
Cloud Foundry Experts in Germany
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Markus B.
Last position:
Developer / DevOps, Consulting at A state authority in Baden-Württemberg / FSAS Technologies GmbH
Oracle Project Management and Automation
As part of the project, the operation of an Oracle infrastructure was automated by developing and enhancing Puppet modules and migrating existing Bash scripts to a standardized configuration management solution.
The aim of the project was to standardize and automate administrative processes, improve the maintainability of the Oracle platform, and increase the efficiency and traceability of infrastructure management through the use of Infrastructure as Code.
- Analysis and migration of existing Bash shell scripts to a Puppet-based automation solution
- Development and enhancement of Puppet modules for Oracle environments
- Automation of installation, configuration and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code
- Standardization and optimization of configuration management for Oracle systems
- Creation and maintenance of technical and operational documentation
- Planning, coordination and professional support during project implementation
- Operation and automation of Oracle systems on x86-based Linux server platforms
- Testing and quality assurance of the developed Puppet modules
- Analysis and resolution of technical errors as part of the automation and migration
- Close coordination with specialist departments and infrastructure teams to implement automation requirements
Technologies used: Puppet 7/8, SLES 15, Oracle 19, Oracle Grid, SVN, Windows Server, Confluence, VS Code, Ruby, Bash, Pass
Patrick D.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer
- SPA for automated communication of medical findings with role-based access (Sanctum)
- Server-side LLM integration (OpenRouter) with structured processing
- Automated sending via SMS/voice call (Twilio, ElevenLabs) with queue + status retry
- Full test coverage with 80+ documented test cases
Technologies: PHP, Laravel, LLM API (OpenRouter), Twilio, ElevenLabs, Laravel Sanctum, PHPUnit, Playwright, Docker, REST
Alexander Z.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer and DevOps Engineer at Freelancer
- Developing the infrastructure and improving existing infrastructure: Jenkins, Gitlab Pipeline, OpenShift, Docker, Helm Chart, Kubernetes, Artifactory, CodePipeline, CodeArtifact, Python
- Documenting solutions in Jira/Confluence
- Supporting other colleagues in different technical areas
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
Philipp D.
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
Serge K.
Last position:
Data Scientist & MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) at REWE Digital GmbH
- It is like a startup within REWE, where we have to build a new forecasting system on Google Cloud Platform from the scratch. Although, officially my role is called MLOps, my actual tasks also include development of data processing pipelines (data engineering) and data scientists tasks such as feature engineering and model trainings.
- GCP: Terraform (tofu), Vertex AI (Kubeflow), Cloud Run, IAM, Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Artifact Registry
- Data engineering: Snowflake as the main data warehouse, Terraform, DBT for data model implementations
- CI/CD: GitLab. We have built a CI/CD pipeline that automates deployments of new releases up to production environment
- Development of feature store and data synchronization between environments
- Data science: evaluation of different forecasting models, including CatBoost, Contextual Gamma and Random Forest; implementation of training pipelines using Kubeflow on Vertex AI; scaling and development of an event-driven interface using Kafka as a forecasting service; evaluation of MLFlow for model tracking and model registry
- Implementation of REST API using KeyCloak OAuth2 and OpenID (JWT)
- Monitoring: implementation of dashboards with Grafana, Prometheus, Mimir, Streamlit and Loki to monitor prediction metrics, GCP and Snowflake costs for pipelines, and system metrics
- Development of Copilot Agent Skills
Maik S.
- Development of a new generation of Spring Boot microservices for an archiving system on OpenShift, monitoring, security analyses
Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Vaadin, OpenShift 4.x, Maven, Artifactory, Jenkins, Git/Github, GitHub Copilot, GitOps, CI/CD, Kargo/ArgoCD
Nico B.
Last position:
Freelance Software Engineer & Technical Consultant at Brain Appeal GmbH
Project: Frontend relaunch Campus Events
- Technical responsibility for the design and step-by-step implementation of the frontend relaunch of an existing event management platform, in close coordination with product and business teams.
