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Hire experts who plan and execute database, application and cloud migrations, from source assessment and mapping to validation and cutover. FRATCH connects you with vetted, available freelancers whose experience fits your systems, data risks and delivery goals.

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Kossi A.

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Project Manager

Frankfurt am Main
Kossi A.

Last position:

Project Manager at Deutsche Bank

Migration of an existing application to a new IT infrastructure.

  • Managed all project activities (infrastructure, applications, data, security, architecture)
  • Planned complex network architectures with security requirements
  • Designed and coordinated firewall configurations
  • Planned and managed interfaces between ERP, cloud, and third-party systems
  • Coordinated middleware solutions (e.g. SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, Boomi)
  • Defined data flows, mapping rules, and integration architectures
  • Managed data migrations and master data harmonization
  • Coordinated with business departments, IT teams, service providers, and external partners
  • Team size: International team of 35 employees – Germany | Poland | India | USA
  • Languages: English

Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Brainloop, Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint

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Joachim A.

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HubSpot Project Manager, Tracking + Analytics Expert

Frankfurt am Main
Joachim A.

Last position:

HubSpot Project Manager, Tracking + Analytics Expert at Swiss Post

  • Create a tracking concept for Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, including the data layer, events, triggers, and reporting
  • Manage the project team (developers, designers, performance)
  • Communication interface between stakeholders and digital specialist departments
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Nico B.

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Project Manager

Hagen am Teutoburger Wald
Nico B.

Last position:

Project Manager at Deutsche Glasfaser Holding GmbH

  • Act as project manager and first point of contact on the project side
  • Coordinate with teams to ensure required information is available for project completion
  • Ensure both general contractors and internal teams store information correctly
  • Monitor compliance with the project checklist and follow-up
  • Plan and execute the project plan
  • Perform budget and project calculations based on expected price calculations and estimated effort
  • Participate in project meetings
  • Review progress of Actoom (external partner handling data)
  • Answer queries from Actoom regarding data migrations to retrieve data from internal partners or general contractors
  • Contact subcontractors to obtain missing information
  • Communicate with insolvent companies to obtain missing information
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Bruno P.

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Independent Consultant for Digital Products & Processes

Freilassing
Bruno P.

Last position:

Product Owner

Design and implementation of a „unified-commerce“ platform for SMEs to sell and deliver multi-product bundles

Achievements: On-time design, delivery and customer acceptance of a 100% functional, CPQ-based „buy flow“ process for configuring and selling multi-product bundles within the specified timeframe of 90 days. Successfully tested integration of various interface services for the areas of: customer search, enrichment of customer data, address validation, service qualification, phone number validation, credit check, appointment selection and Quote-to-Order Transition.

Responsibilities:

  • Strategic goal implementation: Derivation and implementation of strategic customer goals (e.g. release content, business value).
  • Backlog Management: Creation and elaboration of backlog items (Initiatives, Epics, User Stories, Defects) in close coordination with the project team and customer.
  • Prioritisation & Releases: Responsibility for prioritising the Product Backlog and implementing defined release goals.
  • Deliverable Tracking: Tracking work results on the supplier and customer sides.
  • Roadmap & Release Planning: Development and implementation of roadmaps and release plans together with the customer.
  • Scope Responsibility: Responsibility for the contractually agreed scope of services.
  • Claim Management: Active claim and change management towards the customer.
  • Team Coordination: Management and coordination of the development team.
  • Use of Synergies: Use of synergies between customer projects and product development.
  • Proposal Preparation: Preparation of proposals (with supervision) and presentations on site at customer and partner locations.

Skills: Development, communication and implementation of product visions; Product Backlog Management; Stakeholder Management; Regular reporting to management and Steering Committees; Requirements analysis & Engineering; Conducting and documenting workshops; Functional leadership and coordination of (distributed) project teams and external service providers; Epic Management; User Story specifications; Creation of Use Cases, support with software testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT); Release Management and Sprint Planning; Design of TO-BE processes; Process optimisation; Planning, design and specification of interfaces to existing and new systems; Identification, assessment and management of project risks; Active claim and change management; Facilitation of Sprint Planning and Reviews; Data migration; Scrum; Kanban; REST API; JSON; XML; BPMN; UML; Jira; Confluence

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Michael S.

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Application Operations

Erding
Michael S.

Last position:

Senior System Engineer at VCS Value Chain Solutions GmbH

Planning and updating the entire environment to Windows Server 2022 and 2025

  • Hardening of DCs and servers, setup of event log forwarding
  • Migration of all existing Windows 2019 servers (including Active Directory DCs, DNS and CA) to Windows Server 2022 and 2025
  • Automation of security patches for the Hyper-V clusters via PowerShell (CAU)
  • Network administration
  • Continuous operation and support of the MS Hyper-V environments
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Ebru A.

