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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used Identity and Access Management
Matthias K.
Last position:
Business Owner at AKM
Management of several MFA methods for centralized authentication within a group. Interface between various stakeholders such as Support, Finance, Developers, and Security departments. Assessment of compliance requirements such as KRITIS. Budget controlling and monitoring of KPIs and SLAs. Support with internal and external audits on MFA topics and with connecting new systems. Review of operational documentation. Participation in steering committees and leadership of service review meetings and decision-making committees.
Tools/Frameworks: FIDO, Yubikey, Veridium, BSI Grundschutz, NIST
Timo H.
Last position:
Software Developer at Smiths Detection
- Extension of a Swing-based UI for recording Security Restricted Articles during baggage screening.
- Introduction of a new workflow for recording Deboarding Events.
- Extension of the reporting system for Security Restricted Articles and Deboarding Events.
- Implementation using JBoss Wildfly, PostgreSQL, spring-boot 3.x, Java 8/21, Swing, JSF, JAX-RS/Resteasy, Docker, Maven, Kiro.
Shamaila M.
Last position:
Founder/Kubernetes and Cloud Architect at Kubekanvas
- Developed browser based platform for kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
- Developed CLI in Typescript to deploy the resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
- Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command line utility tool.
- Designed role & permission models for Keycloak, oAuth/OIDC, social login flows.
- Used LLM to convert user intent into the diagram.
- Worked on integration with multiple Sovereign Cloud like stackIt, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, Azure
- The technology stack includes Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React
Michael F.
Last position:
Platform Architect (Project lead) at Würth IT
I designed and built a self-service AWS platform for Data Science teams with little or no infrastructure-as-code experience. A team writes about 10 lines of Python and gets a deployable stack with full SDLC release cycle that already follows the governance rules. Networking, encryption, IAM and tagging are decided by the platform, not by each team.
New teams or AWS accounts are onboarded with one pull request. Waste prevention and cost control is built into the defaults: Data scientists don't need infrastructure skills.
- Construct library (AWS CDK, Python). Built a versioned catalog of about 20 hardened constructs for being used in data-science projects with ML context
- Governance as code
- Multi-account, multi-tenant
- Golden-path scaffolding
- CI/CD and supply chain. Built reusable GitHub Actions workflows
- Release engineering
- QA with e2e, contract testing and unit test coverage with each release candidate
Loic N.
Last position:
Senior System Engineer at AG Solution
- Create and lead roadmap forecasting of support opportunities, including colleague training, process design and improvement, and new hire onboarding.
- Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams including Professional Services, Support, Product, Sales, and Solution Engineering.
- Manage business and financial KPIs in alignment with overall business objectives.
- Industrial IT & Data Integration: Implement, configure, and integrate OT/IT systems and data flows, connecting control-layer sources (DCS, PLC, SCADA) to historians, data platforms, and enterprise systems through APIs and standard interfaces.
- AVEVA PI & Historian: Configure, maintain, and extend AVEVA PI (PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, interfaces/connectors) to capture, contextualize, and serve real-time and historical operational data.
- Alarm Management: Support and optimize alarm management systems – e.g. Honeywell Alarm Management – including alarm rationalization, classification, and the analysis of alarm performance, critical alarms, and alarm floods.
- Connectivity & Protocols: Set up and troubleshoot industrial connectivity using OPC UA and OPC A&E, including the configuration of tunnelers / wrappers to bridge OT data sources securely and reliably.
- Production Data Flow: Ensure seamless, secure, and well-structured data flow across the industrial IT landscape, transforming raw operational data into meaningful information for operations and decision-making.
- System Support & Troubleshooting: Provide ongoing support for OT/IT applications, troubleshooting issues across networks, software, and data integrations to keep systems running efficiently.
- Knowledge Management & Best Practices: Contribute to internal documentation, best practices, and troubleshooting guides, and help continuously improve how we deliver industrial IT and data solutions.
Tools & Software: Aveva PI, Salesforce, Active Directory, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Jira, Microsoft, Scrum, DevOps, Docker, CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub.
Paul K.
Last position:
Program Manager – Multi-Project Operational Stabilization (Operational Excellence) at ITDZ - IT Service Center Berlin
- Overall leadership of several strategic operations projects focusing on Workplace Services, SLA Framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as the introduction of system monitoring and feasibility studies for 24x7 operations, in some cases including implementation in ServiceNow
- Creation of various ServiceNow operating concepts covering training, access rights, and emergency management as part of a new cloud hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
- Executive board reports and leadership of steering committees as part of company-wide strategic objectives, as well as the establishment of new balanced scorecards for measuring KPIs related to optimization-driven project results
Matthias S.
