Cloud Migration Experts
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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used Cloud Migration
Matthias S.
Last position:
Overall Project Coordinator at Bundeswehr Informatik (BWI GmbH)
- PMO Lead Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) verified
- Reporting to the GMN sub-program management
- System maintenance 25+
- Functional management and coordination of the Jira setup
- Preparation of decision papers (e.g. project planning, governance model, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
- Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, creation of Jira concept
- Development of an access concept for all project tools
- Analysis of existing processes, identification of improvement potential, and design of solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches into existing tools
- Creation of intranet articles for project marketing
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the sub-program
- Agile development of the project methodology
- Gathering customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
- Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, 500+ million budget)
Michael H.
Last position:
Interim Manager (Chief Digital Officer) at Leading German technical wholesale company
Agile Transformation – introducing agile principles and transforming traditional IT departments into Scrum and Kanban teams
IT Operating Model – redesigning the IT organization and introducing modern delivery structures and roles
Flight Levels – implementing Flight Levels to align strategy, coordination and operational execution
Leadership & Coaching – recruiting Agile Coaches and coaching Scrum Masters and IT leaders
ERP Operations – acting as Interim Product Owner for the existing ERP landscape and ensuring business continuity
ERP Transformation – supporting the migration from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as a Project Manager
Operational Core (ERP) – establishing dedicated teams for ERP Support, Feature Development, and ERP Migration
Modern Workplace – initiating the transition towards a Microsoft 365-based cloud workplace environment
ConnectHub – establishing a dedicated team to drive integration and connectivity initiatives
Warehouse Operations – building a cross-functional team to support logistics and warehouse-related capabilities
Maintenance & Operations (M&O) – introducing a dedicated team focused on stable operations and continuous improvement
AI Initiatives – identifying and promoting practical Artificial Intelligence use cases across the IT department
As Interim Chief Digital Officer (CDO) for a leading industrial supplier with a strong e-commerce focus (often described as 'the Amazon for industrial goods') responsible for leading the digital and organizational transformation while reporting directly to executive leadership.
Introduced agile principles and ways of working across the organization and transformed the traditionally structured IT department into cross-functional Scrum and Kanban teams focused on transparency, collaboration, and customer value delivery.
Redesigned the entire IT organization by establishing a modern operating model, introducing new roles such as Product Owner, Scrum Master and Solution Architect and strengthening the organization through strategic hiring and targeted capability development.
Recruited and onboarded Agile Coaches to accelerate the transformation and personally managed and coached Scrum Masters as well as IT department leaders to foster servant leadership, self-management and a culture of continuous improvement.
Implemented Flight Levels practices based on Klaus Leopold to align strategic objectives, cross-functional coordination and operational execution across the organization.
Introduced a ticketing system to increase transparency and enable data-driven decision-making, flow-based work management, and greater accountability at all levels.
Established and supported multiple cross-functional teams, including the Operational Core (ERP) domain with dedicated streams for Support, Feature Development and ERP Migration, as well as teams responsible for Warehouse Operations, Maintenance & Operations (M&O), Modern Workspace and ConnectHub.
Acted as Interim Product Owner for the operation and enhancement of the existing ERP landscape while supporting the migration from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as a Project Manager.
Collaborated with the selected implementation partner to design and establish the project organization and target operating model for the ERP transformation, introducing agile delivery structures and ways of working.
Facilitated the alignment between business, IT and the external vendor and played a key role in negotiating the contractual framework and delivery model to ensure a sustainable foundation for the transformation program.
Initiated the strategic modernization of the workplace environment through the adoption of Microsoft 365 cloud capabilities, establishing the foundation for enhanced collaboration, scalability and future digital services.
Launched AI initiatives to identify practical business use cases and promote the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence across the IT department.
Encouraged self-management and empowered teams to take ownership of decisions, delivery and continuous improvement.
Project language: German
Shamaila M.
Last position:
Founder/Kubernetes and Cloud Architect at Kubekanvas
- Developed a browser-based platform for Kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
- Developed a CLI in TypeScript to deploy resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
- Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security, and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command-line utility tool.
