Updating/upgrading Linux servers to newer versions
Installing Trend Micro on Linux servers
Creating, presenting, and maintaining technical documents
Refactoring tools
Platforms: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11; CentOS; Red Hat; Windows 10; PowerShell; Bash; Perl; Trend Micro AV; PuTTY; SSH; VMware
Project language: English
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
6 months
Erlangen, Germany
Senior ClearCase Expert
Siemens
Proof of Concept for a migration from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11
Incident Management for ClearCase and MultiSite
ClearCase and MultiSite Administration
Platforms: ClearCase MultiSite; Perl; Solaris 10; Solaris 11; Red Hat Linux; Windows 10; Fujitsu SPARC M10 and M12
Nov 2023 - Nov 2024
1 year 1 month
Basel, Switzerland
Solution Architect / Senior ClearCase Expert
Cognizant
Design and implementation of the new archiving tool NCV (Novartis Clinical Vault)
Design and implementation of the data separation of Sandoz from Novartis
Incident Management for ClearCase and MultiSite
ClearCase and MultiSite Administration
Refactoring tools
Platforms: ClearCase MultiSite; Perl; PowerShell; Bash; Ksh; Citrix XenApp; Windows 10; AIX; HP Quality Center (PROTON); REST API
Agile methodology: Scrum
Project language: English
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
7 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
Script Developer
Athlon
Migrating an Oracle DB application to Docker/Artifactory/PaaS
Implementing PowerShell scripts to transfer Active Directory permissions
Platforms: Red Hat Linux; Citrix VDI; Windows 10; Bash; Perl; PowerShell; PuTTY; MS Office; SNOW (ServiceNow); Git; Jenkins; Docker; Artifactory; PaaS; Oracle DB
Refactoring and further development of the DaVinci project
Designing and implementing the automatic generation of audit-proof PDF documents from all MS Office formats
Designing and implementing a method for automatically setting a ClearCase view context
Platforms: ClearCase MultiSite; ClearMake; Perl; PowerShell; Bash; Ksh; NYTProf; Citrix XenApp; Windows 10; Red Hat Linux; AIX; VirtualBox; HP Quality Center (PROTON); Sun Grid Engine (SGE); IBM Load Sharing Facility (LSF); XML; SAS; R; RStudio; Monolix; NONMEM; PsN; MATLAB; Jira
Agile methodology: Scrum
Project language: English
Jun 2021 - Jun 2023
2 years 1 month
Stuttgart, Germany
Subject Matter Expert Linux
Infosys
Linux System Administration Level 3 for Mercedes-Benz and Daimler Trucks worldwide
Design and implementation of automated processes to transfer Linux log data to MS Excel
Design and implementation of an automated process to monitor disk usage and document the usage status in MS Excel
Platforms: VMware vSphere ESXi; VMware vCenter; SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server) 12, 15; Citrix VDI; Salt; Windows 10; bash; zsh; Perl; PowerShell; PuTTY; MS Office; CISM; SNOW (ServiceNow); CheckMK; CyberArk PasswordVault; Python; sar
Project language: English
Jan 2020 - May 2021
1 year 5 months
Hanover, Germany
Technical Administrator
Materna
Technical administration of court software for the E2 project
Integration of applications for e-files, text systems, and the electronic land register
Implementation of tools to generate PDFs from all MS Office formats
Standardization of passwords, setting default browsers, importing organization data, importing user accounts into databases
Pseudo scanners, clearing browser caches
Refactoring tools
Platforms: Windows Server 2016/2019; Windows 10; Windows Terminal Server; MS SQL Server; PowerShell; Perl; XML; Rational Team Concert (RTC); Jira; Kanban; ODBC
Agile methodology: Scrum
Oct 2019 - Jul 2020
10 months
Berlin, Germany
Solution Architect
Siemens
Wrote white paper 'Continuous Integration for ESBO'
Concept for migrating from ClearCase to Git
Developed a prototype to move the build system to Docker and Artifactory
Refactoring tools
Platforms: ClearCase MultiSite; Docker; Cygwin; Perl; Bash; Git; Artifactory; nmake; PsTools; CMake; VS Build Tools; PowerShell; REST API; Windows 10; Windows Server 2016; Citrix VDI
Refactored all Perl and shell programs for the Clinical Research Biostatistics platform GPS II
Participated in designing and implementing the successor platform DaVinci
Migrated all 3000+ biostatistics developers to a NAS platform
Developed a generic audit tool using ClearMake without makefiles for SAS, R, Monolix, NONMEM, PsN, MATLAB, Fortran
Introduced parallel and distributed build environments with ClearMake on AIX and SGE on Red Hat Linux
Developed ClearCase rolemap ACL tool, triggers, VOB structure tools, and migration tools for 1200 ClearCase databases from AIX to Linux
Implemented RCS keywords in ClearCase for UNIX
Developed wrappers for transparent migration from SGE to LSF
Platforms: Perl; ksh; bash; ClearCase MultiSite; ClearMake; NYTProf; Citrix XenApp; Windows 2008 R2; Windows 7; Red Hat Linux; AIX; VirtualBox; HP Quality Center; SGE; LSF; XML; SAS; R; Monolix; NONMEM; PsN; MATLAB
Agile methodology: Scrum
Project language: English
Feb 2015 - Jul 2015
6 months
Munich, Germany
Senior ClearCase Expert DevOps
Intel Mobile Communications
Software workflow and configuration management consulting
Refactoring of tools
Platforms: OptiCM5; ClearCase MultiSite; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows 7; Windows 2003; Red Hat Linux; SUSE Linux; Solaris; VNC; Perl; Shell; Git; Gerrit; Jenkins
Project language: English
Sep 2014 - Dec 2014
4 months
Veldhoven, Netherlands
Senior ClearCase Expert DevOps
ASML
Part of the Non-Standard-Changes team
Introduced GoogleMock/GoogleTest into the build system
Developed a process to reduce oversized ClearCase directories
Migrated from Solaris to Linux
Platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Citrix VDI; WindRiver Linux; Sun Solaris; Windows 7; ClearCase UCM; MultiSite; ClearMake; ClearQuest; gmake; Jira; LSF; Code Collaborator; C++; Eclipse
Agile methodology: Scrum
Project language: English
Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
5 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Support Center EMEA
IBM RATIONAL
Expanded the German and English ClearCase MultiSite support center for EMEA
Third level support for the global ClearCase MultiSite SPOC
Performance and stability optimization, analysis and resolution of functional issues
Evaluated cache, NFS, and SMB2 settings
Corrected Perl modules, began migration from ClearCase to Git/Gerrit/Jenkins
Platforms: ClearCase MultiSite; Windows 8; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows 7; Windows 2003; Red Hat Linux; SUSE Linux; Solaris; VNC; Perl; Shell; NetApp; WireShark; ProcMon; Git; Gerrit; Jenkins; Cadence; NFS; SMB2; LSF
Project language: English
Apr 2012 - Sep 2012
6 months
Erlangen, Germany
ClearCase Optimization DevOps
Siemens Healthcare Magnetic Resonance
DO VOB Split
View analysis and removal of redundant builds
Performance optimization
Upgraded build machines from Windows XP to Windows 7