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Business Analyst | Project & Product Manager | PMO | CRM & Salesforce | MarTech | SaaS & Rollout Management | Digital

Darmstadt
Ebru A.

Last position:

Product Analytics & App Tracking Consultant at EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG

  • Product Analytics, Mobile App Tracking & Tracking Governance (B2C Mobility App) – agile project management (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Product Ownership for Product Analytics and Mobile App Tracking of the EnBW mobility+ app; gathering, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into actionable concepts and Azure DevOps user stories with acceptance criteria.
  • Derivation of tracking requirements when introducing new app features (including Resilient Map), definition of tracking parameters (screens, events, custom definitions), and ensuring privacy-compliant tracking (Firebase, GA4, Adjust) based on the tracking concept.
  • Design and adaptation of dashboards and funnel reporting for campaigns (GA4 validation, onboarding and order flow analyses, conversion funnels, charging start flow) to identify drop-off points and optimization potential.
  • Management of the technical raw data export (Adjust to BigQuery) and connection to the data warehouse/data lakehouse, including data mapping; collaboration with international development teams, Data Engineering, Marketing/Sales, and Product Management.
  • Establishment of standardized tracking architecture, naming conventions, and governance; analysis and expansion of tracking (new features and “blind spots”), test design, handover to testers, and quality assurance and approval before releases; documentation in Conceptboard.
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Wolfgang O.

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Business Analyst

Freilassing
Wolfgang O.

Last position:

Project Manager at EnBW - Netze Südwest

  • New development and further development of the existing MS Dynamics CRM

IT systems: Microsoft Dynamics Customer Service, SharePoint, DevOps, SAP IS-U

  • CRM implementation / further development
  • Taking over from the previous service provider
  • Business process analysis
  • Agile project organization
  • Business analysis / requirements engineering with AI support
  • Use of AI in development
  • Analysis of master data processes
  • CRM customer data management
  • Requirements documentation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Workshop moderation
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Florian R.

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Principal, Enterprise Transformation & Strategy Execution

Frankfurt am Main
Florian R.

Last position:

Global Programme Lead, Ecosystem Separation at Merck Group

  • Electronics – Surface Solutions | Carve-out of IT, data and system landscape*

  • Separation of a full business division's IT, data and system landscape following divestment; centrally governed investment envelope in the three-digit m€ range

  • Laboratory notebook and laboratory analytics platform stream: Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, Signals Notebook, Power BI and connected laboratory instrumentation; site transition completed without interruption to laboratory operations

  • Decision authority and escalation point for business, IT infrastructure, IT security and vendors; separation executed across globally distributed users and systems, handed over on schedule

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Sercan T.

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Certified Professional for Software Architecture Foundation Level

Esslingen am Neckar
Sercan T.

Last position:

Co-Founder & Lead Software Architect at Pflege-Pfad

  • Focus: System architecture, cloud-native platforms, microservices, API design
  • Product: Pflege-Pfad is a digital placement platform that directly connects relatives of people in need of care with verified care services and caregivers – without an agency and without ongoing fees.
  • Business analysis & process design:
  • Analysis of the German care market and identification of the key pain points of both target groups.
  • Modeling of core business processes: registration, verification, care request, application, placement, and rating.
  • Definition of the business model as a freemium/premium model with optional contact unlocking.
  • Creation of user stories and requirements documentation for relatives, care services, and administrators.
  • Design of trust and quality assurance mechanisms with document upload, admin review process, and rating system.
  • Coordination with stakeholders and validation of product decisions with potential users.
  • Technical implementation:
  • Design and implementation of the entire platform architecture as the sole developer.
  • Design and implementation of a REST API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, including JWT-based authentication.
  • Development of the frontend as a single-page application with Angular 17.
  • Implementation of the AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, and IAM.
  • Document upload with AWS S3 using presigned URLs to verify care services.
  • Email notifications via Resend API.
  • AI-supported care service search via OpenAI API.
  • Implementation of complete user flows such as registration, login, password reset, and the placement process.
  • Development of an admin panel for user and care service management as well as analytics.
  • CI/CD with GitHub Actions and containerized deployments with Docker.
  • End-to-end tests with Playwright.

