Cloud Migration Experts in Frankfurt
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Frankfurt, who have recently used Cloud Migration
Waseem Sattar
Last position:
Solution Architect / Subject Matter Expert at FRMCS terminal device manufacturer
Participation in the EU-funded MORANE-2 project to validate the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) in real-life use cases: creation of the requirement specifications for TOBA as well as the associated test specifications.
Technologies: 5GS (Radio & Core), FRMCS, MCx (MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo), MC Gateway UE, MCx Priority/Security/QoS Management, ETCS, SIP, IMS
Prasad Tilloo
Last position:
Solution Architect / Senior Manager – DTC E-Commerce Platform at BRITA
- Led discovery phase and POC for Shopware to Shopify Plus migration across EMEA markets, evaluating platform suitability, technical architecture, and multi-brand/multi-country capabilities against business requirements.
- Designed reference architecture for Shopify Plus implementation incorporating headless front-end patterns (Vue.js, Nuxt.js), CMS integration (Magnolia), and Azure middleware (APIM, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus) for 11 EMEA markets.
- Defined migration strategy analyzing data mapping, cutover approach, and zero-downtime deployment patterns using Varnish caching, GitOps pipelines, and CI/CD orchestration across six vendor teams.
- Architected multi-tenant Shopify Plus governance model with centralized admin, localized storefront customization, and compliance controls (GDPR, data residency).
- Prototyped AI-driven search optimization (LLM.txt, JSON-LD) for product discoverability in Google AI results, demonstrating post-launch performance opportunities.
- Defined EMEA expansion roadmap for 15+ markets through C-level strategic workshops, identifying phased rollout, market-specific configurations, and resource requirements.
- Tech Stack: React, Nuxt.js, Vue.js, Magnolia CMS, Shopware, Shopify Plus, Azure (APIM, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Front Door), Varnish, SAP, MS Dynamics, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Kafka
Mario Pucko
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager / Program Lead – Network Strategy 2030 at ALDB GmbH
- Holistic responsibility for modernizing and expanding federal networks and upgrading critical data center and telecom infrastructure in the high-security agency environment of BDBOS
- Planning and management of the expansion of national BOS network infrastructure in the VS-NfD/KRITIS environment with technical decision authority at the architecture and component level (Cisco, Layer 2/3, WAN redundancy)
- Planning, tendering (EVB-IT/UVgO) and oversight of the upgrade of security-critical telecom infrastructure for emergency call 110/112 (ACD)
- Capacity planning, rack integration, structured cabling, power supply, cooling concept (CRAC/In-Row) and DCIM monitoring for data center expansion
- Building the IT department from scratch: structures, governance, processes, team recruiting, vendor selection and long-term IT strategy
- Planning and managing infrastructure and application migrations: migration strategies, batch planning, hypercare stabilization and rollback concepts
- Creating vendor-neutral specifications (telecom systems, signature solutions) according to EVB-IT and UVgO; contract award and vendor management
- Setting up a secure IT environment according to BSI basic protection, ISO 27001 and VS-NfD; developing IT security concepts and CMDB analyses
- Hands-on program leadership: decision papers for management and steering committees, risk management, reporting and change request control
Thomas Kastell
Last position:
Project Manager at OGL Food Trade
Part of a company-wide SAP S/4Hana cloud migration program including 6 implementation teams migrating the whole business process landscape from on premise into the cloud. Managing of two project teams on data migration and creation of business cockpits for pricing and logistics. Conducting two workshops to define the data migration approach and the Kanban working mode. Setting up release and deployment plans. Conducting stakeholder management and management reporting. Setting up the full project structure in Jira and sharepoint.
Key Contributions:
- Conducting two scoping workshops on the data migration approach for business partner and materials incl the full project plan definition and the pricing and logistics cockpits
- Coaching of one development and one data migration team consisting of 5 developers, SAP consultants and several business key user by adapting Scrum and Kanban frameworks
- Managing three external services provider consisting of different SAP consultants and developer incl budget and ressource allocation management
Jan Mundo
Last position:
Founder, Senior Solution Architect, Team Lead, Senior DevOps Engineer at CreArt IT GmbH
- Hands-on solution architect
- Digital product development - SaaS
- Strategic consulting on software architecture, cloud migration, and DevOps processes
- Coaching SE developers and IT architects
Tobias Greiner
Last position:
Head of IT D-A-CH (CIO) at Sodexo Service GmbH
- Responsible for IT strategy and operational IT governance in the D-A-CH region, covering infrastructure, applications, operations, security, and support
- Developed and implemented a strategic IT transformation to improve scalability, efficiency, and security of IT systems
- Managed a team of 25 specialists and coordinated with global and regional IT stakeholders
- Deployed a centralized IT service model for 250+ sites to standardize and optimize processes
- Supported and technically executed a carve-out to ensure business continuity
- Introduced modern cloud technologies and automation solutions to optimize processes
- Ensured compliance with ISO 27001, GDPR, and ITIL standards to minimize security risks
- Reduced IT costs by 20% through cloud migration and IT consolidation
- Built and led a high-performing IT team with focus on innovation and service orientation
- Led IT transformation projects including ERP migration, IT security, and digitalization
- Improved IT security level by implementing ISO 27001 and GDPR-compliant processes
- Optimized service times by 30% through AI-powered process automation
Shubham Patil
Last position:
Technology Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH (PwC)
- Delivered multi-year, global consulting projects on strategy execution, digital transformation, and operating model optimisation for a DAX40 client.
