Jira Expert in Basel
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Basel, who have recently used Jira
Michael R.
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound “Project KPIs on the Internet” at Global-KPI
- Project management, Hustler (identifying the complete financial operations, including Sales, Pitching, Financial Analysis, & Business Models) and Hound (identifying real customer needs, including Research, & Analysis) to build an online project KPI system.
- The system enables users to make well-founded decisions to keep projects on track according to their key parameters or bring them back on track when there are negative deviations from the plan.
- Provision of a forecast in addition to the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of KPIs based on project key parameters entered by the user.
- Skills: Project Management, Project KPIs.
- Problem Space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), Corporate Innovation Team Set Up, Team Profile/ Team Canvas, Design Thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, researching the market, defining the problem.
- Solution Space: Narrowing down the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, prototyping, fine-tuning the prototype and Business Model Canvas, final pitch.
Greg M.
Last position:
S/4HANA Transformation & Stabilization Lead at FANUC AG
- Led cross-functional IT teams across international regions to deliver post-go-live system stabilization and integration alignment across ERP, PLM, and legacy J.D. Edwards platforms.
- Managed complex interface mapping, end-to-end data flows, OData services, and electronic invoicing workflows across distributed teams.
- Directed defect triage, root-cause analysis, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure system reliability and operational readiness.
Klaus S.
Last position:
Senior Finance Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up
- Establishment of a licensing model
- Preparation of the documents required to attract investors (business plan, liquidity calculation, ROI etc.)
- Marketing simulation of market development, evaluation of market potential etc.
- Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market penetration
- Establishment of project planning, project controlling and business processes
Yassin B.
Last position:
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Schweizerweg Gmbh
- Designed and executed automated and manual test cases for REST APIs and UI workflows using Selenide, Selenium, and Postman.
- Developed and maintained Gatling-based performance tests for simulating user load and validating system responsiveness and stability under stress.
- Integrated test suites into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, enabling rapid and reliable delivery cycles.
- Employed Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus to monitor logs, track metrics, and perform in-depth application performance monitoring (APM).
- Utilized Swagger for validating and documenting API contracts and ensuring consistency across environments.
- Created and managed isolated test environments using Docker, enabling reproducible and consistent test execution.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams using Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket for agile planning, documentation, and version control.
- Worked in a Java/Spring Boot tech stack, leveraging Maven for project build automation and IntelliJ IDEA for development and debugging.
Key Achievements:
- Built a reusable Selenide-based UI automation framework that reduced test creation time by over 50%.
- Automated end-to-end test scenarios for critical business workflows, increasing test coverage and release confidence.
- Designed a modular Gatling load testing framework, used for continuous performance benchmarking.
- Detected and resolved several critical production performance issues through proactive APM and stress testing.
Andreas H.
Last position:
Test Automation Architect at Banking Bank (name withheld)
- Set up a shift-left DevOps E2E system testing architecture
- Set up "DevOps Shift-left" E2E tests for 240+ applications
- Under NDA
Sibylle H.
Last position:
SAP Development ABAP-OO (cross-module) at Asendia
- Created interfaces for transferring SD orders and customer master data (including various protocols and the ability to process erroneous data)
- Analyzed and adapted existing programs due to infrastructure changes
- SOAP and REST API for creating customer master data from SugarCRM
- REST APIs in Json (SD orders, invoices, payments, PDF forms)
- Logging program for REST APIs
- Created various invoice forms in 8 languages, including document links, email delivery, and PDF generation
- Provided data for the data warehouse
- Various user exits and enhancements in SD and FI
- Intercompany sales order creation, program for creating credit memos (uploads from Excel and the server)
- Reports (VAT, sales orders, invoices)
- Correction program for CO data
- Support for various interfaces, Notes, etc.
- Enhancement for Idoc INVOIC02
- XML file upload program (Rydoo) for posting cash receipts to FI (FB01)
- Created dunning forms in various languages (Smartforms and Adobe, including email delivery)
- Account statement program (ALV displaying postings, emailed to accounts receivable as a PDF using Smartform)
Patryk S.
Last position:
Test Manager at HIQT GmbH
- Set up a partnership to support UiPath from migrating new clients to the UiPath tool landscape
- RPA testing
Christoph W.
Last position:
System Architect / System Engineer / Programmer at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Create requirements for the modularization of the promotion forecast.
- Set up and expand the various competitions for 2024.
- Customize and test the CICS dialog.
- Create various reports for the department using SQL.
- Implement and test new requirements in batch processes with IWS.
- Update documentation for the new requirements.
- Provide on-call support for daily and monthly production.
- Technologies used: SCRUM, Jira, Confluence, Windows 11, Unix, Enterprise Developer, z/OS, GIT, Mineral, Moped, IWS/TWS, JES, COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, Rocket, FortiClient, Citrix.
Martin G.
