AWS CloudFormation Experts in Germany
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Kiriakos Krastillis
Last position:
Tech Lead / Architect : OTTO API Platform at OTTO
maturing their API Practices on both, a Business and Technology level. My role encompasses strategy, architecture, developer advocacy as well as hands on software engineering, enabling both technical teams and business leadership to adopt and act on API- centric principles effectively. Coincidentally, we also establish GitOps, DX and Platform Best practices with this project.
Highlights:
- Aligning executives with the initiative by clarifying strategy, replacing misconceptions and myths with facts, clarifying the value of existing assets and enabling informed decision-making
- Formulating a way forward for API Lifecycle Management at OTTO
- Driving platform progress and fostering developer engagement by hands-on engineering work towards strategic goals
API Lifecycle Management, Team Topologies, Organizational Evolution, Regulatory, Platform Advocate, Developer Platform, Communities of Practice, Terraform, Kotlin, Kafka, Kong, WSO2, Apigee, Gravitee, Backstage, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, API Design, AWS, react, nodejs, typescript, redocly, reactive programming, CDC, golang, gingonic, GitOps, DX (developer experience), stakeholder management, roadmaps, workshops, discovery.
Salim Chehab
Last position:
Cloud / Systems Architect
- Development and introduction of operational processes
- Preparation of complete documentation packages (including emergency management and operations) to meet compliance requirements
- Introduction of a workshop on IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Professional consulting for the project's security concept (ISMS)
- Installation and operation of Kubernetes clusters on AWS, on-prem, and Azure
- Design of hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem, Hetzner, AWS)
- Analysis and resolution of incidents and system outages
- Network changes to firewall rules, gateways, OpenVPN settings, and IPsec tunnel (pfSense)
- Professional consulting on BitBucket, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Consulting on Ansible deployments and infrastructure automation
- Consulting on building a scalable system in the cloud (AWS / Azure)
- Technologies / Tools: Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, VPN, pfSense, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, GitLab Runner, ISMS, Golang, Prometheus, Grafana, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Cognito, OIDC, Harbor, MinIO, Postgres, Redis, Keycloak, Ceph, Proxmox, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Flux CD, Hetzner, IONOS, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Entra ID, Dex IdP, Pulumi
Julius Herrera Glomm
Last position:
Freelancer at Freelancer — Pharma Industry
- Led migration to GCP using Terraform, GKE, and GitOps, improving deployment consistency and scalability
- Implemented Datadog observability stack via Terraform and datadog-operator
- Established automated end-to-end tests and on-call processes, improving incident response and service reliability
- Migrated from NGINX Ingress Controller to Kubernetes Gateway API (NGINX Gateway Fabric)
- Migrated stateful services (PostgreSQL and Redis) to GCP, improving scalability and operational reliability
Santhosh Kannan
Last position:
Freelance Software Engineer at Zalando SE
- Support Authorization as a Service initiative for enterprise-scale authorization platform
- Incorporate comprehensive observability solutions into authorization infrastructure
- Provision and manage AWS infrastructure for authorization services
- Mentor development team on AWS and Kubernetes best practices
- Tech Stack: Java/Kotlin, Golang, Python, OPA, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana
Philipp Dölker
Last position:
IT Architect & IT Product Manager at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
- Optimization of software lifecycle processes for SAP platform apps (BTP CAP)
- Development of template MCP servers for S/4 CALM systems of Porsche AI (BTP)
- Design, development, and IT product management for two MS CoPilot custom agents supporting SAP systems (incl. MCP integration)
- Lead Center of Practice: AI-assisted ABAP development
- Initiation and coordination of the proof of concept implementation of conduct.ai
- Advising application teams on software and integration architecture, clean core principles and implementation, as well as AI use on the SAP platform
Christof Hlipala
Last position:
Senior Frontend Developer at HUK24 AG
- Designing new apps as well as enhancing and running 29 Angular apps for digital claims in an Nx monorepo
- Maintaining and improving a shared component library with ~300 libraries for multiple product teams
- Migrating all apps to a new design system including its component library and systematic refactoring
- Developing and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AWS)
- Managing releases independently including branch handling, versioning, PR coordination and production deployment
- Implementing and maintaining tracking (Adobe Analytics)
- Ensuring accessibility according to BFSG/WCAG
- Test-driven development (TDD) with Jest and Cypress
- Code reviews, mentoring and setting up best practices in the team
- Technologies: TypeScript, Angular 16-20, RxJS, NgRx, Nx (Monorepo), npm, HTML, (S)CSS, Storybook, Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Husky, Node.js, Git, AWS, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines), Jenkins, Terraform, TDD, BFSG, WCAG, Nexus, IntelliJ, Adobe Analytics
Marina Kornilova
Last position:
Independent Software Developer at LILARAUM
- Independently designed, developed, published, and maintained mobile games for iOS and Android.
