammer

  • Assigned as Data Analyst / Data Engineer.
  • Migrated SAS mainframe to SAS BI for the Mathematics and Controlling departments.
  • Converted Host SAS, REX, and PL/I programs into SAS BI stored processes.
  • Helped analyze existing reports on insurance contracts and cost overviews.
  • In collaboration with colleagues, did technical and business re-documentation in source code and Word for very long-lived reports (handover relics).
  • Agile work with Scrum sprints and iterative approach.
  • Created KPIs for costs and volumes of contract types and insurance types for private and public health insurance.
  • Tools: DB2, SAS, ISPF, PL/I, PowerShell, MS Office, Confluence.
Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
11 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Data Analyst

Commerzbank

  • Assigned as Data Analyst.
  • Data analysis & reporting with SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya in MS Office, as well as Power BI.
  • Documentation (EUC / manual), simulations for controlling.
  • Support in defining allocation keys.
  • KPI and status / ad-hoc reporting.
May 2020 - Dec 2020
8 months
Hanover, Germany
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CalRes DV

  • Redevelopment of a Delphi Accounting -Applikation in C# and partly in JavaScript with TMS-WebCore-Components, Data-Exchange with Tesseract OCR.
  • Technologie: C# - WinForms / Lazarus-/ Delphi / TMS-WebCore Oracle 12c / Oracle SQL-Developer / Tesseract.
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year
Eschborn, Germany
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Deutsche Bank

  • Management reporting in the area of identity and access management.
  • Documentation of data runs and time windows of data flows.
  • Creating Oracle VIEWS / MVIEWS and PL/SQL routines for data retrieval from the central data warehouse.
  • VBA in a PowerPoint report.
  • Team language is English.
  • Time-shifted work model with colleagues in Bangalore and London.
  • Technologies used: SQL, PL/SQL, ORACLE 12c / Oracle SQL Developer.
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 6 months
Hanover, Germany
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Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians

  • Implementing a layer of VIEWS and SYNONYMS as an abstraction layer for exchanging the data model under related applications.
  • Use of VIEWS in Oracle packages and Postgres packages.
  • Extension of the business VIEW layer (PL/SQL) with supply from the department data mart.
  • Project documentation and tracking in JIRA.

The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Lower Saxony supports around 40,000 doctors and ensures medical care in all regions.

  • Agile development using Scrum methodology.
  • Technologies used: SQL, PL/SQL, ORACLE 11g / Oracle 12c / Oracle SQL Developer.
Feb 2017 - Jun 2017
5 months

Planned time off / Training

  • Training in SAS-DI / SAS-VA reporting / GIT / C# / R / Markdown.
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
1 year 1 month
Frankfurt, Germany
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Commerzbank

  • Documentation and regulatory compliant production release of multiple SAS BI program packages.
  • Creating user documentation in professional testing with HPQC, handling the web frontend for business users.
  • Documentation for business and system developers: developer guide, permission concept, report creation.
  • Technical HPQC tests and logged deployment of business-tested programs to production.
  • Creation of EUC for the report system context.
  • Re-documentation of SAS macros.
  • Technologies used: HPQC, SharePoint, MS Office, EUC database, SAS BI.
Jul 2015 - Dec 2015
6 months
Frankfurt, Germany
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Commerzbank

  • Program migration from SAS z/OS to SAS BI (Unix/Windows).
  • Integration into new DWH / customization and alternative development.
  • The task was initially testing and further development of a technical template that encapsulates the new system environment.
  • Adaptation of about 280 legacy programs and embedding into the new system template in the team. Integration of new data from the cross-department data warehouse / data lake.
  • Integrating the programs into the stored process web environment. Targeted delivery of results and runtime reports via email.
  • Conversion of a VBA / SAS combined application to the new system and ensuring identical results.
  • Technologies used: SAS z/OS, SAS BI, Stored Process Server / Workspace Server, VBA.
Apr 2014 - Jun 2015
1 year 3 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Database development with zOS-DB2 and Windows MS SQL Server

