Fortinet Experts in Munich
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Vicenco K.
Last position:
ITSM Project Manager (self-employed)
Unified ITSM framework
- Definition of a company-wide ITSM target picture
- Introduction of a uniform service structure across all business units
SLA and OLA management
- Building a standardized SLA framework
- Definition of service classes (Business Critical, Standard, Low Priority)
- Introduction of OLAs between internal teams
- Building meaningful SLA reporting
- Definition of KPI and service dashboards for business units
Service portfolio management
- Definition of service descriptions
- If needed, preparing possible cost and service billing
Ticketing & processes
- Incident management
- Uniform ticket categories
- Standardized prioritization
- Escalation matrix
- Automations
- Self-service optimization
Request fulfillment
- Service catalog across all business units
- Approval workflows
Problem management
- Introduction of root cause analysis
- Known error database
- Problem review process
Complete asset management concept
- Hardware lifecycle management
- Software lifecycle management
- Leasing lifecycle
- Mobile device lifecycle
- Monitor lifecycle
- Phone lifecycle
Processes
- Procurement
- Goods receipt
- Inventory
- Assignment
- Return
- Disposal
- Leasing return Goal: single source of truth for all assets
CMDB design
- Definition of all configuration items:
- Workplace
- Notebooks
- Monitors
- Mobile phones
- Printers
Infrastructure
- Servers
- Firewalls
- Switches
- WLAN
- Storage
- Backup systems
Cloud
- Azure resources
- Microsoft 365
- SaaS services
Relationships
- User ↔ Asset
- Asset ↔ Service
- Service ↔ Infrastructure
- Location ↔ Asset
- Goal: make all service dependencies visible
Software asset & license management
- License management concept
- License balancing
- Compliance reporting
- Microsoft license management
- Adobe license management
- SaaS management
- Contract management
- Renewal management
Interfaces & automation Existing systems
- Workday
- Joiner
- Mover
- Leaver
TESMA
- Leasing data
- Contract data
Matrix42
- Asset synchronization
- User synchronization
Active Directory / Entra ID
- User management
Microsoft 365
- License assignment
- Group management
Dormakaba
Access processes
Lifecycle services
Monitoring platforms
- PRTG
- Palo Alto
- Cisco
Reporting & KPI framework
- Definition of a management dashboard
- KPIs
- Ticket volume
- SLA fulfillment
- MTTR
- First resolution rate
- Asset accuracy
- License compliance
- Change success rate
- Service availability
- Degree of automation
Network redesign support
- Governance
- Support of the network redesign from an ITSM point of view
- Definition of affected services
- Change management structure
- Communication concept
CMDB integration
- Recording of all network components
- Service mapping
- Dependency analysis
Validation of documentation and knowledge base articles
- Network documentation
- Operations documentation
- Standard changes
Monitoring & event management
- Target picture
- Central monitoring concept
- Event management process
- Alerting strategy
- Escalation model
Systems
Cisco
Palo Alto
Fortinet
Rubrik
Veeam
Matrix42
Azure
Microsoft 365 Automation
Ticket creation from monitoring
Escalations
Standard actions
Audit, compliance & information security
- ISO 27001 consulting
- TISAX consulting
- NIS2 preparation - consulting
- Audit-ready processes
- Documentation structure
- Evidence tracking in Matrix42
Roadmap
- 12-month roadmap
- Prioritization of all measures
- Quick wins
- Medium-term projects
- Long-term target picture
- Documentation
Mohamad D.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer & IT-Security-Architect at BMW Group
- Built Azure Kubernetes clusters (AKS) with network policies, security groups, and RBAC
- Terraform-based infrastructure as code for secure, reproducible deployments in the BMW Azure cloud
- Hardened CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify SSC, and Contrast AST
- Integrated SAP BTP/Kyma and ServiceNow GRC
Eduard D.
Last position:
Guest Lecturer at Politehnica University Bucharest
"Reasoning Models: From LLM Foundations to NOC Automation."
Florian K.
