Micro Focus Silk Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Micro Focus Silk
Wael Mansour
Last position:
Test Manager at Schwarz IT
- Design, planning, and test case analysis
- Integration testing
- Coordination of UAT in the lab and on site
- Creation of HW and SW test catalogs
- Communication of test results from REST services with the SAP team
- Support for branches in the EU until rollout
- Coordination of defect management and SW updates with the involved vendors
- Checking the configuration of the charging stations in the backend software for different countries
- Continuous reporting of the quality status to project management
- Documentation of the user manual in English and German
- Tools: Confluence, be.Energised, OCPP Postman, OPI, CCV (payone.elavon), Excel, it4you
Polina Schulz
Last position:
Data Migration Lead – Process Automation, Data Engineering & Reporting at Large Public-Sector Bank
Configured and automated data extracts from Oracle databases, achieving 100% data accuracy in a critical migration project, significantly reducing manual errors and accelerating the migration timeline.
Designed and implemented interfaces with Order Management Systems (OMS), enabling seamless and automated data exchange and improving operational efficiency through faster, error-free order processing across business units.
Developed and deployed data extraction workflows to support regulatory compliance and customer reporting, ensuring timely delivery of key reports, reducing manual effort, and increasing customer satisfaction.
Holger Guschigk
Last position:
Test Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Consultant at T-Systems
- Poliks – State Police System for information, communication, and case management and other state variants (ViVa, Bravo, customs)
- Developed a test framework for test automation to replace an existing proprietary test client for new developments, focusing on easy maintenance and simple extensibility for new technologies
- Designed the architecture
- Implemented the architecture
- Created a proof of concept by migrating existing test cases into the new test framework
- Platform: C#, .NET, Jira, XRay, Confluence, Playwright, Selenium, UI Automation, Appium, HTML, Git, VMWare, Windows 11, Linux
Thorsten Otremba
Last position:
Workstream Lead (WS) at Bank-Verlag GmbH
- Introduction of giro card with Visa Debit card payment function (Combocard) for Commerzbank
- Support for the Card Processing Team (card processing; Clearing & Settlement incl. Dispute Management teams) in project work
- Creation of requirements for the Clearing & Settlement team, Authorization team (AZ) and Card Production team (KP) as part of a requirements catalog
- Requirements engineering (requirements management) with business contact person
- Participation in workstream meetings between VISA Inc., SRC Security Research & Consulting GmbH, Commerzbank AG and consulting firms (PwC and Senacor Technologies AG)
- Sprint planning with Jira tickets of type Task and use of Confluence
- Creation and presentation of weekly status reports for the Clearing & Settlement, Dispute Management and Reporting & GUI workstreams
- Coordination with network and file transfer teams for connection tests of new interfaces, e.g. setup of host keys, use of VPN or sipnet connections
- Coordination of the delivery of test files, e.g. exchange rates (FX rates; TC 56 of VISA rates), VISA Debit and Credit transactions (format Base II) and EANSS/ISS Base II clearing files to the Debit Clearing System (DCS)
- Conducting coordination meetings on the use of Visanet Settlement Service (VSS) and PSD2 reports and payment traffic statistics (ZVS)
- Organizing workshops with FiServ (First Data) on Dispute Management and complaint handling
- Setup and maintenance of Open Point List (OPL) in Confluence
- Technologies/methods: Jira, Confluence, giro card, VISA Debit card, payments, Kanban board, BIN, routing, CIQ, VPAY, ScalaTest, Dispute Management
Ali Sediq
Last position:
Test Strategy Consultant at EWE Go
- Requirements analysis and objective setting
- Developing test strategy and approach
- Standardizing test processes
- Selecting test tools and technologies
- Test planning and control
- Quality assurance and test metrics
- Risk and defect management
- Tools: Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office
Martin Grambauer
Last position:
SAP Test Data Management Consultant at Siemens AG
End-to-end quality assurance in a global S/4HANA transformation program.
Automated test data setup, evaluation of search and generation solutions, and PoC execution (K2View, EPI-USE).
Coordination between Siemens teams and external partners, and structured knowledge transfer to internal stakeholders.
Created a basis for PoC decisions and sped up tool selection.
