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Andreas R.
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Information Security at A-R-C Andreas Rühl Consulting
Development and implementation of tailored information security strategies
Introduction and further development of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI baseline protection, and other standards
Risk management and creation of security concepts
Consulting for KRITIS, PCI DSS, TISAX, and VdS 3473/10000
Building and improving security organizations
Creation and implementation of guidelines, policies, work instructions, and process descriptions
Audit support and certification preparation
Conducting trainings, workshops, and awareness campaigns
Selection and consulting on the introduction of IT security solutions such as SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and encryption technologies
Conducting penetration tests and vulnerability analyses
Consulting on the selection, integration, and management of security architectures in complex IT environments
Consulting on ITSM and managed security services and SOC
Leading and managing complex projects to improve information security
Process analysis, optimization, and management according to ITIL, ISO 27001, and cybernetics
Introduction and quality assurance of management, documentation, and knowledge management systems
Support in complying with regulatory information security requirements (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GMP, KRITIS)
Development and implementation of risk analysis procedures
Organizing initial response, forensic investigations, and organizational measures in the event of security incidents
Designing and running targeted workshops on topics such as ISMS, IT risks, and current threat scenarios
Awareness campaigns to promote security culture in companies
Special trainings on ISO 27001, BSI baseline protection, KRITIS, and other relevant standards
Simulations and exercises to prepare for information security incidents
Interim management for leading information security projects or IT security organizations
Taking on the role of an external CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Support in developing and implementing IT security and corporate strategies
Coaching and mentoring of managers in the field of information security
Building and leading security departments as well as recruiting and qualifying employees
Temporary assumption of management responsibility in critical situations
Anjana R.
Last position:
Senior Product Designer at Casavi GmbH
I served as the Lead Designer for two cross-functional teams at Casavi, a software platform for property managers. Casavi is a central platform for all aspects of digital property management, which streamlines operations and business processes.
SmartTask: The team focuses on ticket management, workflow automation, AI integration, enhancing communication between property managers and their clients.
Customer app/portal: The team is dedicated to fostering community engagement among residents of managed properties. The customer portal in combination with the Casavi app solves the challenges for property and facility managers.
My role spans the full design lifecycle, covering UX/UI design, user research, usability testing, and strategic design planning, across Casavi's web platform, mobile app, and customer portals. Each team comprises around 10 members, including a project manager, designer, developers, and QA testers. I am also responsible for the accessibility assurance of the whole product.
Design unit role: In addition to my core responsibilities, I actively contribute to the development and maintenance of the company's design system and style guide ensuring consistency and scalability across all products. Mentor junior designers is my official and moral responsibility.
Victor O.
Last position:
AI Training Engineer at Confidential AI Research Client
- Codebase Evaluation & Problem Design: Designed and stress-tested complex software engineering problems against large open-source Python codebases (including pandas), requiring deep context acquisition and architectural understanding to produce well-scoped, realistic problem statements aligned to strict correctness guidelines.
- Agent Failure Analysis: Assessed LLM coding agent solutions for correctness and completeness, identifying meaningful failures across edge case handling, dtype behaviour, and multi-column NaN propagation logic; documented findings with precision for downstream evaluation use.
- Programmatic Test Suite Development: Authored comprehensive pytest suites to programmatically verify agent-generated solutions against defined requirements, with deliberate coverage of boundary conditions and failure modes not caught by naive implementations.
- Containerised Environment Engineering: Built and debugged Docker environments for reproducible agent execution, including git-based repository provisioning, dependency pinning with npm ci, and multi-stage Dockerfile authoring across Linux-based containers.
Can K.
Last position:
DevOps Specialist at Eviden Germany GmbH
Manage the development release and update process for a digitized nationwide trade register project "AuRegis".
Support software in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, configure management with Kustomize, and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/GitLab, SonarQube, ArgoCD, and Azure.
Oversee system release of microservice architecture.
Build the CI/CD stack from scratch with GitLab CI, integrating integration tests, dependency checks, and security measures.
Automate deployment onto OpenShift using Kustomize.
Set up infrastructure components for development, code review, and code quality analysis including SonarQube.
Integrate GitOps tools such as Kustomize and ArgoCD, using both Azure and private cloud for sensitive data handling.
Develop Python scripts in Jenkins for cryptostore configuration and system packaging of products and microservices into deployable units.
Automate delivery to customers and deployment on test systems.
Create Kustomize manifests for microservices and develop the related automation, treating documentation as code for clarity and reproducibility.
Serve as technical advisor for the project's first go-live and oversee further deployments as technical rollout manager.
Piet Q.
