ARIS Experts
to map, improve and govern business processes with fast, precise AI matchingHire experts who model end-to-end processes, configure ARIS Governance and analyze process performance across complex organizations. FRATCH connects you with vetted, available freelancers whose ARIS experience matches your project quickly and precisely.
Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used ARIS
Gerhard K.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager and Site Manager at HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH
- Set-up of the data center in Oberkochen (Defence division)
- Planning of the fiber-optic ring and simulation of Wi-Fi coverage
- Installation plan for WAN and LAN cables for office and production (infrastructure)
- Adaptation of the SAP system (R3) for the Oberkochen site (software)
- IT transformation of the SAP system to SAP HANA
- Planning of network infrastructure and server technologies in the SAP environment
- Pre-sales support and establishment of change management
- Independent coordination of utilities according to time, budget and quality
- Mapping of the project in MS Project and SERVICENow
- Development and design of hardware and software
- Demand management and portfolio management
- Set-up of a risk register and migration plan
- Preparation of payment-supporting documents in coordination with the responsible finance and commercial functions
- Budget: 5 million - 34 FTE
Silvia B.
Last position:
Business Consultant - Product Management Banking at Aareal Bank AG
- Focus on optimizing and further developing the internal customer EBICS application
- Functional and technical consulting for Aareal First Financial Solutions AG on EBICS standard products and applications in the areas of operations and further development, as well as project-related communication with external development partners and the product manufacturer to implement the corresponding technical optimizations
- As the functional coordinator, providing advice on content-related and regulatory requirements as well as technical prerequisites and requirements, and bringing these together at the functional level
- Consulting on the use of EBICS formats
- Reviewing the current EBICS standard for optimization and further development potential
- Analyzing the current state to identify development potential and deriving appropriate recommendations for action while considering regulatory requirements
- Conducting EBICS tests throughout the project
- Functional responsibility for requirements management and, in this context, recording and documenting requirements for such tests
- Designing a functional and sustainable test management system
- Conducting and evaluating tests
- Consulting on sustainable quality assurance and audits
- Project language: German and English
- Tools/Methods: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, TestRail, Confluence, Jira, Business Logics Bankkrecher, Business Logics Test Data Generator, Business Logics Banking Tool, Business Logics Test System, DBEAVER, Squirrel, Unix Virtual Machines, WinSCP, Kitty, Putty, various Aareal Bank products, Online Banking Portal, Aareal Sign, core banking system, SAP Blue Eagle, SAP RE-FX, Aareon Wodis Sigma, Haufe Real Estate Wowinex, GAP Group Immotion, UTS Karthago, SAP IS-U/Waste, SIV kVASy, various EBICS clients
Paul K.
Last position:
Program Manager – Multi-Project Operational Stabilization (Operational Excellence) at ITDZ - IT Service Center Berlin
- Overall leadership of several strategic operations projects focusing on Workplace Services, SLA Framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as the introduction of system monitoring and feasibility studies for 24x7 operations, in some cases including implementation in ServiceNow
- Creation of various ServiceNow operating concepts covering training, access rights, and emergency management as part of a new cloud hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
- Executive board reports and leadership of steering committees as part of company-wide strategic objectives, as well as the establishment of new balanced scorecards for measuring KPIs related to optimization-driven project results
Matthias S.
Last position:
Cross-Functional Project Coordinator at Bundeswehr Informatik (BWI GmbH)
- PMO Lead, Security Clearance Level 2 (SÜ2) cleared
- Reported to the GMN sub-program management
- Maintenance of 25+ systems
- Functional management and coordination of the Jira setup
- Preparation of decision papers (e.g., project planning, governance model, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
- Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence; creation of a Jira concept
- Development of an access concept for all project tools
- Analysis of existing processes, identification of improvement potential, and design of solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches into existing tools
- Creation of intranet articles for project marketing
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning within the sub-program
- Agile further development of the project methodology
- Gathering customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
- Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, 500+ million budget)
Khalid E.
