Amazon Web Services Experts in Zurich
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Nikita Verkhoshintcev
Last position:
Salesforce Technical Architect at Fennia
- Designed and engineered a shared web component library for a customer portal serving 360,000+ private users and integrated the LWC framework with Storybook via Rollup.
- Resolved WCAG AA compliance issues to support strict accessibility requirements.
- Integrated legacy systems into a new portal via REST API to support existing products.
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
Milan Simonović
Last position:
Cloud Architect & DevOps at Avaloq
- Main cloud solution architect on a banking SaaS offering hosted in Azure.
- Fully automated the Azure infrastructure in Terraform.
- Reduced cloud costs by 50%.
- Responded to incidents, found root-causes and closed with post-mortems.
Venkata Renduchintala
Last position:
Continuous Learning at Personal Time Off
- ZHAW CAS Secure Software Design and Development
- German C1 and Goethe Certificate C1
- ETH CAS Cloud and Mobile Computing at ETH Zurich
- Linux Foundation Linux System Administration LFS307
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes for Application Developers LFD459
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Security Fundamentals LFS460
Ursula Maria Mayer
Last position:
Business Mentor at RoleModel Rebels
- Mentor female students and professionals in advancing their careers, particularly as aspiring tech entrepreneurs.
Claus Nielsen
Last position:
Oracle Database Engineer at BBV.ch
- Migration of databases from ODA to ExaData
- Migration of databases from ExaData to ExaCC/OCI
- Decreased UCC usage by 10%
- Developing automation scripts using Python
- Performance tuning
- Shrunk development databases from 6 TB to 3 TB using Exadata columnar compression
- Tuned application performance by 30% using inmemory option
- Tuned non-production Exadata by 20% to release CPU resources before ExaCC migration
- Database patching of Oracle 19c
- Basic Ansible scripting for deployments and database cloning
- Developing acconting model for shared Oracle platform
- Migrating single-instance databases to Oracle RAC
- Analysis of RAC issues
- Advising development teams of how to migrate to RAC
Matthias Isler
Last position:
Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)
- Designed large-scale systems and APIs serving thousands of concurrent users.
- Refactored a 650k-LOC monolith and led full AWS migration for stable performance.
- Introduced SLO-based observability, improving reliability and recovery flow.
- Optimised cloud and databases, achieving significant cost and latency reduction.
- Delivered LLM, RAG, and document-automation pipelines adopted in production.
Csaba Kéri
Last position:
ServiceNow Consultant at DXC
- Worked in mixed teams with several clients
- Performed requirement engineering, proposal and time estimation
- Developed ACLs, business rules, flows, workflows, catalog items, various scripts, UI actions, policies, scoped applications
- Customized mobile apps: Now Agent and Now Mobile
- Implemented integrations using the Integration Hub
- Coordinated continuously with clients during development
- Performed testing and helped clients with testing
- Deployed to production and applied main version upgrades and patches
- Managed CMDB, domain separation and asset management
- Integrated between instances at different clients
- Developed GlideScript: business rules, scripted REST endpoints, extension points, fix scripts, background scripts
Georgios Sfakianakis
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at UBS Bank
- Implementations of a code refactoring framework able to refactor thousands of repositories leveraging Generative AI
- Use Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Java and Typescript in Azure Cloud (Data Lake, VMs, AI) and GitLab infrastructure
- Mentoring and pair programming
- Obtained Azure AI-900 and AI-102 certifications
Deschances Tchakounang Ndjomou
Last position:
Senior Data Architect at Odd Parrot
- Supporting UBS Wealth Management as Senior Data Architect within a multi-year enterprise data mesh transformation.
- Guiding a strategic stream to design and implement a data product aligned with UBS’s enterprise-wide data mesh framework.
- Leading architecture definition, governance alignment, and cross-domain integration to ensure scalable, compliant, and reusable data products across global stakeholders.
- UBS – Global Wealth Management Data Product Architecture: Designed an enterprise-aligned data product spanning 26 countries, defining data contracts, metadata standards, and federated architecture patterns enabling cross-domain reuse across the bank.
- Defined cross-jurisdictional data policies and access controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple regions (EU, APAC, LATAM, CH).
