FileZilla Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used FileZilla
Frank A.
Last position:
Business Analysis, Process Optimization, Requirements Engineering, Documentation, Training, Support at Private sector, small businesses, partnerships
- Restructuring of the network architecture/topology, followed by installation, setup and testing of the network at a small business.
- Resolution of server (permissions and roles) and connection problems (WAN, (V)LAN, WLAN).
- Infrastructure support and maintenance.
- Creation of documents such as manuals, architecture documents and design documents.
- Revision of manuals and technical documents, as well as creation of VBA macros.
- Use of AI and basic prompting, as well as formulation of AI requests.
- Adjustment of workflows due to legal requirements and optimization of existing workflows.
- Delivery of courses and training for adaptations, new features and changed workflows.
- Modeling basis: BPMN.
- System environment: MS Office 2019/365, Win10/11, Teams, Netgear (Switch), QNAP, Synology (NAS), Linux (Ubuntu).
Mahmoud Q.
Last position:
Information Security & GRC Expert at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group)
As a Council Member at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group), the world’s leading expert network, I provide organizations, investment firms, and consulting companies with expert discussions on demand – wherever specialized knowledge in information security, IT governance, and regulatory compliance is needed.
My assessments are based on many years of practical experience in highly regulated industries: from building and implementing information security management systems (ISMS according to ISO 27001), IT risk and vulnerability management, and business continuity (ISO 22301) to the practical implementation of European regulations such as DORA, NIS2, BAIT, and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
The cooperation is project- and discussion-based. I provide decision-makers with a practical perspective gained from real-world experience on cyber risks, security governance, and operational resilience – exactly when it is needed.
Stefan M.
Last position:
E-Commerce Marketing Manager at nal von minden GmbH
Content management and SEO: Creation and management of content in the online shop (Magento) on self-diagnostics.com. Execution of search engine marketing (SEO & SEA), including Sistrix SEO analyses, on-page optimization, performance and competitor analyses.
SEO optimization: Execution of technical SEO checks and optimization, post-relaunch SEO measures such as redirect management, link building, meta descriptions and sitemap management. Ensuring shop indexing and optimization for Google Core Web Vitals and Page Experience.
Sales promotion measures: Planning and implementation of measures to increase visibility and sales volume, including up-selling and cross-selling strategies.
Google and Amazon management: Configuration and management of the Google Merchant Center for various sales markets, optimization of pay-per-click campaigns (PPC) and product listings on Amazon and eBay.
Michael U.
Last position:
Senior Scrum Master/Agile Coach for Automated Driving at the Plant at BMW
- Analyzing and evaluating established corporate tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, MS Planner, MS Project)
- Process redesign, transition support for external backend service providers
- Developing target agreements for the production plants involved worldwide
- Coordinating cross-functional requirements from plant teams and creating timelines with dedicated milestones (Gantt charts, etc.)
- Redesigning the project scope in Jira/Confluence and training in agile methods
- Carrying out requirements analyses and detailed development according to the V-model (project management)
Yannis V.
Last position:
Tutor at GFU Cyrus AG
- Unreal Engine, Unity, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, PHP, React, Vue, Laravel, Node.js, Flutter, Git, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML
- Unreal Engine 5 basics
- Development of augmented reality applications with Unity
- Software documentation
- and much more
Manish K.
Last position:
Freelance Senior Solutions Architect at YoungIT
- Worked with a UK based organisation offering a range of free sexual health services such as STI testing, treatment and contraception across the UK
- Created a Liferay DXP based customer facing portal (version 7.4) over Liferay Experience Cloud
- Designed and developed Liferay modules
- Managed Liferay Experience Cloud and release management
- Coordinated with different teams and helped other team members on Liferay challenges
- Engaged in discussions with business and stakeholders on expectations
- Implemented architectural best practices
Bhanu Prakash A.
