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Huy Nguyen

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Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant

Hamburg
Huy Nguyen

Last position:

Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant at Thinformatics

  • Administration and further development of the M365 environment including Teams, Exchange Online, Intune and SharePoint Online
  • Development of dashboards for performance monitoring using Microsoft Power BI
  • Implementation of user requirements and processes with low-code/no-code technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate)
  • Use of Jira and Azure DevOps to plan and implement user stories in an agile project context
  • Participation in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives as technical point of contact
  • Planning and implementation of security policies using Azure Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication
  • Configuration and deployment of clients and applications via MECM (SCCM) and Baramundi
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Hoa Josef Nguyen

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AI Consultant & Manager

Hamburg
Hoa Josef Nguyen

Last position:

AI Architect and Enabler at Inhouse / AI Business

Technologies: n8n, Notion, OpenAI API, Claude, MS AI Foundry, MS CoPilot Studio, MS CoPilot, LLM, Node.js, Vercel, LangGraph, PostgreSQL, pgEdge, pgvector, Docker, LangChain, Ollama, Open WebUI

  • Continuous evaluation and prioritization of internal automation needs
  • ~20 AI agents in active use: research, content pipelines, document processing
  • 5 n8n workflows for automated data and process control
  • Architecture built on the same principles as in customer projects: state management, event-driven orchestration, API integration
  • Ongoing operation and further development
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Cornelius Höfig

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Solution Architect

Hamburg
Cornelius Höfig

Last position:

Solution Architect at STIHL

  • Remodeling of the system architecture for an Azure-based platform aimed at rapid development of new functionalities
  • Modeling of a staging concept for the fulfillment of diverse customer and QA needs
  • Creation of requirements for, and oversight of, a proof-of-concept supplier project for a Flutter app with highly advanced BLE functionalities
  • Comparison of multiple observability platforms for feasibility and requirements fit within the project environment
  • Creation of a mobile app architecture based on domain-driven architecture
  • Position of technical advisor and accountable solution architect for two development teams
  • Execution of architecture reviews and alignment of changes with architectural expectations
  • Skills & Technologies: Microsoft Azure , App Services, NodeJS Mono-repository, microservice architecture, domain driven design, self contained systems, requirements engineering, CI/CD, DevOps, API design, solution architecture
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Alex Odesser

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Contractor

Hamburg
Alex Odesser

Last position:

Contractor at Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Data-analysis, Preparation, gathering and coordination of business requirements for retrieval of monthly- and long term (CLV – relevant) cost- and revenue-components per contract for a customer–base–grouping project (HUB–Project) for B2C-Postpaid-Controlling
  • Concept and Implementation of cost- and revenue-KPIs calculation and corresponding CLV–reports (Oracle, Perl, SVN, MS SQL Server, MS Power BI, Serviceware Performance Analytics)
  • Operational support of the HUB-Project – various ad-hoc reports, deployments, job-scheduling etc. (Oracle, SVN, BICSuite–Scheduler, DWSODA etc.)
  • Analysis, implementation, retrieval and reporting of various physical and financial KPIs for B2P-Prepaid Business on an existing data-mart (Oracle, Perl)
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Marleen Kertscher

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Atlassian Specialist E2E Processes

Hamburg
Marleen Kertscher

Last position:

Atlassian Specialist E2E Processes at Energy, Water and Environment

  • Atlassian & Business expert
  • Lead of 1st, 2nd and 3rd level support, process mapping, process optimization, introduction of a project standard (global user management and documentation) and development of a collaboration platform to optimize teamwork, data management, reporting, ERP transformation
  • The client is a sustainability-focused chemical park and offers its employees a full service for the Atlassian product suite. In addition, the adoption of the ERP software by employees, the improvement of data quality and internal exchange or collaboration should be promoted by sharing knowledge and best practices
  • Process and standards development
  • Project configuration and creation of technical concepts
  • Workshops with employees
  • Development of scalable solutions and processes and their optimization/automation
  • Coordination with department process owners and management
  • Process mapping and further development
  • Data migration and data mining
  • Lead as Scrum Master
  • Dashboard for project management with project overview / development of reporting structures
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Mine SĂĽlĂĽnoglu

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SAP HCM Consultant (Freelancer)

Hamburg
Mine SĂĽlĂĽnoglu

Last position:

SAP HCM Consultant (Freelancer) at Dicebridge

  • S4 HANA implementation
  • Preparation and creation of training materials for the state of Saxony S4 HANA
  • Working with Jira, Confluence, and Rice 360
  • Topics included personnel administration, organizational management, and payroll
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Klaus Rheinwald

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Senior Project Manager

Hamburg
Klaus Rheinwald

Last position:

Management Consultant Compliance/Data Protection at TelefĂłnica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

Consulting on compliance and data protection topics in the telecommunications environment.