Last position:
LAN Planner at Global Network AG
- As-is assessment of the current network infrastructure and its documentation, including on-site inspections
- Independent planning of new distribution and main distribution rooms in the individual district offices (components used, rack layout, connectivity), considering the BSI IT-Grundschutz and InfoSic requirements
- Planning of new copper and fiber optic cabling, including patch panels
- Coordination with building services engineering (TGA) to ensure compliance with relevant on-site requirements
- Development of detailed execution plans and high-level concepts for the rollout of the new infrastructure
- Additional support after the components go live (hypercare phase)
- Regular communication with project management and client stakeholders
Serge K.
Last position:
Data Scientist & MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) at REWE Digital GmbH
- It is like a startup within REWE, where we have to build a new forecasting system on Google Cloud Platform from the scratch. Although, officially my role is called MLOps, my actual tasks also include development of data processing pipelines (data engineering) and data scientists tasks such as feature engineering and model trainings.
- GCP: Terraform (tofu), Vertex AI (Kubeflow), Cloud Run, IAM, Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Artifact Registry
- Data engineering: Snowflake as the main data warehouse, Terraform, DBT for data model implementations
- CI/CD: GitLab. We have built a CI/CD pipeline that automates deployments of new releases up to production environment
- Development of feature store and data synchronization between environments
- Data science: evaluation of different forecasting models, including CatBoost, Contextual Gamma and Random Forest; implementation of training pipelines using Kubeflow on Vertex AI; scaling and development of an event-driven interface using Kafka as a forecasting service; evaluation of MLFlow for model tracking and model registry
- Implementation of REST API using KeyCloak OAuth2 and OpenID (JWT)
- Monitoring: implementation of dashboards with Grafana, Prometheus, Mimir, Streamlit and Loki to monitor prediction metrics, GCP and Snowflake costs for pipelines, and system metrics
- Development of Copilot Agent Skills
Tadeusz A.
Last position:
Lead Architect Enterprise Architecture & Security at CGI
Lead Architecture in an interdisciplinary architecture team covering enterprise, solution, NOOTS, cloud and security architecture as well as regulatory and European interoperability requirements.
Public / Government
Development and management of target architectures, principles, standards and technical guardrails; assessment of Security-by-Design, IAM, data protection and interface/integration architectures; architecture reviews, security assessments, risk analyses, and preparation of decision records, target visions, roadmaps and decision papers. Architectural knowledge and consideration of relevant AD-NOOTS requirements, particularly for IAM, authorization, secure integration and interoperability.
Technologies / Methods: Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Security Architecture, Cloud Architecture, NOOTS / EU-OOTS, IAM, Authorization, Security-by-Design, API/Integration Architecture, Interoperability, Risk Analysis, Architecture Governance
Security and integration requirements as well as technical decisions are structured in reliable architecture and decision artifacts.
Gilbert L.
Last position:
Cyber Security Expert at TüV Süd AG (via Sthree GmbH)
- Security analysis of alerts
- Further development of the security operations center
- Development of processes and workflows in the security environment
- Implementation of SOC solutions
- Forensic expertise
- Conducting hunts
- Vulnerability scans and proof of concepts
- Risk assessments and risk analyses
- Maintenance and further development of the Tenable.sc ScanCenter environment
Alexander N.
Last position:
Security Expert at DAK-Gesundheit
- Pentesting of mobile applications
- Code review
- Gematik audit
- Development of secure software development methods
- Creation of security and test concepts
- Penetration testing of software and architecture
- Vulnerability analysis
- Automation and information security
- Use of Confluence and Jira
- Working with databases, J2EE, JavaServer Faces, Liquibase, Apache, Maven, Mercurial, Oracle Financials
- Documentation and creation of security policies
- Management of software systems, SharePoint, PrimeFaces, Git
- Compliance with security regulations and .NET, AWS, API
- Tools: MobSF, Frida, Android Studio, Drozer, Objection, Azure
Sebastian F.
Last position:
Managing Director System Administration & DevOps at Far Galaxy Networks
- Windows application migration using Windows Server 2022/2025, DHCP, Active Directory, directory trust and setup, GPO management
- Cloud service automation, firewall and network management, debugging
Dmytro G.
Last position:
Retraining (IT specialist for system integration) at Comcave
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Statistics of experts using Fortinet
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years (Germany: 21 years)
Position duration
1.4 years (Germany: 1.8 years)
Positions per freelancer
14 (Germany: 15)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
78% (Germany: 67%)
Master's degree or higher
56% (Germany: 27%)
Doctorate
11% (Germany: 4%)
Certifications per freelancer
5 (Germany: 7)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
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 Fortinet
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.
