Sven Koebnick
All-round admin
Experience
All-round admin
Enbw
- Automation of (Linux-based) web landscape maintenance.
- Use of SALT, SUSE Manager, WildFly, scripting and Kubernetes.
- DevOps activities and use of Jira.
- Management of "special" applications as well as creating and contributing to concepts.
- Focus on security, maintainability, integration and tooling/integration.
Team lead
ITZ Bund
- Coordination and leadership of the DevOps team for the "ZEUS2" process.
- Transition of the workflow to an agile way of working.
- Planning and configuring the Jira project for the overall process (migrating multiple Jira projects into one).
- Preparing presentations and reporting.
- Ticket management.
- Technologies and products: ZEUS, PowerPoint, Office, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, ITSM, UFT, Zephyrscale, Java, Camunda.
Central Engineer
Deutsche Bank
- Project "Unity": merging the IT systems of Postbank and Deutsche Bank.
- Support of the SEPA application (central bulk processing of over 50 million payment transactions daily).
- Analysis and implementation of requirements for integrating Postbank processes.
- Leading two teams in application support.
- Technologies: Red Hat Linux, Java, Ansible, UFT, shell, Git, JFrog, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle, Office, Jira, Confluence.
Application Migration Specialist
VTB Bank
- Migration of applications to a disaster-ready platform for 12 security-critical applications, including eBanking.
- Conducting requirements and resource analyses.
- Architecture planning and feasibility studies.
- Performing security checks.
- Full implementation from ordering machines through installation, configuration, data transfer and migration up to testing.
- Technologies: Windows Server 2012/2016, RHEL, scripting, Sybase, MS SQL, Oracle, AAA token, Tomcat, DFS replication.
Subproject Lead
Helaba
- System responsibility for Doka 5.06 and subproject management for the migration to Doka NG.
- Provisioning, development and 3rd level support.
- Single point of contact (SPOC) between the bank and vendor (DOS/Surecomp).
- Operational change management as well as provisioning, operations and maintenance.
- Application support: testing, configuration, deployment and acceptance.
- Technologies: HP-QC/HP-ALM, Office, Doka, TradeConnect, Apache, Tomcat (with proprietary SSO module).
- Skills: test execution, deployment automation, migration, data/error analysis, ITIL (CM, IM, PM).
Functional Analyst
Commerzbank
- Project "Digital Strategy" as well as application operations and operational change management.
- Support of the product "Openforms": automation, script-based and manual error analysis.
- Building the monitoring and operating the portal backend for installment loans and account management.
- Technologies: RHEL (Linux), shell scripting, Perl, Openforms, automated log analysis, MS Office, Subversion, JBoss, Tomcat, Tivoli.
- Methods: ITIL/HPSC (CM, IM, PM), deployment (EAR/WAR), ticket tracking, single point of contact (SPOC) for vendor.
Technical Lead ASM Manager
Deutsche Bank
- Technical multi-subproject management in onboarding the application landscape into SIEM/ASM.
- Coordination of technical staff in ASM and the application owners up to the go-live in application security monitoring.
- Requirements and technology analysis of the applications.
- Configuration and deployment of SIEM connectors.
- Error analysis and support for the application owners in operational change management.
- Technologies: MS Access, MS Office, HP ArcSight Console, HP FlexConnector/SmartConnector, Tibco, LogLogic, Lotus Notes, WebEx, Eclipse, C++, Java, Tomcat, JBoss, PHP, Python, RegEx-Tools.
- Operating systems: Windows, SLES, RHEL, AIX, Solaris.
Technical Consultant
Client on request
- Technical support for automating and operating a web environment in the B2B division of a large retail chain.
Team Lead System Engineering
Commerzbank
- Technical project management and support of the Doka5 (Surecomp/DOS) system for handling documentary trade finance.
- Acting head of the "System Engineering" sub-team with 6 staff.
- Support of the Windows-based development environment (2000/2003/2008) and AIX-based runtime and pre-live environments.
- Automation of versioning, daily build, and source exchange with the vendor.
- Connecting about 60 external systems via WebsphereMQ, Connect:Direct, HTTPS, SFTP, Oracle DBLink, IMAP, SMTP and Tivoli in a HACMP cluster.
- Interface connection through script development (KSH, Perl, AWK) and implementation of services in C and Java (Kerberos authentication, fax/mail).
- Performing memory and performance analysis as well as 3rd-level support and troubleshooting.
- Responsibility for technology selection, effort estimation, requirements analysis and documentation.
- Technologies: AIX, Windows, Cygwin, VMWare, Oracle, SQL, PLSQL, Java, Tomcat, JBoss, Linux, ITIL via HPSC.
System Architecture Specialist
Telekom
- Support in the automatic provisioning of development and test systems.
- Maintenance of network standards and further development of system architecture.
