Flyway Experts in Munich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Munich, who have recently used Flyway
Fred H.
Last position:
Software Architect and Developer at Personal project
Recurring problem in my own AI-assisted projects: requirements analysis, use cases, and architecture decisions can be created quickly with AI support, but remain difficult to follow and scattered across Markdown files – knowledge is lost as soon as it is no longer in the context window. arknet turns requirements engineering and architecture knowledge into structured, verifiable data instead of plain text: requirements, use cases, and architecture decisions form a consistently linked knowledge graph, traceable from requirement to architecture decision – queryable by both people and AI agents. Technically based on RDF/OWL and a custom MCP server.
Result: Working MCP daemon, Docker image published automatically to GHCR, nine hexagonal modules, eleven ADRs (including an Open-Core licensing model). Requirements engineering and Ubiquitous Language hexagons are active. Public as a Community Edition under Apache-2.0 since 07/2026 (github.com/kogn-io/arknet), together with the Claude Code plugin and GHCR image; Open-Core model.
Label: Java, Maven, RDF, RDF4J, OWL, SPARQL, Model Context Protocol, Spring AI, Docker, GitHub, Git, Claude Code, Obsidian, DDD, Hexagonal Architecture, ArchUnit, JUnit, AssertJ, Interface Development, Software Architecture, Continuous Integration, Knowledge Management
Marcus B.
Last position:
Java and Quarkus Expert at Large German energy service provider
- Modernization of a large-scale Java enterprise application*
The project is modernizing a complex enterprise application that has grown over many years. The existing Spring-based legacy system runs on Java 8, OSGi, and Eclipse RCP and is being gradually migrated to a modern, maintainable architecture with Java 25 and Quarkus.
Marcus works on analysis, architecture, refactoring, and implementation. One focus is on untangling historically grown structures and dependencies and on building a clean, sustainable Java and Quarkus technology stack.
Tools & technologies: Java 8, Java 25, Quarkus, Hibernate ORM with Panache, EclipseLink, OSGi, Eclipse RCP, Maven, JUnit, Mockito, REST, JSON, Git, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, Jira, Confluence
Markus B.
Last position:
Developer / DevOps, Consulting at A state authority in Baden-Württemberg / FSAS Technologies GmbH
Oracle Project Management and Automation
As part of the project, the operation of an Oracle infrastructure was automated by developing and enhancing Puppet modules and migrating existing Bash scripts to a standardized configuration management solution.
The aim of the project was to standardize and automate administrative processes, improve the maintainability of the Oracle platform, and increase the efficiency and traceability of infrastructure management through the use of Infrastructure as Code.
- Analysis and migration of existing Bash shell scripts to a Puppet-based automation solution
- Development and enhancement of Puppet modules for Oracle environments
- Automation of installation, configuration and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code
- Standardization and optimization of configuration management for Oracle systems
- Creation and maintenance of technical and operational documentation
- Planning, coordination and professional support during project implementation
- Operation and automation of Oracle systems on x86-based Linux server platforms
- Testing and quality assurance of the developed Puppet modules
- Analysis and resolution of technical errors as part of the automation and migration
- Close coordination with specialist departments and infrastructure teams to implement automation requirements
Technologies used: Puppet 7/8, SLES 15, Oracle 19, Oracle Grid, SVN, Windows Server, Confluence, VS Code, Ruby, Bash, Pass
Vitaliy R.
Last position:
DevOps GitOps (temp) at Signal Iduna
- Responsible for Openshift/Kubernetes on-prem administration and developer support.
- Developed URP infrastructure automation with Python, Ansible, Kustomize and ArgoCD, Argo Workflow/Events stack.
- Wrote smoke and load tests for URP infrastructure utilizing Python, Kustomize and ApplicationSets.
- Helped to set up and deploy URP infrastructure in Google Cloud, GKE.
- Set up monitoring for URP and ArgoCD stack with Splunk Cloud.
- Performed system administration tasks across RedHat Linux, Kubernetes/Openshift, ArgoCD, GitLab, Bitbucket Enterprise, Kafka and MongoDB.