Technologies: Kotlin, Spring Boot 3, Spring Security, JWT, JPA/Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Angular 17, TypeScript, RxJS, AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront CDN, RDS PostgreSQL, IAM), nginx, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Maven, Git, OpenAI API, Resend API, Docker, Scrum, i18n (DE/EN/TR), Kiro, feature flag architecture.

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Eric B.

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Quality Manager / Test Manager / Senior Test Analyst / Senior Data Analyst / Statistical Programmer

Kelkheim (Taunus)
Eric B.

Last position:

Quality Assurance Manager (QSV) at Federal Employment Agency

  • Supporting the International Web Presence of the BA (IntWeb) project in the area of quality management, with the aim of taking responsibility for the quality of processes and project results while considering BA standards. The main objectives of the project are to give professionals abroad a quick overview of their opportunities for moving to Germany and to enable them to take the necessary steps consistently and with digital support by providing access to services.

  • Defining the general guidelines in the QA handbook

  • Summarising test results in QA reports for PLA

  • Analysing project results for improvement opportunities

  • Quality management of requirements analysis (particularly processes, methods, and tools)

  • Ensuring compliance with SERA requirements

  • Creating a cross-project test concept

  • Agreeing on sprint completion reports

  • Formal review of work results in accordance with requirements and/or the project plan

  • Contact person for internal audit, external audits by auditors, or BRH (Federal Court of Audit)

  • Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, GitLab, Kubernetes

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Tobias R.

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M&A IT Project Manager / Cross-functional Technical and Integration Manager

Weikersheim
Tobias R.

Last position:

M&A IT Project Manager / Cross-functional Technical and Integration Manager at Sandoz AG

  • Worked for several M&A projects (Eire, Sunshine C, Coral) in the role of IT project manager and cross-functional technical manager / integration manager.
  • Preparation and maintenance of project charters, project change requests and project plans.
  • Weekly project status report.
  • Preparation of decision papers and steering committee slidedecks.
  • Risk & issue management.
  • Tracking and managing activities, dependencies and deliverables across all functional IT domains.
  • Data migration (planning and execution).
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Marco G.

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CEO&Founder / Microsoft D365 CE Senior Consultant

Hagen im Bremischen
Marco G.

Last position:

Solution Architect & Functional/Technical Consultant

Industry: Insurance

Responsibilities:

  • Creation & prioritization of the backlog
  • Coordination with stakeholders from business departments, management and IT
  • Overall responsibility for planning, coordination and delivery
  • Roadmap, release & resource planning
  • Moderation of reviews and training sessions
  • Ensuring product quality
  • Coordination of technical implementations
  • Support during testing, acceptance and go-live
  • Ensuring compliance with project goals, schedule and quality

Technological scope:

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales & Customer Insights - Journeys
  • JIRA, Confluence
  • Power Point
  • Azure DevOps
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Sergei M.

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Program Manager / Program Lead (Contractor)

Kaarst
Sergei M.

Last position:

Interim Program Manager at parcIT

Time-limited interim assignment filling a vacant program leadership position: joint leadership of a complex software project and orchestration of several agile teams (business, development, and DevOps teams), as well as actively driving change processes.

  • Program Management & Planning: Responsibility for creating and updating milestone, resource, and budget plans to ensure project objectives using agile and hybrid methods.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Promoting cooperation and knowledge sharing across teams; resolving blockers through proactive conflict management and targeted facilitation.
  • Stakeholder Management & Transparency: Ensuring transparent and audience-appropriate communication within and outside the project organization using modern project management tools.
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Michael B.

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Senior Data Analytics Consultant

Berlin
Michael B.

Last position:

Product Analytics Consultant - Trust & Safety at Kleinanzeigen

  • Detecting fraud patterns and implementing effective anti-fraud rules while maintaining acceptable false positive rates to ensure a balance between safety and a frictionless user experience
  • Supporting ideation and roll-out of new trust and safety features to the platform to block fraudulent activity and increase user awareness for fraud
  • Supporting Product, Development and Customer Support with BI reports and further guidance to identify and fight fraud and policy violations

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Statistics of experts using Data Migration

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

22 years

Data Migration experts have 22 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

3 years

Data Migration experts stay in a single position for 3 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

15

Data Migration experts have completed 15 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Data Migration experts have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance

Data Migration experts are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Banking and Finance.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Data Migration experts earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

89%

89% of Data Migration experts hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

50%

50% of Data Migration experts hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

5%

5% of Data Migration experts have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

4

Data Migration experts hold 4 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Data Migration experts most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