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Sridhar Huple

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SAP CX Consultant

Hamburg
Sridhar Huple

Last position:

SAP CX Consultant at Anonymous

  • Stack: SAP Commerce 2011 (B2C).
  • Migrating the data from Stibo system to SAP Commerce Cloud.
  • Mapping the data from Stibo system to SAP Commerce Cloud.
  • Integrating hot folders to support multiple countries and languages.
  • Integrating validation tools for migrated data and generating validation reports.
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Vincent Rammelt

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Trainer/Instructor

Hamburg
Vincent Rammelt

Last position:

Trainer/Instructor at ecomex GmbH & Co. KG

  • Conducting e-commerce courses covering basics, digital business models & trends, competitor analysis, product casting, shop P&L, minimum viable product process, funnel & conversion rate optimization, shop platform evaluation, first steps with Shopify, shop structure setup, payment & shipping systems, ERP & interfaces, fulfillment, process optimization, customer centricity, affiliate marketing
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Rolf Gardewischke

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Developer & Designer

Hamburg
Rolf Gardewischke

Last position:

Developer & Designer at Security authorities

  • Migration of a case processing system with numerous interfaces to other systems from Spring and Activiti to a Java JEE application
  • Further development into a cloud application
  • Consulting, development, requirements analysis, specification and design
  • Coordination with upstream and downstream systems
  • Data modeling, programming and implementation
  • Support with code reviews and ensuring clean code in the PL/SQL context
  • Documentation in Confluence
  • Troubleshooting PL/SQL applications including log analysis, session tracing and performance profiling
  • Optimization and tuning measures in the PL/SQL environment
  • Knowledge transfer and onboarding of new employees
  • Use of Jira for task management, progress tracking and sprint planning
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George Gambourg

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SAP Authorization Consultant/ SAP Authorization Consulting (Freelancer/SAP Consultant)

Hamburg
George Gambourg

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SAP Authorization Consultant/ SAP Authorization Consulting (Freelancer/SAP Consultant) at Publicly Listed Pharmaceutical Company

  • Consulting on SAP authorizations and governance
  • Conducting governance consultations, iteration support and project coordination
  • Developing solutions for effective control and monitoring of SAP authorizations
  • Creating concepts and recommendations
  • Drafting detailed concepts to improve the assignment and management of SAP authorizations
  • Providing clear recommendations based on established methods and best practices
  • Creating/customizing authorizations for MM including MDG/MDM as well as FI, PP including AIRC Services within SAP Finance
  • Reviewing existing structures and processes
  • Analyzing and evaluating current SAP authorization structures and processes
  • Identifying weaknesses and developing optimization strategies
  • Conducting trainings and workshops
  • Planning and delivering trainings and workshops for awareness
  • Sharing knowledge in SAP authorizations, including role assignment, support during iterations and consulting on role development in the pharmaceutical environment.
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Boris Weiseno

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Consultant, Developer

Hamburg
Boris Weiseno

Last position:

Consultant, Developer at ALD AutoLeasing D GmbH

  • Industry: automotive / banking
  • Preparation for SAP HANA implementation
  • Conducting HANA readiness check
  • Setting up business partner for HANA
  • Developing the CONCUR-SAP interface
  • Designing and configuring new payment methods
  • Upgrading payment transaction formats
  • Documentation with JIRA and Confluence
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Axel Telthörster

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Migration of Host Programs to Decentralized Processing (Cobol to Java)

GroĂźhansdorf
Axel Telthörster

Last position:

Migration of Host Programs to Decentralized Processing (Cobol to Java) at Freelancer

  • Analysis of calculations in the legacy system (Cobol), reconciliation with specification and checking differences in the new system
  • Managing change requests with Jira
  • Basis for compare reconciliation: XML formats for further processing in Dopix (business: VS certificate, customer info, contribution statements)
  • Automated XML comparisons via TWS jobs in various test systems
  • Reviewing and documenting related utility programs and interface calls
  • Reviewing legacy programs in terms of content, technology, and business logic
  • Creating and extending JCLs for regression tests host <> decentralized
  • Analyzing error cases and comparing with specifications for correctness
  • Creating Jira tickets as requests or bug fixes for the Java programs

Technical environment:

  • COBOL
  • TSO/ISPF
  • DB2/SQL (Spufi, QE2)
  • IMS-DB/DC application development
  • JCL, TWS (Tivoli), EJM Beta48 (AIX)
  • Changeman (Extended Release Option)
  • Citrix environment
  • MS Office
  • Ticket management with Jira
  • Agile development
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Isabella HeĂź

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Program/Project Manager & Business Coach

Hamburg
Isabella HeĂź

Last position:

