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Pierre G.

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Ansible Automation, Windows Third Level Support

Cologne
Pierre G.

Last position:

Ansible Automation, Windows Third Level Support at DB InfraGO AG

  • PRISMA project
  • Ansible automation
  • Windows third-level support for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2013, Windows 2016, Windows 2019
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Stefan M.

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Installation Portal Server and Content Management Integration

Köln
Stefan M.

Last position:

Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer

  • Design, planning and execution of complex acceptance tests for a document exchange platform for the German justice authorities.
  • Validation of decrypted and certificate-based message exchange via web platform, mobile app, and Java API.
  • Documentation of test cases, execution steps, and test results.
  • Technologies: Windows 11/10, Ubuntu, iOS, Android, Bash for Windows, Java 17, IntelliJ, Git, Jira, Confluence, Citrix Server, xJustiz standard implementation, specific justice software.
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Allal K.

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Java Senior Full Stack Developer

Frechen
Allal K.

Last position:

Java Senior Full Stack Developer at Insurance ÖRAG

  • Further development of a policy administration system (contract/claims) for the legal expenses insurer ÖRAG.
  • My role: Senior Software Developer.
  • The team consists of 12 developers.
  • Technologies used: Java 8/21, Java EE, Quarkus, WebLogic, JPA, RabbitMQ, JTA, CI, CD, Jenkins, DB2, Maven, Jenkins, GIT (bitbucket) later GitLab, Junit, Elasticsearch, Mockito, Jira, SonarQube, Scrum, React, Workflow
  • Migration and modernization of legacy systems: rewrote C and C++ code in Java to improve maintainability, scalability, and performance. Refactored Python into Java, including optimization and integration into modern architectures.
  • Study on the use of AI (Codex) for implementing a Java feature. The goal is to compare the time spent and productivity of AI-supported development with a classic implementation by a developer. The results should show how strongly the use of AI affects development time and efficiency.
  • Development of the following tariff calculators for the years 2024/2026: private, companies, doctors, farmers, owner-occupied G + H, landlords, traffic, club, top managers, sales representatives, special criminal law, savings bank, municipal, BayGT, doctors, Dehoga
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Markus G.

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Full Stack Developer

Frechen
Markus G.

Last position:

Full Stack Developer at REWE Digital

  • A warehouse valuation system was reimplemented using Java, Spring Boot, and Camunda. The backend solution focuses on integration and batch calculations, the frontend on managing formulas and reviewing results.
  • Java 21
  • Spring Boot
  • JPA
  • Maven
  • REST
  • Kafka
  • PostgreSQL
  • DB2
  • Liquibase
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Keycloak
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Helm
  • Terragrunt
  • SonarQube
  • Angular
  • IntelliJ
  • JUnit 5
  • Mockito
  • Open API
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Andreas E.

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Consultant

Bergisch Gladbach
Andreas E.

Last position:

Consultant at Iteratec GmbH

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René K.

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Freelancer

Köln
René K.

Last position:

Freelancer at Freelance work

  • Business analysis
  • Requirements management
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Team leadership
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Alexander V.

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Software Architect / Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Cologne
Alexander V.

Last position:

Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer at Kaufland e-commerce / real.digital (ex hitmeister.de)

  • Evolved the platform from bare-metal infrastructure with a monolithic PHP application to a hybrid Google Cloud architecture with Go microservices on Kubernetes
  • Managed and scaled a production infrastructure with 300+ VMs and dozens of clusters, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis and Elasticsearch clusters
  • Designed architecture, deployment, monitoring, performance analysis, and upgrades for all platform services using Terraform and Ansible
  • Migrated observability systems from ELK and Prometheus to Datadog, managed with Terraform
  • Introduced Jenkins CI/CD with SonarQube integration and automated tests to speed up feedback cycles
  • Containerized the testing environment and implemented GitLab CI pipelines for Docker image builds, static code analysis, and infrastructure tests
  • Performed zero-downtime migrations of MySQL and MongoDB clusters to Google Cloud
  • Developed reusable Ansible roles for database clusters and automated data obfuscation for staging environments
  • Decomposed monolithic databases and migrated to microservice architectures
  • Built tools to detect and optimize slow queries in MySQL and MongoDB
  • Conducted online schema migrations with pt-online-schema-change without downtime windows
  • Developed internal Go applications for batch queries, GitLab-Jira integration, and MongoDB backup recovery
  • Technologies: Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Go, Bash, Python, PHP, SQL, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Drone CI, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad, Ansible, Terraform, Grafana, ELK, Prometheus, Datadog, Nagios, Zabbix, Nginx, HAProxy, Vault, Helm, SonarQube, Filebeat, Auditbeat, Google Cloud, AWS
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Vladimir M.