- Designed role and permission models for Keycloak, OAuth/OIDC, and social login flows.
- Used LLMs to convert user intent into diagrams.
- Worked on integration with multiple sovereign clouds like StackIT, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud, plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, and Azure
- The technology stack includes Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React
Rallis T.
Last position:
Freelancer Senior Program Manager at LTM Mindtree-Germany
- Managed Microsoft Cloud Accelerator Factory (CAF) programs for global enterprise customers, ensuring Azure cloud implementations aligned with security, governance, and compliance best practices, including ISO 27001-aligned controls and cloud security frameworks.
- Managed complex global enterprise transformation programs with strong focus on project delivery, financial governance, budget control, planning, risk management, and executive reporting, ensuring delivery within scope, timeline, and budget.
- Led the implementation of e-invoicing solutions for Nestlé, coordinating finance, IT, business stakeholders, and external providers to ensure successful integration, testing, rollout, and delivery of electronic invoicing processes.
- Managed an Oracle-to-PostgreSQL database migration, coordinating technical teams, application owners, testing activities, dependencies, risks, and cutover planning to ensure a controlled and successful transition.
- Led cross-functional programs involving finance and payment-related processes, enterprise platforms, and system integrations, with strong stakeholder management across business, IT, vendors, and senior leadership.
- Delivered transformation programs in FMCG environments, including Nestlé, managing complex international stakeholder structures, third-party providers, governance, RAID management, and business-critical dependencies.
Marco S.
Last position:
IT Consulting & Project Management at acardo
- Project management for customer projects
- Requirements analysis
- Product Owner
Markus H.
Last position:
Senior M365 Consultant at BITMARCK GmbH
Creation of concepts for M365 implementation, especially Tenants, EntraID, EntraConnect and ExchangeOnline, taking BAS standards into account (mandatory baseline security requirements) in the project "Concept M365" with the aim of transferring the concepts to the M365 environments of Bitmarck and then handing them over to the customer.
- Creation of a current-state analysis of the existing M365 environments as well as the on-premises environments and the BAS standards.
- Creation of concepts for the topics Tenants, EntraID, EntraConnect and ExchangeOnline taking the BAS standards into account
- Design and implementation of an automated solution for creating standardized M365 tenants based on Microsoft M365 DSC (Desired State Configuration)
- Transfer of the concepts into the M365 environments
- Creation of detailed technical documentation
Humayun S.
Last position:
Senior Test Manager - Lead at Star Finanz GmbH
- QA Lead for end-to-end quality assurance of the Sparkasse & Sparkasse Business banking apps (iOS/Android); design and implementation of the Test Strategy including functional testing, regression testing, and UAT for eID, Push Notifications, and white-label components
- Creation and maintenance of test concepts and test plans in TestRail; structured Defect Management and error analysis; stakeholder management and risk management for the early identification of critical quality risks
- Accessibility Testing according to WCAG 2.1 (iOS/Android); coordination of AI-supported test automation and optimization of test processes to shorten release cycles
- Release Management: planning, management, and coordination of all test activities; status reporting to management and stakeholders; quality assessment of releases and release recommendations in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Challenge: Highly complex build and release process across several Sparkasse institutions; close coordination with the DevOps team to stabilize the CI/CD pipeline and ensure reproducible test builds before every release.
Tools: Jira, Confluence, TestRail, Android Studio, Xcode, Firebase, Jenkins, GA4
- Success: Successful launch of the eID authentication process - quality assurance ensured for 50+ Sparkasse institutions
Waseem S.
Last position:
Solution Architect / Subject Matter Expert at FRMCS Device Manufacturer
Participation in the EU-funded MORANE-2 project to validate the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) in real-world use cases: preparation of the requirements specifications for TOBA and the associated test specifications.
Technologies: 5GS (Radio & Core), FRMCS, MCx (MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo), MC Gateway UE, MCx Priority/Security/QoS Management, ETCS, SIP, IMS
Sabahattin K.
