Docker Experts in Switzerland
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Vincent Verdet
Last position:
IT Business Partner & Enterprise Architect at Sulzer
- Established the Enterprise Architecture function from the ground up for Sulzer Group (~13,500 employees, CHF 3.6B revenue)
- Defined the Technical Governance framework, Target Operating Model, and IT PMO foundation now governing architecture decisions and portfolio demand across all divisions.
- Deployed SAP LeanIX as the authoritative application portfolio system of record - catalogued 500 applications group-wide (140 for Chemtech), onboarded business and IT stakeholders, and initiated integration with ServiceNow to embed architecture data into operational workflows.
- Led the divisional & group wide Application Rationalization initiative
- Decommissioned 15% of the 140 applications Chemtech portfolio, delivering CHF 627k in run-rate savings over two years and materially reducing licensing and support exposure.
- Defined and executed the divisional AI Roadmap in partnership with Sales, Legal, and R&D leadership
- Delivered 4 AI solutions into production (including Sales process harmonization and LLM-based IP conflict detection) from a portfolio of 7 prioritized initiatives.
- Built and owned the 3-year IT Strategic Roadmap for Chemtech
- Aligned cloud and technology architecture with divisional business priorities and a CHF 1.5M annual investment envelope.
- Delivered CHF 500k in cost avoidance by challenging and discontinuing funded but low-value initiatives, demonstrated governance discipline and executive influence, with zero implementation spend.
Frank Gulitz
Last position:
Agile Coach and Program Manager at Centris AG
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to develop a multi-channel output system to support their customers on their digital enhancement journey.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 5 teams in the ART. Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to transform their claims management BPO and IT team into an agile delivery organization.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 2 teams in an ART.
- Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
Gwang Jin Kim
Last position:
Data Scientist / Applied AI, Automation & Data Systems Researcher at Independent
- Built and explored applied GenAI, RAG, GraphRAG, local LLM, agentic AI and document-intelligence prototypes for structured analysis, evidence extraction, semantic search, technical reasoning and decision-useful reporting
- Developed private local-LLM workflows and AI system patterns focused on privacy, reproducibility, reviewability, low-cost inference and practical user control
- Built reproducible Python/R workflows for data analysis, automation, API-driven tooling, validation logic, technical documentation and AI-assisted software development
- Designed workflows around explicit assumptions, traceable inputs, reviewable outputs and failure-mode awareness rather than black-box “looks good” demonstrations
- Supported RAHN AG in a chemical/regulatory environment with data extraction and processing around WERCS, a regulatory application for chemical product and compliance data
- Explored complex application/database schemas and wrote nested SQL queries to extract information for mixture calculations, component relationships, regulatory rules and reporting logic
- Continued hands-on development in Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, Docker/Linux deployment patterns, REST/API workflows, error handling, technical writing and fast AI-assisted prototyping
- Built technical writing and documentation workflows that turn complex systems into clear runbooks, checklists, decision notes and user-facing explanations
Christoph Pardon
Last position:
ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG
- Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
- Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
- Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
- Reduced time-to-market by 50% through CI/CD pipeline optimization and the introduction of self-service deployments.
- Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB
Osman Tartoussi
Last position:
Senior Developer and Consultant at Federal Office for IT and Telecommunications BIT
IT consulting, analysis, architecture design, new and further development, code review, test automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery in the backend and frontend area.
Technology stack:
JAVA 21
Spring Boot 3
Spring Framework 6
Spring Rest
Spring Data
JPA
Postgres
Aurora Database
Typescript
OWASP
Renovatebot
Sonarqube
Prometheus
Grafana
Spring Security
Single SignOn
Keycloak
Angular 19
NgRx Redux
AWS ECS
AWS Cloudwatch
Terraform
Spacelift
GitOps
Docker
Junit
Maven
Jenkins Pipeline
GitHub
BitBucket
Nexus
Kafka
Conduktor
Kafdrop
OpenApi
Swagger
Scrum
SAFe
Jira
Confluence
Robin Ochsner
Last position:
Co-Founder & AI Solutions Architect at airdys
- Product strategy, architecture, and technical co-direction
- AI workshops, client onboarding and go-to-market activities
- Design and implementation of AI architectures (LLMs, RAG, MCP, agents, voice, automation)
- Hands-on development of prototypes and production-ready AI integrations
- Consulting clients on AI adoption, workflows, and integration into existing infrastructure
- Collaboration with co-founders on strategic direction
- Collaboration in sales and customer acquisition
Tools and Technologies: OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Vercel AI SDK, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), MCP (Model Context Protocol), FastAgent, VAPI, n8n, make.com, LibreChat, PostgreSQL, OpenAPI, Next.js, Vercel, Docker
Venkata Renduchintala
Last position:
Continuous Learning at Personal Time Off
- ZHAW CAS Secure Software Design and Development
- German C1 and Goethe Certificate C1
- ETH CAS Cloud and Mobile Computing at ETH Zurich
- Linux Foundation Linux System Administration LFS307
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes for Application Developers LFD459
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Security Fundamentals LFS460
Ahmed Rehman
Last position:
AI & Automation Engineer at Teosek GmbH
- Build prototypes, expand AI skills, and practical application in a startup context.