Last position:
CRM and MarTech Expert at Merkle DACH
- Configure and customize Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Braze, and Data Cloud to meet client-specific requirements, ensuring seamless deployment and scalability
- Develop and maintain custom APIs, automation workflows, SQL queries, Liquid Script, AMP script, and SSJS scripts for data processing, personalization, and dynamic content
- Design and implement multi-channel campaigns and customer journeys across email, SMS, push notifications, and in-app messaging
- Build and maintain integrations with CRM systems, analytics platforms, data warehouses, and third-party tools using REST/SOAP APIs and connectors
- Develop data models, ETL processes, and pipelines to synchronize data across systems, enabling a unified customer view and real-time engagement
- Optimize platform performance by implementing error handling, logging, and monitoring mechanisms
- Provide development support for campaign setup, deployment, and monitoring
- Optimize customer journeys and automation workflows using Journey Builder, Audience Builder, and Automation Studio
- Conduct A/B testing, performance analysis, and reporting to enhance campaign effectiveness and ensure maximum ROI
- Design and maintain data extensions, segmentation strategies, and audience targeting rules for effective customer communication
- Leverage Data Cloud capabilities to unify customer profiles, enable predictive analytics, and personalize customer interactions
- Act as a technical SME, providing support for complex issues related to platform configuration, integrations, and campaign execution
- Troubleshoot API integrations, scripting errors, automation failures, and data synchronization issues
- Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to resolve critical issues and deploy fixes
- Establish development standards, reusable templates, and best practices to ensure consistency and scalability
- Document technical designs, workflows, configurations, and troubleshooting guides
- Conduct training sessions and knowledge transfers to empower internal teams and clients
- Develop custom dashboards and performance reports to track campaign metrics and data trends
- Stay updated with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Braze, and Data Cloud releases and industry trends
- Evaluate and implement new tools and AI-powered solutions for predictive analytics, segmentation, and personalization
Sascha J.
Last position:
Agile Coach & Partner at Agisolve GmbH – Pragmatic Agility® | Edler & Stiegler GmbH | CTN Consulting
- Create a product and service portfolio delivering a 360 degree approach to digital corporate sustainability covering KPI management, CSRD reporting and sustainable strategy
- Create vision and business case
- Onboard and align business partners, negotiate contracts
- Set up partner network as self-organized agile team
- Co-develop product and service portfolio
- Coordinate sales and marketing, go-to-market strategy and roadmap
Bernhard H.
Last position:
Conversion of external Excel and CSV delivery point lists for internal database interface, architecture at Stadtwerke Heilbronn
- Conversion of external Excel and CSV delivery point lists for the internal database interface.
- Stadtwerke receives delivery point lists from external service providers in Excel or as CSV files. These lists are not interface-compliant and must be converted for import into the database. Using Excel, the relevant data from the service providers for electricity and/or gas is prepared accordingly.
- Extension of the program with new features.
- Excel programming using VBA.
- Operating system: Windows 2010.
- Software: Excel, VBA.
Daniel K.
Last position:
Project planning and implementation of a 95 kWp PV system at Asset management company
- Analysis of technical and economic feasibility
- Creation of a detailed project plan including time and resource management
- Requesting and evaluating offers, selecting components, and managing suppliers
- Coordination of all involved trades (e.g. electricians, installation companies)
- Monitoring the construction work and ensuring deadlines, budgets, and quality standards are met
- Acceptance and commissioning of the PV system including documentation
- After project completion: optimizing monitoring and supporting grid connection
Tayyar T.
Last position:
Project Engineer for Business Seats at RECARO Aircraft Seating
Alexander B.
Last position:
Test Manager, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer at Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Managing two teams as a test manager
- Designing and conducting manual tests
- Designing, implementing, and running automated Cucumber and Tavern tests
- Creating and maintaining test plans
- Preparing and presenting execution results at iteration transitions
- Reviewing requirement tickets and related documentation
- Regular reporting and creating bug tickets
- Participating in Scrum meetings for both teams
- Supporting QA and representing QA in cross-team end-to-end test phases, meetings, and presentations
Methods & Tools:
- Tavern testing with Python
- IntelliJ with Cucumber
- Gherkin in JIRA
- various tools for handling JSON, XML, CSV, and HTML
- Insomnia for API requests
Syed A.
Last position:
Senior Web Developer at TU Dresden
- Contributed significantly to enhancing the university’s digital presence through modern WordPress development, performance optimization, and scalable deployment strategies.
- Designed and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines, streamlining deployments across local, staging, and production environments.
- Executed A/B tests on key landing pages, resulting in measurable improvements in user engagement and campaign performance.
- Integrated Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and custom tracking solutions to drive data-informed design and content decisions.
- Leveraged AI tools like ChatGPT through advanced prompt engineering to streamline development tasks, debug complex issues, and automate content optimization for SEO and documentation.
Leon L.
Last position:
IT Specialist / 2nd Level Support at HASOMED/ITCOS
- Client management
- Personnel management
- Meeting project targets
- Consulting & customer support
- Infrastructure support for medical practices
- Firewall setup
- End point protection installation and management
- Client-server infrastructure setup
- VPN installation
- Customizing, maintaining and updating existing systems and devices
- Telematics infrastructure (TI)
- VM connector configuration
- Communication in healthcare
- Activating HBA and SMC-B
- Error analysis and troubleshooting
- Employee support for industry-specific software
- Escalating tickets to 3rd level support
- Setting up card terminals (e.g. Orga, Cherry)
- EasyTI installation / configuration
- Troubleshooting & scheduling
- Deregistering old hardware/connectors
- Database management
Eduard S.
