Amazon EC2 Experts in Switzerland
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Christoph Pardon
Last position:
ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG
- Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
- Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
- Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
- Reduced time-to-market by 50% through CI/CD pipeline optimization and the introduction of self-service deployments.
- Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB
Osman Tartoussi
Last position:
Senior Developer and Consultant at Federal Office for IT and Telecommunications BIT
IT consulting, analysis, architecture design, new and further development, code review, test automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery in the backend and frontend area.
Technology stack:
JAVA 21
Spring Boot 3
Spring Framework 6
Spring Rest
Spring Data
JPA
Postgres
Aurora Database
Typescript
OWASP
Renovatebot
Sonarqube
Prometheus
Grafana
Spring Security
Single SignOn
Keycloak
Angular 19
NgRx Redux
AWS ECS
AWS Cloudwatch
Terraform
Spacelift
GitOps
Docker
Junit
Maven
Jenkins Pipeline
GitHub
BitBucket
Nexus
Kafka
Conduktor
Kafdrop
OpenApi
Swagger
Scrum
SAFe
Jira
Confluence
Hanspeter Jost
Last position:
Lead Salesforce Consultant DACH at DXC Technology
- Recording, validating, and coordinating customer requirements
- Analyzing customers' business processes, and designing and implementing solutions in Salesforce
- Designing and developing Salesforce architectures using Sales and Service Cloud
- Maintaining and expanding my skills to stay current with Salesforce's new features
- Taking an active role in the pre-sales phase and working closely with sales and pre-sales teams
- Building and strengthening the team's expertise in new areas
- Actively helping to define and align my role within DXC's best practices
- MC Growth implementation
- AI Agentforce Agents Builder
- Agent Designer with elements.cloud
- Salesforce org assessments
- Process configuration mining
- Serving as a single point of contact for global SFDC contacts
- Coordinating projects with the EMEA and global headquarters
- Preparing proposals and presales work with Salesforce Account Executives and client partners for global accounts
Andi Vontobel
Last position:
Test Engineer at Crypto AG and Crypto International AG
- Defining and carrying out system tests
- Supporting the automated test environment
- Evaluating tools for automated testing
Stephan Rudolph
Last position:
ICT Architect/Programmer, DevOps, Design, Implementation, Test, Documentation at PostFinance AG
Deployment of a Customer Engagement & Loyalty solution in the cloud (AWS) and integration into the existing on-premise system landscape.
Technology: AWS EKS - Kubernetes, Helm, AWS EC2, AWS S3, PostgreSQL, SAP GLIF, RabbitMQ, Git, GitLab, ArgoCD, GitOps, CI/CD, Terraform, HashiCorp Vault, JFrog Artifactory, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Linux, bash, IntelliJ, draw.io, Confluence
Result: Deployment of a cross-product bonus program for retail banking, embedded into online and mobile banking; actual and emotional customer engagement; improved profitability and loyalty; support for cross- and upselling; long-term improvement in customer satisfaction and positive impact on the company image.
Jack Schmidt
Last position:
Freelance - Fullstack Engineer at SMG Swiss Marketplace Group
- Supported the team in merging two real estate platforms into a unified Vue.js-based solution
- Developed a custom SSR microservice architecture deployed on AWS Lambdas
- Designed and implemented a map drawing feature
- Took ownership of migrating the microservice from Vue 2 to Vue 3
- Built a scalable SSR microservice architecture using AWS Lambda
- Developed and implemented a critical map drawing feature for real estate visualization
- Successfully migrated the microservice from Vue 2 to Vue 3
- Gained deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure, Datadog, Sentry, and Vite
- Technologies: Vue.js, Node.js, Vite, AWS Lambda, Datadog, Sentry, JavaScript
Mateusz Lipczyński
Last position:
Project Lead Developer at PwC
- Took over the analyst and leading developer role in an innovative project helping detection of financial fraud in a major financial institution in Zurich with assistance of artificial intelligence
- Analyzed and implemented new modules, improved performance and user experience, elevated technical documentation and code quality to the standard required by the end client
- Technologies: Java 17, JavaFX, Spring Boot, concurrency, UX, Gradle, Impala
Lluis Nieto Soler
Last position:
Federal Office for IT
- Developed an event tool for the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ([link]
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Statistics of experts using Amazon EC2
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
1.5 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Marketing
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
40%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Amazon EC2
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
EC2 basics
Amazon EC2, also called EC2 or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, is AWS compute on demand. It gives teams virtual servers for web apps, APIs, batch jobs, and internal systems without buying hardware. Strong experts know how to choose instance families, storage, and networking for the workload.