Fortinet 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 (100%)
- Banking and Finance (60%)
- Professional Services (60%)
- Government and Administration (60%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Healthcare (50%)
- Education (40%)
- Aerospace and Defense (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Fortinet security platform
Fortinet provides integrated security products for networks, endpoints, applications and cloud environments. FortiGate firewalls sit at the centre of many deployments, while FortiOS supplies routing, inspection, VPN, segmentation and policy controls. The Fortinet Security Fabric connects these capabilities so teams can manage threats across distributed environments.
Core ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists work across FortiGate appliances and virtual firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and FortiAuthenticator. They may also configure FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiClient and FortiProxy, depending on the operating model. Useful adjacent skills include identity services, routing, switching, cloud networking, SIEM integration and automation through Fortinet APIs.
Where companies use it
Fortinet supports secure connectivity for offices, data centres, factories, retail sites, healthcare providers and cloud workloads. Typical assignments include:
- Designing branch, campus and data-centre firewall architectures
- Building site-to-site and remote-access VPNs
- Segmenting users, devices, servers and operational technology
- Connecting security events to SIEM and monitoring workflows
When freelance expertise helps
Companies often bring in freelance specialists during firewall replacements, mergers, network redesigns or cloud migrations. They also help when internal teams need a clean policy structure, stronger incident visibility or a controlled FortiOS upgrade. In Munich, on-site collaboration can support local infrastructure and handover, while remote work suits documentation, configuration review and monitoring improvements.
What strong specialists deliver
Reliable professionals begin with traffic flows, business risks and existing rules rather than copying a standard template. They produce an intentional policy base, documented objects, tested failover and clear rollback steps. They can explain why inspection, segmentation and access decisions were made, then transfer practical knowledge to the internal team.
How to assess project fit
Look for evidence of comparable FortiGate environments, not only vendor training. Ask how the specialist handles rule cleanup, certificate management, high availability, logging and changes across multiple sites. For teams in Munich, German and English communication may matter for workshops, user documentation and coordination with local operations; remote readiness is equally important for secure access and structured handover.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Fortinet, in one place.
Fortinet is mainly used to secure networks, users, applications and cloud connections. FortiGate provides firewalling, VPN, routing, intrusion prevention, web controls and segmentation, while the wider Security Fabric links security data and enforcement across the environment.
Fortinet is often compared with Palo Alto Networks and Cisco for firewalling, segmentation and threat prevention. The right choice depends on required inspection depth, existing infrastructure, management preferences, licensing structure and the specialist skills already available to the company.
A strong Fortinet specialist should understand routing, switching, DNS, identity services, certificates and network monitoring. Experience with cloud networking, SIEM tools, automation and endpoint controls such as FortiClient is valuable when the deployment extends beyond a single firewall.
The required experience depends on the scope and risk of the assignment. A basic policy review may need a focused specialist, while a multi-site migration or segmentation programme calls for proven work with FortiGate high availability, change control, troubleshooting and rollback planning.
Many Fortinet tasks can be completed remotely, including configuration reviews, policy design, documentation and controlled changes. On-site work in Munich can still be useful for hardware installation, cabling, physical troubleshooting or workshops with infrastructure and security teams.
Ask for examples of comparable Fortinet environments and discuss the exact deliverables. A capable professional should explain their approach to discovery, rule design, testing, logging, access control, documentation and handover without relying on unexplained templates.
FortiOS knowledge is essential, but it is not enough by itself for complex work. The specialist also needs to understand the surrounding network, identity model, applications, routing behaviour and operational process so that security rules support business traffic without creating hidden weaknesses.
Quality Fortinet work has a clear design, least-privilege policies, useful logs, tested redundancy and complete documentation. The configuration should be understandable to the internal team, with monitored changes and a practical recovery plan for failed updates or unexpected traffic.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Fortinet in their recent projects is 104 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 830 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Fortinet in their recent projects, 78% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Fortinet in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Fortinet in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (40%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Fortinet in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (60%), and Professional Services (60%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Fortinet in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (80%), and Project Management (70%).
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