- Acted as a key interface between business, technology, and delivery teams, coordinating the cloud migration of 57+ applications and ensuring controlled execution across regions.
- Structured complex problem statements, formulated hypotheses, and converted insights into clear strategic and operational recommendations.
- Facilitated workshops, developed executive-level presentations, and shared results with senior stakeholders and steering committees.
- Undertook initial leadership responsibilities, mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to knowledge sharing and internal offerings.
- Implemented structured project governance, tracking milestones, risks, and KPIs to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery.
- Supported stakeholder decision-making through performance dashboards, progress reporting, and coordination across cross-functional teams.
Garima Chomal
Last position:
IT Program Director at Trax Retail
- Directed global digital transformation programs enabling enterprise adoption of AI-powered retail analytics solutions
- Led migration from legacy platforms to cloud-based ecosystems, improving data processing performance by over 40%
- Served as strategic technology advisor to enterprise customers, aligning technology roadmaps with business objectives
- Managed cross-functional global teams of 100+ resources across multiple regions
Kabir Khaleque
Last position:
AI Engineer / Banking IT Specialist at Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) & Real Estate Firm
- Developed a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) application using LangChain and LangGraph for corporate document parsing, delivered as an installable Electron desktop application with local AI models via Ollama.
- Currently providing ongoing AI feature support for the Loan Pricing Tool at Hamburg Commercial Bank, with a commitment of three days per month.
- Architected Kubernetes-native solutions, including Helm chart configuration and Azure DevOps pipeline integration.
Michael Simann
Last position:
Business Analyst & Product Owner at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Product Owner for stakeholder management, backlog prioritization and sprint organization (refinements, planning, testing, release) in agile team (8 developers, 2 testers)
- Scaled according to SAFe by introducing sub-teams and leading retrospectives for team development
- Developed central DVAG commission system from batch to near-real-time processing (Kafka) including data migration and structure hierarchy
- Specified functional, technical and quality requirements in close coordination with lead developers
- Modeled complex business processes (BPMN) and interfaces (Kafka, REST, GraphQL)
- Supported authentication (Keycloak), frontend development (Angular) and test automation (CI/CD, CDCT)
- Accompanied cloud migration of microservices to Azure; created workbooks, dashboards and KQL queries for system monitoring
- Analyzed and optimized database systems (CosmosDB, MongoDB, SQL) and reported via Power BI to manage commission competitions
- Applied industry expertise in sales and structured sales model including overseeing financial products to market release
Michael Yaco
Last position:
Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer at DB Regio AG
- Supported implementation and operation of a portal used online and offline in customer-facing vehicles
- Automated processes by introducing CI/CD pipelines
- Provided enablement and methodological guidance for adopting software engineering best practices
- System environment: NestJS, Node.js, npm, AWS, Docker, Docker Swarm, GitLab CI, WhiteSource, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch, REST API
Serkan Kaya
Last position:
Operation and Maintenance of Oracle Middleware Products at LBV - Landesamt für Besoldung und Versorgung Baden-Württemberg
- Patch management
- Support in database development
- Installation and upgrades of the following Oracle systems:
- Oracle Analytics Server (6.4)
- Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
- Oracle Data Integration Server
- Oracle BI Administration Tool
- Oracle WebLogic
Markus Groh
Last position:
Data Solution Architect, Founder at GRITCON GmbH
- Design and development of modern cloud DWH & data platforms
- Data Vault automation
- Implementation of ELT and CI/CD processes
- Requirements analysis and data modeling
- Building an automated cloud data platform as a reference architecture for financial risk controlling (Snowflake, Data Vault, DBT, Python, GitHub) 2024-10-01 – 2025-06-30, Zurich
- DWH further development, operations and cloud migration (Data Vault, DBT, SAP Data Services, Alteryx, SQL Server, Azure Synapse) 2023-03-01 – 2025-06-30, Frankfurt
- Implementation of a global cloud data platform (Data Vault, WhereScape, Snowflake, AWS, Scrum) 2021-04-01 – 2023-12-31, Cologne
- Proof of concept for a global cloud data platform (Data Vault, Snowflake, Synapse, WhereScape, Azure, Scrum) 2022-04-01 – 2022-07-31, Bonn
- Implementation of a cloud data platform (Data Vault, Snowflake, WhereScape, AWS) 2021-07-01 – 2022-04-30, Karlsruhe
- Big data integration of all source systems related to the ITSM process (Data Vault, Snowflake, WhereScape, AWS, Scrum) 2021-01-01 – 2021-05-31, Prague
- Development and operation of a global self-service BI platform to display around 150 corporate KPIs (Data Vault, WhereScape, Postgres, Jenkins, Talend, AWS, Scrum) 2018-11-01 – 2020-12-31, Frankfurt
- Implementation of a DWH for price management and capacity forecasting in long-distance passenger transport (SAP BODS, SQL Server, AWS) 2017-10-01 – 2018-11-30, Frankfurt
- Introduction of SAP BODS and migration of the existing DWH (SAP, BODS, HANA, Oracle, Cognos) 2017-05-01 – 2017-10-31, Rastatt
Alexander Tyulenev
Last position:
Solution Architect at SyroCon AG
- Participation in various management and automation project activities to prepare IoT PoC and Terraform automation in AWS
- Preparation for the Solution Architect Professional certification
Frode Karlsen
Last position:
Associate Director at Cognizant Business Consulting
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Statistics of experts using Cloud Migration
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.4 years (Germany: 2.7 years)
Positions per freelancer
8 (Germany: 12)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
79% (Germany: 84%)
Master's degree or higher
50% (Germany: 41%)
Certifications per freelancer
5 (Germany: 4)
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
93% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt 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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What it covers
Cloud migration is the move of applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premises systems or one cloud to another. It includes rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring, depending on how much change the target environment needs. Strong work keeps business services stable while the move happens.
