Amazon EC2 Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Amazon EC2
Mohamad K.
Last position:
Senior Backend Developer at Standing on Giants
- Led architecture and end-to-end engineering delivery for community-driven SaaS platforms serving 2M+ monthly active users.
- Architected and led the migration of a monolithic Python/FastAPI and PostgreSQL database and LangChain with codebase to an event-driven microservices architecture on AWS EKS, sustaining 10x traffic growth from ~150 RPS to 1,500+ RPS with zero re-architecture cycles.
- Defined and enforced engineering standards across services including API contracts, observability baselines, and deployment topology, reducing production incidents by 55% and MTTR from 2 hours to under 25 minutes within 9 months.
- Redesigned the caching and query layer using multi-tier Redis caching and database indexing/partitioning, cutting p95 API latency from 850ms to 180ms (78% reduction) and database CPU load by 45%.
- Built CI/CD platform on GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS) with blue-green and canary rollouts, increasing deployment frequency from ~2/month to 8-12/day and reducing lead time from 10 days to under 6 hours.
- Implemented contract testing, automated load testing, and observability SLOs using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, raising platform availability from 99.5% to 99.95% (10x reduction in error budget burn).
- Led and grew a cross-functional team of 8 engineers across backend, frontend, and DevOps, scaling headcount from 4 to 8 with 85% retention; owned hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development.
- Partnered with Product, Design, and Client Success leadership as primary technical decision-maker; translated business goals into technical roadmaps and drove build-vs-buy decisions on authentication, search, and AI tooling.
- Introduced AI-assisted development workflows including automated code review and a RAG-based internal knowledge assistant using Graph (GraphRAG, Neo4J), increasing sprint throughput by 30% across two quarters.
- Owned incident command and production support rotation; established runbooks, postmortem culture, and on-call SLOs, reducing weekend paging incidents by 70%.
- Developed and optimized Algorithms using python libraries like Numpy and Pandas.
Christoph P.
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 a 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% by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and establishing 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
Hanspeter J.
Last position:
Lead Consultant Salesforce DACH at DXC Technology
- Recording, validating and coordinating customer requirements
- Analyzing commercial processes at customers, as well as designing and implementing solution designs in Salesforce
- Designing and developing Salesforce architectures based on Sales and Service Cloud
- Maintaining and expanding own competence in order to know the new functions of Salesforce
- Taking an active role in the pre-sales phase and working closely with the sales and pre-sales teams
- Building and consolidating maturity within the team in new topics
- Actively helping to define and align own role within the DXC Best Practice
- MC Growth implementation
- AI Agentforce Agents Builder
- Agent Designer with elements.cloud
- Salesforce ORG assessments
- Process configuration mining
- Single point of contact for SFDC contacts global
- Project coordination with the EMEA and global head
- Proposal presales work with Salesforce AE and client partners for global accounts
Jack S.
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
Stephan R.
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.
Mateusz L.
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 N.
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
18 years
Position duration
1.6 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Marketing
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Professional Services
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 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging 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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Amazon EC2 experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Banking and Finance (100%)
- Information Technology (100%)
- Professional Services (71%)
- Energy (57%)
- Media and Entertainment (57%)
- Government and Administration (57%)
- Retail (57%)
- Telecommunication (57%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Compute on demand
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, commonly called Amazon EC2, provides resizable virtual servers in the AWS cloud. Companies use it to run web applications, APIs, databases, batch workloads and enterprise software without buying physical hardware. Instances can be selected for general purpose, memory, compute or accelerated workloads.
Architecture and delivery
Strong EC2 specialists turn application needs into dependable compute designs. They choose instance families, Amazon Machine Images, storage options and networking patterns, then automate repeatable provisioning with tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK. The result is an environment that can be tested, changed and recovered consistently.
- Design VPCs, subnets, route tables and security groups
- Configure load balancing, Auto Scaling and health checks
- Connect EC2 workloads with S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch and Systems Manager
Where it runs
EC2 supports customer-facing platforms, internal business systems, data processing, development environments and migration projects. It is also common behind container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines and hybrid connections to company networks. In Switzerland, specialists may support regulated industries and distributed teams while aligning remote delivery with local stakeholders.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful when a team is moving workloads from a data centre, reducing operational risk or taking ownership of an inherited AWS account. It can also be needed for a production launch, a capacity redesign, incident recovery or a cost and performance review. Clear signs include manual server work, unclear access rules and scaling that depends on emergency intervention.
- Replace undocumented console changes with infrastructure as code
- Harden operating systems, identities, patching and network access
- Create monitoring, alerting, backup and disaster-recovery procedures
Skills around EC2
EC2 work reaches beyond virtual machines. Relevant specialists understand Linux or Windows administration, DNS, TCP/IP, TLS, containers, scripting and observability. They may also work with Git-based delivery, Kubernetes or Amazon ECS, while knowing when a managed service such as Lambda, Fargate or RDS is a better fit than persistent instances.
What good looks like
A capable professional explains why an instance type, architecture and availability approach fit the workload. They use least-privilege IAM, private networking where appropriate, encrypted storage and controlled deployment processes. They document decisions, test failure scenarios and separate short-term fixes from a maintainable operating model.
For Switzerland-based collaboration, agree early on working hours, language needs, access procedures and the balance between remote work and on-site sessions. Quality is visible in clear diagrams, useful runbooks, measurable alerts and a secure handover that the internal team can operate.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Amazon EC2.
Amazon EC2 provides virtual servers for running software in AWS. Companies use it for websites, APIs, enterprise applications, batch processing, development environments and workloads that need control over the operating system.
Amazon EC2 offers more control over the operating system, networking and runtime than services such as AWS Lambda or Fargate. That control is useful for persistent workloads and specialised configurations, while managed compute can reduce patching and server operations.
A strong Amazon EC2 professional typically understands IAM, VPC networking, Linux or Windows, storage, DNS, security groups and CloudWatch. Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD, containers and database services are also valuable when the compute layer is part of a wider AWS environment.
Amazon EC2 work can range from a focused configuration review to a broad migration or production redesign. Choose a specialist who has handled the relevant workload, failure modes and compliance constraints rather than judging fit by a generic number of projects.
Amazon EC2 environments can usually be managed remotely through controlled AWS access, documentation and secure communication. For Swiss teams, clarify time-zone overlap, preferred working language, data-access rules and whether workshops or incident support require on-site availability.
Ask an Amazon EC2 specialist to explain a design covering availability, IAM, network boundaries, patching, monitoring and recovery. Good answers connect technical choices to workload needs and include practical documentation, testing and handover plans.
Amazon EC2 is often suitable when a workload needs host-level control, specialised software, predictable long-running capacity or a traditional operating system. Containers and Kubernetes may be preferable for standardised deployment and orchestration, but they still often run on EC2 underneath.
Before taking on Amazon EC2 work, clarify the account structure, regions, existing VPC design, access model, operating systems, deployment process and recovery expectations. Also establish who owns approvals, incidents, documentation and ongoing operations after the engagement.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects is 123 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 985 € 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 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 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 (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Amazon EC2 in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (100%), Information Technology (100%), and Professional Services (71%).
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 Marketing (57%).
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.
Countries:
- Germany
- Switzerland
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