96%

96% of Data Migration experts speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 16 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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2% of Data Migration experts charge less than €400 per day.
31% of Data Migration experts charge between €400 and €800 per day.
55% of Data Migration experts charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
11% of Data Migration experts charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
1% of Data Migration experts charge €1600 or more per day.
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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 Data Migration

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

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Daily rate avg. 853 €

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 800 €

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 16 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

Data 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 (90%)
  • Professional Services (59%)
  • Banking and Finance (50%)
  • Manufacturing (48%)
  • Retail (40%)
  • Automotive (39%)
  • Telecommunication (31%)
  • Transportation (30%)

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

About the technology

What Data Migration Covers

Data Migration moves information from one storage system, application or platform to another while preserving meaning, quality and access. It can support a cloud transition, a new enterprise application, a database replacement, a merger or the retirement of legacy software. The work includes discovery, transformation, transfer, validation and controlled cutover.

Typical Migration Work

  • Moving relational databases to cloud services or modern platforms
  • Consolidating data after mergers, acquisitions or system changes
  • Migrating customer, finance, product and operational records
  • Replacing legacy applications without losing business history
  • Building repeatable pipelines for staged or ongoing transfers

The right approach depends on data volume, dependencies, downtime limits, security needs and the condition of the source systems.

Tools And Ecosystem

Professionals work across SQL and NoSQL databases, data warehouses, lakehouses and cloud storage. Common tools include SQL, Python, ETL and ELT frameworks, orchestration services, replication tools and cloud-native migration utilities from AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. They also use profiling, schema comparison, reconciliation and monitoring tools to control risk.

When Companies Need Help

  • Source data is undocumented, duplicated or inconsistent
  • A cloud or ERP migration needs a clear execution plan
  • Internal teams lack capacity for mapping, testing or cutover
  • A legacy database must be retired without disrupting operations

Freelance expertise is useful when the project has a fixed migration window, several connected systems or strict requirements for auditability and business continuity.

Skills That Matter

Strong specialists combine data modelling, SQL, scripting and pipeline design with careful project control. They understand schemas, keys, dependencies, APIs, file formats, access controls and data quality rules. They can define mapping specifications, migration runbooks, rollback plans and reconciliation checks that business teams can review.

Communication is equally important. Migration decisions affect finance, operations, customer service and compliance, so professionals must explain trade-offs clearly and coordinate with system owners.

Signs Of Quality

A reliable professional starts with a source assessment instead of copying records blindly. They establish ownership, classify sensitive data, document transformations and test representative samples before a production move. They measure completeness and accuracy through reconciliation, not visual inspection alone.

Look for experience with the specific source and target technologies, realistic cutover planning and evidence of handling failed loads or changing requirements. Good delivery leaves behind documentation, repeatable scripts, monitoring and a support plan for the period after migration.

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Frequently asked questions

What clients ask us most about Data Migration — answered in short.

Data Migration is used to move structured or unstructured information between databases, applications, storage environments and cloud platforms. Companies use it for system replacement, cloud adoption, consolidation, acquisitions and the retirement of legacy software.

Data Migration usually moves data from a source system to a target system as part of a defined transition. Data integration connects systems so information can continue to flow between them, often as an ongoing process rather than a one-time change.

A strong Data Migration specialist often brings SQL, data modelling, ETL or ELT, scripting and cloud knowledge. Experience with APIs, database administration, data governance, security, testing and project coordination is also valuable because migrations affect more than the transfer step.

The right level for Data Migration depends on the number of source systems, data quality, dependencies and tolerance for downtime. A straightforward transfer may need focused delivery support, while a regulated or highly connected environment calls for someone who can own discovery, testing, cutover and recovery planning.

Data Migration can often be delivered remotely when secure access, documentation and communication routines are available. On-site work may help during workshops, hardware changes or a sensitive cutover, but access controls and clear ownership matter more than location for many projects.

Before engaging a Data Migration specialist, document the source and target systems, business owners, expected data sets, dependencies and cutover constraints. Existing schemas, sample extracts, security requirements and known data-quality problems help the specialist estimate risk and shape a practical plan.

Quality Data Migration work is traceable, tested and measurable. Ask how the professional handles profiling, mapping, reconciliation, sensitive fields, failed loads, rollback and post-cutover support rather than judging success only by whether records appear in the target system.

Data Migration from a legacy system may use a big-bang cutover, phased transfer, parallel running or incremental replication. The suitable approach depends on system dependencies, downtime tolerance, data quality and whether the business can validate each stage before the old environment is retired.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 853 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are German (99%), English (95%), and French (16%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Professional Services (59%), and Banking and Finance (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (82%), and Product Development (64%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Data 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.

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.

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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