Kubernetes Experts in Switzerland
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Frank Gulitz
Last position:
Agile Coach and Program Manager at Centris AG
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to develop a multi-channel output system to support their customers on their digital enhancement journey.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 5 teams in the ART. Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to transform their claims management BPO and IT team into an agile delivery organization.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 2 teams in an ART.
- Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
Christoph Pardon
Last position:
ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG
- Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
- Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
- Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
- Reduced time-to-market by 50% through CI/CD pipeline optimization and the introduction of self-service deployments.
- Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB
Osman Tartoussi
Last position:
Senior Developer and Consultant at Federal Office for IT and Telecommunications BIT
IT consulting, analysis, architecture design, new and further development, code review, test automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery in the backend and frontend area.
Technology stack:
JAVA 21
Spring Boot 3
Spring Framework 6
Spring Rest
Spring Data
JPA
Postgres
Aurora Database
Typescript
OWASP
Renovatebot
Sonarqube
Prometheus
Grafana
Spring Security
Single SignOn
Keycloak
Angular 19
NgRx Redux
AWS ECS
AWS Cloudwatch
Terraform
Spacelift
GitOps
Docker
Junit
Maven
Jenkins Pipeline
GitHub
BitBucket
Nexus
Kafka
Conduktor
Kafdrop
OpenApi
Swagger
Scrum
SAFe
Jira
Confluence
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.
Ralf Ramge
Last position:
Security Architect at Federal Employment Agency
Responsibility for the design, migration, and integration of a security- and audit-critical HashiCorp Vault platform in the trust center of a nationwide authority with system-critical importance.
Analysis and realignment of the existing HashiCorp Vault landscape, including production and planned use cases
Design, proof-of-concept, migration, and integration of HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, taking into account the authority's PKI and operational processes
Design and implementation of an automated certificate and secrets management system for 300 Kubernetes clusters and several thousand certificates in the trust center
Securing the Vault platform using hardware security modules (HSM)
The solution enables a highly available, audit-compliant, and automated operation of certificate and secrets use cases in a highly regulated environment.
Technologies used: HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, Terraform, Ansible, OpenSSL, PKI, HSM
Venkata Renduchintala
Last position:
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
Ahmed Rehman
Last position:
AI & Automation Engineer at Teosek GmbH
- Build prototypes, expand AI skills, and practical application in a startup context.
- Transition phase: further training in prompt engineering, APIs, AI, working on independent prototype projects, and collaborating at a friend's startup.
- Technologies: LangChain, REST, Python, Java, JS, TS, Node.
Ursula Maria Mayer
Last position:
Business Mentor at RoleModel Rebels
- Mentor female students and professionals in advancing their careers, particularly as aspiring tech entrepreneurs.
Patrick Riegler
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at Swisscard AECS AG
- PoC for various platform integration functionalities using Backstage and Crossplane
- Implementation of improvements of developer experience with Azure AVD and DevSpace
- Manage application deployment infrastructure on Kubernetes clusters
- Manage CI/CD platform
- Manage deployments into Kubernetes (Rancher and AKS) and into Azure
- Act as security champion of the DevOps team
- Manage vulnerabilities and support dev teams to manage third-party vulnerabilities using JFrog Xray
- Support building the platform team
- Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and Atlantis
- Build and integrate a platform and IDP using Crossplane
Stefan Hess
Last position:
Fullstack Development, Product Owner & Tech Lead at Trex AG
- Business analysis, architecture, and implementation of a telemedicine platform for pet owners.
- Leading the development team as Product Owner and Tech Lead.
- Introducing agile processes, setting up development guidelines and system documentation.
- Planning and implementing features like video calls, live chat, and marketing automation.
- Implementing AI-based features such as automated tagging of information (missing pet reports, marketplace entries, etc.), preparation of social media content, and processing of conversation transcripts.
- Skills: Angular, NGXS, Tailwind, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, MySQL, LLMs, RAG, MCP, Redis, OpenSearch.
- Industry: Veterinary medicine.
Stefan Laager
Last position:
Senior Manager, Project Manager, Auditor and Consultant at Laager Consulting GmbH
Many years of experience in application development, ICT infrastructures, systems management, hardware and software, telecommunications, ICT strategies, business models, database management, data center consolidations, support and call center setup
Since 1999 independent consultant and project manager: ICT strategies and governance, processes, audits, security, infrastructure (including cloud, DevOps and tools), data and output management, organizational restructurings, business project management and consulting in various industries
Generalist with analytical skills, strong communicator at all hierarchy levels, deployable as manager, coach, project manager or consultant
Yuri Gladkov
Last position:
Senior Security Devops Engineer at Swisscom
- Implementation and maintenance of highly critical IAM solutions for B2B clients (SSO, MFA, SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, PIM/PAM)
- Security administration of Linux systems (CentOS, Red Hat) in Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Migration from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform
- Planning and execution of risk assessments, threat modeling, and compliance reports
- Development and management of B2B applications (Java, REST/SOAP, Angular) and CI/CD pipelines (Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab)
- Leading integration tests and UAT (Cucumber, Selenium, Katalon)
- Implementing monitoring and observability strategies with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk
- Integrating SAST tools like Snyk and SonarQube
- Release management and project coordination according to Scrum and SAFe
- Mentoring and technical support of junior team members
Matthias Isler
Last position:
Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)
- Designed large-scale systems and APIs serving thousands of concurrent users.