Last position:
Sole responsibility (design, development, infrastructure, operations) at Own project busik.ch
- Ride-sharing and bus platform, live and fully functional. Backend with Spring Boot 4.1 on Java 21, PostgreSQL with Flyway, and Testcontainers integration tests. Hosted in my own AWS account (ECS Fargate, ALB, ECR, IAM Least-Privilege) with CI/CD via GitHub Actions and OIDC federation without static credentials. Development fully AI-supported with Claude Code, including custom skills and project-specific memory. Spring Boot · Java 21 · PostgreSQL · Flyway · Docker · AWS ECS/ALB/ECR · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Claude Code
Thomas N.
Last position:
Interim Manager at Groupe SEB SA
- Interim project management for the introduction of “o9 Demand Management” software
- Communication: Establishment of continuous stakeholder communication
- Project governance: Planning and meetings for/with key users, including preparation of input from the software development team
- Leadership: Leading and motivating key users
- Risk management: Identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies
- Monitoring and control: Tracking project performance, regularly reviewing progress reports and holding status meetings
- Documentation: Maintaining comprehensive project documentation, including training materials
- Conducting key-user information meetings
- Introduction of training meetings
- Introduction of a key-user community
- Software test management and documentation (Squash)
- Introduction of risk management, bug and issue tracking
- Technical acceptance of the software product
Alejandro P.
Last position:
DevOps Consultant at Freelance
- Kubernetes: EKS management, cluster upgrades and stability improvements, Infrastructure-as-Code reviews and updates, AWS support, and cost optimization.
Boris S.
Last position:
Generalist expert for software development at Mercor
- Training AI models, evaluating images and text UI/UX, turning the provided data into insights through OpenAI Feather as part of the machine learning workflow
Technologies: OpenAI Feather
Alexander Z.
Last position:
Senior Data Solutions Engineer at VMware Inc.
- Architected and deployed private cloud data platform on VMware vSphere, integrating Greenplum MPP, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and Apache Solr, and developed real-time ingestion pipelines with Kafka Connect and Schema Registry.
- Led Oracle Exadata to Greenplum migration, rearchitected data models, optimized storage, implemented RabbitMQ with Debezium for CDC, and deployed VectorDB for Generative AI.
- Designed and executed multi-cloud migration PoC across AWS, Azure, and GCP, defined KPIs for throughput, latency, and cost efficiency, executed bulk data transfers, validated analytics and streaming workloads, and delivered full-scale architecture recommendations.
- Assessed legacy on-premises infrastructure and designed modern cloud-native data platforms using Greenplum and containerized microservices, advising on scalability, disaster recovery, and high-availability.
Stefan A.
Last position:
Sole Architect and Developer at Bauernhof-Eis Stangl GbR
Design and implementation of a compact ERP, CRM, accounting, and production-planning platform for a German food manufacturer. The system replaces Rechnung11, self-built Excel sheets, and manual processes for fewer than 10 internal users.
- Designed and implemented the full platform architecture as sole architect and developer.
- Built modules for customer management, B2B order handling, invoicing, production planning, and accounting support.
- Implemented DATEV export, ZUGFeRD/XRechnung e-invoicing, FinTS bank statement synchronization, and GoBD audit trail concepts.
- Used AI-supported workflows for prototyping, test support, and implementation acceleration while retaining full architecture, review, testing strategy, and technical ownership.
Technology: Java 23, Spring Boot 3, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Vue 3, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Flyway, REST, OpenAPI, JWT, TOTP, RBAC, DATEV, FinTS, ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, GoBD, JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers, Playwright, Docker, GitLab CI/CD
Marc R.