Last position:
Overall Project Coordinator at Bundeswehr Informatik (BWI GmbH)
- PMO Lead Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) verified
- Reporting to the GMN sub-program management
- System maintenance 25+
- Functional management and coordination of the Jira setup
- Preparation of decision papers (e.g. project planning, governance model, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
- Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, creation of Jira concept
- Development of an access concept for all project tools
- Analysis of existing processes, identification of improvement potential, and design of solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches into existing tools
- Creation of intranet articles for project marketing
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the sub-program
- Agile development of the project methodology
- Gathering customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
- Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, 500+ million budget)
Robert K.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Group Manager in the IT Operations & Digitalization division „Databases, Operations & Support" (DOS) at Landwirtschaftliche RentenBank
- Functional management and further development of a team of 28 IT employees (internal & external) in the areas of HelpDesk / HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basic operations
- Management of external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basic operations)
- Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
- Introduction and establishment of regular communication formats (regular meetings, team and cross-departmental meetings)
- Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows / Linux with database and web/application servers)
- Support for transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
- Building and introducing digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
- Development and management of the „IT Operations DOS" department based on the company strategy
- Preparation of management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
- Representing the department in Rentenbank committees and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, DSGVO, BSI, MaRisk)
Markus B.
Last position:
Consultant, Technical Project Manager at Lanxess
- Project: ESU Windows and SQL Server Consolidation / Configuration Management in ServiceNow
- Prepared an as-is analysis of all servers worldwide
- Prepared an as-is analysis of all SQL servers worldwide
- Conducted requirements analyses for SQL and server migrations
- Coordinated requirements with partners for migrations to Hyper-V (on-premises) or Azure Cloud
- Facilitated regular status meetings (Jour Fixe)
- Developed roadmaps and solution models for server migrations
- Set up test scenarios
- Facilitated workshops for the rollout of a global admin team
- Designed data models (CMDB) in ServiceNow
- Led workshops for the CMDB data model
- Developed solution models for the CMDB
- Created end-to-end configuration documentation and work instructions for the CMDB
- Prepared reports for license management
- Defined KPIs for data quality in ServiceNow
- Created a service catalog
- Facilitated workshops to define service requests
- Acted as interface between requirements analysis and the ServiceNow development team
- Systems used: Windows 7, Windows 10, Microsoft Office 365/2010, Windows Server 20xx, SQL Server 20xx, SharePoint, Azure Cloud, Hyper-V, ServiceNow, various tools
Reza N.
Last position:
Senior IT-Security Expert at Teambank AG
- Completed the integration of log sources into Microsoft Sentinel, including GCP workloads – centralized consolidation of all security-relevant events from Azure and GCP environments for complete end-to-end telemetry and comprehensive compliance evidence
- Developed custom rules and use cases based on the GFG Use-Case Library and the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to cover company-specific threats and GFG-relevant scenarios with precise, mapped detection rules
- Tuned detection rules to minimize false positives, optimized detection thresholds, and modeled exceptions – enabling the SOC to work with relevant, prioritized alerts while reducing Mean Time to Detect/Respond
- Built SOAR capabilities in Sentinel by developing playbooks to automate recurring response processes such as containment, user and host isolation, and ticketing – shorter response times and 24/7 scalability
- Designed and built a log transformation solution to normalize and enrich incoming raw logs (GeoIP, CMDB, threat intelligence) and convert them into a consistent schema for high-performance KQL queries, use case logic, and correlations
- Managed Azure security through Azure Policies to enforce security and compliance standards, prevent drift, and continuously remediate deviations
- Operated the Defender XDR portal to link endpoint, identity, email, and SaaS signals with Sentinel findings, enable holistic incident triage, and orchestrate measures directly from XDR
Technologies: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Azure Policy, KQL, GCP, MITRE ATT&CK
Ebru A.
Last position:
Product Analytics & App Tracking Consultant at EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG
- Product Analytics, Mobile App Tracking & Tracking Governance (B2C Mobility App) – agile project management (Scrum/Kanban)
- Product Ownership for Product Analytics and Mobile App Tracking of the EnBW mobility+ app; gathering, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into actionable concepts and Azure DevOps user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Derivation of tracking requirements when introducing new app features (including Resilient Map), definition of tracking parameters (screens, events, custom definitions), and ensuring privacy-compliant tracking (Firebase, GA4, Adjust) based on the tracking concept.
- Design and adaptation of dashboards and funnel reporting for campaigns (GA4 validation, onboarding and order flow analyses, conversion funnels, charging start flow) to identify drop-off points and optimization potential.