Last position:
IT Project Manager at no release
Industry: Publishing, media Project management for the concept of a RAG-based archive access solution: a secure on-prem or hybrid compute architecture for LLM and embedding operations, pipeline for transcription and automatic tagging, semantic search across audio and video archives. Use case evaluation and make-or-buy together with editorial team, archive, and legal department, taking into account copyright, broadcasting law, and the AI Act. Differentiator: practical LLM infrastructure experience from two own productive platforms combined with C-level program management in regulated industries.
Oliver S.
Last position:
SAP Sub-Project Lead (SCM, MM, EWM) at Brunata Wärmemesser Hagen GmbH & Co KG
- Responsibility for time, budget and quality targets of the sub-project
- Creation and maintenance of the sub-project plan including dependencies to FI, CO, PP, SD
- Definition of work packages, resource planning and progress monitoring
- Risk and change management within module scope
- Analysis of as-is processes in procurement, logistics and warehouse management
- Design of to-be processes according to SAP standard (EWM warehouse processes such as goods receipt, put-away, picking, goods issue)
- Coordination with key users and specialist departments
- Support for interface development with external warehouse systems and supplier portals
- Organization of test data, error tracking and test documentation
- Support for deployment preparation and key user training
- Participation in the cutover plan (data migration, go-live preparation)
- Support of the department during the hypercare phase after go-live
- Assistance in mapping EWM core processes
- Management of external service providers
- Use of Jira, Confluence, Signavio, MS Teams, Aqua ALM
André B.
Last position:
External Attack Surface Assessment & Cybersecurity Readiness Checks at Graydaxe Cybersecurity GmbH
- Conducting cybersecurity readiness checks based on an in-house assessment methodology
- Analyzing the external attack surface using the Graydaxe EASM platform
- Assessing maturity levels and deriving prioritized recommendations for action
André G.
Last position:
IT Consulting Project Management / Engineering Subproject Management at T-Systems (on assignment for government agencies)
- Projects for federal networks (NdB).
- CR management, EoL change requests, design and documentation according to ITSCM.
- Data center planning.
- Project management and engineering subproject management.
- Software development for virtual server environments according to BSI.
Albrecht N.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager IT at HAYS Technology Solutions GmbH
- Leasing, lifecycle and process management for Apple iPhones, maintenance and expansion of the MDM system, coordination of leasing, device integration into DEP and MDM, followed by a rollout and hardware swap process, plus a BYOD and Android option
- Migration of the IT ticket system from ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to Atlassian Jira Service Management: project management, definition of ticket types, seamless execution according to a detailed timeline, user communication, decommissioning of the old system
- Project lead: SAP interface in workforce management to automate reading of working hours
- Sub-project lead for inventory software EZO AssetSonar: demand management, software selection, procurement
Fikret A.
Last position:
Senior Product Manager at Enocta
- Executing the roadmap for LMS/LXP platform with 550+ enterprise clients and 4+ million users
- Led the 0-to-1 development of a conversational AI role-play product with the AI team
- Led GTM for the AI Roleplay, creating a new ARR stream, acquiring 15+ enterprise customers in Q1
- Led the development & GTM of a conversational AI Mentor product
- Serving on the strategic leadership team, contributing to long-term product and business strategy
Szymon S.
Last position:
IT Systems Specialist at BOSCH
- Preparation, configuration, and deployment of client systems
- Planning and implementation of network infrastructures
- First-level and second-level support during the transition
Peter K.
Last position:
Hardware and Software Developer / Project Manager at Anonymer Kunde
- Development of control units for the automotive industry incl. embedded software
- CAN bus, Vector Tools, CANoe
- Support of the development process according to ISO 26262
- Ensuring cyber security standards:
- Key exchange (PKI) between vehicle and control units
- Hardware Security Module (HSM)
- Communication with external service providers (international)
- Development (PCB) of measuring adapters, statistical analysis of sensors
- IoT and embedded software development, backend administration
Mustafa A.
Last position:
System Administrator at Axel Springer SE
- Incident management and ticket handling (2nd-level support)
- Proactive detection and resolution of incidents
- Carrying out scheduled maintenance work and system updates
- Infrastructure monitoring with Zabbix
- Remote access & administration via Royal TSX
- Documentation of IT incidents and solutions
- Cooperation with internal IT teams and business departments
- Optimization and automation of internal IT processes
- Creation and management of snapshots of virtual machines in vCenter to secure and restore critical systems
Florian R.
Last position:
Network Administrator at Smartconnect Berlin
- Configuration and management of routers and switches (e.g., Cisco, HP)
- Design and expansion of networks in corporate environments
- WLAN site surveys and optimization (e.g., with Ekahau, NetSpot)
- Implementation of security policies and access controls
Tejasvi Y.
Last position:
Backend Engineer at N26
- Developed and maintained Kotlin-based microservices with Kafka event streaming, applying Hexagonal Architecture and Domain-Driven Design in production environments.