Last position:
CTO Coach at zvoove Switzerland
- Coaching the CTO on translating the product strategy into technical strategy and AI transformation of the R&D organization; acting as an independent sparring partner on strategic and technical topics
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Statistics of experts using Cloud Migration
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.6 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
4%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology 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 using Cloud Migration
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 26 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Cloud Migration 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 (95%)
- Banking and Finance (55%)
- Professional Services (47%)
- Automotive (38%)
- Telecommunication (36%)
- Manufacturing (35%)
- Retail (34%)
- Healthcare (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Cloud Migration Covers
Cloud Migration moves applications, data, infrastructure and operating processes from on-premises environments to public, private or hybrid clouds. It can involve a direct relocation, targeted modernization, or a broader redesign around cloud-native services. The right approach depends on workload dependencies, compliance needs, performance goals and business risk.
Common Migration Paths
Companies choose a migration path for each workload rather than applying one method everywhere.
- Rehost virtual machines and applications with minimal code changes
- Replatform databases or runtimes for managed cloud services
- Refactor applications into containers, microservices or serverless components
- Retain, replace or retire workloads that should not move
Cloud Ecosystem
Cloud Migration work spans AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, as well as private-cloud and hybrid setups. Specialists use Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, cloud-native networking, identity services and observability tools. They also connect CI/CD pipelines, backup systems, databases, APIs and security controls to the target environment.
When Expertise Matters
Freelance expertise helps when internal teams need a migration assessment, a practical roadmap or additional capacity during a complex move. It is valuable during data-center exits, mergers, application modernization, disaster-recovery programs and cloud cost reviews.
- Map dependencies and classify workloads before migration
- Design landing zones, network boundaries and access models
- Plan cutovers, rollback procedures and business continuity
- Validate performance, security and operating costs after launch
What Strong Specialists Deliver
Strong professionals combine infrastructure knowledge with application, data and security awareness. They document assumptions, surface blockers early and test migration waves before production cutover. Their deliverables may include discovery reports, target architectures, runbooks, infrastructure as code, migration scripts and operational handover material.
Choosing the Right Fit
Assess specialists against the systems being moved, not only the cloud vendor named in a profile. Ask how they handled dependencies, downtime constraints, identity integration, data transfer and rollback planning in comparable environments. Clear communication matters because migration work crosses infrastructure, software, security, finance and business teams.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Cloud Migration? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Cloud Migration is used to move applications, databases, storage, infrastructure and supporting processes from on-premises environments into public, private or hybrid clouds. Companies use it to modernize systems, improve resilience, retire data centers or gain more flexible capacity.
Cloud Migration can preserve an existing application through rehosting or replatforming, while a rebuild replaces much of its architecture and code. Migration is often faster for stable workloads; rebuilding may deliver greater long-term flexibility but requires more discovery, testing and product involvement.
A strong Cloud Migration specialist usually understands networking, identity and access management, databases, Linux or Windows infrastructure, security, observability and automation. Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, containerization and scripting are useful when the target environment is cloud-native.
The right level of experience for Cloud Migration depends on workload complexity, data sensitivity, integration depth and downtime tolerance. A small, isolated workload may need focused planning, while a connected estate requires experienced leadership for dependency mapping, migration waves, testing and rollback.
Cloud Migration is often suitable for remote collaboration because discovery, configuration, documentation and testing happen through shared technical environments. On-site work may still help with physical infrastructure, restricted systems, workshops or cutover coordination, depending on the company’s security and language expectations.
Look for a clear method covering discovery, workload classification, target design, security, testing, cutover and operational handover. A capable Cloud Migration specialist can explain trade-offs between rehosting, replatforming, refactoring and retiring workloads, and can show how risks and rollback are managed.
A Cloud Migration engagement may produce an assessment, business case, target architecture, landing-zone design, dependency map, migration plan and infrastructure as code. It can also include migration scripts, test evidence, cutover runbooks, monitoring configuration and documentation for the team taking over operations.
Cloud Migration specialists may work with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, private clouds or hybrid environments. The important factor is not only vendor familiarity, but also experience connecting the target cloud with existing networks, identity systems, databases, security controls and operating processes.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects is 109 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 875 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects are German (99%), English (99%), and French (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Banking and Finance (55%), and Professional Services (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (82%), and Operations (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Cloud Migration
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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Frankfurt In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Vienna Graz Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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