Last position:
Lead Architect & Developer at kem-consulting
Development of an agent-based governance platform for the automated assurance of EU AI Act compliance and ODA-compliant orchestration of AI services in complex enterprise environments.
Design and implementation of an agent-based "Mission Control" framework (Aletheia Conductor) for autonomous state monitoring and process control.
Development of "Compliance-as-Code" (CaC) solutions based on OPA/Rego for system-wide enforcement of regulatory guardrails.
Integration of TM Forum ODA standards (TMF630, TMF622, TMF642) to ensure interoperability and standardization.
Building a highly available event-driven architecture using Redpanda and CloudEvents v1.0 for near-real-time event processing.
Implementation of an audit-proof "Evidence Chain" through cryptographic linking of trace logs in preparation for automated audits.
Tech Stack: Java 21 (Quarkus Native), TypeScript (Next.js), Redpanda (Kafka API), CloudEvents v1.0, OPA (Open Policy Agent) & Rego, TimescaleDB, ZincSearch, Redis, TM Forum ODA, Git, GitHub, Clean Code Development, Like-C4.
Christian F.
Last position:
Architecture Management at Agency
Expert in the company's architecture management area
Support for standardizing the company's IT landscape
Further development of architecture management
Shaping the company's business architecture
Restructuring, administration and maintenance of all IT assets
Support in creating a unified software asset management and CMDB
Creation of unified document management (e-file)
Transition of documents into a central DMS structure
Link between architecture management and the department's internal business process management
Support in developing strategic and tactical development plans
Organizing communication with key stakeholders
Support in the conception, organization and coordination of the architecture office to be built up
Accompanying and advising the entire architecture management process
Advising the company's business units on architectural topics and their framework conditions
MS Office, Windows 10, VBA
ITIL, TOGAF, PowerBi, Kanban, Scrum
Internal agency tools
Open Touch Conversation, Webex, wire, bdbos
MS Sharepoint, JIRA, Confluence
ARIS, Archimate, BPMN
Johannes H.
Last position:
Business Analyst for Riester subsidy management migration at Insurance company
- Analysis of the Riester subsidy GeVos for provider change 2.0 in the AZUR subsidy management system
- Representation of the GeVos in BPMN 2.0 with Draw.io and Adonis
- Analysis of the data sets exchanged with the life insurance policy administration system and migration to the msg data sets
- Design and mapping of the interfaces to the new msg.ZulagenVerwaltung for various Riester subsidy GeVos at data field level
Hans-Dieter G.
Last position:
Training as an AI Expert
I continuously expand my expertise in AI and automation. I work with ChatGPT, OpenAI, Manus, Gemini, MS CoPilot, APIs, LangChain, Hugging Face, Manus, TensorFlow, and Auto-GPT, as well as Python-based ML frameworks and MLOps tools, to intelligently transform traditional software development, analysis, and testing processes.
Humayun S.
Last position:
Senior Test Manager - Lead at Star Finanz GmbH
- QA Lead for end-to-end quality assurance of the Sparkasse & Sparkasse Business banking apps (iOS/Android); design and implementation of the test strategy, including functional testing, regression testing, and UAT for eID, push notifications, and white-label components
- Creation and maintenance of test concepts and test plans in TestRail; structured defect management and error analysis; stakeholder management and risk management for the early identification of critical quality risks
- Accessibility testing according to WCAG 2.1 (iOS/Android); coordination of AI-supported test automation and optimization of test processes to shorten release cycles
- Release Management: planning, controlling, and coordinating all test activities; status reporting to management and stakeholders; quality assessment of releases and release recommendations in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Challenge: Highly complex build and release process across several Sparkasse institutions; close coordination with the DevOps team to stabilize the CI/CD pipeline and ensure reproducible test builds before each release.
Tools: Jira, Confluence, TestRail, Android Studio, Xcode, Firebase, Jenkins, GA4
- Success: Successful launch of the eID authentication process - quality assurance ensured for 50+ Sparkasse institutions
Maciej S.
