Mend (WhiteSource) Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Mend (WhiteSource)
Nils K.
Last position:
Vulnerability management and secure SDLC at DB InfraGO AG
- Successful implementation of vulnerability management with DefectDojo
- Consulting and implementation of technical and process-related aspects of vulnerability management with DefectDojo
- Consulting on the implementation of a secure software development lifecycle
- Skills: Gitlab, DefectDojo, Vulnerability Management, SCA, SAST, DAST, Python, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Docker, AWS, Azure, Whitesource/Mend, Greenbone
Anton K.
Last position:
Head of Overall Technical Integration NSC / Hadoop Cloud Development at IABG
Head of overall technical integration NSC (National Secure Cloud, project with approx. 60 employees).
Technical integration of all subprojects into one product, definition of interfaces and basic components of a cloud including hardware, technical architecture of the IABG platform.
Development of a Cloud Management Platform (CMP) capable of creating private/mixed clouds of any complexity based on a textual description with one click or interactively.
CMP also includes the complete hardware management lifecycle.
Kubernetes, OpenStack and Hadoop are used as the foundation.
The management layer includes Harbor, Gitea, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher and Jenkins, which are configured automatically.
Private cloud can run any customer workloads, including a full Hadoop layer with HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Mesos, HBase and around 20 additional ML/DL technologies.
Hadoop worker clusters can also be installed automatically without Kubernetes on bare metal or commodity hardware.
OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Ironic, Swift, Cinder, Ceph.
Development of a Java application Rudi: SOAP, REST, containers, DB.
Technologies: Kubernetes (K3s, Rke2, Minikube, Harbor, Gitea, Jenkins, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher), OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Swift, Ceph, Cinder, Sahara, Magnum, Kayobe, Kolla, Bigrost, Ironic), Hadoop (HDFS, Ambari, Solr, Livy, Ranger, YARN, Tez, HBase, Kafka, Hive, Zookeeper, MapReduce, Spark, Oozie, Flink), virtualization (Kubernetes (K3S), VMware, Oracle), scripting (Ansible, Puppet, Juju, Shell, Groovy, Gradle, Maven).
Tan P.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team at Rise-World
- Implementation of specified DevOps solutions to automate infrastructure (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible) on-premises datacenter (Ovirt, Proxmox, Ceph Cluster, MinIO) and private cloud.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of CI/CD DevOps pipelines (GitLab, GitFlow) to support development process (Artifactory, Prometheus, Istio, service mesh, Helm Chart, OpenShift (Red Hat Enterprise) / Kubernetes cluster), Red Hat Satellite.
- Administration, setup, monitoring and patching of Linux infrastructure based on Red Hat Enterprise for Dev, Test and QA.
- Use of Scrum and Kanban methods.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of security standards for deploying on Dev, Test, QA and Prod stages of the new ePA applications.
- Development of new plugins and add-ons needed on current infrastructure.
- Database support.
- Data analytics support (Python, Spark, Pandas, Power BI, Splunk Enterprise).
- Implementation of best practices for DevSecOps and BizDevOps using GitOps (ArgoCD), Streamlit framework, Semaphore Ansible UI.
- Configuration and testing of iperf, uperf, sysbench using benchmark-operator for external source data and IoT/MDM devices, creating reports via ELK / OpenSearch.
- Building a new Databricks platform to collect and analyze big data from different sources and IoT devices into Hadoop framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Power BI, Apache Airflow).
- Building backend data aggregation and processing to automate configuration deployment between different OpenShift clusters and big data framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Django 2, Ansible Automation, Jira JSM).
- Building a new ML pipeline platform using Kubeflow, TensorFlow, KServe.
- Data extraction, transformation and loading from different data sources including structured and unstructured data to analytic DWH / big data cluster using Python, Pandas, Polars, Power BI, Django backend and PostgreSQL.
- Setup of new DevOps Test and QA HashiCorp Vault cluster for PKI and IAM.
- Configuration and testing of automated patching based on CVSS score, SIEM-integrated CVEs.
- Use of Nexpose and InsightVM to scan vulnerability events in network, host, container and application.
- Design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS architectures including VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and Route53 and similar setups on Azure and GCP.
- Automated system provisioning and deployment using CloudFormation templates.
- Configuration of IAM roles, policies and permissions to ensure secure access control.
- Patch management, backup automation and disaster recovery setup on AWS infrastructure.
- Monitoring and optimization of system performance using AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
- Support of VMware services (vSphere, Aria, Horizon) and the virtual desktop environment.
- Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline with interface to Nutanix.
- Configuration of AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system events.
- Planning and execution of migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud platforms.
- Deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS environments.
- Deployment of internal software packages between availability zones using AWS CodeDeploy.
- Building and deploying ML models using Scikit-learn, XGBoost and Spark MLlib including hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation and production deployment.
Jochen H.
Last position:
DevSecOps Expert at DB InfraGO
- Central build and delivery for 20+ applications, 100+ pipelines/day, 700+ GitLab projects
- Build pipelines for Go, Java and JavaScript
- Provisioning of 100+ components
- Quality assurance via GitLab Code Quality and SonarQube
- Checks for dependencies, licensing and vulnerabilities
- Release creation via Jira and ServiceNow
- SBOM, Supply Chain Security, distroless images
- PoC GitLab Runner: Nomad vs. Kubernetes
- Technologies: Artifactory, buildah, GitLab Premium, Go, Gradle, Jenkins, Mend, Podman
Michael Y.
