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Burhan Dinler

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Experienced IT and AI Architect

Niederkassel
Burhan Dinler

Last position:

Enterprise Architect & Solution Architect at DB Netz AG

With project PRIZMA, DB will modernize its infrastructure on the one hand, and develop a fail-safe IT landscape on the other hand, which can be restored quickly and securely in case of a disaster.

  • Capture current architectures of existing systems as well as methodical consulting and development of target architectures
  • Deepen and maintain the building plan / target IT landscape
  • Implement technical architecture concepts & architecture descriptions
  • Implement migration concepts for updating and further developing the platform and information systems
  • Assess submitted improvement suggestions as part of the project
  • Capability management: identify capability gaps, develop target visions, and support transformation planning within the enterprise architecture.
  • Create a compatibility matrix of the components in use and compare dependencies of specific versions
  • Create an IT concept for extending the platform with the following topics: hardware and software requirements, security, licensing, high availability, load balancing, backup & recovery, update strategy, monitoring integration, etc.
  • Coordinate with business architects as well as technical architects from the cross-functional architecture area of the PRISMA program for the topics (backup, Active Directory, monitoring, Citrix, and business applications ...)
  • Status meetings and alignment of project planning with the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager
  • Advise the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager in identifying project risks
  • Advise the System Architect Engineers in steering the implementation of the concept
  • Implement the IT concept
  • Document the infrastructure

Label: MS Project, LINUX, Windows, ORACLE, Java, REST, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, UML, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, AZURE, AWS, V-MODEL, Micro Service, VisualStudio, SAP S/4HANA, SCRUM(SAFE), ESB (TIBCO), Python, Innovator, LeanIX (TOGAF), Ansible, Ansible Tower, Ansible Automation, ROBOT, SpringBoot

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Jens Rehsack

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Technical Product Owner

Kerpen
Jens Rehsack

Last position:

Technical Product Owner at App Development

  • Development of a mobile app to slow down the progression of dementia

  • Coordination of software development (TPO – Technical Product Owner)

  • agile requirements management (agile requirements engineering)

  • prioritization of tasks in consultation with stakeholders

  • stakeholder management

  • documentation and management of the software architecture

  • conducting PoC for technology decisions

  • Documentation as Code

  • docToolchain, arc42, req42, aim42, tpo42, C4 model, Archimate

  • ADR, Architecture Decision Records

  • Docker

  • Pre-Commit, Conventional Commits, Semantic Versioning

  • Liberating Structures, Agile Principles, Holacracy, Sociocracy 3.0

  • Mobile frameworks

  • AI developing interfaces, LLM

  • Cordova, Unity

  • Google Gemini, OpenAI, Character.AI

  • Prompt development

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Manuel Schneider

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Apro-IT – Make IT A Project!

Köln
Manuel Schneider

Last position:

Project Manager at Univention

Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector

Content:

  • Project steering (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)

Products and standards:

  • Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
  • Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud
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Vladimir Maznicenko

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Developer

Brühl
Vladimir Maznicenko

Last position:

Developer at Financial services provider

  • Support and further development of a framework for developing applications in a banking association: DynS/OSPE
  • Migration of the framework to Java 11 and Java 17
  • Java8, Java11 and Java17, Spring, Spring-Batch, Spring WebServices, Spring-Security, Spring-Data, JPA, Hibernate, OpenSource libraries etc.
  • XML, JAXB, JSON, REST and SOAP services, DB2, Oracle, WebSphere or Liberty AS, FreeMaker, Junit, mock libraries, JaCoCo, Maven, IntelliJ, Eclipse, GitHub, SVN, Jira
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Jannik Jespers

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Freelance Salesforce Consultant & Developer

Cologne
Jannik Jespers

Last position:

Freelance Salesforce Consultant & Developer at Self-employed

  • Consulting and delivery of over 30 Salesforce projects (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Pardot, Marketing Cloud)
  • Designing and setting up CRM architectures including requirements management, data modeling, and automation
  • Implementing custom solutions (Apex, LWC, Flows, integrations)
  • Developing interfaces with ERP, DMS, and email systems (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, DocuWare, etc.)
  • Introducing agile project methods (Scrum, Kanban) in client projects
  • Coaching in-house Salesforce teams (admin and dev training)
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Pappu Prasad

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Senior Cloud Consultant (AWS Services and Consulting)

Köln
Pappu Prasad

Last position:

Senior Cloud Consultant (AWS Services and Consulting) at devoteam GmbH

  • Developed automated ETL pipelines with AWS Glue and Athena to ensure consistent data quality and governance requirements
  • Implemented validation, anonymization, and encryption measures for data in compliance with GDPR
  • Optimized cloud costs by introducing FinOps practices and increased transparency for business units
  • Monitored performance, performed root cause analyses, and ensured adherence to SLAs
  • Supported data and solution architects in building scalable data models for ML and analytics scenarios
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Jacqueline Haefke

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Düsseldorf
Jacqueline Haefke

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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Fabian Kramer

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Managing Partner

Köln
Fabian Kramer

Last position:

Managing Partner at FK Solution Design GmbH

  • Founded FK Solution Design GmbH and acts as managing partner.
  • Optimizes existing system landscapes, reduces data silos, and connects software systems.
  • Enables more efficient data usage and reduces process lead time.
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Vishali Thangalapally

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Senior Analyst

Köln
Vishali Thangalapally

Last position:

Senior Analyst at Accenture

  • Facilitated data retrieval for first-assist applications through an interface that fetches content based on client input criteria and loads it into the database via batch processing.
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Building test automation with Cucumber

Cologne

Last position:

Rewe Digital

  • Creation of Spring Boot integration tests
  • Creation of JUnit tests for the coupon system
  • Creation of component tests for Kafka topics
  • Creation of CI/CD pipeline scripts
  • Creation of UI tests with Playwright
  • Creation of UI tests with Cypress
  • Review of developer unit tests
  • Planning the test architecture for integration tests
  • Creation of the test automation concept
  • Evaluation and creation of test reports
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Allal Kharaz

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Java Senior Full Stack Developer

Frechen
Allal Kharaz

Last position:

Java Senior Full Stack Developer at Insurance ÖRAG

  • Further development of a policy administration system (contract/claims) for the legal expenses insurer ÖRAG.
  • My role: Senior Software Developer.
  • The team consists of 12 developers.
  • Technologies used: Java 8/21, Java EE, Quarkus, WebLogic, JPA, RabbitMQ, JTA, CI, CD, Jenkins, DB2, Maven, Jenkins, GIT (bitbucket) later GitLab, Junit, Elasticsearch, Mockito, Jira, SonarQube, Scrum, React, Workflow
  • Migration and modernization of legacy systems: rewrote C and C++ code in Java to improve maintainability, scalability, and performance. Refactored Python into Java, including optimization and integration into modern architectures.
  • Study on the use of AI (Codex) for implementing a Java feature. The goal is to compare the time spent and productivity of AI-supported development with a classic implementation by a developer. The results should show how strongly the use of AI affects development time and efficiency.
  • Development of the following tariff calculators for the years 2024/2026: private, companies, doctors, farmers, owner-occupied G + H, landlords, traffic, club, top managers, sales representatives, special criminal law, savings bank, municipal, BayGT, doctors, Dehoga
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Alexander Stier

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TYPO3 Senior Fullstack Developer, Backend & Frontend

Bergisch Gladbach
Alexander Stier

Last position:

TYPO3 Senior Fullstack Developer, Backend & Frontend at Vergleich.de Gesellschaft für Verbraucherinformation mbH via HALIAN GmbH

  • Typoscript
  • Extbase
  • Fluid
  • Typescript
  • requireJS
  • WebVital

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Statistics of experts using Bitbucket

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

21 years (Germany: 20 years)

Position duration

2.7 years (Germany: 2.1 years)

Positions per freelancer

15 (Germany: 14)

Top business areas

Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Bachelor's degree or higher

90%

Master's degree or higher

60% (Germany: 53%)

Doctorate

10% (Germany: 9%)

Certifications per freelancer

5 (Germany: 3)

Most common languages

German, English, Russian

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 96%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Cologne are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.