Last position:
Product Owner at Bundesagentur für Arbeit
- As part of the project, the further development of the identity management system was driven forward. This included a comprehensive refactoring of the interfaces to the connected target systems. In addition, several special systems were successfully connected to the IAM to ensure end-to-end identity and authorization management.
- Technical design and solution proposals for IAM system development
- Requirements analysis and requirements management (IREB, BABOK)
- Alignment of the strategy with the future target architecture (TOGAF)
- Prototyping of solutions
- Documentation of requirements (Innovator)
- Analysis and documentation of requirements and creation of process models (UML, BPMN, ArchiMate)
- Modeling of requirements and system functionalities (OOA/OOD, UML)
- Further development of interfaces (SOAP, REST)
- Carrying out architecture reviews
Franz B.
Last position:
Product Development (AI) at Own initiative
AI telephone assistant platform
Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Python, LLM / Voice-AI, PostgreSQL
- Conception and hands-on development of an AI-supported telephone assistant platform (voice AI / LLM) – from idea and architecture to MVP/product.
- Built agentic workflows and full automations with Claude Code and Google AI Studio.
- Also delivered AI-supported work in client engagements: used Claude Code for governance documentation, requirement drafts, and automations.
Manfred P.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager EfA / OZG Online Services at Senatskanzlei ITD Hamburg, Dataport, Police Hamburg
The online service "Special Use of Streets and No-Parking Zone" was in a partially completed state. The following tasks had to be carried out to reach final completion:
- Preparation of an expert report on the status of the online service, and recommendations for action
- Ensuring that all LEIKAS to be used are available (service catalog / service descriptions of the authorities)
- Creating and aligning concepts for complex IT projects (business/IT concepts, architecture, interfaces, roadmaps)
- Requirements management
- Multi-project management with 3 stakeholders (Police, Dataport, development company)
- Determining resource needs
- Coordination to identify technical requirements through the IT architects
- Creating use cases and test cases
- Creating action items
- Managing external IT service providers
- Coordination and management of all activities
- Conflict resolution / business mediation
- User Acceptance Test (UAT) and acceptance by Hamburg Police (Traffic Directorate, Policy Department, Central Road Traffic Authority)
Technical environment: .NET, EfA minimum requirements, Leikas, Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), HWG (Hamburg Roads Act), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office
Christian F.
Last position:
Department Head (Interim) at Municipal utilities and transport company
- Defined and established the areas of responsibility
- Built a governance model for the department and its areas of responsibility
- IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
- Developed a communications strategy for the group
- Created the IT strategy
- Designed templates, guidelines, and processes for consistent ways of working
- Recorded strategic guidelines and grouped ongoing projects – derived a roadmap for strategic planning
- Reviewed ongoing projects
- Prepared staffing calculations and capacity planning
- Defined job profiles
Arne Z.
Last position:
Managing Director and Shareholder at ARNESS GmbH & Co. KG
- Founded the company as a full-service consulting firm focused on purchasing and supply chain
- Commercial management of the company
- Digitalization and automation of work steps to reduce process costs
- Project management for optimization projects
- Connecting German companies with manufacturers abroad to achieve shorter delivery times and lower procurement costs at the same time
- Organizing B2B meetings between international companies
- Research on procurement markets (BestCostCountry) for the production of complex welded assemblies
- Taking on interim management assignments
Alexander P.
Last position:
Software Project Leader for Brake Control Units at ZF Friedrichshafen / ZF Active Safety GmbH
- Project management for software projects in the brake control unit area with a focus on deadlines, costs, and quality.
- Planning, control, and reporting of project progress, risks, dependencies, and work packages.
- Planning and tracking of work packages using PTC Integrity.
- Organizing and moderating customer meetings as well as coordination with internal departments, external suppliers, and third parties.
- Creating and maintaining project documentation according to Automotive SPICE requirements as well as management reporting.
