Andreas Schoinas

Software Engineer

Summary

Persistent problem solver, result-driven senior Software engineer with 7 years of experience in building complex large scale enterprise web applications. A professional with strong analytical and organizational skills. Experienced in designing large-scale projects and lead in every phase of the software lifecycle. Passionate about delivering the best possible results in the optimal timeline

Team player, establishing excellent communication with every colleague, managing to lead small teams efficiently and aid in conflict resolution, whenever necessary. Always on the lookout for new tools, procedures and ideas to improve team spirit, processes and organization.

Experience

2020-02 present

CERN

Software Engineering Fellow

IT-CS-CT

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance/upgrade existing network portals (CSDB, LANDB Portal)

• Migrate legacy code from plsql procedures to java (Spring) using a common architecture

• Lead the migration of legacy web application (CSDB) to Spring boot containerized cloud cluster

• Maintain and manage network database (LANDB)

• Coordinate with other sections to propagate and synchronize network changes (DNS, Network Technicians, InforEAM, EN-EL)

• Represent group in an organization-wide project to migrate existing software and infrastructure to open-source alternatives and coordinate with every section in the group regarding the impending changes

• Design and implementation of additions to the network database schema (mostly regarding the connection model (LAGs, DNS records))

• Design and implementation of a REST API to manage network operations

• Supervise new section members

Day to day tasks:

• Developing features on section's applications

• Perform code review colleagues' merge requests

• Organize and execute deployments

• Tiket handling (support)

• Represent section in group/department wide meetings

• Design/analysis of new projects/features

• Extracting complex data from database needed by other sections

• Suggest ideas to increase team productivity, introduce new tools and scripts to automate repetative tasks

2019-04 2019-11

Hellenic Army

Database Administrator

Assigned to the Center of Computer systems and research during my military service. Held the role of database Administrator working mostly on Oracle systems

Projects:

• Responsible for creating access grant templates and applying them to create DB users for every colleague

• Responsible for creating a repository for our DB schemas and created a script to keep it synced with any DB changes

• Redesigned of the entire Database structure to conform with NATO specifications

• Introduced multiple scripts to automate daily tasks and enhance productivity

• Handled complex query requests for high ranked officers

• Migrate issue/request tracking and documentation to gitlab

Personal Info

E-mail

schoinas.andreas@gmail.com

Github

https://github.com/anSchoinas

www.linkedin.com/in/andreasschoinas

Languages

Greek - Native

English - Proficient

German - Certified

French - Beginner

Skills

Decision Making

Work Under Pressure

Self-motivation

Leadership

Communication

Conflict Resolution

Adaptability

Teamwork

Creativity

Volunteering

2017 present

Parents and Friends of individuals with mild autistic spectrum disorders (Asperger's) association, Chania, Greece

Founding member

2017 present

Java Hellenic User Group

Member

2014 2015

www.coursera.org

Greek translator for University Courses

2015-11 2020-01

Cognity S.A.

Software Consultant

Assigned to the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (COSMOTE)

Responsibilities:

• Constant communication with the customers to ensure that the final product corresponds to their needs

• Client consultation on every stage of the project

• Software Design, cost and resource estimation, detailed planning to ensure excellent results and delivery on schedule

• Software Development and Management using Java Architectures

• Software Development with cutting edge technologies, providing high quality, maintainable and extendable code

• Production deployments organizing, executing or overseeing

• Team Leading and effective resource managing

Projects:

• Designed and implemented credit card and PayPal payment gateways for Cosmote and affiliated companies (Germanos e-shop), that handle thousands of transactions daily.

• Development and enhancements design of the back-end systems for the Cosmote mobile applications that provide flawless functionality to thousands of concurrent users

• Development and maintenance of the Cosmote corporate users online billing systems and portals

• Design and development of numerous landing pages for Cosmote users (data landing page, roaming landing page, etc)

• Maintenance and support of the Cosmote mobile user's Portal

Education

2009 2020

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fields of Specialization: Computer Systems, Computer Software, Bio-Engineering

Diploma Thesis: Development of a local transactional manager in MongoDB

2006 2009

Eleftherios Venizelos High School, Chania, Greece

Final Grade: 19,8/20

Certificates

Docker for Java Spring Microservices (Udemy - 2021)

Kubernetes for the absolute beginners - Hands on (Udemy - 2021)

University of Alberta, Canada, Software Product Management Specialization (Coursera - 2017)

Courses:

• Introduction to Software Product Management

• Software Processes and Agile Practices

• Client Needs and Software Requirements

• Agile Planning for Software Products

• Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements

M101J: MongoDB for Java Developers (2017)

Key Technical Skills

Java: Java EE, Spring (core, boot, mvc, social, security etc), Hibernate, Spring JDBC, Gradle, Maven, Java Agents (i.g. Glowroot), Apache SOLR, Thymeleaf, JSTL