- Application installation and configuration in the MSTV environment, EPG, and IPTV.
- Order management for operating test and production systems (routing, firewall exceptions, access security).
- Technologies: Linux (SLES), Solaris, Remedy ARS, Oracle, MySQL, Eclipse, shell scripting, Python, WSSE, Tomcat, Apache, JBoss, Java, WSDL, SSO, change management.
Software Developer
Arcor/Vodafone
- Developed a system for web-based, fully automated documentation of web applications.
- Collected information from configuration files, routing paths, database connections, and deployment targets.
- Implemented the visualization using PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and Ajax.
- Developed backend processes for automatic updating of documentation when the system changed.
- Technologies: Linux (SLES), Solaris, Windows XP, Kompozer, Eclipse, MySQL, SQL, PHPMyAdmin, shell script (bash), AWK.
Deployment Engineer
Telekom
- Managed, automated, and deployed about 200 B2B applications in a BPEL environment (Oracle SOA Suite).
- Deployed packages to the Enterprise Service Bus on IBM WebSphere AS.
- Built and configured packages using ClearCase.
- Developed scripts for plausibility checks and error reduction in the deployment process.
- Performed process optimizations and provided technical support for troubleshooting.
- Technologies: SLES, Solaris, MySQL, Oracle DB, Oracle SOA/BPEL, Tomcat, Java, Apache, bash scripting, ANT, XML.
System Administrator
EnBW
- Operated, maintained, and further developed the internet landscape based on SLES.
- Administered web server and MySQL farms (Solaris Cluster) under Apache and Tomcat.
- Configured hardware load balancers, XML gateways (Barracuda), and firewalls.
- Developed synchronization automation and deployment subtasks.
- Supported the CMS (NPS) and monitored services using Nagios (including scripting for intrusion detection).
- Performed low-level debugging with Wireshark.
- Technologies: SLES, Solaris, MySQL, Oracle, Tomcat, Java, Apache, bash scripting, PHP, Perl, XML, TCL.
System Engineer
Deutsche Bank/IBM
- Installed, configured, documented, and deployed Linux/Apache/Tomcat systems.
- Rebuilt the entire web server farm as part of a data center takeover.
- Installed various application servers such as fax and Informatica systems.
- Technologies: SLES, AIX, Oracle, Tomcat, Java, Apache, bash scripting.
Troubleshooting Specialist
KFW Bank
- Administered, configured, and troubleshot an internet frontend for account management.
- Set up about 20 servers (Oracle DB, JSP server pools, PIN-TAN authorization services).
- Developed a flexible, configuration-based software distribution system in Bash/AWK.
- Assisted application development with troubleshooting and creating audit-compliant documentation.
- Technologies: SLES, AIX, Oracle, Tomcat, Java, Apache, bash scripting, Yast, ANT.
Consultant
Software Development
- Conducted a feasibility study to see if TestComplete 4.0 is a good fit for GUI testing of a CAD software.
- Analyzed objectives and recommended a proprietary solution with automation support.
- Technologies: TestComplete 4.0, Windows 2000/XP, CAD/CAM.
Technical Lead, Test Laboratory
Agilent Technologies
- Led the stability and performance test lab for gas and liquid chromatographs.
- Tested control software for major chemical and pharmaceutical companies in compliance with FDA 21 Part 11.
- Designed and automated software deployment (Ghost, CCM) for test labs and production.
- Analyzed logs with SQL, shell and AWK scripts for quality assurance.
- Coordinated bug fixes with the development team and provided technical support for engineering clusters (VMWare).
- Technologies: Windows NT/2000/XP, Oracle, TestComplete, Rational Robot, CCM, Linux, C/C++, Java, DelphiScript.
Web Administration Team Lead
Aventis
- Administered and maintained the global intranet, extranet and internet environment for about 60,000 users.
- Led a 5-person international team (Frankfurt, Japan, New York).
- Designed and implemented an interface for internal provisioning of web services (out-of-the-box services).
- Planned hardware scaling, security features and high availability solutions.
- Technologies: Windows NT/2000, IIS, Microsoft SiteServer, SharePoint Portal, Application Center, MS SQL, Active Directory.
Project Manager & Software Developer
Internet
- Led and programmed a part-time software development project for a gaming platform.
- Developed the server engine in C++ and SQL on a Linux platform.
- Programmed the client in Java (V2).
- Technologies: Sun SDK, Forte4Java, MS Visual C++, Linux, MySQL, Toad.
IT Systems Administrator
Medium-sized companies
- Provided comprehensive support for IT systems of various medium-sized and small companies.
- Administered server and client systems running Windows, Linux, HP-UX and Novell.
- Technologies: Windows (3.11 to XP), Linux, HP-UX, Novell, Squid, MSSQL, MySQL, Informix, Tomcat, Cocoon, C++, Java, VB.