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Statistics of experts using ARIS
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
3.2 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
52%
Doctorate
2%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 10 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts using ARIS
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 10 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
ARIS 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 (85%)
- Professional Services (66%)
- Banking and Finance (55%)
- Manufacturing (49%)
- Automotive (43%)
- Government and Administration (43%)
- Telecommunication (36%)
- Transportation (35%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What ARIS does
ARIS is a business process management and enterprise architecture platform from Software AG. Companies use it to document how work moves across functions, applications and locations, then analyze processes before changing them. Its models create a shared reference for transformation, compliance and operational improvement.
Core modeling work
ARIS supports structured process modeling with methods such as BPMN, EPC and organizational diagrams. Specialists define activities, roles, systems, data and controls, then connect them in a governed repository. This makes process knowledge searchable, comparable and easier to maintain than disconnected documents.
Platform and tooling
The ARIS ecosystem covers process design, governance, analysis, administration and collaboration. Relevant work may include ARIS Architect, ARIS Designer, ARIS Connect, ARIS Enterprise and ARIS Process Mining, depending on the company’s setup. Strong specialists also understand repositories, conventions, permissions, reports and model versioning.
Where companies use it
- Operating-model and business-process transformation
- ERP implementation and process documentation
- Internal controls, audit preparation and compliance mapping
- Process mining and performance analysis
- Enterprise architecture and application rationalization
ARIS is common in large organizations where many teams must work from consistent process information. It can support manufacturing, finance, insurance, logistics, healthcare and public-sector operations.
When freelance expertise helps
Companies bring in freelance ARIS specialists when a process repository needs structure, an implementation needs independent guidance or an existing model landscape has become unreliable. They may lead discovery workshops, establish modeling standards, migrate content, prepare governance routines or translate findings into practical improvement plans.
What strong specialists deliver
A capable ARIS professional combines modeling discipline with business understanding. They ask precise questions, separate current-state facts from desired-state assumptions and keep links between processes, roles, systems and risks meaningful. Quality is visible in clear models, consistent naming, useful documentation and stakeholders who can maintain the result after handover.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about ARIS.
ARIS is used to model, document, analyze and govern business processes and enterprise architecture. Companies use it for transformation programs, ERP preparation, compliance work, operating-model design and process improvement.
ARIS provides a broader environment than a standalone BPMN editor or a specialist process mining tool. It can connect process models with organizations, applications, risks and controls, while process mining adds evidence from operational data rather than relying only on designed processes.
A strong ARIS specialist often brings BPMN or EPC modeling, process governance, workshop facilitation and enterprise architecture knowledge. Experience with ERP processes, process mining, data analysis, change management or compliance can be valuable depending on the assignment.
The right level depends on the scope and condition of the repository. A contained modeling assignment may need a hands-on specialist, while a company-wide rollout usually benefits from someone who can define methods, manage stakeholders, control quality and guide governance.
ARIS work can often be performed remotely when repository access, modeling conventions and review processes are clearly established. On-site workshops may still help when specialists need to observe operations, align several departments or resolve sensitive ownership questions.
Before engaging an ARIS freelancer, clarify the business outcome, available models, repository structure and target users. It also helps to identify the systems involved, required modeling methods, access constraints and the stakeholders who will approve the deliverables.
Review whether ARIS models are understandable, consistent and connected to the decisions they are meant to support. Check naming rules, ownership, links between related objects, version control and whether business users can validate and maintain the content.
ARIS assignments may involve ARIS Architect, ARIS Designer, ARIS Connect, ARIS Enterprise or ARIS Process Mining. The relevant area depends on whether the work focuses on modeling, collaboration, governance, repository administration or analysis of process execution data.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used ARIS in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 888 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used ARIS in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 52% hold at least a Master's degree, and 2% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used ARIS in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used ARIS in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (27%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used ARIS in their recent projects are Information Technology (85%), Professional Services (66%), and Banking and Finance (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used ARIS in their recent projects are Information Technology (94%), Project Management (94%), and Operations (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used ARIS
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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