BAIT Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used BAIT
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
Onur K.
Last position:
Project Manager & Outsourcing Manager at SENEC GmbH (EnBW Group)
- Built a scalable nearshore IT developer hub (Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland) as an independent company through a BOT model (Build – Operate – Transfer)
- Identified, selected, and managed full-service agencies; introduced management and control mechanisms, including KPIs, SLAs, and regular service reviews
- Prepared and reviewed data processing agreements and framework contracts in coordination with Legal & Compliance; integrated regulatory requirements (including KRITIS) into process design
- Advised on cloud vs. on-premise strategies, data storage, and authorization concepts; supported Procurement with tendering and service provider evaluations
- Managed change and process harmonization between internal teams and nearshore partners; reported to executive management, CFO, and CIO
Result: Scalable IT developer hub with an audit-ready governance model, reduced operating costs, and accelerated product development.
Reza N.
Last position:
Senior IT-Security Expert at Teambank AG
- Completed the integration of log sources into Microsoft Sentinel, including GCP workloads – centralized consolidation of all security-relevant events from Azure and GCP environments for complete end-to-end telemetry and comprehensive compliance evidence
- Developed custom rules and use cases based on the GFG Use-Case Library and the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to cover company-specific threats and GFG-relevant scenarios with precise, mapped detection rules
- Tuned detection rules to minimize false positives, optimized detection thresholds, and modeled exceptions – enabling the SOC to work with relevant, prioritized alerts while reducing Mean Time to Detect/Respond
- Built SOAR capabilities in Sentinel by developing playbooks to automate recurring response processes such as containment, user and host isolation, and ticketing – shorter response times and 24/7 scalability
- Designed and built a log transformation solution to normalize and enrich incoming raw logs (GeoIP, CMDB, threat intelligence) and convert them into a consistent schema for high-performance KQL queries, use case logic, and correlations
- Managed Azure security through Azure Policies to enforce security and compliance standards, prevent drift, and continuously remediate deviations
- Operated the Defender XDR portal to link endpoint, identity, email, and SaaS signals with Sentinel findings, enable holistic incident triage, and orchestrate measures directly from XDR
Technologies: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Azure Policy, KQL, GCP, MITRE ATT&CK
Jens B.
Last position:
Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Brennscheidt IT Consulting
KEY PROJECTS
Since 05/2023 | Bank | Senior Cyber Security Consultant (external)
- Advising and guiding the system owners in creating and further developing IT security concepts
- Coordinating and tracking the remediation of findings from reviews and audits
- Advising on the implementation of regulatory requirements for information security
10/2023 – 02/2024 | Fintech | Project Manager (external)
- Project management to close various audit gaps in the field of information security
- Conceptual design and implementation of an information security management system based on ISO/IEC 27001
- Creation and further development of ISMS documents and processes
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
Günther E.
Last position:
IT Security & Governance Consulting (DORA & NIS2): at Freelance Assignment
Strategic consulting for the development and strengthening of ISMS structures (ISO 27001 / BSI IT-Grundschutz), including onboarding, gap analyses, and preparation of the IT organization for DORA requirements (ICT third-party risk) and NIS2 compliance. Auditing compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
Firas J.
Last position:
Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM at French-German Private Bank
- Head of the group-wide, international, and cross-functional IT Governance & IAM department within the central IT division of a large French-German private banking group. Disciplinary management of around 30 employees at five different locations within the group (Frankfurt, Paris, Tunis, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf). Head of IT committees and key role in direct communication with management, the supervisory board, external stakeholders, and regulators.
- Definition and establishment of a state-of-the-art IT strategy process and related IT governance structures for the group's IT department with more than 600 employees (testified by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and the ACPR) and successful process run.
- Establishment of a new future-oriented process framework for IT and necessary governance structures (process squads) for the continuous improvement of IT processes with regard to new regulatory requirements (including DORA, EU AI Act, etc.).
- Establishment of stringent processes to close a historical backlog of findings (> 100 IT findings, 40 overdue findings in 2022) from internal and external auditors (WP, ACPR, BaFin). Successful reduction of stock of overdue findings to 0 at the end of 2025.
- Supporting more than 20 IT audits per year and establishment of regulatory monitoring processes. Introduction of ServiceNow to revolutionize regulatory change and IT compliance processes with advanced AI functionalities.
- Realignment of IT control processes in conjunction with the newly established ICT risk function under DORA and the three lines of defense concept using the TopEase GRC solution.