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Developer

Brühl
Vladimir M.

Last position:

Developer at Financial services provider

  • Support and further development of a framework for developing applications in a banking association: DynS/OSPE
  • Migration of the framework to Java 11 and Java 17
  • Java8, Java11 and Java17, Spring, Spring-Batch, Spring WebServices, Spring-Security, Spring-Data, JPA, Hibernate, OpenSource libraries etc.
  • XML, JAXB, JSON, REST and SOAP services, DB2, Oracle, WebSphere or Liberty AS, FreeMaker, Junit, mock libraries, JaCoCo, Maven, IntelliJ, Eclipse, GitHub, SVN, Jira
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Miroslav P.

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Managing Consultant

Köln
Miroslav P.

Last position:

Managing Consultant at ICTT Digital Networks

  • TSI customer project data center migration (since 2024-07-01)

  • Inventory of active IT/OT components

  • Creation / management of the migration concept

  • Planning / execution of migration tests

  • Execution of the IoT migration (network, VPN gateway, firewall adjustments)

  • Service migrations (mobile services)

  • Re-design of outdated technologies / services

  • Integration into operations

  • Logistics Bus project at Daimler Truck and Mercedes Benz (2024-01-01 – 2024-06-30)

  • Development Lead / Technical Consultant for the Logistics Bus

  • Coaching of customers / TSI development teams and Product Owners

  • Creation / review of architecture designs and documentation

  • Project planning / customer meetings

  • Support for migrations from Java/WebSphere/JBoss to Kubernetes

  • Service Design Performance Visibility (2022-06-01 – 2023-10-31)

  • Performance Visibility service development, network monitoring service for internal Telekom customers

  • Planning/integration/expansion of PV monitoring for cloud environments (AWS, Microsoft Azure)

  • Design/planning/implementation of Performance Visibility services based on NetScout / Kadiska software in customer environments

  • Agile project management / execution of PoCs (Proof of Concepts)

  • Design / architecture / concept creation

  • Diagnosis of network problems

  • Packet capturing / debugging

  • Creation of customer and training documentation

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Sebastian T.

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Software Engineer / Cloud Engineer

Bonn
Sebastian T.

Last position:

Software Engineer / Cloud Engineer at OC Fulfillment GmbH

  • Hybrid role as the first software engineer in the company to bootstrap the organization, laying out technical foundation and advising management on organizational aspects.
  • Set up the SaaS platform architecture, selected languages and tools, and designed processes to deliver customer value quickly and reliably.
  • Designed and implemented build and continuous deployment pipeline with multi-tenant approach enabling extreme scaling of the SaaS platform.
  • Established initial ITSM and support processes, provided monitoring and alarming, and participated in the on-call team.
  • Proposed new approaches to scale the platform and improve backend interfaces to mitigate bugs and communication overhead.
  • Mentored new employees and served as a trustful team member and lateral leader.
  • Conducted interviews for technical roles.
  • Used technologies: Typescript, Node.js, Bash, Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Google Endpoints, Firebase), GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, MongoDB, Firebase, REST APIs, GraphQL.
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Jacqueline H.

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Düsseldorf
Jacqueline H.