Last position:
Quality Assurance at Freelance IT service provider / Diebold Nixdorf
- Quality assurance of Ikea checkout systems
- Close collaboration with business analysts to clarify requirements
- Creating test cases for manual execution
- Adjusting the checkout configuration for specific test scenarios
- Identifying and documenting software defects
- International coordination to maintain consistent testing standards
- Technologies used: Jira, Xray, SoapUI, RDP, Windows, Microsoft SQL
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Statistics of experts using FileZilla
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
1.8 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
27%
Doctorate
18%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany 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 Germany using FileZilla
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
FileZilla 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%)
- Automotive (56%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Healthcare (50%)
- Professional Services (50%)
- Education (44%)
- Energy (38%)
- Insurance (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
File transfer work
FileZilla is an open-source client for transferring files between local computers and remote servers. It supports FTP, FTPS and SFTP, with a graphical interface for browsing directories, uploading content and managing downloads. FileZilla Server provides a separate option for hosting controlled FTP and FTPS services.
Protocols and security
Strong FileZilla specialists understand the differences between FTP, explicit and implicit FTPS, and SSH-based SFTP. They configure encryption, host keys, certificates, ports, passive mode and access permissions rather than treating every connection problem as a simple password issue. They also verify that server-side policies match the intended security model.
Typical assignments
FileZilla work often appears in website operations, media production, publishing, manufacturing and managed hosting. Common deliverables include:
- Configured FTP, FTPS or SFTP connections
- Structured remote directories and transfer permissions
- Website, media or document migration workflows
- Transfer troubleshooting and connection documentation
- FileZilla Server setup for controlled external access
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a migration is time-sensitive, an external transfer process keeps failing or internal teams need a repeatable handover. Specialists can review legacy FTP setups, replace unsafe connection habits and document procedures for staff and partners. In Germany, they may also support remote teams or coordinate directly with local IT and operations groups.
Tools around FileZilla
FileZilla professionals commonly work alongside web hosting panels, Linux or Windows servers, SSH tools, DNS, TLS certificates and backup systems. They may connect transfers to content management systems, build pipelines or storage services, while keeping credentials outside shared project files. Familiarity with firewall rules, NAT and server logs helps isolate failures quickly.
What quality looks like
A capable specialist first clarifies the protocol, data sensitivity, transfer volume and ownership of each endpoint. They test with least-privilege accounts, confirm encryption and permissions, and leave clear connection and recovery documentation. They distinguish client settings from server faults and communicate practical next steps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around FileZilla.
FileZilla is used to transfer files between a local computer and a remote server through FTP, FTPS or SFTP. Companies use it for website publishing, content migration, external file exchange and server directory management. FileZilla Server can provide controlled FTP or FTPS access to shared files.
FileZilla offers a visual interface that makes directory browsing, queued transfers and permission checks accessible to a wider team. Command-line tools such as OpenSSH SFTP are often better for scripts, scheduled jobs and infrastructure automation. The right choice depends on repeatability, user access and operational controls.
A strong FileZilla specialist should understand FTP and SFTP server configuration, SSH keys, TLS certificates, firewalls, DNS and operating system permissions. Experience with web hosting, backup processes and migration planning is also useful. These skills help separate a client setting from a server or network issue.
A simple connection or one-time transfer may only require focused FileZilla knowledge and clear access details. Projects involving several partners, sensitive data, server changes or migration recovery need broader experience with protocols, permissions and documentation. Assess the specialist against the risk and complexity of the transfer process.
Yes, much of FileZilla configuration, troubleshooting and documentation can be completed remotely through approved support channels. On-site work may be useful when access to local servers, network equipment or internal procedures is restricted. For teams in Germany, agree on communication language, access windows and security responsibilities before work begins.
FileZilla should be configured with the safest protocol supported by the server, preferably SFTP or properly configured FTPS instead of unencrypted FTP. Companies should protect credentials, validate host keys or certificates, limit account permissions and review server logs. A specialist should also document how access is revoked.
Ask a FileZilla professional to explain how they would diagnose a failed transfer, choose between FTPS and SFTP, and protect credentials. Look for structured testing, clear separation of client and server responsibilities, least-privilege access and useful handover documentation. Practical reasoning matters more than familiarity with interface settings alone.
FileZilla is well suited to interactive transfers and repeatable manual workflows, while automation may be better handled with scripted SFTP tools or a managed file transfer system. A specialist can assess whether queued transfers, scheduled jobs, monitoring and audit requirements exceed the client’s role. The decision should reflect reliability, scale and operational ownership.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used FileZilla in their recent projects is 72 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 572 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used FileZilla in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 27% hold at least a Master's degree, and 18% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used FileZilla in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used FileZilla in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (19%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used FileZilla in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Automotive (56%), and Banking and Finance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used FileZilla in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (81%), and Product Development (75%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used FileZilla
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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