Jira Experts in Hanover
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Priyanka Sarang
Last position:
Business Consultant (Software Engineering) at Boehringer Ingelheim
- Developed cloud-native enterprise applications on SAP Business Technology Platform using Node.js, SAP UI5, and RESTful APIs, delivering solutions across training management, procurement, employee information, and logistics domains
- Served as the primary developer for the maintenance, enhancement, and production support of three enterprise applications, delivering new features, resolving production issues, and coordinating releases with business stakeholders
- Experienced in leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Microsoft Copilot to accelerate feature development, generate code, prototype solutions, and support application migration and modernization
- Designed backend services, domain models, and SAP Fiori/UI5 interfaces, implementing business workflows, role-based access control, validations, scheduling, reporting, and data import/export capabilities
- Designed and integrated enterprise services with SAP SuccessFactors, SailPoint, ERP systems, and external Learning Management APIs, including automated synchronization for 11,000+ user data
- Designed and implemented AMQP-based event-driven services processing up to 500 RFID parcel scan events per day for a logistics application
- Managed deployments and application operations using CI/CD pipelines, SAP Solution Manager, SAP BTP Cockpit, Kibana, and cloud monitoring tools, performing root-cause analysis and resolving production incidents
- Managed application dependencies by resolving npm package version conflicts and remediating critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities, ensuring production compliance and application stability
- Collaborated with architects, business users, SAP governance teams, and distributed Agile teams throughout technical design, code reviews, sprint planning, documentation, and software delivery
Olfa Azzabi
Last position:
Senior Embedded Software Engineer / Function Developer at Enginius GmbH (FAUN GROUP)
- Developed model-based software for hydrogen tank control units using MATLAB/Simulink, aligned with ISO 26262 functional safety requirements
- Performed system integration and software verification across MIL and HIL environments using dSPACE and Vector tools
- Defined software architecture (SADS) with interface specifications for CAN, analog, and digital communication protocols
- Generated production-ready embedded C code using Simulink Embedded Coder; created and maintained A2L calibration files with CANape
- Designed and executed MIL/HIL test cases ensuring full coverage of functional and safety requirements
- Implemented CODESYS PLC applications on IFM ecomatController; applied CAN and Modbus TCP/IP communication protocols
- Contributed to HMI/UI development using Qt/C++ on Linux (Qt Creator)
- Applied agile Kanban workflow with Git-based version control (Bitbucket)
Tools: MATLAB, Simulink, CANape, CANalyzer, PCAN-View, Embedded Coder, CODESYS, TTC2038/PXROS, Codebeamer, Jira, Git
Britta F.
Last position:
Project Manager, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles / Aftersales
- Independent responsibility for the design and cross-market rollout of a safety-relevant digitalization project for the central, transparent provision of vehicle and service data
- Development of an integration concept for existing IT and workshop syst...
Dennis Schuchardt
Last position:
Lead Full Stack at Self-employed
- Billing software for the second-highest security authority of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Passed security clearance level 2
- Frontend and backend development
- Consulting on the introduction, design, implementation, and development of technical components
- Code reviews, component testing, module testing, group module testing
- Implementation of UI/UX design
- Used technologies: HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Vue 3, PrimeVue, Webpack, Vuex, Momentum, Jest, NPM, Lodash, Java 17, Spring Boot, Lombok, GraphQL, JUnit, Maven, Keycloak, Python, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Oracle SQL, Postman, Storybook, Microservices, Monorepo, Jira, Confluence, Scrum, GitLab, AWS, IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code, Neovim, XLSX, responsive Webdesign, BITV 2.0 (U.S. Section 508) / WCAG 2.2
Willi Ziegenhagel
Last position:
Data Analyst
- Analysis of process data
- Data preparation with SQL
- Development of reports & dashboards in Celonis
Mehtap Raue
Last position:
Project Manager at MedTech company
Lukas Sontheimer
Last position:
Freelance AI Consultant at Sontheimer Consulting
- Helped 10+ SMEs to take their first steps in AI
- Held over 30 workshops on AI strategy and AI training
- Conducted audits through the identification and evaluation of AI uses
- Developed dedicated AI strategies and roadmaps for transformation
- Implemented AI workflows, AI agents and dedicated AI solutions
- Developed AI product roadmaps
- Delivered interactive trainings on prompting, EU AI Act, benefits and challenges of AI
Boris Hoeflich
Last position:
Head of Product Management at Global Payments Germany
- Lead the Product Management department with 15 internal and external staff.
