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Milan Simonović

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Cloud architect and DevOps engineer with two decades of expertise and a proven track record of taking ideas and delivering them

Zürich
Milan Simonović

Last position:

Cloud Architect & DevOps at Avaloq

  • Main cloud solution architect on a banking SaaS offering hosted in Azure.
  • Fully automated the Azure infrastructure in Terraform.
  • Reduced cloud costs by 50%.
  • Responded to incidents, found root-causes and closed with post-mortems.
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Venkata Renduchintala

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DevOps & IT Responsibility

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Venkata Renduchintala

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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
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Csaba Kéri

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ServiceNow Consultant

Zumikon
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
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Oscar Montero

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IT Specialist / DBA

Adliswil
Oscar Montero

Last position:

IT Specialist / DBA at Rothschild Private Swiss Bank

  • Act as DBA SME for MS SQL Server and primary contact for MSSQL infrastructure and long-term technology roadmap in a critical 24/7 banking environment
  • Maintain and evolve SQL infrastructure and monitoring system across development, test, UAT, and production environments (10 servers, 4 always-active Windows clusters, MSSQL 2014–2022 on VMs hosted by Inventix)
  • Automate SQL operations using Brent Ozar scripts, PowerShell, and Inventix cloud script integration
  • Build and improve ETL processes and BI applications (Power BI); plan resources and mentor BI team
  • Participate in review, delivery, and deployment of database improvements across the software development lifecycle
  • Migrate SQL Server instances from 2017 to 2019 and 2022
  • Integrate new applications requiring MSSQL databases
  • Manage and support on-premise and Azure SQL Server solutions; advise on industry standards, best practices, and creative database solutions
  • Develop automation scripts for internal systems using PowerShell and Git
  • Monitor systems with Splunk and Grafana; manage alerts, filters, data ingestion, and dashboard configuration
  • Collaborate with operations, development, and business teams to identify and resolve operational and performance issues proactively
  • Implement new SQL Server technologies such as Query Store, Extended Events, Tuning Advisor, and system traces
  • Provide on-call support and regular maintenance during evenings and weekends
  • Define and enforce system policies and standards; work closely with application managers, HR, and IT platforms in Switzerland and the UK
  • Handle 2nd/3rd level support service requests; document resolutions and cooperate with vendors
  • Use internal and external monitoring tools to detect performance trends and implement alerts and processes to prevent database issues
  • Document and share knowledge to improve technical understanding across operations and development teams; administer Confluence (installation, configuration, document management, performance, upgrades)
  • Work professionally in cross-functional teams to advise, influence, and coach development and operations teams on database topics
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Karl Estermann

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incl. CI/CD, automation

Zürich
Karl Estermann

Last position:

incl. CI/CD, automation at AALS Software AG

  • Designed and delivered a practical real-time course on Flink and Hadoop with MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, Flink, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Kafka
  • Gained extensive DevOps and CI/CD experience
  • Created ETL/ELT pipelines with Apache tools and Pentaho
  • Led projects in municipal software, financial services, and big data with Kafka
  • Developed AI/NLP models and chatbots with RASA, Chatter, and Dialogflow
  • Built and managed a TypeDB knowledge database
  • Worked with OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Podman
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Nenad Tomasic

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Contractor

Spreitenbach
Nenad Tomasic

Last position:

Contractor at Swisscom

  • SAP Data Designer ETL, SQL Server, Docker for PharmaSuisse Data Warehouse Application (Application Manager and Developer)
  • SAP Business Objects, ABAP on SAP HANA for the Police of the Canton of Bern (Application Manager and Developer)
  • Avaloq Connectors to SAP BW for Banque Cantonale de Fribourg

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Statistics of experts using Grafana

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

23 years

Position duration

2 years

Positions per freelancer

12

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Education

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Bachelor's degree or higher

100%

Master's degree or higher

71%

Certifications per freelancer

5

Most common languages

English, German, Spanish

Speak two or more languages

100%

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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Average rates of experts in Zurich using Grafana

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 801 €

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Median rate 800 €

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

Dashboarding

Grafana is used to turn metrics, logs, and traces into clear dashboards that teams can read fast. Companies bring in specialists to build views for system health, product usage, incident response, and business reporting. Good work here is practical: the right panels, labels, and filters for the people who use them.