- As-is analysis and stakeholder interviews as the basis for the target picture and the evaluation of possible solution approaches.
- Building a modular, extensible frontend architecture with a clear separation between theming and template structure - the basis for independent further development of individual areas.
- Implementation in parallel with the existing frontend for a low-risk, gradual transition without interrupting operations.
Technologies: PHP, Symfony 7, Bootstrap 5, CSS, JavaScript
Olaf T.
Last position:
CTO, Shareholder, Agile Coach, Product Owner at fluidx digital GmbH
- Development and rollout of a browser-based platform for camera streaming, augmented reality (AR), and visual computing
- Device-independent camera streaming for smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs, as well as VR and AR headsets
- Ensuring GDPR-compliant hosting in Open Telekom Cloud and other sovereign cloud providers
- Intuitive visual and collaborative features to increase efficiency and integrate smoothly into existing business software
Christof H.
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
Julian K.
Last position:
Software Analysis in Gaming at dzkraken.com
- Development of a plug-and-play solution for game server operators to collect, process, and display game server data
- Integration of a subscription-based payment system
- Technologies: C#-10, .NET5, SQL, .NET8, PostgreSQL, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, Entity Framework, TailwindCSS, OIDC, JWT, Stripe, OAuth2.0, Docker, Testing, Portainer, PowerShell
Werner K.
Last position:
Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer at IBM
- Testing the SekIDP and related components
- Test design, execution and automation, microservices, GitHub Enterprise, Eclipse, Katalon Test Platform, API Testing, Confluence 8, JIRA/Xray, Draw.io, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, PuTTY, E-Health, Telematik, Gematik standards, EPA, E-Rezept, sektoraler IDP, encryption, XaDES, PaDES, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ICD, SSO, SAML/Shibboleth, OAuth, smartcards, JWT, two factor authentication Android and iOS, Wireshark, BrowserStack, Cypress, gRPC, REST, SOAP, WS-Security, Linux Shell, PowerShell, SSH/SSL, Java, Kotlin, Cordova, Gradle, Groovy, Python, TypeScript
Felix B.
Last position:
Data Consultant & Technical Lead DataVerse at Lufthansa Technik AG
- Technical consulting for greenfield development of AVIATAR 2.0
- Designing data pipelines and data architecture within the DataVerse Data Lake
- Planning and implementing Data Lake zones, data governance, data retention, and recovery strategies
- Collaboration with the Data Architecture and Platform Team for infrastructure scaling and design
- Close cooperation with stakeholders across Lufthansa Technik, including requirements management
- Hands-on development of data pipelines using Spark Structured Streaming and Databricks
- Proofs of Concept (PoCs) for Graph-Links and real-time analytics
- Provisioning data for AI and ML projects (e.g., predictive analytics)
- Technical design and implementation of near-real-time pipelines based on business requirements
Yan O.
Last position:
Software Developer (C++, Python) at Vaillant Heizsysteme
- Implementation of communication between heating system modules via the SOME/IP interface in C++
- Development of additional software components in C++
- Execution of unit tests and integration tests in the GitLab CI workflow
- Development of desktop publishing functionality
- Tools: C++, Python, Linux, Robot Framework
Igor L.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Toptal
- Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and use cases for new features, made implementation plans, and tracked progress.
- Improved internal links for more than 60,000 public pages by unifying link texts.
- Increased conversion of new talents by 30% without significantly dropping their quality.
- Reduced the cycle of blog domain creation from two months of engineering work to a process handled by content editors.
- Created a light, adjustable Hanami CLI application to prepare data for the Grafana team’s KPI dashboard.
- Generated content sections of public pages with data from Kafka and BigQuery, enabling almost real-time data on public pages.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams on high-priority tasks, addressing technical challenges and balancing multiple responsibilities to meet project goals.
- Delivered urgent updates for critical website components, ensuring timely delivery and smooth functionality under tight deadlines.
- Assisted teammates with Docker, service deployment, and backend implementation questions.
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Statistics of experts using Cloud Foundry
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years