- Reduction of the application landscape, by systematically analysing the purpose with application and business owners, identifying duplicates while implementing a One-Tool Strategy throughout the group. Successful reduction of one third of the application landscape within the CMDB.
- Onboarding of all group applications into One Identity's group-wide IAM solution, as well as operation and further development of the solution in connection with segregation of duties (SoD), role-based access management (RBAC), etc.
Karl-Heinz R.
Last position:
Supporting the further development of a European IT branch service organization (15 countries) at European retail company (discount retailer)
- Documenting the current Incident Management, IT Service Request Management, Problem Management, Change Management and Service Configuration Management processes (including CMDB)
- Conducting maturity assessments for these processes based on the ITIL® 4 Maturity Model
- Analyzing the various service value streams based on the ITIL® 4 value stream model
- Agreeing on maturity levels for the assessed processes
- Developing and approving a roadmap to achieve and measure the respective maturity levels
- Presenting the approach, including milestones, to management for approval
- Managing external service providers in 1st Level Support
Dustin D.
Last position:
External consultant at Deutsche Leasing
2nd LoD/Change the Bank (CtB)
- CtB: External consultant and workstream lead for rectifying findings by BaFin following a special IT audit in the 2nd LoD, management of the work package for revising the ICT Risk Management & ICT Asset Classification in accordance with DORA Chapter 2, the processes for structural analysis, protection requirements, and control assessments (4 FTEs).
Robert K.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Group Leader in the IT Operations & Digitalization Division "Databases, Operations & Support" (DOS) at Landwirtschaftliche RentenBank
- Technical leadership and further development of a team of 28 IT staff (internal & external) in the areas HelpDesk/HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basis operations
- Managing external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basis operations)
- Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
- Introducing and establishing regular communication formats (weekly status meetings, team and cross-department meetings)
- Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows/Linux with database and web/application servers)
- Supporting transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
- Setting up and implementing a digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
- Developing and managing the "IT Operations DOS" department based on corporate strategy
- Preparing management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
- Representing the department in the advisory boards of the Rentenbank and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, GDPR, BSI, MaRisk)
Florian B.
Last position:
Business Architect — Project Organization Blueprint for Restructuring
Tasks & results:
- Developed measures to improve management steering during a restructuring program (approx. 80 participants)
- Set up a PMO to ensure transparency, reporting and data-driven decisions
- Created an integration template to transfer team s...
Peter K.
Last position:
IT Audit Expert at Sparkasse
Support for Internal Audit:
Conducting an audit of the data protection officer and data protection management:
- Preparing an audit program based on the audit field concept
- Requesting the necessary audit documentation
- Carrying out control testing based on the audit program with the following focus:
- Reviewing the relevant PPS processes
- Reviewing the data protection mission statement, data protection policy, and data protection management concept
- Conducting audit interviews with the data protection officer
- Preparing the audit documentation
- Training a junior auditor in the methodology of Internal Audit
- Coordinating the audit documentation with the head of audit
Matthias M.
Last position:
Project Manager at HSBC
- Project Manager for banking projects
- Management and coordination of the projects 'XONTRO T7 Migration' and 'UNO – Unified for New Opportunities'. Management of international stakeholders, preparation and leadership of steering committees, and coordination between departments, exchanges, and external partners.
- Project management of the strategic projects 'XONTRO T7 Migration' and 'UNO – Unified for New Opportunities'
- Management of international stakeholders including exchanges, custodians, and external project partners
- Coordination of functional and technical test activities at the exchanges between trading, IT, accounting, and mid-/back office
- Facilitation of steering committees at management level
- Preparation of decision papers, status reports, and risk analyses
- Conduct analyses in the areas of reporting (compliance, regulatory reporting, etc.), taxes on securities transactions & custody accounts, process analysis
- Enforcement of required requirements/specifications
- Coordination between business, IT, operations, and external market participants
- Coordination and alignment with external market participants, service providers, exchanges, and other project stakeholders
Pierre G.
Last position:
Ansible Automation, Windows Third Level Support at DB InfraGO AG
- PRISMA project
- Ansible automation
- Windows third-level support for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2013, Windows 2016, Windows 2019
Ralf B.
Last position:
Test Manager and Subproject Manager at SvenMahn IT GmbH & Co. KG
- Managed the Test & Acceptance & Quality Assurance subproject
- Project/program management according to Prince2
- Created and updated the subproject plan
- Managed resources
- Created and carried out tests, created tests in Azure DevOps, MS Dynamics etc.
