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Tom F.

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Project Manager for SOC Service Transition and Introduction of Microsoft Cloud Security Solutions

Berlin
Tom F.

Last position:

Project Manager for SOC Service Transition and Introduction of Microsoft Cloud Security Solutions at Sonovum GmbH

  • Analysis of the existing SOC infrastructure and assessment of security operations

  • Transition to a new operating model including security monitoring, incident response and threat intelligence

  • Coordination between internal teams, external partners and service providers

  • Implementation of Microsoft Intune: configuration, compliance policies and BYOD management

  • Implementation of Microsoft Defender: endpoint and network protection, automated threat detection and incident response

  • Training of IT security teams and end users

  • Deployment of Microsoft Sentinel: integration into existing systems, automation of playbooks

  • Introduction of Conditional Access: policies, MFA, creation of reports and dashboards

  • Project management from initiation to completion, including change, risk and acceptance management

  • Project controlling regarding schedules, costs and quality

  • Requirements management: collection, classification and assessment of IT security requirements

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Ali Y.

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Principal Product Security Engineer

Berlin
Ali Y.

Last position:

Principal Product Security Engineer at Payrails GmbH

  • Defined and executed a comprehensive security roadmap: integrated Shift-Left Security, CNAPP, and DevSecOps principles to streamline secure product development and reduce risk exposure.
  • Established a robust threat modeling framework: embedded security into design processes, enabling early identification of vulnerabilities and reducing potential risks.
  • Developed a scalable Vulnerability Management program: accelerated detection and remediation of new vulnerabilities, significantly shortening the risk response cycle.
  • Enhanced cloud and container security: leveraged advanced tools such as Tetragon to achieve deeper visibility and implement a defense-in-depth strategy.
  • Automated security controls within CI/CD pipelines: integrated security measures into the development lifecycle to maintain continuous delivery with robust safeguards.
  • Championed cross-functional collaboration: partnered with developers and infrastructure teams to prioritize threats and align remediation efforts, fostering a unified security culture.
  • Ensured regulatory compliance and audit readiness: collaborated closely with the InfoSec team to adhere to internal policies and successfully support audits for standards like PCI-DSS and SOC2.
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Muhammad I.

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Group Product Manager

Berlin
Muhammad I.

Last position:

Group Product Manager at Delivery Hero SE

  • Strategic portfolio management: Own the product vision and multi-year strategic roadmap for the global InventoryAutomation portfolio. Managed the integration of AI-powered efficiency tools across multiple operating entities, ensuring alignment with complex regulatory and governance standards.
  • AI/ML impact at scale: Spearheaded mission-critical AI initiatives that automated 70% of global inventory rules. Leveraged predictive modeling to reduce manual errors by 40%, resulting in multi-million euro annual operational savings.
  • Operational optimization: Defined and tracked high-level success metrics (e.g., CPO). Successfully achieved a 10% reduction in Cost Per Order (CPO) through the deployment of Generative AI assistants and automated financial workflow models.
  • Executive stakeholder management: Acted as the primary liaison between Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Finance. Successfully navigated high-stakes negotiations to align disparate global entities on standardized payment protocols.
  • Team mentorship: Led a cross-functional squad of Data Scientists, Engineers, and Designers, fostering a culture of rapid experimentation and "Responsible AI" deployment.
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Vishnu K.

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Red Team Engineer (Professional Management Level VI)

Berlin
Vishnu K.

Last position:

Red Team Engineer (Professional Management Level VI) at Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland, Stackit)

  • Developed Red Team infrastructure for real-world attack simulations using Sliver C2 and custom tools
  • Executed advanced Red Team operations, integrating AI/LLM security research for prompt injection attacks
  • Conducted comprehensive breach assessment attacks and vulnerability assessments across enterprise infrastructure
  • Performed root cause analysis and purple team exercises, generating executive-level reports
  • Lead LLM red teaming initiatives to improve AI model security for GPT-4, Mistral, and internal GenAI models
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Jan K.