- Responsible for budget and resource planning in the product area.
- Integrated the solution engineering team into product management.
- Redesigned the operating model and established governance structures and processes.
- Set up governance structures and processes for internal ICT outsourcing.
- Integrated local processes with the international Global Payments product organization.
- Defined and aligned the future responsibilities of the product management area.
- Oversaw all activities for the market launch of new products in Germany.
- Prepared the transition of the Global Payments product organization into a joint venture with Commerzbank.
- Implemented comprehensive stakeholder management with shareholders, service providers, and the internal processor and software developers in Eastern Europe.
Jan-Philipp Schiele
Last position:
IT Project Management Coach (Freelance) at The Project Coach
- Set up and manage complex project and rollout structures (SAP, cloud, portfolio) for large public sector programs
- Provide professional leadership to interdisciplinary teams (up to 30 people)
- Coaching and advising project and program managers
- Facilitation of national and international workshops and committees
- Set up and manage backlog, risk, and dependency management; meeting and agenda structures
- Lead cross-functional teams and facilitate steering formats
- Coordinate individual transformation projects across multiple broadcasters
- Use various project and portfolio management tools (ServiceNow, Planview, Cplace, Clarity, Jira, Confluence)
- Develop rollout scenarios; manage pilot and full-scale go-live
- Responsible for change and communication concept, as well as organizational training (train-the-trainer, key-user network)
- Central control and harmonization of rollout activities across five broadcasters; standardization of project management methods, risk management, and integration management
Bastian Bührig
Last position:
Backend Developer at SupplyOn AG
In this project, I support the software development of various modules of the supply chain management solution. My responsibilities include the technical implementation and optimization of collaborative SCM processes that help companies make their supply chains more efficient, transparent, and resilient. This modular software platform facilitates communication and Collaboration with suppliers is standardized and digitized, enabling seamless traceability of quality data and supplier evaluations. Technically, I focus on development with Go/Golang for scalable backend services and on the use of Kafka for real-time messaging and event processing. I design and extend GraphQL interfaces for efficient data communication between microservices and support automated build and deployment management using Docker and Gitlab CI/CD pipelines. Data is stored in the modules I work on using a PostgreSQL database.
Technical focus: Go/Golang, Kafka, GraphQL, Docker, Gitlab, CI/CD, DevOps, PostgreSQL, JIRA, Miro
Martin Zander
Last position:
Consulting, Design and Development at ivv GmbH
- Design, development and maintenance of a web application as a policy management system based on a JEE backend and a Vaadin-based UI
- Design and development of interfaces
- Integration of databases
- Design and development of unit and integration tests
- Conceptual coordination with the client
- Technologies and methods: JEE, Vaadin, EJB, Innovator, Hibernate, REST, JMS, SQL, MQ, Maven, Selenium, Arquillian, Mockito, JUnit, Log4j, OOA, OOD, Scrum, Kanban, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Jenkins, Jenkins Pipelines, Git, GitLab, Subversion, Jira, Confluence, DB2, WebLogic
Maximilian Mayerhofer
Last position:
Test Data Creation and Management at statutory accident insurance
- Provision of cross-system synthetic test data for test automation for insured persons, companies and external partners in coordination with specialist departments and stakeholders, taking requirements and test cases into account
- Synthesis of test data with regard to data protection and data security
Benjamin Wirries
Last position:
Product Owner, Scrum Master and Product Manager at Soorce Professionals GmbH
- Temporary assignment to OTTO
- Product Owner, Scrum Master and Product Manager in the Maps Address and Cortex teams
- Work in agile product development in a SAFe environment
Marwan Blazek
Last position:
Full-Stack Developer, Business Analyst at HDI Deutschland AG
- Backend development with Spring Boot (Java) for health and VH
- Frontend development with Angular (TypeScript) for health and VH
- Implementation of REST services incl. business logic in the backend, development of frontend components
- Building build and deployment pipelines (GitLab CI/CD)
- Business and technical requirements analysis, maintenance of user stories, stakeholder management
- Coordination with IT architecture, UX design (mockups with Balsamiq)
- Creating interface definitions (OpenAPI), Camunda process modeling (BPMN)
- 8 years of consulting for insurance companies: property & liability (private, corporate)
Christian Krah
Last position:
Service Catalog Manager at Deloitte team
- Worked in the IT infrastructure of the Deloitte team.
