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Hassan A.

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IT Consultant

Düsseldorf
Hassan A.

Last position:

DevOps & Observability Consultant at ALDI South (Albrecht's Discount)

  • Supporting the DevOps team in Terraform-managed, multi-region AWS infrastructure to achieve environment parity.
  • Developed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy, automating the build and deployment.
  • Maintained pre- and post-deployment scripts to automate critical tasks such as database schema migrations and environment sanity checks.
  • Implemented CI/CD flow specifically for hotfixes via separate Git branches, managing back-merge activities from feature branches to release branches to ensure code integrity through automated conflict resolution.
  • Deployed a dedicated, lightweight sanity check application hosted cost-effectively on Azure Container Apps to run automated health and basic functional checks as a post-deployment activity triggered via pipeline.
  • Investigated production incidents through code changes and AWS CloudWatch logs.
  • Coordinated integration of Dynatrace APM and its APIs for monitoring purposes.
  • Full stack QA strategist for a high-traffic e-commerce platform built on a layered architecture for the back-end testing of core platform services, especially the order management system in Zed and Glue layers.
  • Managed automation activities, testing process, and refactoring practices.
  • Responsible for framework migrations, setup, and training for new automation frameworks.
  • Promoted a shift-left approach within the QA team and created the test concept.
  • Participated in meetings with IT managers, business owners, product owners, and team members.
  • Designed and implemented contract testing to validate API schema compatibility between the order management system and the Zed and Glue layers, reducing production-relevant breaking changes by approximately 3%.
  • Led the migration to a multi-environment framework that enabled test execution across 4 country configurations from a single codebase.
  • Integrated automated unit and functional tests directly into the GitLab CI/CD pipeline, reducing pipeline runtime by 32%.
  • Coached and trained 5 QA engineers across Germany and Hungary in test automation, framework architecture, and best practices.
  • Architected a layered backend test automation framework separating business logic, API request builders, and the database layer.
  • Piloted AI-assisted testing with Playwright Agents, the Playwright MCP Server, and GitHub Copilot for automated test generation, execution, and self-healing Playwright scripts.
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Olaf R.

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DevOps Architect / Consultant

Krefeld
Olaf R.

Last position:

DevOps Architect / Consultant at Authority with increased security requirements

  • Identification of requirements (legal, organizational, and technical)
  • Design of solution architectures
  • Evaluation of concepts and technologies
  • Preparation of decision templates
  • Architectural Decision Records (ADR)
  • Coordination of implementation
  • Review of implementations
  • Documentation
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Reza S.

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DevOps and Cloud Engineer

Erkrath
Reza S.

Last position:

DevOps and Cloud Engineer at Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group

  • Migration of backups and complete workloads to AWS and Azure, including setup and management of AKS & EKS clusters.
  • Automation with Terraform & ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines implemented with GitLab.
  • System monitoring on OpenShift 4 (on-premise) with Grafana & Prometheus, use of CloudWatch and X-Ray for analysis and logging.
  • Building and maintaining secure network infrastructures (VPCs, SGs, WAF, ACLs), integration of Azure Log Analytics.
  • Close collaboration with infrastructure and development teams, maintenance of technical documentation with Confluence, ticket handling via Jira, and promoting cloud knowledge within the company.
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Gernot L.

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Founder and Managing Director

Mülheim an der Ruhr
Gernot L.

Last position:

Founder and Managing Director at Softwerk/Ruhr GmbH

  • Architecting and developing SaaS platform for graphical definition and execution of pandas data processing pipelines
  • Developed POlyglott, an open-source Python CLI tool for translation workflow management featuring PO file parsing, quality linting with glossary enforcement, and DeepL API integration for machine translation
  • Developed web application for material compliance management (EU REACH) using Django and modern web technologies
  • Built automated infrastructure platform using Proxmox, Terraform, and Ansible — VM provisioning, configuration management, internal DNS, and fleet-wide security hardening across multiple subnets
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Florian E.

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Lead Software Engineer

Düsseldorf
Florian E.

Last position:

Lead Software Engineer

  • In this role, I was responsible as Lead Software Engineer for automating various meat production lines.
  • My focus was on developing highly available (High Availability) systems using C/C++.
  • I also implemented and supported container orchestration with Kubernetes to ensure smooth and scalable production operations.
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Daniel U.

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Senior Application Packaging & Deployment Engineer

Essen
Daniel U.