Data sources

A strong Grafana setup depends on clean connections to the right backends. Common pairings include Prometheus for metrics, Loki for logs, Tempo for tracing, and SQL or cloud monitoring sources when the stack calls for it.

  • Connect and tune data sources
  • Shape queries for useful dashboards
  • Keep permissions and folders tidy

Alerts

Grafana also supports alerting for teams that need quick action when services drift or fail. Specialists define alert rules, routing, silence handling, and notification paths so on-call work is clear and repeatable. This is especially useful when companies want one place to monitor many services.

When to hire

Companies often need freelance Grafana expertise during observability rollouts, platform changes, or after dashboards have become hard to trust. Zurich teams in finance, insurance, SaaS, and operations often want support that fits both local collaboration and remote delivery. The same applies when an internal team needs help during a release, migration, or incident review.

What good specialists do

Strong Grafana professionals think in signals, not just charts. They know how to model a dashboard for the audience, reduce noise, and keep queries efficient. They also understand access control, naming, annotation layers, and how Grafana fits into the wider monitoring stack.

Typical work

  • Build executive and operations dashboards
  • Standardize alerting and escalation views
  • Document dashboard conventions for teams
  • Review and clean up existing panels
  • Support migrations between monitoring tools
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Frequently asked questions

Everything clients usually want to know about Grafana, in one place.

Grafana is used to visualize and explore operational data such as metrics, logs, and traces. Companies use it for service health dashboards, incident views, infrastructure monitoring, and reporting that helps teams react faster. It is most useful when the data sources are already in place and the goal is to present them clearly.

Grafana is usually chosen for flexible dashboards across many data sources, while Kibana is closely tied to the Elastic stack and Datadog is a broader hosted observability suite. If a team wants one visual layer over Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, SQL, and cloud tools, Grafana is often the better fit. The right choice depends on the stack, not just the interface.

A good Grafana specialist should also understand Prometheus, Loki, tracing, alert routing, and query languages such as PromQL. Basic knowledge of Linux, networking, cloud systems, and access control helps too. The best results come from someone who can read the data model, not just draw panels.

A Grafana project may only need light support if the dashboards already exist and the work is limited to cleanup or small changes. More complex setups need someone who can design the data flow, alert rules, and folder structure from the start. The harder the monitoring problem, the more valuable deep observability experience becomes.

Yes, Grafana work is often well suited to remote collaboration because most tasks involve shared dashboards, review sessions, and access to monitoring systems. Zurich teams can work with specialists on-site when they need workshops or incident support, but many dashboard and alerting tasks do not require daily presence. Clear access and good documentation matter more than location.

A strong Grafana expert does more than make charts look good. Look for clean dashboard structure, sensible queries, clear alert rules, and an ability to explain why each panel exists. Good specialists also remove noise, avoid duplicate views, and keep the setup easy to maintain.

No, Grafana works with Prometheus, but it is not limited to it. It can also sit on top of Loki, Tempo, SQL databases, and many other data sources, which makes it useful in mixed environments. That flexibility is one reason companies bring it in for broader observability work.

Before starting with Grafana, a freelancer should ask what data sources are available, who the dashboard audience is, and what actions should follow an alert. It also helps to know the existing naming rules, access model, and whether the work is a new setup or a cleanup. Those details shape the whole delivery.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Grafana in their recent projects is 100 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 801 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Grafana in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 71% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Grafana in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Grafana in their recent projects are English (100%), German (88%), and Spanish (38%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Grafana in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (88%), and Education (63%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Grafana in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (88%), and Project Management (75%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Grafana

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.

Countries:

Zurich Geneva Basel Bern

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