- Planned assignment as service catalog manager at an insurance company in Hanover.
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Statistics of experts using Jira
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years (Germany: 19 years)
Position duration
2.1 years (Germany: 2.9 years)
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
16% (Germany: 7%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
91% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Hanover using Jira
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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
Jira in practice
Jira is used to plan, track, and close work across software, IT, and business teams. Companies rely on it for issue tracking, sprint boards, release planning, and service requests. In Hanover, it often supports mixed teams that need clear handovers between office and remote work.
Typical work
- Project and workflow setup
- Scrum and Kanban board configuration
- Issue types, fields, and screen design
- Automation rules and notifications
- Reports, dashboards, and filters
Strong Jira work is about structure, not just setup. The right specialist makes the system match how teams actually work.
Ecosystem skills
Jira often sits next to Confluence, Bitbucket, and other Atlassian tools. Useful adjacent skills include workflow design, permissions, admin cleanup, API use, and basic scripting for custom logic. In larger Hanover organisations, this also touches IT service processes and internal governance.
When companies need help
Companies bring in freelance Jira specialists when instances become messy, slow, or hard to trust. Common signs are duplicated workflows, unclear permissions, broken automations, and reports nobody uses. A freelance expert can stabilise the setup without a long internal ramp-up.
What strong specialists do
Good professionals ask how teams actually plan, review, and hand off work before changing anything. They map business needs to simple workflows, keep fields lean, and avoid overcustomisation. They also document decisions so admins and teams can support the setup later.
Hanover projects
In Hanover, Jira work often supports manufacturing, logistics, public sector teams, and software groups that need reliable coordination. Freelancers can work on site, remote, or in a hybrid model, as long as the team can share process detail and give access to the current setup. German-speaking collaboration is often helpful, but not always required.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Jira.
Jira is used to track work from request to delivery. Companies use it for issue tracking, agile boards, service queues, release planning, and internal process control. It helps teams keep ownership, status, and priorities visible in one place.
Jira is common in software delivery, but it is not limited to that. Many non-software teams use it for service requests, process tasks, approvals, and cross-team coordination. It works best when the process has clear steps and ownership.
Jira is usually chosen when teams need deeper workflow control, stronger issue tracking, and more detailed reporting. Trello is simpler and lighter, while Azure DevOps fits closely with Microsoft-centric delivery chains. The best choice depends on how complex the process is and how much governance the team needs.
A strong Jira specialist understands workflows, permissions, fields, filters, dashboards, and automation. They should also be comfortable with Atlassian tools like Confluence and with the team’s way of working. For more advanced setups, API use and light scripting are often useful.
A Jira project can be small or very complex, so the right level depends on the current setup. Basic board cleanup or workflow changes may need only a focused specialist, while multi-team governance, reporting, and migration work need deeper admin experience. The key is proven work with setups like yours.
Yes, Jira is well suited to remote and hybrid work because it centralises tasks, comments, and status updates. Teams in Hanover often use it to connect on-site work with distributed specialists elsewhere in Germany or abroad. Clear process rules matter more than location.
Look for Jira work that is simple, documented, and aligned with the real process. A good specialist will ask about team roles, current pain points, and reporting needs before making changes. Red flags are overly complex workflows, too many custom fields, and no clear handover notes.
A Jira freelancer should ask who uses the system, what the main workflows are, and which reports matter. They should also check permissions, integrations, data quality, and whether the setup must fit Atlassian standards or existing internal rules. Those answers shape the right solution from the start.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hanover, Germany who have used Jira in their recent projects is 104 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 833 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hanover, Germany who have used Jira in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 16% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hanover, Germany who have used Jira in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hanover, Germany who have used Jira in their recent projects are German (100%), English (87%), and French (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hanover, Germany who have used Jira in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Professional Services (57%), and Banking and Finance (48%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hanover, Germany who have used Jira in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Project Management (83%), and Product Development (78%).
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