Volkswagen AG

  • Database development with z/OS-DB2 and Windows MS SQL Server for data delivery to VMware ITBM and Bissantz DeltaMaster.
  • Task was to create a z/OS-DB2 application that standardizes and delivers proportional billing data from various formats to the downstream system on time.
  • Porting the application from z/OS to MS SQL Server, taking into account the import structure for DeltaMaster reporting.
  • The task also included creating application documentation with data flow and procedure analysis of the new system.
  • Supporting clarification of customer inquiries with the created and other internal systems.
  • Creating import routines in VMware ITBM, creating Excel sheets with SQL statements for DB re-import.
  • Reports on application runtimes with the Pacific Systems SMF Writer.
  • Technologies used: zOS-DB2, JCL, OFTP, BETA92/93, QMF, IBM Data Studio, IBM QMF, PL/I, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, MS SSIS, MS VBA, DeltaMaster, Perl script, Bash, VMware ITBM, Cobol, Pacific Systems SMF Writer, Excel (pivot / macro / VLOOKUP, SQL via ADO).
May 2012 - Mar 2014
1 year 11 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Takeover of a legacy SAS application, SAS re-documentation

Volkswagen AG

  • Created a user manual to enable new employees to run the application.
  • Researched cost drivers, revenue shortfalls, root cause analysis of data errors.
  • Technical application documentation with analysis of data flows and procedures, and creating a guide for handling job failures and faulty data deliveries.
  • Took over the SAS accounting system as the application owner. Ensured monthly billing within set timeframes with data handover to follow-up processes.
  • Updated the SAS MXG system to the current version, including VW-specific adjustments.
  • Technologies used: SAS Windows and remote on z/OS, "IBM Host on Demand", ISPF, JCL, BETA92/93, PL/I, MS Office and MS Visio for documentation, SAS MXG, OFTP/RVS, DB2 host tools.
Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
3 months
Mönchengladbach, Germany

SAS creation of DataSets for statistical analysis

Santander Consumer Bank

  • Data management for the statistical department, ad hoc analyses for products and segments.
  • Frequency and distribution analyses.
  • Data integration with verification using Proc Compare with ODS / ODS Trace.
  • Data is retrieved from a data warehouse and must be reconciled.
  • Re-documentation of existing code in source code and MS Office.
  • Technologies used: SAS Windows and remote on Unix, SSH access to logs / programs, dynamically included SAS macros, directory-independent (relocatable). Documentation with MS Office and MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, SQL.
Sep 2011 - Dec 2011
4 months
Mönchengladbach, Germany

SAS data management, KPI calculation

Santander Consumer Bank

  • Calculation of KPIs for loan loss provisioning under HGB and comparison to the respective IAS KPIs.
  • Developed macros for the monthly production run for controlling.
  • Extensive pre-tests due to multiple data sources.
  • Excel VBA frontend for SAS routines, parallel remote processing.
  • Technologies used: SAS Windows and remote on Unix, SSH access to logs / programs, integration of sasautos routines and check macros for log evaluation. Documentation with MS Office and MS Visio, MS PowerPoint.
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
3 months
Hanover, Germany

Maintenance and product development

CalRes DV

  • CalRes SAS-CodeLib. Program for managing SAS routines in multi-user operation. Integrating statistical routines with MySQL and VFront connection for data exchange over the internet. Technologies used: SAS.

  • CalRes Central. Program for data management in occupational therapy and physiotherapy practices - 1st prototype. Technologies used: C++, Delphi, Oracle.

Feb 2011 - Mar 2011
2 months
Hanover, Germany

Product development

CalRes DV

  • CalRes Central. Program for data management in occupational therapy and physiotherapy practices - 1st prototype.
  • Technologies used: DELPHI, ORACLE.
Apr 2010 - Dec 2010
9 months
Heddesheim, Germany

Analyses for clinical trials

Dasta-GmbH

  • Analyses for clinical trials (Kaplan-Meier, risk tables, clinical data sets).
  • SAS 9.2, SAS-Graph + Annotate.
  • Pharmaceutical reporting.
  • Technologies used: SAS 9.2, SAS-Graph/Annotate, Windows, UNIX AIX.
Feb 2010 - Mar 2010
2 months