Program/Project Manager & Business Coach

  • Consultant for the restructuring and strategic realignment of a medium-sized company (January 2025 – April 2025)
  • Business coach at an educational provider in North Rhine-Westphalia (Client: Kolping Bildung Deutschland gGmbH, September 2024 – November 2024)
  • Project manager (IT and business) for the implementation of the 21c core system at a health insurance fund (Client: KKH, January 2024 – August 2024)
  • Information manager for data protection/data security topics in a cooperation project in the automotive sector on "Autonomous Driving" in an agile project environment (Client: Bosch, January 2023 – December 2023)
  • Product Owner (agile) for the implementation of the electronic patient record (ePA) at an IT service provider for health insurance funds (Client: Bitmarck, April 2022 – December 2022)

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Statistics of experts using Data Migration

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

21 years (Germany: 22 years)

Position duration

2.8 years (Germany: 3 years)

Positions per freelancer

14 (Germany: 15)

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence

Bachelor's degree or higher

80% (Germany: 88%)

Master's degree or higher

53% (Germany: 51%)

Doctorate

7% (Germany: 5%)

Certifications per freelancer

2 (Germany: 3)

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

92% (Germany: 95%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Hamburg 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 Hamburg using Data Migration

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

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Daily rate avg. 815 €
Germany avg. 860 €

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 €
Germany median 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 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

Data migration is the work of moving records, files, and business history from one system to another without losing meaning or control. It appears in database migration, cloud migration, CRM changes, ERP rollouts, and platform replacements. Strong specialists keep the target system usable, clean, and auditable.

Typical tasks

  • Assess source and target structures
  • Map fields, codes, and business rules
  • Cleanse duplicates and inconsistent values
  • Transform data for the new schema
  • Reconcile results after cutover

Tools and methods

Good experts work with SQL, ETL tools, scripting, staging databases, and validation queries. They also understand source extracts, master data, logs, rollback plans, and change windows. In Hamburg, this often matters for logistics, trade, finance, and enterprise back-office systems that cannot afford long downtime.

When to bring in help

Companies usually bring in freelance support when a migration is tied to a release date, a merger, or a system sunset. It also helps when internal teams know the source system but lack time for testing, reconciliation, or business-facing mapping decisions. The best specialists reduce risk before the first record moves.

What strong specialists do

Strong professionals do more than copy data. They define the migration scope, protect data quality, document transformations, and work closely with business owners on edge cases. They also know how to handle partial loads, failed batches, and sign-off after go-live.

How to judge fit

Look for clear handling of source analysis, mapping, test cycles, and cutover support. Ask how they verify completeness, how they handle missing values, and how they keep business users informed. A solid specialist can explain the plan in plain language and show where the risky points are.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything clients usually want to know about Data Migration, in one place.

Data Migration is used to move business data from one system to another when a company changes software, consolidates platforms, or retires a legacy application. The work usually includes extraction, mapping, transformation, validation, and cutover support. It is central to ERP, CRM, warehouse, and cloud moves.

Data Migration is usually a one-time or project-based move into a new target system, while ETL is often a repeatable integration flow that feeds a warehouse or reporting layer. In practice, the same specialist may use ETL tools, but the goal is different. Migration focuses on correctness at go-live and business continuity.

A strong Data Migration specialist usually knows SQL, data modeling, source-to-target mapping, and testing. Scripting, spreadsheet work, basic application knowledge, and an understanding of master data are also useful. For larger projects, experience with ETL tools and cutover planning is a big help.

Data Migration work needs someone who has handled source analysis, mapping decisions, and reconciliation in live projects. Small moves may need only a focused specialist, while complex enterprise changes need someone who can manage dependencies and risks across teams. The key is proven delivery, not theory.

Yes, Data Migration work is often done remotely because most tasks depend on access to exports, schemas, test environments, and validation results. On-site time can still help during workshops, cutover weekends, or when business users need fast decisions. In Hamburg, many teams use a hybrid setup.

A good Data Migration plan defines scope, source systems, target rules, test cycles, fallback steps, and sign-off owners. It should also include data cleansing rules and a clear view of what will not be moved. If the plan is vague, the project is at risk before the first load.

Ask for examples of mapping logic, validation approach, and cutover handling. A good Data Migration professional can explain how they check completeness, compare source and target totals, and deal with exceptions. If they speak clearly about risks and trade-offs, that is a strong sign.

Hamburg companies in logistics, trade, finance, media, and industrial operations often need Data Migration help when they replace core systems or merge data across sites. The exact industry matters less than the complexity of the source data and the business rules around it. Local and remote collaboration both work well when access is prepared properly.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Data Migration in their recent projects is 102 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 815 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Data Migration in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Data Migration in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are German (100%), English (92%), and French (17%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Professional Services (75%), and Banking and Finance (58%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (83%), and Product Development (58%).

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

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.

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