Last position:

Kitchen Appliance Manufacturer

  • Setting up and enhancing an international subscription management system

  • Migrating and decommissioning a Hybris-SAP system and integrating Zuora

  • Implementing numerous interfaces to various systems (external and internal)

  • Setting up and improving monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and Databricks

  • Introducing logging with Loki

  • Implementing business requirements using jQuery, Thymeleaf, Spring Boot, Java, Go, and Python

  • Adjusting and extending the GitLab CI pipelines

  • Setting up and extending infrastructure as code with Terraform and ArgoCD on AWS

  • Setting up and running E2E and performance tests

  • Expanding the Databricks business intelligence solution to provide various KPIs

  • Responsibilities: Architecture, DevOps, development, unit tests, coaching employees and apprentices, E2E, smoke, and integration tests, agile methods consulting (Kanban, Scrum)

  • Technologies and methods: Java, Go, Kotlin, Node.js, Spring Boot, SOAP/REST, Quarkus, Thymeleaf, Vaadin, Slack, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, GitLab, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Maven, Gradle, GitLab CI, Databricks

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Building test automation with Cucumber

Cologne

Last position:

Rewe Digital

  • Creation of Spring Boot integration tests
  • Creation of JUnit tests for the coupon system
  • Creation of component tests for Kafka topics
  • Creation of CI/CD pipeline scripts
  • Creation of UI tests with Playwright
  • Creation of UI tests with Cypress
  • Review of developer unit tests
  • Planning the test architecture for integration tests
  • Creation of the test automation concept
  • Evaluation and creation of test reports
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Thomas P.

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Freelance Software Architect

Köln
Thomas P.

Last position:

Freelance Software Architect at Self-employed

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Fabian Z.

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Scientific Employee

Erftstadt
Fabian Z.

Last position:

Freelance IT Specialist

IT specialist Application Engineering / Software Development since 2012

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Statistics of experts using JBoss

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

28 years (Germany: 25 years)

JBoss experts in Cologne have 28 years of professional experience on average. It is 3 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 25 years.

Position duration

3.1 years (Germany: 2.2 years)

JBoss experts in Cologne stay in a single position for 3.1 years on average. It is 0.9 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.2 years.

Positions per freelancer

19 (Germany: 18)

JBoss experts in Cologne have completed 19 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 1 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 18.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

JBoss experts in Cologne have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Telecommunication, Automotive

JBoss experts in Cologne are most in demand in Information Technology, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

JBoss experts in Cologne earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 88%)

100% of JBoss experts in Cologne hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 12% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 88%.

Master's degree or higher

82% (Germany: 58%)

82% of JBoss experts in Cologne hold at least a Master's degree. It is 24% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 58%.

Doctorate

18% (Germany: 7%)

18% of JBoss experts in Cologne have a doctorate (PhD). It is 11% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 7%.

Certifications per freelancer

4 (Germany: 3)

JBoss experts in Cologne hold 4 professional certifications on average. It is 1 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 3.

Most common languages

German, English, French

JBoss experts in Cologne most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

100% of JBoss experts in Cologne speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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8% of JBoss experts in Cologne charge less than €640 per day.
62% of JBoss experts in Cologne charge between €640 and €800 per day.
15% of JBoss experts in Cologne charge between €800 and €960 per day.
8% of JBoss experts in Cologne charge between €960 and €1120 per day.
8% of JBoss experts in Cologne charge €1120 or more per day.
<€640 €640-​800 €800-​960 €960-​1120 €1120+

The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Cologne 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 Cologne using JBoss

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

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Daily rate avg. 753 €
Germany avg. 775 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 720 €
Germany median 760 €

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.

JBoss 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%)
  • Telecommunication (60%)
  • Automotive (53%)
  • Banking and Finance (53%)
  • Insurance (53%)
  • Transportation (53%)
  • Retail (53%)
  • Education (33%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

JBoss in enterprise Java

JBoss is the former name commonly associated with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, an enterprise Java application server based on the WildFly ecosystem. It runs Jakarta EE and Java EE applications, including APIs, web modules, messaging services and transaction-heavy business systems.