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Consultant for Information Security & Auditor

Berlin
Jan K.

Last position:

Consultant for Information Security & Auditor at Kopiasonsulting GmbH

  • Operational management of the company: building teams and infrastructure, developing products, analysis and implementation of IT security measures

  • Project assignments in the IT security environment focusing on establishing blue teaming activities (defensive processes and technologies) to defend against cyber attacks

  • Conducting red teaming processes, including penetration tests and security analyses for companies

  • Consulting on setting up Security Operation Centers and implementing SIEM systems, and building Computer Incident Response Teams (CSIRT)

  • Auditor for ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, § 8a, ISO 27019, § 11 1a EnWG, TISAX

  • Advising companies in critical infrastructures on information security and compliance with the IT Security Act

  • Building SIEM/SOC processes and SOC analyst work (Splunk, ELK-Stack)

  • Integrating data into monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

  • Consulting on BSI IT baseline protection, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, BCM, ITIL and risk management

  • Security assessments and penetration testing of IT and network architectures

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Henryk O.

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Security Consultant

Blankenfelde-Mahlow
Henryk O.

Last position:

Security Consultant at Daimler AG

  • Development of a cloud security strategy
  • Implementation of cloud security governance to comply with ISO/IEC 27017 and the CSA CCM
  • Creation of a management system to control cloud security with a focus on process design as well as roles and responsibilities
  • Definition of security measures to safeguard cloud solutions
  • Conducting requirements analyses and defining the scope for cloud security projects
  • Achievements: Established an effective NIS2-compliant cloud security governance that meets industry-specific requirements and effectively minimizes cloud security risks
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Franc P.

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Sales Director

Berlin
Franc P.

Last position:

Sales Director at eGovCD GmbH

  • Developed and implemented sales strategies for eGovCD products
  • New customer acquisition and key account management
  • Sales in EMEA for the partner Cloud Security Alliance (CSA, Seattle/USA) in the CRM/ERP area
  • Over 40 new memberships, multiple membership renewals, and more than 100 cloud security trainings
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Tilman M.

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PMO Lead

Berlin
Tilman M.

Last position:

PMO Lead at Enterprise AI Governance Program

  • Setting up the PMO
  • Developing a KPI framework
  • Implementing governance processes for over 600 users across international teams

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Statistics of experts using Cloud Security

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years (Germany: 19 years)

Cloud Security experts in Berlin have 17 years of professional experience on average. It is 2 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 19 years.

Position duration

3 years (Germany: 2.6 years)

Cloud Security experts in Berlin stay in a single position for 3 years on average. It is 0.4 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.6 years.

Positions per freelancer

9 (Germany: 12)

Cloud Security experts in Berlin have completed 9 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 3 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 12.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Cloud Security experts in Berlin have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Transportation

Cloud Security experts in Berlin are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Transportation.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Audit

Cloud Security experts in Berlin earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Audit.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 85%)

100% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 15% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 85%.

Master's degree or higher

71% (Germany: 47%)

71% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin hold at least a Master's degree. It is 24% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 47%.

Doctorate

29% (Germany: 11%)

29% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin have a doctorate (PhD). It is 18% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 11%.

Certifications per freelancer

7 (Germany: 8)

Cloud Security experts in Berlin hold 7 professional certifications on average. It is 1 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 8.

Most common languages

English, German, Spanish

Cloud Security experts in Berlin most often speak English, German, and Spanish.

Speak two or more languages

89% (Germany: 98%)

89% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin speak two or more languages. It is 9% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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13% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin charge less than €320 per day.
13% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin charge between €320 and €480 per day.
25% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin charge between €640 and €800 per day.
13% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin charge between €800 and €960 per day.
38% of Cloud Security experts in Berlin charge €960 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Berlin 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 Berlin using Cloud Security

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

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Daily rate avg. 778 €
Germany avg. 904 €

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 780 €
Germany median 880 €

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 Security 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%)
  • Professional Services (67%)
  • Transportation (33%)
  • Manufacturing (33%)
  • Retail (33%)
  • Banking and Finance (22%)
  • Food and Beverage (22%)
  • Healthcare (22%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What Cloud Security Covers

Cloud Security protects data, identities, workloads and services hosted in public, private or hybrid cloud environments. It combines technical controls, operating practices and governance to reduce exposure while keeping teams productive. The work spans prevention, detection, response and recovery across the full cloud lifecycle.