- Implemented application architecture, gameplay systems, UI, monetization, analytics, and platform integrations.
- Managed the complete release lifecycle, including testing, store publication, production monitoring, and iterative improvements based on analytics.
Thorsten Boock
Last position:
Senior Backend Engineer at VTG Rail Europe
traigo is VTG's digital rail logistics and fleet management platform. It processes large volumes of telemetry, mileage, geofence, sensor and wagon-movement events in near real time and provides operational services for rail logistics customers across Europe.
As part of Team Customer Selfcare, I worked on the design, implementation, optimisation and operation of large-scale backend services and event-driven processing pipelines — covering both feature development and operational ownership of business-critical production systems. I also regularly acted as first responder for production incidents, data inconsistencies and performance investigations across multiple distributed services.
- Design and implementation of event-driven backend services.
- Migration and replacement of legacy processing pipelines.
- Development of replay / rebuild mechanisms for large event datasets.
- High-throughput asynchronous event processing on SNS / SQS.
- Database and query optimisation for PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.
- Design of scalable read / write models and aggregation pipelines.
- Production troubleshooting and operational support.
- Performance tuning and infrastructure scaling.
- Design and stabilisation of integration and system tests.
- Technical concepts, architecture documentation, and cross-team collaboration.
- Support the further development of existing GitLab CI/CD pipelines
Geofence & Wagon Stay Processing
- Algorithm to detect vehicles within geofences (entry, exit, dwell time).
- Event sourcing with guaranteed chronological order within the affected time window.
- Refactored geofence event and wagon-stay processing logic for performance.
- Resolved race conditions and event-ordering problems in distributed services; server-side filtering, aggregation and optimised query pipelines.
- Repair and replay tooling for corrupted or inconsistent movement data.
Fleet Metadata & Mileage
- Modernised the service; migrated storage from DynamoDB to PostgreSQL to improve traceability and accelerate new features.
- Scalable mileage aggregation and replay mechanisms.
- Read / write models and optimised queries for high-volume mileage calculations.
Sensor & Telematics Integration
- Integrated telemetry and sensor processing pipelines.
- Snapshot and state-calculation logic for sensor systems.
- APIs and persistence models for wagon sensor data; data-quality improvements.
- Further development of a service using gRPC for intra-service communication.
Movement Segment Processing & Routing
- Migrated services to new movement-segment event streams.
- Built replay and rebuild tooling for segment correction.
- Optimised throughput and reliability for high-volume event processing.
Condition Monitoring & Wagon Analytics
- APIs and backend services for wagon condition monitoring.
- Brake-wear prediction processing and wagon analytics functionality.
- PostgreSQL views and optimised query models for operational dashboards.
Operational Reliability - First Responder
- Investigated production incidents and distributed-system failures; DLQ analysis, replay and operational recovery.
- Tuned database performance and AWS infrastructure under production load.
- Improved observability, monitoring and operational tooling.
- Supported rollout strategies, monitoring and post-deployment stabilisation.
Nune Isabekyan
Last position:
Fractional CTO at OpsWorker
OpsWorker turns Kubernetes alerts into root-cause analyses, on top of the monitoring a team already runs. I lead the technical side: the agent architecture, the AWS infrastructure it runs on (fully inside EU regions), and the engineering decisions behind it, read-only in the cluster by default, human in the loop for judgment. The stack underneath: Amazon Bedrock and Bedrock AgentCore, agents built with the Strands Agents SDK, the Claude and OpenAI APIs, and the Kubernetes API.
Marc Matt
Last position:
Freelance Data Specialist at BrightlySoftware – A Siemens Company
- Migration of customer data from a private cloud to AWS
- Optimizing data transformation jobs and migration from Talend to AWS Glue
- Automation of all migration steps
- Used technologies: AWS, Python, Lambda, CloudFormation, SQLServer, AWS Stepfunctions, Glue, PySpark
Tan Pham
Last position:
DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team at Rise-World
- Implementation of specified DevOps solutions to automate infrastructure (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible) on-premises datacenter (Ovirt, Proxmox, Ceph Cluster, MinIO) and private cloud.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of CI/CD DevOps pipelines (GitLab, GitFlow) to support development process (Artifactory, Prometheus, Istio, service mesh, Helm Chart, OpenShift (Red Hat Enterprise) / Kubernetes cluster), Red Hat Satellite.