Position duration
1.5 years

Positions per freelancer
17

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
85%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
20%

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
German, English, Russian

Speak two or more languages
91%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Cloud Foundry
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Cloud Foundry 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 (96%)
- Automotive (70%)
- Banking and Finance (52%)
- Insurance (48%)
- Government and Administration (48%)
- Healthcare (43%)
- Manufacturing (43%)
- Transportation (39%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Platform foundation
Cloud Foundry is an open-source platform-as-a-service for deploying, running and scaling applications without making every team manage the underlying servers. It provides a consistent path from source code to a running application through buildpacks, routing, service bindings and managed application lifecycles. Companies use it to standardize delivery across private clouds, public infrastructure and hybrid environments.
Core ecosystem
The Cloud Foundry ecosystem includes Cloud Controller, Diego, the Gorouter, UAA and Cloud Foundry CLI. BOSH automates the release, deployment and lifecycle management of the platform and its distributed components. Strong specialists also work with buildpacks, service brokers, container runtimes, logging and metrics integrations, plus Kubernetes where both platforms need to coexist.
Typical workloads
- Deploying Java, .NET, Node.js, Go and other twelve-factor applications
- Creating internal application platforms for product teams
- Moving workloads from legacy hosting to repeatable cloud delivery
- Connecting databases, messaging systems, identity providers and storage
- Operating multi-foundation or hybrid Cloud Foundry environments
Cloud Foundry suits organizations that need controlled application delivery, clear separation between application teams and infrastructure teams, and reliable scaling for business services.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance specialists during platform migrations, foundation upgrades, automation work and production incidents. They may need help designing network zones, integrating enterprise identity, creating custom buildpacks or replacing manual release processes. In Germany, collaboration often spans internal infrastructure teams, security stakeholders and remote professionals, with clear technical documentation and language expectations supporting delivery.
What strong specialists deliver
A capable professional understands both the developer experience and the platform beneath it. They can troubleshoot application placement, routing, health checks, service credentials and resource constraints while keeping changes reproducible through BOSH manifests and versioned releases. They also define observability, backup, recovery and upgrade procedures rather than treating deployment as a one-time task.
Selecting the right fit
Look for evidence of production Cloud Foundry work, not only familiarity with the command line. Ask how the specialist handled foundation upgrades, failed deployments, certificate rotation, capacity planning and platform security. Useful adjacent skills include Linux, networking, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, Kubernetes, containers, OAuth or SAML, and cloud services. The best fit explains trade-offs clearly and leaves behind maintainable automation and runbooks.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Cloud Foundry? These answers cover the essentials.
Cloud Foundry is used to provide a managed application platform for deploying and operating cloud-native services. It abstracts much of the infrastructure work while giving teams routing, scaling, service integration and deployment workflows for applications such as Java, .NET, Node.js and Go services.
Cloud Foundry offers a higher-level application platform with a simple push-based workflow and strong defaults for application teams. Kubernetes provides broader control over containers, networking and orchestration, but usually requires more platform design and operational effort. Some organizations run both for different workload needs.
A strong Cloud Foundry specialist commonly brings Linux, networking, identity management, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code skills. Experience with BOSH, buildpacks, service brokers, databases, messaging, Kubernetes and public cloud infrastructure is also valuable when the platform forms part of a wider environment.
Companies often engage a Cloud Foundry freelancer for a foundation deployment, migration, upgrade, incident response or platform modernization effort. Specialist support is also useful when internal teams need repeatable automation, stronger observability or a clear operating model before taking ownership.
The required background depends on the assignment. A focused application migration may need familiarity with buildpacks, service bindings and pipelines, while foundation operations require deeper knowledge of BOSH, networking, security, capacity and recovery. Ask candidates to describe comparable production situations and their decisions.
Cloud Foundry work is often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, releases, monitoring and documentation can be handled through shared tools. On-site workshops may still help with architecture, security reviews or handovers. German or English language expectations should be agreed with the stakeholders before work begins.
A Cloud Foundry freelancer should be able to compare the platform with Kubernetes, managed application services and conventional virtual-machine hosting. The right choice depends on the desired developer experience, workload portability, internal operating capacity, compliance needs and the level of infrastructure control required.
Ask a Cloud Foundry professional to explain a real deployment, upgrade or incident from diagnosis through recovery. Look for practical understanding of BOSH releases, routing, UAA, buildpacks, service brokers, logs and metrics, along with clear runbooks and safe rollback plans. Quality is shown by repeatable operations and sound trade-off decisions.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Cloud Foundry in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 746 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Cloud Foundry in their recent projects, 85% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 20% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Cloud Foundry in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Cloud Foundry in their recent projects are German (96%), English (91%), and Russian (26%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Cloud Foundry in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Automotive (70%), and Banking and Finance (52%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Cloud Foundry in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (87%), and Quality Assurance (70%).
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