Last position:
Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer at DB Regio AG
- Supported implementation and operation of a portal used online and offline in customer-facing vehicles
- Automated processes by introducing CI/CD pipelines
- Provided enablement and methodological guidance for adopting software engineering best practices
- System environment: NestJS, Node.js, npm, AWS, Docker, Docker Swarm, GitLab CI, WhiteSource, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch, REST API
Ulrich C.
Last position:
Java Architect/Developer – Freelancer at DHL/DP – Rentenservice
Implementation of a Java service (daemon) as part of the automated processing of death notifications
Technologies used: Java17, SpringBoot, Hexagonal Architecture, REST API, Oracle, Maven, SonarQube, FindBugs, Checkstyle
Jamal B.
Last position:
Freelance Software Architect & Developer at IBM Deutschland GmbH / BWI GmbH
- Architecture, design and further development of a hybrid solution consisting of a Java backend with REST API and C# / WPF frontend
- Development of secure, distributed functions for classified message processing, categorization and encryption
- Integration of backend services with document management systems (DMS) for structured file storage
- Planning, setup and continuous optimization of Azure DevOps pipelines for automated deployment and quality assurance of distributed applications in a security-critical environment
- Technical coordination with Bundeswehr project managers and third-party providers of relevant software and interfaces, and documentation of the developed solutions
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using Mend (WhiteSource)
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
24
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
71%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, Arabic
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Germany 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 Germany using Mend (WhiteSource)
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.
Mend (WhiteSource) 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 (100%)
- Banking and Finance (86%)
- Transportation (86%)
- Government and Administration (71%)
- Education (43%)
- Manufacturing (43%)
- Retail (43%)
- Telecommunication (43%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Open-source security
Mend (WhiteSource) is a software composition analysis platform for discovering, evaluating and managing open-source components. It identifies known vulnerabilities, license risks and outdated dependencies across applications, helping teams make safer choices before release.
Core capabilities
Experts configure Mend policies around vulnerability severity, license obligations, component age and organizational risk. They tune detection so teams can focus on actionable findings rather than unhelpful noise.
- Inventory open-source dependencies and transitive components
- Prioritize vulnerabilities and license issues
- Define policies for different products and teams
- Track remediation and exception decisions
Delivery pipelines
Mend integrates with source control, build systems and CI/CD workflows to check dependencies during development and delivery. Specialists connect scans with pull requests, ticketing and notification tools, then establish clear gates for releases without slowing productive teams.
Ecosystem and tooling
The work commonly involves Mend SCA, Mend Renovate, Mend Unified Agent and Mend CLI, alongside package managers and repositories such as npm, Maven, NuGet, PyPI, GitHub and GitLab. Strong professionals also understand SBOM formats, container images, dependency files, API integrations and vulnerability databases.
When to bring expertise
Companies often seek freelance support when a security program is moving from manual reviews to continuous dependency monitoring, or when existing scans produce too many findings. Germany-based teams may also value specialists who can collaborate in German and English across remote, hybrid or on-site delivery.
- Introduce Mend across a product portfolio
- Migrate from WhiteSource configurations or legacy workflows
- Connect Mend with existing DevSecOps processes
- Clean up policy, scan and remediation backlogs
What strong specialists deliver
The best professionals combine application security with practical build and release knowledge. They can explain why a finding matters, distinguish exploitable risk from technical noise, and create remediation paths that product teams can follow. Look for clear documentation, careful policy design and evidence that controls work in real repositories.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Mend (WhiteSource).
Mend (WhiteSource) is used to identify open-source components, known vulnerabilities and license risks in software. It supports continuous dependency monitoring, policy enforcement and remediation across development and delivery workflows.
Mend offers broad software composition analysis with policy controls, enterprise reporting and options such as Renovate for dependency updates. Snyk and GitHub Dependabot may be preferred for different developer workflows, repository setups or security program needs, so the right choice depends on coverage and integration requirements.
A strong WhiteSource specialist usually understands application security, software supply-chain risk, package managers and CI/CD automation. Useful adjacent skills include GitHub or GitLab integration, SBOM handling, vulnerability triage, ticketing workflows and scripting for API-based automation.
The required depth depends on the scope, number of repositories and maturity of the existing security process. A focused policy or pipeline setup needs configuration expertise, while a company-wide rollout calls for professionals who can design governance, migration and remediation workflows.
Mend (WhiteSource) is well suited to remote collaboration because configuration, integrations and findings can be reviewed through shared repositories and delivery tools. For teams in Germany, clarify whether workshops and documentation should be handled in German, English or both, and agree on any on-site collaboration.
Mend Renovate creates and manages dependency update proposals based on configured rules and repository conditions. Specialists can connect Renovate with Mend policies, test automation and approval workflows so updates are reviewed consistently instead of applied blindly.
Ask for concrete examples of dependency inventories, policy design, CI/CD integrations and remediation reporting delivered with Mend. A capable professional should explain trade-offs, show how false positives and exceptions are handled, and connect security findings to decisions that application teams can act on.
Mend can be part of a wider software supply-chain process that covers dependencies, container images and software bills of materials. The exact coverage depends on the selected Mend capabilities and the surrounding tooling, so a specialist should map requirements to repositories, build stages and reporting needs before implementation.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Mend (WhiteSource) in their recent projects is 98 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 784 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Mend (WhiteSource) in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 71% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Mend (WhiteSource) in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Mend (WhiteSource) in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Arabic (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Mend (WhiteSource) in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (86%), and Transportation (86%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Mend (WhiteSource) in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (86%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Mend (WhiteSource)
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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