- Administration, setup, monitoring and patching of Linux infrastructure based on Red Hat Enterprise for Dev, Test and QA.
- Use of Scrum and Kanban methods.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of security standards for deploying on Dev, Test, QA and Prod stages of the new ePA applications.
- Development of new plugins and add-ons needed on current infrastructure.
- Database support.
- Data analytics support (Python, Spark, Pandas, Power BI, Splunk Enterprise).
- Implementation of best practices for DevSecOps and BizDevOps using GitOps (ArgoCD), Streamlit framework, Semaphore Ansible UI.
- Configuration and testing of iperf, uperf, sysbench using benchmark-operator for external source data and IoT/MDM devices, creating reports via ELK / OpenSearch.
- Building a new Databricks platform to collect and analyze big data from different sources and IoT devices into Hadoop framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Power BI, Apache Airflow).
- Building backend data aggregation and processing to automate configuration deployment between different OpenShift clusters and big data framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Django 2, Ansible Automation, Jira JSM).
- Building a new ML pipeline platform using Kubeflow, TensorFlow, KServe.
- Data extraction, transformation and loading from different data sources including structured and unstructured data to analytic DWH / big data cluster using Python, Pandas, Polars, Power BI, Django backend and PostgreSQL.
- Setup of new DevOps Test and QA HashiCorp Vault cluster for PKI and IAM.
- Configuration and testing of automated patching based on CVSS score, SIEM-integrated CVEs.
- Use of Nexpose and InsightVM to scan vulnerability events in network, host, container and application.
- Design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS architectures including VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and Route53 and similar setups on Azure and GCP.
- Automated system provisioning and deployment using CloudFormation templates.
- Configuration of IAM roles, policies and permissions to ensure secure access control.
- Patch management, backup automation and disaster recovery setup on AWS infrastructure.
- Monitoring and optimization of system performance using AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
- Support of VMware services (vSphere, Aria, Horizon) and the virtual desktop environment.
- Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline with interface to Nutanix.
- Configuration of AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system events.
- Planning and execution of migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud platforms.
- Deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS environments.
- Deployment of internal software packages between availability zones using AWS CodeDeploy.
- Building and deploying ML models using Scikit-learn, XGBoost and Spark MLlib including hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation and production deployment.
Walid El Sayed Aly
Last position:
Solution Architect & DevOps Consultant at Extra Something – IT Consulting
- Technical leadership and architecture for enterprise clients (including LR Health & Beauty, Deutsche Bahn, Trusted Shops)
- Cloud migration, microservices architectures, CI/CD optimization
Vitaliy Ryumshyn
Last position:
DevOps GitOps (temp) at Signal Iduna
- Responsible for Openshift/Kubernetes on-prem administration and developer support.
- Developed URP infrastructure automation with Python, Ansible, Kustomize and ArgoCD, Argo Workflow/Events stack.
- Wrote smoke and load tests for URP infrastructure utilizing Python, Kustomize and ApplicationSets.
- Helped to set up and deploy URP infrastructure in Google Cloud, GKE.
- Set up monitoring for URP and ArgoCD stack with Splunk Cloud.
- Performed system administration tasks across RedHat Linux, Kubernetes/Openshift, ArgoCD, GitLab, Bitbucket Enterprise, Kafka and MongoDB.
Niklas Grieger
Last position:
Senior Full Stack Developer at L1R1 technologies GmbH
- Migrated the Billomat API integration to InvoiceNinja API, boosting system reliability by 33% for 1300 users.
- Established an ESLint configuration with Husky and lint-staged, resulting in a 23% decrease in code review issues and refined code consistency across 5 repositories.
- Improved team processes by refining the Kanban workflow.
- Optimized frontend performance, built a new CI/CD pipeline, and implemented AWS resource monitoring to strengthen deployment reliability and system observability.
Tobias Nawa
Last position:
Enterprise & Solutions Architect
- Building an independent enterprise IT setup — cloud strategy, network, AWS landing zone, security requirements, contract negotiations.
- Migration of all applications; avoiding high contractual penalties for the client.
- Onboarding and coordination o...
