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Marco S.
Last position:
Business Analyst, Data Warehouse Developer at NRW.Bank
Business analysis for risk controlling.
Development of a data warehouse based on MS SQL Server with data from the FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Platform (formerly Front Arena).
Implementation of ETL and transformation logic with T-SQL and Python (Jinja2 template engine).
Modeling and automation of data structures with Data Vault.
Creation of reporting and analysis reports with Microsoft Power BI, including user training and implementation.
Banashankari N.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager, Data and Integration Platform at MCH Group, Group IT
Led implementation of an Azure cloud-based, event-driven enterprise integration platform connecting Salesforce, Momentus(event) and ERP applications. Reduced overall costs by 60%, lowered operational errors to under 1%, and delivered on time.
- Led the full project lifecycle from initiation to delivery using agile and hybrid methods - platform vision, feasibility, technical blueprint, architecture, implementation, integration, testing, rollout and business adoption.
- Built the engineering team from the ground up, leading teams across Switzerland, Bulgaria and India using Scrum and Kanban; established Jira, Confluence, Asana and SharePoint for delivery and reporting.
- Established and managed frequent steering meetings, reporting that gave stakeholders transparency and drove key decision-making.
Constantinos S.
Last position:
Managing Director at PrimeLogic Advisory SÃ rl
- Partnering with organisations to manage complex IT programmes, architect and implement ERP solutions, and embed AI where it drives measurable performance gains.
- ERP solution architecture and hands-on delivery across the full lifecycle (Oracle Cloud, Infor LN, Cegid, iValua)
- Programme and delivery leadership in both Waterfall and Agile environments (SAFe / Scrum / Kanban) - governance, stakeholder management, and execution at scale
- Comprehensive assessment of business processes, organizational maturity, and technology landscape to ensure successful ERP adoption and digital transformation initiatives
- Current mandate: Oracle Cloud SCM implementation for a Big Four consultancy
- Geneva-based; operating across Switzerland and the EU
Thorsten O.
Last position:
Program / Project / IT Controller (ICT Controller) at Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Project Management Office: analysis and setup, master plan, standardized project planning (generic work breakdown structure according to HERMES), earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Finance management at portfolio, program and project level.
Resource management and single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Process management.
Implementation of a program management tool for unified program and project management.
Program controlling: finance management, earned value management, milestone trend analysis, consolidation of project budgets, actual costs and forecasts at the program level.
Variance analyses at program level.
Transition from total cost view to commitment credit view (federal administration terminology).
Calculation of available reserves (rolling), forecasts and scenarios.
Monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual reports, preparation of annual planning at program level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Project controlling: support for project managers in project planning, earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Review of projects for budget compliance, adherence to phases and schedules, deliverables, resource planning and deployment.
Variance analyses at project level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Resource management: resource planning based on program and project plans, review of timesheets.
Supply chain (until April 2022): single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Change management: involvement in change management for cost-relevant changes (change requests), tracking of service contract price for contract-related changes, participation in change control boards / decision boards at management level.
Establishment of controlling structures in a new Swiss federal agency (becoming a federal office as of January 1, 2024) since April 2022.
Credit monitoring with validation of actual costs and commitment values.
Resource management: cross-project resource planning (HRP).
Earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis for key ICT projects of the federal government.
Participation in the introduction of the JIRA Tempo module.
Tools & methods: HERMES 5.1 / Agile HERMES, Sciforma 7, JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, Signavio, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Prof., Excel-VBA.
Hanspeter J.
Last position:
Lead Salesforce Consultant DACH at DXC Technology
- Recording, validating, and coordinating customer requirements
- Analyzing customers' business processes, and designing and implementing solutions in Salesforce
- Designing and developing Salesforce architectures using Sales and Service Cloud
- Maintaining and expanding my skills to stay current with Salesforce's new features
- Taking an active role in the pre-sales phase and working closely with sales and pre-sales teams
- Building and strengthening the team's expertise in new areas
- Actively helping to define and align my role within DXC's best practices
- MC Growth implementation
- AI Agentforce Agents Builder
- Agent Designer with elements.cloud
- Salesforce org assessments
- Process configuration mining
- Serving as a single point of contact for global SFDC contacts