Data Warehousing Software Developer
BKK Federal Association
- Software development for the data warehousing of a health insurance association.
- Preprocessing, validation and reformatting of data from various sources (doctors, hospitals) for database loading.
- Development of filters for plaintext and EDI data focusing on syntactic and semantic security.
- Technologies: C/C++, SQL, NCR-Unix, Teradata, Shellscript, AWK.
Production Optimizer
Insurance Broker
- Analysis and stabilization of enterprise software based on HPUX and Oracle.
- Development of a monitoring system for technical and functional oversight of business processes.
- Creation of a tool for automated restart and reporting of crashed services.
- Implementation of XML-based file management and automated data exchange via PGP (GDV data).
- Development of management information systems to display insurance sums and turnaround times.
- Technologies: HPUX, NT, Oracle, Shellscript, AWK, Perl, HTML, XML, Cocoon, Java, Javascript, TCL/TK.
System Administrator & Monitoring Specialist
Commerzbank
- Monitoring Sun E10K processors and managing end-of-day jobs in the trading area.
- Creation of monitoring tools to oversee critical application runs.
- Performing reporting, alerting, and documentation tasks using Perl software.
- Technologies: Solaris, C, Shellscript, TCL/TK, Perl.
Network Technician
Deutsche Bank
- Setup of a dedicated NT network for the Telekom capital increase.
- Installation and support of around 50 NT clients and 4 NT cluster servers during trading phases.
- Technologies: Windows NT, trading software.
Network and System Administrator
Lufthansa Systems
- Network upgrade from 16Mb Token Ring to a fully switched network for about 400 users.
- Management of Novell (3.12, 4.11) and Windows NT servers.
- Performing field service and user support.
- Participation in cabling planning and administrative tasks.
- Technologies: Novell, NT, Win95, Win98.
System Technician
Pfinztal City Administration
- Upgrading the IT infrastructure from HP3000 terminals to Windows NT servers.
- Setting up a 100 Mb switched Ethernet network for around 60 workstations.
- Designing and implementing backup solutions, user permissions, and remote maintenance concepts.
- Technologies: HP3000, Windows NT.
Network Planner
Pfinztal School
- Planning and implementing a network expansion for a high school (IT rooms, main office, staff room).
- Implementing a Linux-based internet access concept with firewalls.
- Setting up a Windows NT domain concept to secure sensitive data.
- Technologies: Novell 3.11, Windows 3.10, NT, Linux.
Concept Developer
Libri
- Designing a standalone info kiosk with a touchscreen for a European branch network.
- Developing a solution for data distribution via CD for end customers.
- Technologies: standard PC hardware and software.
Network Technician
IT Wholesaler
- Developing software for mass testing and installation of PCs.
- Performing quality assurance in production (PC assembly).
- Designing and on-site setup of small networks.
- Installing and maintaining Novell, Linux, and NT servers.
Sales Representative
Sales Activities
- Carrying out general sales activities.
PC Service Technician
Service Technician
- Service and maintenance of PCs and peripherals.
Software Developer
Physiological Institute, University of Mainz
- Solo project: Developed an image processing software for cancer cell research.
- Created a menu-driven software to transfer image data from a cryosection microscope via RS/424.
- Implemented statistical analysis and post-processing functions (sharpening, contrast adjustment, 3D rendering).
- Developed on IBM RT-PC (RISC) under AIX.
- Technologies: personal graPhIGS, C, Pascal.
Software Developer
Physics Institute, University of Mainz
- Developed a graphical X11 front end for a quantum spin simulation program.
- Converted textual 5-dimensional matrices into graphical representations.
- Technologies: X Windows, IBM RT-PC (6150), AIX, C.
AIX System Engineer
IBM
- Worked as an AIX System Engineer.
Software Porting Specialist
Research Institutes/Universities
- Performed various software porting tasks from HP-UX and Solaris to RT-PC and RS/6000.
- Worked with Cobol, Fortran, C, and Pascal.
- Technologies: HP-UX, Solaris, Cobol, Fortran, C, Pascal.
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (35.5 years), Banking and Finance (13.5 years), Biotechnology (3.5 years), Energy (2.5 years), Manufacturing (2.5 years), and Education (2.5 years).
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Experienced in Information Technology (39.5 years), Project Management (24 years), Product Development (24 years), Operations (10 years), Quality Assurance (6.5 years), and Customer Service (4 years).
Skills
- Unix
- Linux
- Web Server
- Apache
- Tomcat
- Databases
- Scripting
- Administration
- Automation
- Shell
- All-rounder
- Development
- C++
- Java
- Application Support
- Team Leadership
Languages
Education
Distance learning · Aerospace Engineering
University studies · Computer Science · Darmstadt, Germany
High school diploma
Certifications & licenses
Rescue dog handler
Private pilot
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