- Refactored a 650k-LOC monolith and led full AWS migration for stable performance.
- Introduced SLO-based observability, improving reliability and recovery flow.
- Optimised cloud and databases, achieving significant cost and latency reduction.
- Delivered LLM, RAG, and document-automation pipelines adopted in production.
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
Thomas Müllerleile
Last position:
Developer/Analyst at Nvaria GmbH
- Analyzed migration strategies after Camunda 7 was declared end of life with extended support until 2030.
- Evaluated potential migrations to Camunda 8, Flowable, and Operaton.
- Conducted a proof of concept demonstrating that existing projects could be migrated to both Flowable and Operaton.
- BPMN
- DMN
- Confluence
- Flowable
- Operaton
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Statistics of experts using Kubernetes
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
95%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Kubernetes
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Cluster control
Kubernetes is the system companies use to run containers in a controlled, repeatable way. It keeps services scheduled, restarted, and scaled across nodes while teams focus on shipping software instead of handling each server by hand.
What experts deliver
- Cluster setup and upgrades
- Deployment design with Helm and manifests
- Ingress, service discovery, and autoscaling
- Observability, logging, and alerting
- Security hardening and access control
Where it fits
Kubernetes appears in web applications, APIs, data services, and platform engineering work. It is also common in hybrid and multi-cloud setups where teams need the same runtime model across development, staging, and production.
Why companies hire help
Many teams bring in freelance Kubernetes professionals when a rollout is blocked by unreliable deployments, weak cluster design, or unclear ownership between application and infrastructure work. In Switzerland, this often comes up in finance, enterprise software, healthcare, and other regulated environments that need careful change control.
Strong specialist profile
Good Kubernetes experts understand pods, nodes, namespaces, config maps, secrets, and resource limits. They also know how to read cluster events, trace failed rollouts, and turn messy operations into clear runbooks that internal teams can keep using.
Nearby skills
- Docker and container image workflows
- Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Prometheus, Grafana, and log stacks
- CI/CD pipelines and release automation
- Network policy, RBAC, and secret handling
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Kubernetes? Start with the answers below.
Kubernetes is used to run containerized services in a predictable way across clusters. Companies rely on it for deployment control, service scaling, rollbacks, and operational consistency across environments. It is a strong fit when a system has many moving parts and needs clean separation between application delivery and infrastructure operations.
Kubernetes and Docker solve different parts of the same container workflow. Docker is mainly about building and running containers, while Kubernetes orchestrates those containers across nodes and keeps them healthy. Many projects use both together, but a freelancer should understand where one ends and the other begins.
Bring in a Kubernetes specialist when cluster setup, deployment reliability, or scaling becomes a project risk. That often happens during migration from virtual machines, a move to microservices, or when production issues need structured troubleshooting. It is also useful when internal teams need clearer platform standards and safer release processes.
A strong Kubernetes professional usually also knows Docker, Helm, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling. Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana is common too, along with networking, RBAC, secrets, and ingress configuration. For production work, they should also be comfortable with Linux and cloud services from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Yes, Kubernetes projects in Switzerland often work well with remote experts, especially for platform design, upgrades, and incident review. On-site collaboration can still help when access, change windows, or stakeholder alignment is sensitive. The key is clear communication, because cluster work touches both operations and application teams.
A Kubernetes project does not always need a very senior profile, but it does need someone who has handled the same kind of cluster before. Simple packaging or namespace work can be straightforward, while platform design, security, and multi-cluster operations need deeper judgment. The more production-critical the system, the more proven the specialist should be.
Look for clear decisions, not just tool names. A good Kubernetes specialist explains why they chose a deployment pattern, how they handle rollback risk, and what they monitor after release. Strong signs include clean manifests, practical documentation, and a calm approach to troubleshooting under pressure.
For smaller setups, Kubernetes may be weighed against Docker Compose, managed app platforms, or simpler container services. Those options can be easier to start with, but they usually offer less control over scheduling, scaling, and operational policy. The right choice depends on how complex the runtime needs to be and how much control the team wants.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 944 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects, 95% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 63% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (50%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (79%), and Government and Administration (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (96%), and Quality Assurance (58%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Kubernetes
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