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Statistics of experts using AWS CloudFormation
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
56%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
English, German, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates of experts in Germany using AWS CloudFormation
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
Infrastructure as code
AWS CloudFormation turns AWS infrastructure into versioned templates. Teams use it to define networks, compute, security, storage, and application stacks in a repeatable way. It fits well when you need controlled deployments, clear change tracking, and the same setup across accounts or environments.
What teams build
- VPCs, subnets, route tables, and security groups
- EC2, ECS, Lambda, and load-balanced application stacks
- IAM roles, KMS keys, S3 buckets, and CloudWatch resources
- Multi-account and multi-environment AWS foundations
Strong specialists know how to break large systems into nested stacks and separate shared services from app-specific parts. They also understand when CloudFormation is the right fit and when a module-based approach in Terraform or the AWS CDK may be easier for a team.
Ecosystem and tooling
CloudFormation work often touches the broader AWS toolchain. Experts combine templates with change sets, stack policies, parameters, outputs, and conditions to keep releases predictable. They may also use cfn-lint, CloudFormation Guard, SAM, or the CDK when the project needs stronger validation or faster template authoring.
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance CloudFormation experts when stacks are hard to maintain, deployments fail, or infrastructure has grown across many accounts. They are also useful for migrations from manual setup to infrastructure as code, for template reviews, and for rescue work after inconsistent changes have caused drift.
In Germany, this work is often remote, but some teams prefer on-site help during audits, platform redesigns, or critical migration windows. Clear documentation in English is usually expected; German is helpful when the operating team works locally.
What good experts do
A strong professional writes templates that are readable, reusable, and safe to change. They know how to manage dependencies, avoid circular references, and make rollback paths practical. They also think beyond the stack itself: naming, tags, permissions, and lifecycle rules all matter.
Common project needs
- Template cleanup and standardisation
- Migration from ad hoc AWS setup to CloudFormation
- Drift detection and stack repair
- Review of security, permissions, and deployment flow
The best experts can explain trade-offs clearly. They keep templates maintainable for the next person, not just deployable today.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about AWS CloudFormation? Start with the answers below.
AWS CloudFormation is used to define and manage AWS infrastructure with templates instead of manual clicks. Companies rely on it for repeatable environments, safer releases, and controlled changes across stacks, accounts, and regions. It is a strong fit when infrastructure needs to be tracked like code.
CloudFormation is AWS-native and works directly with AWS resource models, so it is often the baseline for infrastructure as code on AWS. Terraform is broader across vendors, while the CDK lets teams define infrastructure in a programming language and then synthesize templates. The right choice depends on team habits, governance, and how AWS-specific the estate is.
A CloudFormation specialist helps when stacks become hard to update, deployments break, or drift has built up between templates and live resources. They are also valuable during migrations from manual setup, template refactoring, or recovery after a failed release. If the team needs safe changes and cleaner structure, outside help pays off quickly.
A good CloudFormation expert usually also understands IAM, VPC design, EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, and CloudWatch. They should be comfortable with YAML or JSON, stack updates, change sets, and validation tools such as cfn-lint or Guard. Security and environment design matter as much as template syntax.
Yes, AWS CloudFormation can support large estates, but it needs good structure. Nested stacks, reusable templates, and careful parameter design help keep the system maintainable. For multi-account work, experts also pay close attention to permissions, drift, and how shared services are separated from application stacks.
Simple CloudFormation tasks may only need one expert who can clean up templates or fix a deployment path. Larger platform work needs someone who has already designed reusable patterns, handled rollbacks, and supported multiple environments. The more critical the stack, the more important proven release discipline becomes.
For most AWS CloudFormation work, remote collaboration is enough because templates, reviews, and deployment fixes can be handled online. On-site time can still help during workshops, security reviews, or high-risk migration periods. In Germany, many teams work in English, but local language skills can help with operations and stakeholder alignment.
Look for a CloudFormation professional who writes readable templates, uses modular patterns, and explains trade-offs clearly. Good signs include careful handling of IAM, stack updates, drift, and rollback paths. Ask for examples of how they improved maintainability, not just whether they can make a stack deploy.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used AWS CloudFormation in their recent projects is 98 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 782 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used AWS CloudFormation in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used AWS CloudFormation in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used AWS CloudFormation in their recent projects are English (100%), German (97%), and Spanish (15%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used AWS CloudFormation in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Retail (47%), and Banking and Finance (45%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used AWS CloudFormation in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (80%), and Operations (60%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used AWS CloudFormation
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