Standardized test data provisioning and noticeably reduced lead times.
Established governance for test data processes (policies, roles, KPIs).
Sustainable know-how transfer: empowered internal teams to operate solutions on their own.
Methods & technologies: S/4HANA, SAP, K2View, EPI-USE, test data management, data masking, data provisioning, test strategy, test management, coaching & enablement, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Office 365, Gemini.
Christian Wegener
Last position:
Functional Senior Tester and Test Manager at Christian Wegener Beratung
Creation and review of test conditions
Execution of functional tests
Defect management
Supplier management
Team coordination
Estimation of test effort and reporting
Test planning
Ongoing and new development of integrated scheduling systems
Java web client / Linux server, Oracle Instant Client / Oracle Database Appliance server, Unix, ESB – Enterprise Service Bus, SQL, TIBCO EMS – Enterprise Message Service / JMS, REST, Impero Guest
HP ALM / Micro Focus Quality Center, Citrix, JIRA, XRAY, Impero Guest, MobaXTerm, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office
Srecko Soric
Last position:
Test Consultant at PROSEQUM GmbH
- Taking over operational acceptance tests for internal and external applications in a preproduction environment
- End-to-end tests across multiple systems
- Planning and implementation of acceptances based on expected loads and service levels
- Creation of test plans and automated tests
- Monitoring of systems, log analysis and creation of test reports, monitoring charts and acceptance documentation
- Support during rollouts of security and OS patches in preproduction
- Load and performance tests as well as failover/rollback tests
- Testing SOAP/REST APIs with JMeter, Grafana and Kibana
- Batch tests with Bash and log analysis
- Load and performance tests of own applications
- Test automation with JMeter and PyTest
- Maintenance and creation of Bash scripting tests
- Manual system integration tests
Norbert Linz
Last position:
Team Lead Technical Documentation at ITZBund
- Creating manuals and guides
- Advising authors regarding the federal cloud portal
- Researching and learning new functions
- Revising technical texts in the Drupal CMS
- Reviewing technical texts in the Drupal CMS
- Revising technical texts in Confluence
- Reviewing technical texts in Confluence
- BPMN process creation
- Implementing corporate design/identity guidelines
- Administration of SharePoint and SIB box
- Filing technical documents on different drives (SharePoint, SIB box, BSCW)
- Professional coordination of team members
Thomas Jahn
Last position:
Test Manager at Hamburger Energienetze GmbH
- Method: none
- Environment: ERP, S4/Hana, Confluence, Jira, Xray, SAP Solution Manager, Tosca
- Created the test concept for the migration from ERP to S/4HANA
- Created manual test cases and test plans for the acceptance test
- Coordinated tests between the business testers
- Test automation with Tosca
- manual testing
Rudolf Kreis
Last position:
Business Analyst at Kreis Consulting
- Revision of the fee model (design and testing) in the new XTP software
- Analysis and quality assurance of existing reports for the business area
- Uploading, downloading and analysis of data sets for EMIR (ETD, OTC), MiFIR, SFTR, and MMSR using deltaconX and Abacus TR
- Documentation of daily reports
- Configuration of a new software application for daily reporting
- Analysis of new capital market instruments
- Analysis for implementing market data for gold and silver pricing of coins in the online shop
- Adjustment of existing conditions for pairing and matching in EMIR
- Coordination with counterparties on pairing and matching differences
Esmail Saberi
Last position:
Senior Load and Performance Tester at Deutsche Bahn (DB-Netz)
- Design, development, and execution of load and performance tests for the PRISMA project
- Use of Apache Jmeter, Gatling, Apache ActiveMQ, Jms/Tibco Ems, SikuliX, Jython, Amazon AWS, PAN-Client
- Methods: load tests, test automation
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
Sebastian Chece
Last position:
Public institution responsible for educational institutions in NRW
- Consulting on processes and execution of load tests, performance tests and technical tests of various applications: web portal, file cloud, email, video conferencing, learning/course platform
- Creating the load test framework
- Programming test scripts (JMeter, Selenium)
- Developing batches to support the evaluation
- Executing load tests and evaluating results, including clear reporting, recommendations for action, and bottleneck analysis
- Managing tasks and collaboration to achieve meaningful load test results
Steffen Schwarz
Last position:
Senior Tester at Deutsche Bundesbahn
- Creation, automation, and execution of regression tests
- Manual, automated, and load & performance testing
- Use of Micro Focus Silk Central Test Management tool, AWS Workspace, Kubernetes, Postman, OPENLens, GitLab CI/CD, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL, SAFe
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Statistics of experts using Micro Focus Silk
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
18
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail
Certification focus areas
Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
67%
Master's degree or higher
17%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
89%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Micro Focus Silk
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
Silk in practice
Micro Focus Silk is used for test automation and performance testing across enterprise software. Teams use it to check core business flows, catch regressions, and validate response times before release. It is common in environments where stable testing matters more than flashy tooling.