Anton K.
Last position:
Head of Overall Technical Integration NSC / Hadoop Cloud Development at IABG
Head of overall technical integration NSC (National Secure Cloud, project with approx. 60 employees).
Technical integration of all subprojects into one product, definition of interfaces and basic components of a cloud including hardware, technical architecture of the IABG platform.
Development of a Cloud Management Platform (CMP) capable of creating private/mixed clouds of any complexity based on a textual description with one click or interactively.
CMP also includes the complete hardware management lifecycle.
Kubernetes, OpenStack and Hadoop are used as the foundation.
The management layer includes Harbor, Gitea, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher and Jenkins, which are configured automatically.
Private cloud can run any customer workloads, including a full Hadoop layer with HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Mesos, HBase and around 20 additional ML/DL technologies.
Hadoop worker clusters can also be installed automatically without Kubernetes on bare metal or commodity hardware.
OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Ironic, Swift, Cinder, Ceph.
Development of a Java application Rudi: SOAP, REST, containers, DB.
Technologies: Kubernetes (K3s, Rke2, Minikube, Harbor, Gitea, Jenkins, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher), OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Swift, Ceph, Cinder, Sahara, Magnum, Kayobe, Kolla, Bigrost, Ironic), Hadoop (HDFS, Ambari, Solr, Livy, Ranger, YARN, Tez, HBase, Kafka, Hive, Zookeeper, MapReduce, Spark, Oozie, Flink), virtualization (Kubernetes (K3S), VMware, Oracle), scripting (Ansible, Puppet, Juju, Shell, Groovy, Gradle, Maven).
Christoph S.
Last position:
Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten
- Development of the Ibalis portal and payment procedures for applying for and paying out EU funding.
- Publicly accessible portal, e.g. for farmers.
- Projects over the last ten years were carried out according to Scrum.
- Technologies: Spring, Wicket, Hibernate, Postgres, JSON, XML, REST, Bitbucket, Podam, Buckets, JUnit, Gradle, Intellij, Bamboo, Swagger.
Bela B.
Last position:
Full Stack Lead Developer, Backend Architect at Telefonica (O2)
The software supports the complete planning and approval of antennas for mobile telephony.
The system was implemented using an event-driven microservice architecture for cloud-native deployment with Quarkus on the backend, Kafka for communication, and Angular for the frontend. Services run on Kubernetes in Google Cloud. A special challenge was synchronizing with the legacy system still used by some users.
Michael P.
Last position:
Setup Azure cloud, Java development, CI/CD pipelines at Sulzer GmbH
- Migration of a mainframe application (PL/1, zOS) to the cloud (Azure)
- Data transfer from z/OS (USS) to Azure storage (blob containers, file shares)
- Implementation of the mainframe job control in Java
- Mapping of job network dependencies in Control-M
- Performance analysis and optimization measures
- DB2 (z/OS) migration to Postgres (Azure)
- Technologies: Azure (storage, VM, VMSS, Postgres), z/OS (USS), DB2, Postgres, Packer, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Control-M
- Tools: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ
Jamal B.
Last position:
Freelance Software Architect & Developer at IBM Deutschland GmbH / BWI GmbH
- Architecture, design and further development of a hybrid solution consisting of a Java backend with REST API and C# / WPF frontend
- Development of secure, distributed functions for classified message processing, categorization and encryption
- Integration of backend services with document management systems (DMS) for structured file storage
- Planning, setup and continuous optimization of Azure DevOps pipelines for automated deployment and quality assurance of distributed applications in a security-critical environment
- Technical coordination with Bundeswehr project managers and third-party providers of relevant software and interfaces, and documentation of the developed solutions
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Statistics of experts using Flyway
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
33 years (Germany: 22 years)
Position duration
1.6 years (Germany: 1.8 years)
Positions per freelancer
24 (Germany: 16)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 93%)
Master's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 58%)
Doctorate
13% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 93%)
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 Munich 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 Munich using Flyway
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.