- Management of the technical raw data export (Adjust to BigQuery) and connection to the data warehouse/data lakehouse, including data mapping; collaboration with international development teams, Data Engineering, Marketing/Sales, and Product Management.
- Establishment of standardized tracking architecture, naming conventions, and governance; analysis and expansion of tracking (new features and “blind spots”), test design, handover to testers, and quality assurance and approval before releases; documentation in Conceptboard.
Sercan T.
Last position:
Co-Founder & Lead Software Architect at Pflege-Pfad
- Focus: System architecture, cloud-native platforms, microservices, API design
- Product: Pflege-Pfad is a digital placement platform that directly connects relatives of people in need of care with verified care services and caregivers – without an agency and without ongoing fees.
- Business analysis & process design:
- Analysis of the German care market and identification of the key pain points of both target groups.
- Modeling of core business processes: registration, verification, care request, application, placement, and rating.
- Definition of the business model as a freemium/premium model with optional contact unlocking.
- Creation of user stories and requirements documentation for relatives, care services, and administrators.
- Design of trust and quality assurance mechanisms with document upload, admin review process, and rating system.
- Coordination with stakeholders and validation of product decisions with potential users.
- Technical implementation:
- Design and implementation of the entire platform architecture as the sole developer.
- Design and implementation of a REST API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, including JWT-based authentication.
- Development of the frontend as a single-page application with Angular 17.
- Implementation of the AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, and IAM.
- Document upload with AWS S3 using presigned URLs to verify care services.
- Email notifications via Resend API.
- AI-supported care service search via OpenAI API.
- Implementation of complete user flows such as registration, login, password reset, and the placement process.
- Development of an admin panel for user and care service management as well as analytics.
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions and containerized deployments with Docker.
- End-to-end tests with Playwright.
Technologies: Kotlin, Spring Boot 3, Spring Security, JWT, JPA/Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Angular 17, TypeScript, RxJS, AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront CDN, RDS PostgreSQL, IAM), nginx, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Maven, Git, OpenAI API, Resend API, Docker, Scrum, i18n (DE/EN/TR), Kiro, feature flag architecture.
Christian F.
Last position:
Architecture Management at Agency
Expert in the company's architecture management area
Support for standardizing the company's IT landscape
Further development of architecture management
Shaping the company's business architecture
Restructuring, administration and maintenance of all IT assets
Support in creating a unified software asset management and CMDB
Creation of unified document management (e-file)
Transition of documents into a central DMS structure
Link between architecture management and the department's internal business process management
Support in developing strategic and tactical development plans
Organizing communication with key stakeholders
Support in the conception, organization and coordination of the architecture office to be built up
Accompanying and advising the entire architecture management process
Advising the company's business units on architectural topics and their framework conditions
MS Office, Windows 10, VBA
ITIL, TOGAF, PowerBi, Kanban, Scrum
Internal agency tools
Open Touch Conversation, Webex, wire, bdbos
MS Sharepoint, JIRA, Confluence
ARIS, Archimate, BPMN
Jens R.
Last position:
Platform Architect & Senior Developer at Direct client, industrial measurement technology, medium-sized company
- Technical leadership across hardware, firmware, and software teams; scope: hardware/firmware team (4 people) and leadership group (5 people)
- Consolidated and documented a product family that had grown over more than 15 years and aligned it with CRA compliance — from the bare-metal I/O module to the cloud interface.
- Provided the most important customer product with the essential requirements and architecture documentation within two months — for a firmware landscape that had grown over more than 15 years. It now supports the customer’s modernization strategy.
- Established a monthly reporting line to the supervisory board and executive board within three months: nine meetings since 12/2025. The report itself is versioned and built from the CI pipeline; it is based on automatically collected activity and release data instead of assessments.
- Built a container-based CI/CD infrastructure from scratch: cross-compilation, host tests, and documentation builds in one continuous pipeline.
- Introduced declarative QA gates for DevOps and development artifacts — from the start using lefthook instead of pre-commit, executed in a dedicated container image.
Technologies used: arc42, req42, tpo42, docToolchain, PlantUML, ArchiMate, C4 model, ADR, C, C++ (GTest), CMake, Bare Metal (ARM Cortex-M3/M7), OCI containers, Jenkins, lefthook, Prometheus, Grafana, SBOM, CRA, OPC, SCADA, PLC integration, IPv6 migration, Zero Trust, Sociocracy 3.0, Cynefin
Jens H.
Last position:
Interim CTO (occasional assignments) at Fujitsu / FSAS
Stabilization of an Azure/.NET landscape in live operation.