Last position:

Senior Application Packaging & Deployment Engineer at Allevio AG (Client: Allianz Technology)

  • Enterprise application packaging and deployment for Allianz's global Windows migration programs across Europe, North America, and APAC
  • Migrated hundreds of enterprise applications from Windows 10 VDI to Microsoft Azure Windows 365 (Windows 11)
  • Created software packages in MSI/MST, FlexApp, PSADT 3/4, and App-V according to enterprise packaging standards
  • Developed an ASP.NET packaging automation platform with MongoDB, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Outlook integration
  • Built PowerShell modules for automated quality checks of MSI and FlexApp packages
  • Developed a release conflict detection module in PowerShell to identify potential deployment issues before production
  • Created WDAC monitoring scripts for automated policy oversight and incident response
  • Implemented MSGraph API calls in PowerShell for Azure AD and Intune operations
  • Created Citrix oData scripts for historical usage analysis (BYOD, VDI, fat clients)
  • Developed an Intune Win32 app 'Do Not Disturb' deployment routine for an optimal user experience
  • First point of contact for troubleshooting production incidents with packaged applications
  • Coordinated application owner, UAT, and release testing for hundreds of deployments
  • Administered Microsoft Intune, Citrix environments, and SQL Server security
  • Created and tested WDAC policies in Intune; managed configuration policies and Win32 app deployments
  • Primary packaging resource for Allianz France since 2019
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Jan G.

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Master Data Application

Düsseldorf
Jan G.

Last position:

Master Data Application at confidential

  • Visualization, search, and maintenance of various types of master data, providing them via a REST API, and implementing a variety of import and export formats.

  • Implementation, architecture, project management.

  • Technologies and tools: Angular (Signals, Signal Store, swagger-codegen, standalone components), Java, PostgreSQL, ActiveMQ, JavaScript, Spring Boot (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Data/JPA via Hibernate, Spring Security, Spring Modulith), JUnit, Flyway, QueryDSL, GraphQL, REST API, Node, npm, Maven, SonarQube, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Nexus, OpenAPI + Swagger UI, Keycloak, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, IntelliJ IDEA, Jira, Confluence.

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Jacqueline H.

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Düsseldorf
Jacqueline H.

Last position:

Kitchen Appliance Manufacturer

  • Setting up and enhancing an international subscription management system

  • Migrating and decommissioning a Hybris-SAP system and integrating Zuora

  • Implementing numerous interfaces to various systems (external and internal)

  • Setting up and improving monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and Databricks

  • Introducing logging with Loki

  • Implementing business requirements using jQuery, Thymeleaf, Spring Boot, Java, Go, and Python

  • Adjusting and extending the GitLab CI pipelines

  • Setting up and extending infrastructure as code with Terraform and ArgoCD on AWS

  • Setting up and running E2E and performance tests

  • Expanding the Databricks business intelligence solution to provide various KPIs

  • Responsibilities: Architecture, DevOps, development, unit tests, coaching employees and apprentices, E2E, smoke, and integration tests, agile methods consulting (Kanban, Scrum)

  • Technologies and methods: Java, Go, Kotlin, Node.js, Spring Boot, SOAP/REST, Quarkus, Thymeleaf, Vaadin, Slack, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, GitLab, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Maven, Gradle, GitLab CI, Databricks

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Statistics of experts using Ansible

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

18 years (Germany: 19 years)

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf have 18 years of professional experience on average. It is 1 year less than in Germany, where the average stands at 19 years.

Position duration

2.8 years

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf stay in a single position for 2.8 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

14 (Germany: 13)

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf have completed 14 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 1 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 13.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Operations, Product Development

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Energy, Manufacturing

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf are most in demand in Information Technology, Energy, and Manufacturing.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.

Bachelor's degree or higher

75% (Germany: 81%)

75% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 6% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 81%.

Master's degree or higher

50% (Germany: 47%)

50% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf hold at least a Master's degree. It is 3% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 47%.

Certifications per freelancer

3

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, Persian

Ansible experts in Düsseldorf most often speak German, English, and Persian.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

100% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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11% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf charge less than €480 per day.
11% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf charge between €480 and €560 per day.
22% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf charge between €640 and €720 per day.
56% of Ansible experts in Düsseldorf charge €720 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Düsseldorf 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 Düsseldorf using Ansible

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 702 €
Germany avg. 792 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 720 €
Germany median 800 €

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.