- Contributed to the Bring-Your-Salary feature, enabling seamless onboarding of new salary accounts and improving customer experience.
- Built and integrated services for the FPAD VOP platform, supporting secure and scalable partner integrations.
- Investigated and resolved production incidents through root cause analysis (RCA), implementing fixes that improved service stability and reliability.
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Statistics of experts using Cisco
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years (Germany: 24 years)
Position duration
2.8 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
13 (Germany: 16)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
93% (Germany: 71%)
Master's degree or higher
29% (Germany: 40%)
Doctorate
7% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 5)
Most common languages
English, German, Turkish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 99%)
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Berlin 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.
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Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Berlin using Cisco
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Cisco 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 (100%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Professional Services (50%)
- Education (38%)
- Manufacturing (38%)
- Media and Entertainment (38%)
- Telecommunication (38%)
- Automotive (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Cisco in practice
Cisco provides networking and security technologies for connecting offices, data centers, cloud services and industrial sites. Its portfolio includes routers, switches, wireless infrastructure, firewalls, collaboration systems and observability tools. Cisco Systems products commonly operate as the backbone of business-critical communication.
Platforms and tooling
Professionals work across Cisco IOS, IOS XE, NX-OS and the Meraki cloud platform, depending on the environment. Common tooling includes Cisco DNA Center, Cisco ISE, Secure Firewall, AnyConnect and Catalyst management. Strong knowledge of Ethernet, IP routing, VPNs, VLANs, wireless standards and network automation is equally important.
Typical deliverables
- Network architecture for offices, campuses and data centers
- Secure routing, switching and wireless deployments
- Firewall, VPN and identity-access configurations
- Network monitoring, documentation and incident runbooks
- Migration plans for legacy Cisco environments
Cisco specialists translate business requirements into resilient designs. They also configure devices, validate failover, tune performance and leave behind clear operational documentation.
When companies hire specialists
Companies bring in freelance Cisco expertise during infrastructure upgrades, cloud connectivity projects, security improvements and urgent operational changes. External support is useful when internal teams need focused capacity or when a migration must happen without interrupting business services. In Berlin, specialists may collaborate remotely with international teams or work on-site for network changes and testing.
Skills around Cisco
The strongest professionals combine Cisco knowledge with adjacent capabilities. They understand enterprise security, identity management, cloud networking, Linux, automation with Python or Ansible, and service management practices. Experience with BGP, OSPF, SD-WAN, QoS and troubleshooting helps them manage complex environments rather than isolated devices.
What quality looks like
A capable Cisco professional starts with discovery and a clear change plan instead of applying generic configurations. They explain design decisions, test recovery paths and consider access control, logging and future maintenance. Look for precise documentation, calm incident handling and evidence of work across the relevant Cisco product family, whether IOS, Meraki, Catalyst or security appliances.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Cisco? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Cisco is used to connect and protect offices, campuses, data centers, cloud environments and industrial locations. Projects can include routing, switching, wireless access, firewalls, VPNs, identity controls and network monitoring.
Cisco is often considered alongside Juniper for routing and switching, Aruba for wireless and campus networking, and Fortinet for security. The right choice depends on existing equipment, operating models, required integrations, licensing preferences and the specialist skills already available.
A strong Cisco specialist should understand IP design, network security, identity and access management, cloud connectivity and troubleshooting. Automation with Python or Ansible, plus knowledge of BGP, OSPF, SD-WAN and monitoring, can be valuable for larger environments.
The required depth depends on the scope, risk and production impact of the work. A focused switch configuration may need a different profile from a data center migration, firewall redesign or multi-site outage investigation, so assess experience against the actual Cisco products and deliverables involved.
Cisco work can often be delivered remotely when secure access, accurate diagrams and a controlled change process are available. On-site support may still be needed for cabling, hardware replacement, wireless surveys or changes that require physical validation in a Berlin facility.
A reliable Cisco freelancer documents the current state, design decisions, device configurations, access rules, dependencies, test results and rollback steps. Clear runbooks and network diagrams help internal teams operate the environment after the engagement ends.
Ask how the professional approaches discovery, risk assessment, testing and change control before reviewing specific product knowledge. A capable Cisco specialist can explain trade-offs clearly, troubleshoot methodically and show how they protect availability and security.
Cisco projects may involve Catalyst switching, IOS or IOS XE routing, Nexus data center networking, Meraki cloud management, Secure Firewall, ISE or wireless infrastructure. The relevant product family should be identified early because configuration methods and operational workflows differ across the portfolio.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cisco in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 774 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cisco in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 29% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cisco in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cisco in their recent projects are English (100%), German (94%), and Turkish (19%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cisco in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (50%), and Professional Services (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cisco in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (81%), and Strategy (56%).
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