Cloud Platforms and Controls

Professionals work across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, often alongside Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD tooling. They configure identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption, secrets handling, logging and security policies. Strong platform knowledge matters because each provider uses different services, permissions and control models.

Where Companies Use It

Cloud Security supports modern applications, data platforms, SaaS products and regulated business systems. Typical assignments include:

  • Designing secure landing zones and account structures
  • Reviewing cloud configurations and attack paths
  • Protecting containers, APIs, workloads and pipelines
  • Building monitoring, alerting and incident response processes

When Freelance Expertise Helps

Companies often bring in freelance specialists during a cloud migration, platform redesign or security review. They can add focused capacity when internal teams need an independent assessment, a rapid remediation plan or hands-on implementation. In Berlin, remote delivery is common, while on-site workshops can help align security, engineering and compliance stakeholders.

Skills Behind Strong Delivery

Effective Cloud Security work connects infrastructure, software and risk management. Specialists understand IAM design, threat modeling, vulnerability management, security information and event management, and policy as code. They also communicate clearly with product teams and document decisions so controls remain usable after the engagement ends.

Choosing the Right Specialist

Look for evidence of comparable cloud environments, not only provider certifications. Ask how the professional has handled excessive permissions, exposed storage, insecure images, weak secrets management and noisy alerts. A strong specialist explains trade-offs, validates controls with realistic tests and leaves behind clear runbooks, dashboards and ownership paths.

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Frequently asked questions

Questions about Cloud Security? Start with the answers below.

Cloud Security is used to protect cloud-hosted data, applications, identities, networks and infrastructure from misuse, attack and accidental exposure. It covers preventive controls such as least-privilege access and encryption, as well as monitoring, incident response and recovery.

Cloud Security addresses shared-responsibility models, rapidly changing resources and provider-managed services. It places greater emphasis on identity, configuration, automation and continuous monitoring, while still relying on familiar practices such as network protection, vulnerability management and incident response.

A strong Cloud Security specialist usually understands infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, application security and security operations. Experience with Terraform, IAM, container protection, logging and compliance automation is especially useful for complex cloud environments.

The right level depends on the scope and risk of the environment. A focused configuration review may need a specialist with a narrow platform focus, while a migration, incident response plan or multi-cloud program calls for broad experience in architecture, governance and hands-on remediation.

Yes. Cloud Security projects are often handled remotely through secure access, documentation, tickets and video workshops. On-site collaboration in Berlin can still be valuable for discovery sessions, incident exercises or discussions involving sensitive business processes.

Ask for a clear method, relevant case examples and practical deliverables. High-quality Cloud Security work identifies exploitable paths, ranks findings by business risk, verifies fixes and provides usable policies, dashboards and runbooks rather than only a list of weaknesses.

Cloud Security specialists may focus on AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, or work across several providers. The important point is to match the professional's depth in the provider services, identity model, networking approach and deployment tools used by your company.

Freelancers need to work carefully with privileged access, sensitive logs and documented change control. Cloud Security assignments also reward clear communication, because recommendations must be understood by infrastructure, software, compliance and leadership teams.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cloud Security in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 778 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cloud Security in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 71% hold at least a Master's degree, and 29% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cloud Security in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cloud Security in their recent projects are English (100%), German (78%), and Spanish (11%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cloud Security in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Professional Services (67%), and Transportation (33%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Cloud Security in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Project Management (78%), and Quality Assurance (67%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Cloud Security

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.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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