- Transition phase: further training in prompt engineering, APIs, AI, working on independent prototype projects, and collaborating at a friend's startup.
- Technologies: LangChain, REST, Python, Java, JS, TS, Node.
Ursula Maria Mayer
Last position:
Business Mentor at RoleModel Rebels
- Mentor female students and professionals in advancing their careers, particularly as aspiring tech entrepreneurs.
Patrick Riegler
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at Swisscard AECS AG
- PoC for various platform integration functionalities using Backstage and Crossplane
- Implementation of improvements of developer experience with Azure AVD and DevSpace
- Manage application deployment infrastructure on Kubernetes clusters
- Manage CI/CD platform
- Manage deployments into Kubernetes (Rancher and AKS) and into Azure
- Act as security champion of the DevOps team
- Manage vulnerabilities and support dev teams to manage third-party vulnerabilities using JFrog Xray
- Support building the platform team
- Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and Atlantis
- Build and integrate a platform and IDP using Crossplane
Stefan Hess
Last position:
Fullstack Development, Product Owner & Tech Lead at Trex AG
- Business analysis, architecture, and implementation of a telemedicine platform for pet owners.
- Leading the development team as Product Owner and Tech Lead.
- Introducing agile processes, setting up development guidelines and system documentation.
- Planning and implementing features like video calls, live chat, and marketing automation.
- Implementing AI-based features such as automated tagging of information (missing pet reports, marketplace entries, etc.), preparation of social media content, and processing of conversation transcripts.
- Skills: Angular, NGXS, Tailwind, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, MySQL, LLMs, RAG, MCP, Redis, OpenSearch.
- Industry: Veterinary medicine.
Yassin Ben Khalifa
Last position:
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Schweizerweg Gmbh
- Designed and executed automated and manual test cases for REST APIs and UI workflows using Selenide, Selenium, and Postman.
- Developed and maintained Gatling-based performance tests for simulating user load and validating system responsiveness and stability under stress.
- Integrated test suites into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, enabling rapid and reliable delivery cycles.
- Employed Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus to monitor logs, track metrics, and perform in-depth application performance monitoring (APM).
- Utilized Swagger for validating and documenting API contracts and ensuring consistency across environments.
- Created and managed isolated test environments using Docker, enabling reproducible and consistent test execution.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams using Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket for agile planning, documentation, and version control.
- Worked in a Java/Spring Boot tech stack, leveraging Maven for project build automation and IntelliJ IDEA for development and debugging.
Key Achievements:
- Built a reusable Selenide-based UI automation framework that reduced test creation time by over 50%.
- Automated end-to-end test scenarios for critical business workflows, increasing test coverage and release confidence.
- Designed a modular Gatling load testing framework, used for continuous performance benchmarking.
- Detected and resolved several critical production performance issues through proactive APM and stress testing.