Typical work
- Launch and resize Linux or Windows instances
- Set up Auto Scaling and load balancing
- Design VPC, subnets, security groups, and IAM access
- Build cloud images and launch templates
- Plan backup, patching, and cost control
Ecosystem
EC2 rarely stands alone. It is often used with EBS, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, IAM, Route 53, Systems Manager, and Elastic Load Balancing. Specialists also work with Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines to keep environments repeatable and easy to change.
When to bring in help
Companies often call in freelance specialists during migrations from on-prem systems, unstable releases, or fast growth that pushes current servers too far. In Switzerland, this is common for finance, SaaS, pharma, and industrial teams that need secure cloud setups and clear handover to local staff.
What strong experts do
Good professionals do more than start instances. They check network paths, security rules, storage performance, scaling behavior, and failure recovery. They write clean runbooks, document choices, and leave the EC2 setup understandable for the next person.
Signs you need EC2 expertise
- Instances are slow, expensive, or hard to scale
- Migrations keep failing in test or production
- Security groups, IAM, or access paths are unclear
- Teams need a stable base for launch, burst traffic, or recovery
- AWS setup exists, but no one owns it clearly
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Amazon EC2.
Amazon EC2 is used to run software on virtual servers inside AWS. Companies use it for web applications, APIs, background processing, test environments, and workloads that need more control than a managed service. It is a fit when teams want to choose the operating system, storage, network layout, and scaling rules.
EC2 is one service inside AWS, not the whole cloud. It focuses on compute, while services such as S3, VPC, EBS, and IAM cover storage, networking, disks, and access. A strong specialist knows how EC2 fits into that wider setup instead of tuning instances in isolation.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud expertise helps when a migration is risky, performance is unstable, or the team needs a better hosting design quickly. It also helps when an existing setup has grown messy and no one is sure how the network, security, and scaling pieces connect. In Switzerland, companies often bring in outside help for short, focused work with a clear handover.
A strong Amazon EC2 specialist usually also knows VPC, IAM, EBS, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, and load balancing. Infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation is a major plus, because it keeps environments repeatable. Linux admin skills and basic security design matter a lot too.
Amazon EC2 gives the most direct control over the server layer, so it suits legacy apps, custom networking, or software that needs specific system settings. Containers and serverless services can reduce operational work, but they do not replace EC2 in every case. Many teams use EC2 as the base layer and add other AWS services around it.
EC2 work ranges from simple instance setup to complex network and scaling design. A small task may only need a specialist who can create a secure environment and document it well, while a migration or production redesign needs someone who understands failures, rollback, and cost control. The harder the cutover, the more experience matters.
Amazon EC2 work is often done remotely because most tasks happen in AWS consoles, terminals, and infrastructure code. On-site time can still help for workshops, security reviews, or migration planning with stakeholders in Switzerland. Clear English documentation is usually enough for day-to-day work, though local language can help in some teams.
A good Amazon EC2 expert explains trade-offs clearly and leaves behind a setup that is secure, scalable, and easy to operate. Look for practical work on networking, access control, monitoring, recovery, and automation, not just server provisioning. The best sign is a solution your team can maintain without guesswork.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects is 127 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,018 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 40% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Transportation (63%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (63%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Amazon EC2
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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