Platforms and components

JBoss work often spans the application server, deployment model and surrounding enterprise services. Strong specialists understand both application code and the runtime that supports it.

  • WildFly and Red Hat JBoss EAP configuration
  • Jakarta EE, Java EE, CDI, JPA and REST services
  • Hibernate, Undertow, EJB and JBoss Modules
  • JMS messaging, transactions, clustering and security

What companies build

Organizations use JBoss for customer portals, internal business applications, integration services and APIs. It is suited to systems that need managed transactions, role-based access, reliable messaging and clear separation between application code and infrastructure.

Typical work includes migrating older Java EE workloads, connecting ERP or CRM systems, and supporting applications in regulated industries. In Cologne, specialists may collaborate with local enterprise teams on site or work remotely across distributed delivery groups.

When freelance expertise helps

Companies often bring in a JBoss specialist during a platform migration, production incident or major release. External expertise can also help when an internal team needs practical guidance for a legacy application or a complex deployment.

  • Move applications from older JBoss versions to WildFly or JBoss EAP
  • Diagnose slow deployments, memory issues and failed transactions
  • Configure high availability, security realms and domain management
  • Establish repeatable deployment and monitoring practices

Adjacent skills that matter

JBoss work connects application development with operations. Useful specialists can read Java and Jakarta EE code while also handling Linux, containers, reverse proxies, databases and build pipelines.

Experience with Maven, Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, OpenShift, PostgreSQL or Oracle can be valuable depending on the system. Knowledge of REST, SOAP, OAuth, LDAP and TLS helps when the application must integrate with existing enterprise landscapes.

What strong specialists show

A capable JBoss professional explains why a configuration or architecture fits the workload instead of applying a fixed recipe. They can trace a request across the application, server, database and messaging layer, then document the cause and the remedy.

Look for evidence of safe upgrades, rollback planning, performance diagnosis and production support. Strong communication also matters: the specialist should make environment differences, operational risks and ownership clear to both technical and business stakeholders.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with JBoss? These answers cover the essentials.

JBoss is used to run enterprise Java applications and services. Typical workloads include Jakarta EE web applications, REST APIs, messaging systems, transaction-heavy processes and integrations with databases or business platforms.

WildFly is the open-source application server formerly known as JBoss AS, while Red Hat JBoss EAP is the supported enterprise product built from the same broader ecosystem. The names are related, but licensing, support, release policies and available features must be checked for each project.

JBoss is often considered when a company wants an enterprise Java runtime with strong Jakarta EE support and an open-source foundation. WebLogic and WebSphere may be a better fit where existing vendor contracts, tooling or platform-specific integrations already shape the architecture.

A strong JBoss specialist usually understands Java, Jakarta EE, Hibernate, Maven and relational databases. Depending on the assignment, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Jenkins, LDAP, TLS, monitoring and messaging systems are also important.

JBoss work can range from a focused configuration change to a complex migration or production recovery. The right level depends on the application’s age, deployment topology, integrations and operational risk, so assess hands-on experience with comparable systems rather than relying on a generic seniority label.

JBoss projects are often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, code review, testing and deployment can be handled through shared tools. On-site work in Cologne may still help during workshops, access-controlled operations or close coordination with teams that prefer German-language communication.

Ask a JBoss professional to explain a real deployment, migration or incident they handled. Good answers cover evidence gathering, server logs, JVM and database checks, rollback decisions, security implications and how the final solution was documented.

JBoss specialists should clarify the exact product and version, Java or Jakarta EE level, topology, deployment process and production responsibilities. They should also confirm access rules, monitoring, database and messaging dependencies, release constraints and whether the work involves WildFly, Red Hat JBoss EAP or an older JBoss AS environment.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used JBoss in their recent projects is 94 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 753 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used JBoss in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 82% hold at least a Master's degree, and 18% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used JBoss in their recent projects have 28 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used JBoss in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (13%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used JBoss in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Telecommunication (60%), and Automotive (53%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used JBoss in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (87%), and Quality Assurance (60%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used JBoss

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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