- Architecture, DevOps, and operational readiness; technical decisions under time pressure
- Azure DevOps, monitoring, ETL/ELT, cloud security, FinOps, and data-mesh-related topics
Technologies: Azure DevOps, .NET, CI/CD, monitoring, FinOps
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Statistics of experts using Identity and Access Management
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years

Position duration
2.2 years

Positions per freelancer
13

Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
86%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
6%

Certifications per freelancer
4

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Oct 2026.
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Average rates of experts using Identity and Access Management
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Identity and Access Management 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 (93%)
- Banking and Finance (61%)
- Professional Services (44%)
- Manufacturing (40%)
- Automotive (39%)
- Retail (34%)
- Government and Administration (33%)
- Telecommunication (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Identity control
Identity and Access Management, commonly called IAM, governs who can access digital resources, which actions they can perform, and when access should end. It connects people, service accounts, applications, devices, and data through authentication and authorization policies. A sound IAM design reduces unauthorized access while keeping legitimate work practical.
What IAM builds
IAM specialists create the access layer for cloud services, internal applications, customer portals, and hybrid environments. They define identity lifecycles, permission models, federation flows, and audit trails that support secure daily operations.
- Single sign-on for workforce applications
- Multi-factor authentication and adaptive access
- Customer identity and registration journeys
- Role-based and attribute-based access control
Ecosystem and tooling
The ecosystem spans Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory, Okta, Ping Identity, Keycloak, and cloud-native identity services. Professionals work with SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, LDAP, privileged access controls, and secrets management. They also connect IAM to HR systems, directories, ticketing tools, SIEM platforms, and infrastructure pipelines.
When expertise helps
Companies often bring in freelance IAM expertise during a cloud migration, an application launch, or a merger that combines directories and policies. Specialists can also address audit findings, replace fragmented sign-on processes, or prepare a customer identity program without disrupting existing users.
- Access reviews expose excessive permissions
- Manual onboarding leaves accounts active too long
- Applications use inconsistent authentication patterns
- A directory integration needs reliable automation
Delivery and governance
Strong professionals begin with users, applications, data sensitivity, and regulatory needs rather than selecting a product first. They document trust boundaries, map roles, test recovery paths, and introduce changes in controlled stages. Clear ownership, approval workflows, logging, and periodic access reviews keep IAM effective after implementation.
Signs of quality
Look for specialists who can explain identity decisions in business and technical terms. Relevant evidence includes secure federation, migration planning, least-privilege design, incident response support, and integrations across cloud and on-premises systems. A careful professional validates edge cases such as contractors, dormant accounts, service identities, break-glass access, and failed authentication before handover.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Identity and Access Management, in one place.
Identity and Access Management controls authentication, authorization, and the lifecycle of digital identities. Companies use IAM for single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, role management, customer portals, privileged access, and audit-ready access records.
IAM is the broader discipline covering identities, policies, authentication, authorization, governance, and reviews. A directory stores identity data, while single sign-on handles a key access flow; IAM connects these capabilities and applies consistent controls across applications and environments.
A strong IAM professional often works with cloud security, network controls, zero-trust principles, scripting, API integration, and incident response. Knowledge of SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, LDAP, and SIEM workflows is especially useful for complex environments.
The right level depends on the scope, risk, and number of systems involved. A focused integration may need a specialist who can configure and test one identity provider, while a migration or governance program calls for someone who can model policies, manage dependencies, and lead stakeholder decisions.
Identity and Access Management is often suitable for remote collaboration because discovery, configuration, documentation, and testing can happen through secure tools. On-site work may help with sensitive migrations, regulated environments, or workshops involving teams that need direct coordination.
Ask for evidence of comparable identity flows, provider integrations, migration planning, and access-control decisions. A capable IAM specialist should explain how they protect privileged access, handle failures, test least privilege, and leave behind clear documentation.
Microsoft Entra ID is the current name for Azure Active Directory, often shortened to Azure AD. It provides cloud identity, authentication, application access, device-related controls, and policy features, while the suitable configuration depends on the organization’s systems and security requirements.
IAM remains maintainable when ownership, role definitions, approval paths, logging, and review schedules are explicit. Good professionals automate repeatable lifecycle tasks, minimize standing privilege, document integrations, and make policy changes traceable without blocking normal work.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Identity and Access Management in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 845 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Identity and Access Management in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Identity and Access Management in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Identity and Access Management in their recent projects are German (98%), English (96%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Identity and Access Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Banking and Finance (61%), and Professional Services (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Identity and Access Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (72%), and Product Development (68%).
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