Michael Morgen
Last position:
Field Engineer/Project Lead Windows Platform, Cloud Integration
- Medical software, migration from on-prem to cloud
- Requirements management, development, lifecycle based on Windows, Azure, O365, subsystems
Tomáš Lukas
Last position:
Senior Network Engineer at Migros
- Support across the entire Migros network
- MPLS, L3/L2, complex BGP network, Checkpoint and Fortinet firewalls/VPN, F5 proxies and load balancers, Cisco WLAN with Prime/CCC and DNAC (the largest in Switzerland), ISE, Bluecat DNS and IPAM, DAMS, PRTG, Git, Ansible, ACI with NCAE and NexusDashboard, SAN
Viktor Danylevsky
Last position:
Application Manager / IT Operations Engineer at SBB
- Coordination and implementation of setting up and further development of applications in close collaboration with external service providers as the internal technical contact person
- Ensuring stable, proper operation and maintenance of business-critical applications to support central business processes
- Analysis, handling, and sustainable resolution of application issues (incidents, problems) including workarounds in 2nd and 3rd level support
- Planning, coordination, and implementation of changes in ongoing application operations according to ITIL processes
- Participation in project teams for maintenance, further development, and integration of interfaces between different applications
- Support in creating, maintaining, and executing test cases as well as assisting with system, integration, and acceptance tests
- Operation, deployment, and maintenance of containerized applications using Docker
- Installation, configuration, integration, and testing of server and application software in virtualized and cloud environments (VMware, AWS)
- Operation and maintenance of virtualized application platforms (Windows Server/Client, VMware, AWS Cloud)
- User, role, and permission management in complex enterprise environments
- Creation and maintenance of technical documentation (operations concepts, changes, projects, interfaces)
- Close collaboration with internal departments, project management, and external partners and suppliers
Karl Estermann
Last position:
incl. CI/CD, automation at AALS Software AG
- Designed and delivered a practical real-time course on Flink and Hadoop with MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, Flink, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Kafka
- Gained extensive DevOps and CI/CD experience
- Created ETL/ELT pipelines with Apache tools and Pentaho
- Led projects in municipal software, financial services, and big data with Kafka
- Developed AI/NLP models and chatbots with RASA, Chatter, and Dialogflow
- Built and managed a TypeDB knowledge database
- Worked with OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Podman
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
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Statistics of experts using Amazon Web Services
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
2.1 years (Switzerland: 2.9 years)
Positions per freelancer
14 (Switzerland: 16)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
93% (Switzerland: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
60% (Switzerland: 54%)
Doctorate
7%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Zurich using Amazon Web Services
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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
AWS foundations
Amazon Web Services is the cloud stack behind new products, migrations, and modern internal systems. Teams use it to host web apps, APIs, data pipelines, and secure back-end services without running their own hardware.
Core services
- EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda setup
- VPC design, IAM, and networking rules
- CloudFront, Route 53, and load balancing
- Monitoring with CloudWatch and logging tools
Strong specialists know how these parts fit together, not just how to launch a service. They keep environments clean, stable, and easy to change.
When companies hire
Companies bring in freelance expertise for migrations, platform hardening, cost cleanup, and delivery work that is blocked by missing cloud skills. This is common when a team needs help fast, or when a system must be improved without slowing product work.
What good work looks like
- Clear architecture choices with simple reasoning
- Secure defaults for access and secrets
- Infrastructure as code with repeatable builds
- Practical backup, recovery, and deployment plans
A strong AWS professional leaves behind systems the team can support. Good work is documented, testable, and built for change.
Zurich needs
In Zurich, AWS experts often support fintech, insurance, SaaS, and enterprise teams running mixed cloud and on-prem systems. Some work is done on site for workshops and sensitive planning; much of the build and delivery work can be handled remotely.
Related skills
AWS work often overlaps with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, and Java. The best specialists can move between application delivery, security, networking, and operations without losing sight of the business goal.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Amazon Web Services, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Amazon Web Services is used to run applications, store data, move traffic, and automate cloud infrastructure. Companies rely on it for public websites, internal tools, APIs, analytics jobs, and secure system back ends. It is also common for migration projects when teams want to leave older data centers behind.
AWS is the common shorthand for Amazon Web Services, and people often use both names in search. In practice, they refer to the same cloud ecosystem, including services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and IAM. Searchers may also say Amazon AWS, but AWS is the most common form in technical work.
Amazon Web Services is often chosen for its broad service range, mature ecosystem, and deep support for complex infrastructure patterns. Azure is frequently paired with Microsoft-heavy environments, while Google Cloud is often compared for data and analytics use cases. The right choice depends on existing systems, security needs, and team skills.
A strong AWS specialist usually brings Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and security basics. Python, Java, or Node.js often help when cloud work includes deployment scripts, automation, or service integration. For Zurich teams, clear English communication is often essential, and German can help in workshops or stakeholder discussions.
Amazon Web Services projects need different depths of experience depending on the task. A small service setup may only need focused cloud operations knowledge, while a migration or security overhaul needs someone who has handled design, delivery, and recovery planning before. The safer choice is a specialist who has done the same type of work, not just used the service.
Yes. AWS work is often remote because most tasks happen in code, configuration, and cloud consoles rather than on physical equipment. Zurich teams may still want on-site sessions for architecture reviews, sensitive planning, or launch coordination, especially in regulated environments.
Look for proof of real delivery, not just service names on a profile. A good Amazon Web Services specialist can explain architecture tradeoffs, security controls, deployment flow, and what happens when something fails. Ask for examples close to your use case, such as migrations, cost reduction, or production support.
A strong AWS professional understands how services interact under load, during incidents, and across environments. They make sound choices about IAM, networking, observability, and release design instead of assembling parts that only work in a demo. Good specialists also leave clear documentation so the team can maintain the setup after handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Amazon Web Services in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 848 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Amazon Web Services in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 60% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Amazon Web Services in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Amazon Web Services in their recent projects are German (94%), English (94%), and French (35%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Amazon Web Services in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (88%), and Insurance (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Amazon Web Services in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (88%), and Operations (59%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Amazon Web Services
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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