- Coordinating projects with the EMEA and global headquarters
- Preparing proposals and presales work with Salesforce Account Executives and client partners for global accounts
Bojan A.
Last position:
Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education
- Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
- 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
- Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
Reinhold S.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Hitachi Energy
- Support and further development of the Leegoo Builder
- Handling ad hoc requests
- Definition of rules/attributes and their rules
- Optimizing and managing SQL queries
Michael T.
Last position:
Senior Consultant, Developer, Business Analyst at Swiss Army, Federal Office for Informatics
- Maintained PeopleSoft HCM 9.2/Tools 9.59.08 for batch and interface programs
- Used Application Designer, Application Engine/Packages, PeopleCode
- Developed BI/Excel reporting and proof of concept
- Performed business analysis, SQL reports and documentation
Dariusz K.
Last position:
Business System Analyst at Zurich Insurance
Participating in a strategic enterprise project to introduce a centralized customer data platform ("Single Source of Truth") to eliminate redundant data storage and accelerate digital services
Analyzing and documenting business and system requirements for migrating large, heterogeneous data sets (ETL) and for continuous data synchronization between core systems and the new platform
Close collaboration with business units, data engineers and architects to gather and validate requirements, and to ensure data quality, consistency and regulatory compliance
Defining the migration strategy, specifying ETL processes and synchronization mechanisms, and documenting technical interfaces
Developing and executing test cases for migration and synchronization processes, and performing defect analysis to ensure data integrity and system stability
Technologies: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Confluence, UML, RESTful Services, Swagger, Postman
Matthias I.
Last position:
Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)
- Designed large-scale systems and APIs serving thousands of concurrent users.
- Refactored a 650k-LOC monolith and led full AWS migration for stable performance.
- Introduced SLO-based observability, improving reliability and recovery flow.
- Optimised cloud and databases, achieving significant cost and latency reduction.
- Delivered LLM, RAG, and document-automation pipelines adopted in production.
Reto B.
Last position:
Managing Director at Atsoft GmbH
- Consulting in ICT, business processes, system architecture, web integration, client-server computing, cross-platform development, responsive web design, social media integration, GUI
- Custom and specialized solutions
- Applications for small and medium-sized enterprises
- Web services, web applications, portals, application extensions (add-ins, plug-ins)
- Database design, interface solutions
- Outsourcing in various industries
- Solutions for other software houses
- Project management and project support (software engineering, coding)
Csaba K.
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
Daniel L.
Last position:
SQL, .NET and VBA Developer at Postfinance AG
- For the internal MIS, which gathers data in a complex, comprehensive system landscape and loads it into a central database via ETL, existing processes and packages had to be maintained and new KPIs analyzed, specified, and implemented.
Deschances T.
Last position:
Senior Data Architect at Odd Parrot
- Supporting UBS Wealth Management as Senior Data Architect within a multi-year enterprise data mesh transformation.
- Guiding a strategic stream to design and implement a data product aligned with UBS’s enterprise-wide data mesh framework.
- Leading architecture definition, governance alignment, and cross-domain integration to ensure scalable, compliant, and reusable data products across global stakeholders.
- UBS – Global Wealth Management Data Product Architecture: Designed an enterprise-aligned data product spanning 26 countries, defining data contracts, metadata standards, and federated architecture patterns enabling cross-domain reuse across the bank.
- Defined cross-jurisdictional data policies and access controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple regions (EU, APAC, LATAM, CH).
Kalin S.
Last position:
Sr Data Engineer / Architect at Samsung Logistics
- Architected and implemented a structured three-layer enterprise data warehouse model in Azure, establishing a robust and scalable data environment.
- Migrated legacy stored procedures to streamlined Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines, enhancing data processing efficiency.
- Introduced comprehensive Git-based source control, ensuring rigorous version management and collaborative development practices.
- Established automated data quality frameworks with proactive monitoring and alerting, significantly improving data integrity and reliability.
- Spearheaded the design of an enterprise data model, enabling a self-service BI environment that empowered business teams with advanced analytics capabilities.
- Developed and delivered insightful dashboards and reports in Power BI, transforming raw data into actionable business insights.
- Technologies: Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure, MS-SQL, DataVault 2.0, Git, Power BI, data quality automation, Agile/Scrum, data modeling, self-service BI, stakeholder management.
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Statistics of experts using ETL
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years