Ansible experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Information Technology (89%)
  • Energy (67%)
  • Manufacturing (67%)
  • Banking and Finance (56%)
  • Insurance (44%)
  • Retail (44%)
  • Transportation (33%)
  • Government and Administration (33%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What Ansible does

Ansible is an open-source automation tool for configuring systems, deploying applications and coordinating operational tasks. It uses readable YAML playbooks and connects to managed hosts without requiring an agent on each machine. Teams use it to make infrastructure changes repeatable, reviewable and easier to scale.

Core automation

Ansible specialists create playbooks, roles and inventories that describe the desired state of servers and services. They automate Linux and Windows administration, package installation, user management, secrets handling and application releases. Idempotent tasks help prevent repeated runs from producing unwanted changes.

Ecosystem and tooling

The wider ecosystem includes Ansible Core, Ansible Automation Platform, Automation Controller, Ansible Galaxy and collections. Strong professionals work with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Vault, SSH, YAML and Jinja2 templates. They also connect Ansible with cloud services, containers, Kubernetes and infrastructure tools such as Terraform.

Where companies use it

  • Provisioning consistent development, test and production environments
  • Deploying services across virtual machines, cloud accounts and data centres
  • Applying security baselines, patches and compliance configurations
  • Orchestrating multi-step releases, failover and recovery procedures

Ansible is common in technology, manufacturing, logistics, finance and public-sector environments. In Düsseldorf, specialists may support regional infrastructure teams on site or collaborate remotely with international groups.

When freelance expertise helps

Companies often bring in freelance Ansible professionals during cloud migrations, platform standardisation, release automation or operational clean-up. External expertise is useful when playbooks have become difficult to maintain, environments drift apart or internal teams need a clear automation structure. A focused engagement can also prepare documentation and handover materials.

What strong specialists bring

Good Ansible experts understand the systems they automate, not only the syntax of a playbook. They design reusable roles, manage secrets safely, test changes before rollout and build clear failure handling. They can explain trade-offs between Ansible, shell scripts, Puppet, Chef and Terraform, then choose the right boundary for each tool. Careful communication matters when remote work spans languages, time zones and production responsibilities.

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Frequently asked questions

Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Ansible.

Ansible is used to automate configuration management, server provisioning, application deployment and operational workflows. It can coordinate changes across physical machines, virtual machines, cloud resources and network equipment. Its agentless approach and readable YAML playbooks make it practical for repeatable infrastructure tasks.

Ansible is often chosen for procedural orchestration, configuration and deployment tasks, while Terraform focuses primarily on provisioning infrastructure through declarative plans. Puppet and Chef are also configuration-management tools, but they commonly rely on a stronger agent-based model and different language conventions. Many teams use these tools together rather than treating them as direct substitutes.

A strong Ansible specialist usually understands Linux, Windows or network operations, Git, CI/CD and YAML. Useful adjacent knowledge includes Python, Jinja2, SSH, secrets management, cloud services, containers and Kubernetes. Experience with testing, monitoring and incident response helps turn automation into dependable operations.

The right level depends on the scope, risk and existing automation. A contained playbook or role may need a specialist who can work within established conventions, while a migration or platform-wide redesign requires deeper knowledge of inventories, testing, security and release processes. The professional should be able to show relevant deliverables and explain their design decisions.

Yes. Ansible work is often suitable for remote collaboration because playbooks, inventories and reviews can be managed through shared repositories and controlled access. On-site work can still help with restricted environments, hardware-related tasks or workshops, while clear English or German communication may matter for teams in Düsseldorf.

Clarify the target environments, access model, source-control workflow, deployment process and definition of success. Ask how the professional handles secrets, idempotency, testing, rollback and documentation. It is also important to define whether the scope covers Ansible Core, Ansible Automation Platform or integrations with other tools.

Look for modular roles, meaningful names, limited duplication and playbooks that can be safely run more than once. Quality work includes validation, linting or tests, protected secrets, useful logs and documented assumptions. A capable Ansible professional can demonstrate how changes are reviewed, tested and rolled back.

Typical deliverables include inventories, playbooks, reusable roles, collections, templates, variable structures and CI checks. A specialist may also provide migration plans, Automation Controller configuration, runbooks and operational documentation. The final result should make future changes understandable and safe for the internal team.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Ansible in their recent projects is 88 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 702 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Ansible in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Ansible in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Ansible in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Persian (11%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Ansible in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Energy (67%), and Manufacturing (67%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Ansible in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (78%), and Product Development (67%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Ansible

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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