Last position:
IT Project Manager ALV-eGOV, Deputy Head, Group Leader, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer at SECO
- Planning, implementation, and rollout of 7 eGov services for companies and job seekers for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (ALV)
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Statistics of experts using Jira
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years (Switzerland: 21 years)
Position duration
2.4 years (Switzerland: 2.8 years)
Positions per freelancer
16 (Switzerland: 13)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Energy
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
89% (Switzerland: 87%)
Master's degree or higher
67% (Switzerland: 62%)
Doctorate
11% (Switzerland: 6%)
Certifications per freelancer
6 (Switzerland: 5)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Switzerland: 99%)
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 Basel 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.
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Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Basel using Jira
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.
Jira 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 (89%)
- Manufacturing (78%)
- Energy (56%)
- Banking and Finance (56%)
- Government and Administration (56%)
- Insurance (44%)
- Transportation (44%)
- Professional Services (44%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Jira does
Jira is project and work management software from Atlassian. Teams use Jira Software to plan product work, track issues, manage backlogs and make delivery visible across software, business and operational projects. Jira Service Management supports service requests, incidents, changes and internal support processes.
Core capabilities
Jira experts shape the system around how a company actually works. They design issue types, workflows, permissions, screens, fields, notifications and dashboards. They also establish practical rules for ownership, prioritisation and traceability.
- Configure Scrum, Kanban and service workflows
- Create dashboards, queues and reports
- Migrate projects and clean up issue data
- Connect Jira with Confluence, Bitbucket and third-party tools
Atlassian ecosystem
Jira is commonly delivered alongside Confluence for documentation, Bitbucket for source control and Jira Service Management for service operations. Specialists may also work with Assets, automation rules, marketplace apps, webhooks and REST APIs. Knowledge of identity management and Atlassian administration helps keep access secure and consistent.
When companies need help
Companies often bring in freelance Jira professionals during a new implementation, a process redesign or a migration from another work management tool. External expertise is also useful when teams have inconsistent workflows, poor reporting, overloaded projects or a Jira configuration that no longer scales with the organisation.
- Introduce a shared delivery model across teams
- Standardise service management processes
- Improve portfolio visibility and reporting
- Prepare Jira Cloud changes or consolidation
Working across Basel
Basel organisations in life sciences, finance, logistics and professional services may use Jira across product, compliance, IT and operational teams. A strong freelancer can work on-site, remotely or in a hybrid setup, while adapting communication to distributed stakeholders and the required business languages.
What strong experts deliver
Strong Jira professionals start with discovery rather than copying a standard template. They keep workflows understandable, limit unnecessary customisation and document decisions so internal teams can maintain the setup. They validate permissions, automation, data quality and reporting with real users before handover.
The best specialists connect configuration choices to measurable delivery needs without creating administrative overhead. They can explain trade-offs clearly, manage change with stakeholders and leave behind reusable documentation, governance rules and a clean operating model.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Jira.
Jira is used to plan, assign and track work through issues, backlogs, boards and reports. Teams use Jira Software for product delivery and Jira Service Management for incidents, requests, changes and internal services.
Jira offers deep workflow, issue tracking and reporting options for complex delivery processes. Trello and Asana are often simpler to adopt, while Azure DevOps can be a natural choice for teams already centred on Microsoft development services; the right option depends on governance, integrations and team habits.
A strong Jira freelancer may also understand Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, Atlassian administration, REST APIs and automation. Experience with agile facilitation, data migration, identity management and reporting is valuable when the work extends beyond basic configuration.
The answer depends on scope, risk and the number of teams involved. A focused workflow adjustment needs less specialist input than a migration, service management rollout or governance redesign, so assess comparable project outcomes rather than relying on a generic seniority label.
Yes. Jira is well suited to remote collaboration because requirements, issues, decisions and delivery status remain visible in one workspace. On-site workshops in Basel can still help with discovery, stakeholder alignment and process design, especially during an initial rollout.
Ask the Jira specialist to explain a comparable configuration, including the trade-offs behind workflows, permissions, automation and reports. Look for clear documentation, sensible use of customisation, strong stakeholder communication and evidence that users can maintain the result.
Jira Software focuses on planning and tracking product and software work, while Jira Service Management supports service desks, incidents, requests and changes. They share the Jira foundation but use different project structures, workflows and operational practices.
Jira automation can assign work, update fields, notify teams and enforce repeatable process steps without manual effort. Poorly designed rules can create loops, hidden changes or noisy notifications, so a specialist should test automation, document ownership and provide a safe way to troubleshoot it.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Basel, Switzerland who have used Jira in their recent projects is 137 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,097 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Basel, Switzerland who have used Jira in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Basel, Switzerland who have used Jira in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Basel, Switzerland who have used Jira in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (67%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Basel, Switzerland who have used Jira in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Manufacturing (78%), and Energy (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Basel, Switzerland who have used Jira in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (89%), and Project Management (89%).
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