Average rates of experts in Cologne using Bitbucket

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

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Daily rate avg. 824 €
Germany avg. 754 €

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 800 €
Germany median 760 €

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

Bitbucket work

Bitbucket is used to host Git repositories, review code through pull requests, and keep delivery work tied to Jira and other Atlassian tools. Companies bring in Bitbucket specialists when they need stable source control, clear review rules, and a repository setup that fits real team habits.

What they handle

  • Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket Data Center setup
  • Branch permissions, pull request checks, and merge rules
  • Repo migration from older Git hosting tools
  • CI hooks and release workflow support
  • Access control for teams, projects, and shared code

Where it fits

Bitbucket is common in product teams that already use Jira, Confluence, or other Atlassian services. In Cologne, it often appears in software, enterprise IT, agency delivery, and regulated environments where review history and access control matter. Remote work is common, but on-site sessions help when teams need to align on workflow rules and permissions.

Why companies hire

Freelance experts are brought in when repository sprawl, broken permissions, or slow reviews start to block delivery. They clean up branching models, standardize pull request templates, and make sure automation works without creating noise. That is especially useful during migrations, tool consolidation, or team scaling.

Strong expertise

Good Bitbucket professionals understand Git deeply, but they also know how teams actually ship work. They write clear repo policies, handle hooks and access rules carefully, and spot weak points in review and release flow. They should also be comfortable with Atlassian admin tasks, CI tools, and handover documentation.

Related skills

Bitbucket work often sits next to Git, Jira, Bamboo, Confluence, and cloud pipeline tooling. A strong specialist can explain how code review, build checks, and deployment steps fit together. They also help teams keep naming, permissions, and repository structure consistent across projects.

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Frequently asked questions

Curious about Bitbucket? Here are the answers that come up again and again.

Bitbucket is used to store Git code, review changes, and control how teams merge and release work. It is especially useful when a company wants repository management to sit close to Jira and the rest of the Atlassian stack.

Bitbucket is often chosen for its tight fit with Atlassian tools and for the way it supports team workflows around Jira tickets and pull requests. GitHub and GitLab are also strong options, but Bitbucket can be the better match when the company already runs Atlassian across delivery and support.

A Bitbucket specialist is useful when repositories need to be migrated, permission rules are messy, or pull request flow is slowing teams down. They are also valuable when a company wants to standardize branching, reviews, and release steps across several teams.

A strong Bitbucket freelancer usually knows Git, branch strategy, pull request governance, and repository access control. It also helps if they understand Jira, Bamboo, CI pipelines, and the Atlassian admin side of the setup.

Yes. Bitbucket Cloud is the hosted option, while Bitbucket Data Center is the self-managed enterprise edition. A good specialist knows the limits, operational tradeoffs, and migration path for both.

For basic repository cleanup, workflow tuning, or a small migration, a focused Bitbucket expert can often cover the work without a large team. For enterprise access models, complex integrations, or multi-repo governance, companies should look for deeper Atlassian and Git experience.

Yes. Most Bitbucket tasks can be handled remotely because they are about repository settings, workflow design, and review standards. On-site time in Cologne can still help when stakeholders need to agree on access rules, release habits, or a migration plan.

Look for someone who can explain their decisions clearly and show how they improved review flow, permissions, and repository structure. A strong Bitbucket specialist will ask about your branching model, automation, and team pain points before changing anything.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Bitbucket in their recent projects is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 824 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Bitbucket in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 60% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Bitbucket in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Bitbucket in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (15%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Bitbucket in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (77%), and Professional Services (54%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Bitbucket in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (77%), and Product Development (62%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Bitbucket

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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