Michael F. - Freelance IT Consultant, Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Experience

Apr 2022 - Present

3 years 9 months

Freelance IT Consultant, Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

Räv IT

Conducting analyses and identifying options
Process analyses
Creating requirements documents for tenders (public sector including EU projects)
Preparing specifications for software developers (agile and traditional environment – from software requirements specifications to user stories)
Managing development teams
Acting as Product Owner
IT consulting with a focus on business analysis, processes, working methodology and standards

Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

2 years 2 months

External Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

VOQUZ IT Solutions

Liaison between business units, architects, developers and testers
Creating functional specifications, epics, user stories and use cases
Acting as Product Owner proxy
Industries: public sector and banking.

Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

10 months

Business Analyst Sales Systems (Accident and Life Insurance)

Österreichische Beamtenversicherung

Requirements gathering
Creating solution designs
Interface between business units and development
Product Owner of a Scrum team

Apr 2013 - Feb 2019

5 years 11 months

Senior Requirements Engineer for Corrections

Bundesrechenzentrum

Requirements gathering (custom software and business intelligence)
Writing user stories and use cases
Functional and technical analyses
Coordinating development
Contributing to parliamentary inquiries

Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

1 year 8 months

System Manager, focus on Commercial Backoffice, Payment & Clearing

Kapsch TrafficCom

Requirements engineering
Developing design concepts
Assisting with tender responses (toll systems)

Sep 2008 - Mar 2011

2 years 7 months

IT Product/Project Manager, with a focus on Treasury, Securities & Risk

BAWAG P.S.K.

Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

1 year 1 month

Junior Product Manager, with a focus on Bookmaking Software

bwin Interactive Entertainment

Jul 2006 - Mar 2007

9 months

Junior Software Engineer, with a focus on Audit & Risk Resolution

Deutsche Bank

Oct 2005 - Feb 2006

5 months

Tutor, Course Introduction to Programming (JAVA)

Technische Universität Wien - Institut für Softwaretechnik

Summary

Senior Business Analyst & Requirements Engineer focused on digital transformation, legacy systems and complex IT projects in the public and regulated sector.

18 years of experience in business analysis / requirements engineering
12 years of experience with agile software development
10 years of experience in the public sector
5 years of experience in the financial sector (banking / insurance)
Degree in Business Informatics (Vienna), International Diploma in Business Analysis (London)
Basics of programming (JAVA, JavaScript, COBOL)
Experience in modeling (including UML and BPMN) and with databases (SQL)
IBM Mainframe experience (z/OS)
Certifications/training in the following areas:
Business analysis, requirements engineering and process modeling
Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, project management and IT service management
Digital product management, artificial intelligence and cloud computing
ISMS, cyber security and internal auditing
Governance, compliance and risk management
IREB/CPRE Advanced Level, Cobit, ITIL, NIS2, DORA, ISO/IEC 2700x, ISO/IEC 20000