Common project types
- Move legacy workloads to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Shift databases, file storage, and backup systems
- Modernize apps during the move instead of copying them as-is
- Set up hybrid cloud or phased cutovers
Skills that matter
Good professionals understand networking, identity, security, data transfer, and dependency mapping. They also know how to assess readiness, choose a landing zone, and plan rollback paths. Experience with automation, IaC, and cloud-native services helps them avoid manual work and repeatable mistakes.
When to bring in experts
Companies bring in freelance specialists when an internal team lacks migration experience, the timeline is tight, or the current setup is too sensitive to risk. In Frankfurt, this often matters for regulated industries, finance, logistics, and enterprise IT teams that need careful coordination across local and remote staff.
Tools and ecosystems
Cloud migration work often touches AWS Migration Hub, Azure Migrate, Google Cloud tools, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, databases, and observability tools. The exact stack depends on whether the goal is a simple lift and shift or a deeper cloud transformation. Good experts adapt the approach to the system, not the other way around.
What strong specialists deliver
A strong cloud migration specialist writes a clear migration plan, identifies dependencies early, and tests each cutover before go-live. They keep security, downtime, and data integrity in view at every step. They also communicate well with application, infrastructure, and business stakeholders, which is essential when work spans Frankfurt and distributed teams.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Cloud Migration? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Cloud migration is used to move systems, data, and services into a cloud environment or between cloud providers. Companies use it to improve scalability, reduce legacy constraints, simplify operations, or prepare older applications for modernization. The exact approach can be a lift and shift, a replatform, or a deeper redesign.
Cloud migration focuses on moving workloads safely from one place to another, while cloud modernization changes how those workloads are built or run. A migration can be simple rehosting with little code change, or it can include modernization work if the business wants better resilience or lower operations effort. Many projects combine both, but the goals are not the same.
A Cloud Migration project usually involves AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, because those are the most common target environments. The choice depends on existing contracts, technical fit, security needs, and team skills. A strong specialist knows how to work across these ecosystems and adapt the plan to each one.
A cloud migration freelancer should also understand networking, IAM, security controls, databases, scripting, and infrastructure as code. Knowledge of Kubernetes, container platforms, monitoring, and backup or disaster recovery setups is often useful too. These skills help the specialist move workloads without breaking access, data flow, or operations.
A Cloud Migration project needs enough experience to handle dependencies, cutover planning, and rollback decisions with confidence. Simple moves may need only a focused specialist, while larger or regulated environments need someone who has handled complex application estates before. The main test is whether the person can reduce risk, not just move servers.
Yes, most cloud migration work can be done remotely because planning, testing, and many cutovers happen in shared tools and cloud consoles. On-site time may still help for sensitive environments, change windows, or coordination with local stakeholders in Frankfurt. The best setup is often a mix of remote delivery and planned in-person sessions.
A strong Cloud Migration expert can explain the migration strategy in plain language and show how they handle dependencies, testing, and rollback. Look for examples of similar systems, clear planning documents, and a practical approach to security and downtime. Weak profiles talk only about moving workloads, while strong ones talk about business continuity.
These are common approaches within cloud migration. Lift and shift, also called rehosting, moves a workload with minimal change, while replatforming makes targeted adjustments to fit the new cloud better. A good specialist chooses the approach based on risk, speed, and the long-term plan for the application.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects is 104 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 835 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects, 79% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects are English (100%), German (93%), and French (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Professional Services (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Cloud Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (87%), and Strategy (73%).
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