Position duration
2.8 years

Positions per freelancer
14

Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management

Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
65%
Doctorate
6%

Certifications per freelancer
6

Most common languages
English, German, French

Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 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 ETL
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
ETL 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 (88%)
- Banking and Finance (80%)
- Manufacturing (64%)
- Professional Services (60%)
- Government and Administration (48%)
- Healthcare (44%)
- Insurance (36%)
- Telecommunication (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core Data Integration and Pipeline Architecture
Extract, Transform, Load processes serve as the operational backbone for enterprise analytics and reporting. Specialists design reliable ingestion routines from transactional databases, APIs, and file stores. They validate and reshape source records to guarantee high data integrity downstream.
Modern Ecosystem and Tooling
- Workflow orchestrators like Apache Airflow, Dagster, and Prefect
- Transformation frameworks including dbt, Apache Spark, and SQL
- Managed services across Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS Glue, and Azure Data Factory
- Reverse ETL and CDC tools like Fivetran and Debezium
Migration and Infrastructure Modernization
Organizations frequently replace legacy batch workflows with automated ELT patterns and continuous streaming. Freelance specialists untangle undocumented stored procedures, migrate on-premise systems to cloud architectures, and optimize resource utilization to lower warehouse costs.
Typical Project Engagements
- Unifying fragmented transactional systems into a centralized analytics layer
- Implementing automated data quality assertions and schema testing
- Optimizing slow transformation jobs and resolving pipeline bottlenecks
- Designing CDC pipelines to stream updates without locking production tables
Enterprise Requirements in Switzerland
Swiss organizations across banking, insurance, and healthcare require strict adherence to local compliance guidelines and the Federal Act on Data Protection. External specialists structure secure data models, establish precise lineage tracking, and build governed landing zones that maintain absolute audit readiness.
Attributes of Exceptional Pipeline Specialists
Top practitioners focus on idempotency, automated failure recovery, and thorough observability. They implement clear alerting routines, treat pipeline configuration as code through version control, and document transformation logic so internal teams can operate the platform effortlessly.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about ETL, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
An ETL professional structures pipelines that extract source information, cleanse and reformat raw records, and load structured tables into destination warehouses. They ensure scheduled runs succeed consistently, resolve upstream schema drifts, and maintain robust data governance across the entire lifecycle.
Traditional extract, transform, load processes transform raw data in a dedicated processing tier before writing the output to a database. In contrast, modern ELT loads raw extracts directly into scalable cloud warehouses first, executing business transformations within the engine using tools like dbt.
Strong data integration freelancers command advanced SQL, Python, and workflow orchestration frameworks like Airflow. They also demonstrate deep knowledge of transactional engines, cloud warehouse internal layouts, and automated testing frameworks.
Companies hire an ETL contractor when internal developers lack capacity during complex cloud migrations or data warehouse rebuilds. Independent specialists deliver immediate architectural clarity without adding permanent overhead, rapidly unblocking analytics teams.
Experienced ETL professionals write automated validation checks that run on ingestion, alerting teams before faulty records reach operational dashboards. They structure transformations to be idempotent, allowing clean retries without data duplication.
Yes, extract, transform, load initiatives are routinely executed in remote settings through cloud infrastructure and collaborative git repositories. Occasional on-site workshops in Switzerland help align complex source definitions across multi-language stakeholder groups.
Projects operating under Swiss regulation must comply with the revised FADP and rigorous industry guidelines in finance and healthcare. A seasoned ETL professional implements granular access controls, data anonymization steps, and clean lineage tracking to satisfy strict audit requirements.
High-grade data pipeline code features modular transformation logic, automated integration tests, and comprehensive run monitoring. The workflows run predictably within expected time windows and include clear logging that makes error diagnosis straightforward.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects is 127 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,017 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 65% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects are English (100%), German (88%), and French (44%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Banking and Finance (80%), and Manufacturing (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Business Intelligence (80%), and Project Management (80%).
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