System Integration, Software Test and VoD System Engineer

9/2016 – 5/2017

-> System integration and release management engineer for 'Video On Demand BackOffice (BO)’ component
-> E2E/SI Test Engineer: create, develop and execute E2E/SI test cases (TC) and test plans (TP) specifically for the ‘SeaChange BO’ software and DAWN Set-Top-Box (STB) platform
-> Integration and testing (E2E perspective) on deployment phases of the head end (HE) component releases delivered by LGI for the Dawn platform
-> E2E/SI RTP Test Engineer: develop and execute ‘on site’ country specific test cases and test runs using DAWN extended system environment for ‘Release To Production’
developement (UPC Austria)
-> Evaluation, adaptation and implementation of new metadata requirements, considering changes and enhancements introduced by new 'SeaChange BO Adrenalin' versions and interim adaptations

Hardware Entwicklung, Testmanagement / Testkoordination (IT), Konfiguration, Management (allg.), Architektur (allg.), Rechnergestützten Betriebsleitsystem (RBL)

1/2015 – 8/2016

-> Integration and testing (E2E perspective) on deployment phases of the head end (HE) component releases delivered for the Dawn platform
-> LAB System integration and release management engineer for 'SeaChange BackOffice (BO) Adrenalin VoD’ component
-> Setting up the test environments, creating and executing test plans, evaluating the results and reporting issues found to arquitecture and development teams.
-> E2E/SI Test Engineer: create, develop and execute E2E/SI test cases (TC) and test plans (TP) specifically for the ‘SeaChange BO’ software and DAWN Set-Top-Box (STB) platform
-> Evaluation, revision and implementation for metadata requirements, taking into account best data optimization of existing assets and full functionality for legacy and new platforms

Forschung & Entwicklung (allg.), Betriebssysteme (allg.), Testing (IT), Systems Engineering, Konfiguration, Pflege (allg.), Rechnergestützten Betriebsleitsystem (RBL)

1/2011 – 12/2014

-> Setting up the test environments, executing acceptance and integration tests, evaluating the results and reporting issues found providing input to architecture and development teams
-> System Integration Engineer: ‘SeaChange BO Adrenalin’ customer-specific adaption and implementation for the ‘Horizon UMKBW’ infrastructure
-> Evaluation, revision and implementation for metadata requirements, taking into account best data optimization of existing assets and full functionality for legacy and new platforms
-> Documentation, technical commissioning and handover to operation for the 'SeaChange BO Adrenalin Horizon UMKBW' VoD-System
-> Configuration, adjustment and implementation for 'SeaChange BO Adrenalin' OTT/VoD component according to the UMKBW requirements specific for
`horizon.go (horizon.tv/de_de)` platform

Betriebssysteme (allg.), System Analyse, Systems Engineering, Rechnergestützten Betriebsleitsystem (RBL), Inbetriebnahme (allg.)

3/2000 – 1/2011

-> IT infrastructure organization and administration in media company with nearly 300 workstations, distributed to several branches in Cologne
- Administration and design of the intranet offer and technical intranet, based on Open Source and Linux
- short-term deployment and operation of small IT work environments (up to 3 servers and 20 workstations, as well as network infrastructure) for abroad TV production

Medien (allg.), Linux (Kernel), Internet / Intranet, Telekommunikation / Netzwerke (allg.), Rechnergestützten Betriebsleitsystem (RBL)

7/1995 – 2/2000

-> Develop feasibility study regarding system migration for more than 1,000 PC and the
corresponding server infrastructure
-> Technical coordinator and contact person for departments during the migration phase for workstations and server infrastructure
-> Organize, manage and perform the migration of all workstation computers from a MS Windows 3.11 to a MS Windows NT 4.0 environment
-> Installation and commissioning to production for a computer maintenance system 'ON Command CCM'

Microsoft Windows (allg.), Migration, Management (allg.), Public Relations, Inbetriebnahme (allg.), Installation / Montage / Wartung (allg.)