Yuri Gladkov
Last position:
Senior Security Devops Engineer at Swisscom
- Implementation and maintenance of highly critical IAM solutions for B2B clients (SSO, MFA, SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, PIM/PAM)
- Security administration of Linux systems (CentOS, Red Hat) in Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Migration from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform
- Planning and execution of risk assessments, threat modeling, and compliance reports
- Development and management of B2B applications (Java, REST/SOAP, Angular) and CI/CD pipelines (Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab)
- Leading integration tests and UAT (Cucumber, Selenium, Katalon)
- Implementing monitoring and observability strategies with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk
- Integrating SAST tools like Snyk and SonarQube
- Release management and project coordination according to Scrum and SAFe
- Mentoring and technical support of junior team members
Csaba Kéri
Last position:
ServiceNow Consultant at DXC
- Worked in mixed teams with several clients
- Performed requirement engineering, proposal and time estimation
- Developed ACLs, business rules, flows, workflows, catalog items, various scripts, UI actions, policies, scoped applications
- Customized mobile apps: Now Agent and Now Mobile
- Implemented integrations using the Integration Hub
- Coordinated continuously with clients during development
- Performed testing and helped clients with testing
- Deployed to production and applied main version upgrades and patches
- Managed CMDB, domain separation and asset management
- Integrated between instances at different clients
- Developed GlideScript: business rules, scripted REST endpoints, extension points, fix scripts, background scripts
Andreas Hetz
Last position:
Technical Project Lead Telematics Systems, Electrical Engineer at DB InfraGo
- Setup of a comprehensive Shift Left DevOps architecture for end-to-end (E2E) system tests of 240+ applications
- Implementation of the Shift Left strategy for DevOps in the area of E2E system tests to ensure software quality at an early stage
- Development and maintenance of complex telematics solutions for real-time collection and analysis of vehicle data to systematically optimize fleet availability
- Focus on reverse engineering of existing systems, development of scalable dashboards, and integration and analysis of communication protocols (e.g. CAN, MQTT, REST)
- Design and operation of automated test systems, coordination of suppliers, and technical implementation based on functional and non-functional requirements at the interface between embedded development, data analysis, and system integration
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Statistics of experts using Docker
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
74%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland using Docker
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
Container basics
Docker packages software and its dependencies into containers that run the same way across laptops, test systems, and production. Teams use it to make builds repeatable and deployments predictable. It is a practical fit for services, internal tools, and delivery pipelines.
Common work
- Build and refine Dockerfiles for services and batch jobs
- Set up Docker Compose for local stacks and shared test environments
- Tune image size, startup time, and layer reuse
- Support container handoff from development to release
Strong specialists know how to keep images simple, secure, and easy to update.
Tooling around it
Docker rarely stands alone. Professionals often work with Docker Compose, registry workflows, Kubernetes, Linux, shell scripts, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins. They also understand logging, secrets, and network settings that affect container behavior.
When companies bring help
Companies look for freelance expertise when container setups are inconsistent, builds are slow, or releases fail in staging. They also bring in specialists for migration work, platform cleanup, and support during new product launches. In Switzerland, this often fits teams that need focused help without adding a long internal hiring cycle.
What good experts do
- Write clear Dockerfiles that are easy to maintain
- Separate app code, configuration, and runtime dependencies cleanly
- Spot security and supply-chain issues in images and base layers
- Explain trade-offs between local containers and orchestrated environments
Good professionals leave behind setup that other specialists can use without guesswork.
Delivery and fit
Docker work often spans application teams, platform specialists, and release ownership. The best freelancers document how to build, run, and debug the container setup, so the next change is straightforward. Remote collaboration works well for most tasks, while on-site sessions can help when teams need fast alignment across infrastructure and delivery processes.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Docker? Start with the answers below.
Docker is used to package an application with the files, libraries, and runtime it needs so it behaves consistently across environments. Companies use it for local development, test setups, release pipelines, and production services. It is especially useful when teams want fewer “it works on my machine” problems.
Docker is mainly about building and running containers, while Kubernetes is about orchestrating many containers across a cluster. They are not direct substitutes in most teams. A project may use Docker for image creation and local workflows, then Kubernetes for scaling and scheduling.
A strong Docker specialist usually knows Linux basics, shell scripting, CI/CD, and container registry workflows. Knowledge of Docker Compose, image security, networking, and secrets handling is also valuable. If the setup reaches production, Kubernetes and observability tools often matter too.
A company usually brings in Docker expertise when container builds are messy, deployment steps are fragile, or the team needs a clean handover fast. It also helps during migration from manual server setup or when a product needs a reliable development environment. Short, focused support is often enough for these tasks.
Ask what the Docker freelancer has built, which runtime and registry setup they prefer, and how they document changes. In Switzerland, it is also useful to confirm whether the work will be remote or whether some on-site time is needed for team alignment. Clear communication matters more than a specific title.
Docker can run production workloads, but the answer depends on scale and operations. Some teams use it with Compose or a host-based setup for simpler services, while others add orchestration, monitoring, and policy controls. A good specialist will explain where Docker ends and the rest of the stack begins.
Look for clear Dockerfiles, small and maintainable images, sensible layer structure, and practical handling of configuration and secrets. Docker work should also be easy for other specialists to understand and repeat. Good signs are readable documentation, stable builds, and fewer surprises between local and production environments.
A freelancer working with Docker should understand the target environment, the release flow, and any registry or security rules. They should also know whether they are expected to support development, testing, or production. That context helps them choose the right image strategy and avoid rework.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Docker in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 890 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Docker in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 74% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Docker in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Docker in their recent projects are English (100%), German (93%), and French (50%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Docker in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Banking and Finance (79%), and Insurance (46%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Docker in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Product Development (89%), and Quality Assurance (61%).
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