Flyway experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Banking and Finance (100%)
- Information Technology (100%)
- Automotive (78%)
- Insurance (67%)
- Media and Entertainment (67%)
- Government and Administration (67%)
- Retail (67%)
- Manufacturing (56%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Database migrations
Flyway is a database migration tool that brings schema changes into a controlled, repeatable process. Teams store SQL or Java migrations in version control and apply them in a defined order. Flyway records migration history inside the database, helping applications move safely between environments.
Core workflow
A Flyway migration typically follows a clear path from local development to production. Specialists define versioned, repeatable or undo migrations, validate pending changes and run them through automated delivery pipelines. They also configure schemas, baselines, callbacks and transaction handling for the target database.
- Organise migration files and naming conventions
- Configure Flyway for application and pipeline environments
- Validate, repair and monitor migration history
- Plan rollbacks, baselines and controlled releases
Ecosystem and tooling
Flyway works with relational systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server and H2. It integrates with Spring Boot, Maven, Gradle, command-line workflows and build pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins. Strong professionals also understand JDBC, containers, secrets management and environment-specific configuration.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance Flyway specialists when database changes have become difficult to coordinate across teams or environments. Expertise is especially useful during application modernisation, cloud migration, service separation and the introduction of automated release processes. In Munich, local teams may need on-site workshops alongside remote work with distributed product and operations groups.
- Existing schemas need a safe Flyway baseline
- Releases fail because environments drift apart
- Migration history needs repair or governance
- A Spring Boot or Java service needs database automation
Deliverables and controls
A specialist can establish migration conventions, review existing scripts and connect Flyway to the delivery process. Typical deliverables include configuration, validated SQL, pipeline steps, database recovery plans and documentation for application teams. Careful professionals separate application and schema changes when required and test migrations against realistic data structures.
Quality signals
Strong Flyway professionals can explain how a migration behaves on a fresh database, an existing installation and a partially completed release. They distinguish versioned migrations from repeatable migrations and know when repair is appropriate instead of using it to hide a failed change. Look for clear reviews, tested rollback or recovery procedures, least-privilege database access and practical communication in English or German for Munich-based collaboration.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Flyway? Start with the answers below.
Flyway is used to manage and automate relational database schema changes. It applies migration files in a controlled order, records which changes have run and keeps database environments aligned with an application release.
Flyway is often chosen for a straightforward, SQL-first migration workflow with a small operational surface. Liquibase offers a broader change-set model and additional abstraction formats, so the better choice depends on team preferences, database features and governance needs.
A strong Flyway specialist usually understands SQL, relational database administration, Git and CI/CD automation. Experience with Spring Boot, Maven or Gradle, containers, cloud databases and secrets management is also valuable.
The right level depends on migration risk rather than project size. Flyway work involving a new schema may be handled by a capable generalist, while legacy databases, high availability or complex production releases call for a specialist who has planned recovery and deployment controls.
Yes. Flyway configuration, script reviews and pipeline work are well suited to remote collaboration when repository and database access are organised securely. On-site sessions in Munich can still help with workshops, release planning or coordination across application and operations teams.
Ask the specialist to explain migration behaviour on fresh, existing and partially updated databases. Quality Flyway work includes consistent naming, safe transaction handling, automated validation, reviewable scripts and a clear response plan for failed or out-of-order changes.
Flyway supports SQL migrations as well as Java-based migrations for cases that need programmatic logic. The specialist should choose the simplest suitable format and understand how callbacks, repeatable migrations and database-specific behaviour affect repeatability.
Clarify the database engines, deployment environments, ownership of migration files and access boundaries before work begins. A Flyway specialist should also confirm whether the team needs a baseline for an existing schema, pipeline integration or a documented recovery process, as well as whether collaboration is expected in German, English or both.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Flyway in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 743 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Flyway in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Flyway in their recent projects have 33 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Flyway in their recent projects are German (100%), English (89%), and French (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Flyway in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (100%), Information Technology (100%), and Automotive (78%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Flyway in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (89%).
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