Where it fits
- UI and regression automation for business applications
- Load and performance testing for web and service layers
- Test suites for release gates and quality checks
- Maintenance of older Silk scripts during platform change
Silk is often chosen when companies already have long-lived test assets. In Germany, it still appears in regulated, process-heavy environments where test evidence and repeatable runs are important.
Core tools
The ecosystem usually centers on Silk Test and Silk Performer, plus the surrounding test data, runners, and reporting setup. Strong specialists know how to handle object recognition, reusable test steps, and stable test design. They also understand where Selenium or newer tooling may need to coexist with Silk.
When to bring help
Freelance specialists are often brought in when suites are brittle, slow, or hard to maintain. They also help during migrations from older Silk versions, cleanup of legacy scripts, or preparation for a new release train. A good specialist can review the setup, improve coverage, and reduce false failures.
What strong experts do
- Design readable, reusable tests instead of one-off scripts
- Diagnose failures in test objects, environments, and data
- Improve performance test scenarios and result analysis
- Bridge Silk with CI flows, reporting, and defect tracking
Strong Micro Focus Silk professionals combine testing discipline with practical scripting skill. They know how to keep suites reliable across changing applications and test environments.
Choosing the right fit
Look for hands-on work with Silk Test or Silk Performer, not only general QA claims. Ask for examples of maintenance work, legacy recovery, and integration with release pipelines. For teams in Germany, clear communication in English is often enough, but local collaboration can matter when test systems sit on-site.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Micro Focus Silk? Start with the answers below.
Micro Focus Silk is used for functional test automation and performance testing in enterprise systems. Companies rely on it to cover business flows, protect releases from regressions, and measure how applications behave under load.
Silk Test and Silk Performer are related products in the Silk family, but they serve different purposes. Silk Test focuses more on functional and regression automation, while Silk Performer is used for performance and load testing.
Micro Focus Silk is often compared with Selenium or Playwright when teams need UI automation. Silk is usually a better fit for existing enterprise suites, older test assets, and teams that need to preserve established testing workflows, while Selenium and Playwright are more common in greenfield web automation.
A strong Micro Focus Silk specialist usually knows test design, scripting, test data handling, and defect tracking. Experience with CI pipelines, reporting tools, and the target application stack also helps a lot.
A Micro Focus Silk project often needs someone who has already maintained real suites, not just written a few scripts. That matters most when the environment is old, the object map is unstable, or the test coverage must survive frequent application changes.
Yes, Micro Focus Silk work can be done remotely when test access, environments, and logs are available. On-site collaboration becomes useful when hardware, lab systems, or restricted test data make troubleshooting harder.
Look for clear evidence of stable script design, good failure analysis, and thoughtful maintenance habits. A strong Micro Focus Silk professional can explain why tests fail, how they reduced noise, and how they kept suites usable over time.
Ask which Silk products the person has used, what kind of applications they tested, and whether they handled maintenance or migration work. For Micro Focus Silk projects in Germany, it also helps to clarify language needs, access rules, and whether the work must happen partly on-site.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Micro Focus Silk 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 Germany who have used Micro Focus Silk in their recent projects, 67% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 17% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Micro Focus Silk in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Micro Focus Silk in their recent projects are German (100%), English (89%), and French (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Micro Focus Silk in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Banking and Finance (72%), and Retail (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Micro Focus Silk in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (94%), and Product Development (72%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Micro Focus Silk
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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