- Process modeling
- Documented project progress with PowerPoint and SÖREN (in-house development)
- Acceptance of the respective tests by the end customer
- Monitoring and reporting of the subproject
- Budget: N/A
- Team: 4 people
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Statistics of experts using BAIT
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
2.4 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
49%
Doctorate
12%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
BAIT 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 (88%)
- Information Technology (85%)
- Professional Services (58%)
- Insurance (41%)
- Government and Administration (41%)
- Manufacturing (36%)
- Automotive (31%)
- Energy (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What BAIT covers
BAIT, or Bankaufsichtliche Anforderungen an die IT, sets supervisory expectations for the safe organisation of information technology in German financial institutions. It addresses IT governance, information risk management, information security, user authorisation, IT operations and application development. The framework works alongside broader regulatory requirements rather than replacing them.
Governance and risk
BAIT expertise connects board-level responsibility with practical controls. Specialists define IT strategies, responsibilities, risk ownership and reporting lines. They assess critical processes, document control objectives and align technology decisions with the institution’s risk profile. Clear evidence helps management and auditors understand how controls operate in practice.
Security and operations
Projects often involve information security management, identity and access controls, resilience and secure IT operations. Professionals may review logging, vulnerability handling, incident response, backup concepts and continuity arrangements. They also examine outsourcing, cloud services and service-provider oversight where technology is operated outside the institution.
Typical project work
- Assess existing IT governance against BAIT expectations
- Create or update information security and risk-management frameworks
- Prepare policies, control descriptions and audit evidence
- Review outsourcing, cloud and critical service-provider arrangements
- Support remediation after internal or supervisory findings
When external expertise helps
Companies bring in freelance specialists when a regulatory review is approaching, responsibilities are changing or important controls need independent assessment. External support is also useful during core-system changes, cloud migrations, acquisitions and remediation programmes. In Germany, teams may need professionals who can work with German supervisory terminology while coordinating with international technology, risk and compliance functions.
What strong specialists bring
Strong BAIT professionals combine regulatory interpretation with operational delivery. They can translate expectations into usable policies, control tests, processes and evidence without creating unnecessary bureaucracy. Look for experience with financial services IT, information security, risk and compliance, audit interaction and service-provider governance. The best fit communicates clearly with management, control functions and technical teams, whether collaboration is remote or on site.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around BAIT.
BAIT defines supervisory expectations for the organisation and operation of IT in German financial institutions. It helps companies structure IT governance, information security, risk management, operations, access controls and application development in a controlled way.
BAIT focuses on IT-related supervisory expectations, while MaRisk covers broader risk management requirements for financial institutions. DORA adds a directly applicable European framework for digital operational resilience, so companies usually assess how the requirements overlap and where separate evidence is needed.
A strong BAIT specialist usually understands information security management, IT risk, internal controls, audit evidence and business continuity. Experience with outsourcing, cloud governance, identity management and service-provider risk is also valuable for complex financial IT environments.
The right level depends on the scope, regulatory exposure and condition of the existing control environment. For a focused policy review, a specialist with targeted BAIT experience may be sufficient; a broad remediation programme needs someone who can lead assessments, coordinate stakeholders and turn findings into operational controls.
Much of a BAIT assessment can be performed remotely through document reviews, interviews and control workshops. On-site sessions may still help with sensitive evidence, management meetings or access to restricted environments, so teams should agree early on remote access, German-language communication and travel expectations.
Companies often seek BAIT expertise before supervisory reviews, after audit findings or during major changes to systems, outsourcing and cloud services. Early involvement gives the specialist time to map responsibilities, identify evidence gaps and build practical remediation steps rather than reacting to findings at the end.
Ask for concrete examples of BAIT assessments, control improvements, audit preparation and remediation work in comparable financial environments. A quality specialist explains the reasoning behind each control, distinguishes regulatory expectations from optional practice and produces evidence that teams can maintain after the engagement.
Typical BAIT deliverables include gap assessments, governance models, policy updates, risk registers, control catalogues, audit evidence packs and remediation plans. Depending on the assignment, the specialist may also document outsourcing controls, incident processes, continuity measures and responsibilities for critical IT services.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used BAIT in their recent projects is 120 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 959 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used BAIT in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 49% hold at least a Master's degree, and 12% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used BAIT in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used BAIT in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (24%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used BAIT in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (88%), Information Technology (85%), and Professional Services (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used BAIT in their recent projects are Information Technology (98%), Project Management (96%), and Operations (77%).
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