Migration of an address management system to UTF-8

Druckerei Görich & Weiershäuser

  • Migrated an address management system to UTF-8.
  • Technologies used: DELPHI, UTF-8.
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
5 months

Plausibility checks during data import

Commerzbank AG

  • Plausibility checks (Basel II) during data import with report output using Excel XP tagset (Excel controls the host).
  • Systematica / Commerzbank.
  • SAS on z/OS / Excel as input frontend.
  • Technologies used: SAS, z/OS, Excel.
May 2009 - Jun 2009
2 months
Hanover, Germany

CalRes – Simulate - Product development

CalRes DV

  • A program for generating Data Steps for SAS from an Excel workbook. It should allow someone without macro knowledge to generate SAS commands.
  • Delphi ADO on Access.
  • Delphi OLE on SAS.
  • Technologies used: SAS, Delphi ADO, Access, Delphi OLE.
Jan 2009 - Apr 2009
4 months
Braunschweig, Germany
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Thünen Institute

  • Frontend based on Delphi for the SAS evaluation system for project grants.
  • Market analysis at the Thünen Institute, Braunschweig.
  • Delphi / XML files / OLE components: DevExpress / ZEOS / FastReport.
  • Technologies used: SAS, Delphi, XML, DevExpress OLE.
Jun 2008 - Dec 2008
7 months
Braunschweig, Germany
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Thünen Institute

  • Automated data import system and code management for SAS.

  • Technologies used: SAS, Oracle 10g, Delphi, OLE.

  • Excel macro for preparing SAS reports.

  • Technologies used: Excel VBA.

  • Mondrian project: OLAP with Mondrian and Firebird. Market analysis.

  • Technologies used: OLAP, Mondrian, Firebird.

Feb 2007 - May 2008
1 year 4 months
Braunschweig, Germany
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Thünen Institute

  • SAS statistics and reporting: economic KPIs / econometric calculations, physical computations / unit conversions, project scoring methods.

  • Technologies used: SAS Base, SAS Macro, SAS Connect, XML SAS-SQL.

  • Management system for project sheets: Excel-based management system for project sheets with import and export routines to SAS XML/CSV, Excel XLS with template management; client/server.

  • Technologies used: Delphi, DevExpress, ZEOS, Firebird, PostgreSQL, XML.

Dec 2006 - Jan 2007
2 months
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Various

  • No programming.
  • Writing articles in Word / Word mail merges.
Mar 2006 - Nov 2006
9 months
Braunschweig, Germany
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Thünen Institute

  • SAS statistics: regional models with factor / cluster / variance analyses.

  • Technologies used: SAS Base, Forecast.

  • New edition of a survey form: import macro system with XML output. Excel VBA, CSV import according to guidelines of the involved state banks, ministries, and approval authorities.

  • Technologies used: Excel VBA, XML.

Jan 2006 - Feb 2006
2 months
Braunschweig, Germany

SAS Template System Reporting

Thünen Institute

  • PROC Tabulate / PROC Report.
  • Familiarization with EU evaluation regulations.
  • Technologies used: SAS, SAS Base.
Jun 2005 - Sep 2005
4 months
Braunschweig, Germany

Web development with Mambo (now Joomla)

Thünen Institute

  • Creating manuals.
  • Technologies used: Joomla, JS, CSS, MySQL, MS Office.

Summary

Originally, I worked in data management for public administration on performance comparisons and investment evaluation, then moved to the private sector where I've been for almost 20 years. My previous work areas include KPI reporting, data management, technical and regulatory documentation, testing (HPQC / Python), and documentation with Word and Confluence. For some local clients, I manage Delphi projects. I enjoy working in an international team and am familiar with parallel, coordinated workflows as well as time-shifted work processes. I've worked in several Scrum projects. I'm also open to tasks that don't directly fit my past experience.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

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Dr. rer. hort., simulation, reporting, accounting, controlling, cost monitoring · Production Horticulture

Certifications & licenses

ISTQB Foundation Tester

Clinical Trials Dev.

PostGres Specialist

SAS Advanced Programmer

SAS Professional

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