Microsoft Azure Experts in Dortmund
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Nemanja Milenković
Last position:
AI Engineer / Senior Backend Engineer at Intelycx
Manufacturing intelligence platform with enterprise workflows, RAG, real-time AI assistant features, and multi-repository backend architecture.
- Built and extended production AI/backend services with Django, DRF, FastAPI, GraphQL, Celery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and WebSockets across a modular multi-repository platform.
- Contributed to ARIS V2, a real-time manufacturing AI assistant using LangChain, LangGraph, MCP tool orchestration, planning/execution flows, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Qdrant, and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch-backed retrieval.
- Supported rollout expansion from ARIS V1 in 4 of 17 client production plants to ARIS V2 currently active in 13 of 17 plants, increasing real-world deployment coverage to more than 50% of the client footprint.
- Worked on document-grounded RAG functionality including ingestion, OCR, chunking, embeddings, indexing, retrieval, reranking, and grounded answer generation for industrial workflows.
Stack: Python, Django, DRF, FastAPI, LangChain, LangGraph, GraphQL, Celery, WebSockets, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Qdrant, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Docker.
Ashwin Parthasarathy
Last position:
Freelance Data Scientist at Mercor Intelligence
- Architected and deployed end-to-end machine learning pipelines across classification and prediction datasets, ensuring robustness and reproducibility through MLOps best practices.
- Contributed directly to LLM model output accuracy improvement by designing and engineering specialised prompts grounded in end-to-end ML and SciML pipeline logic.
- Developed training data for large language models by formulating coding problems that models could not resolve and subsequently documenting the correct solutions.
Volker Döch
Last position:
Developer at DV-Consulting und Entwicklung Volker Döch
- New development of a web app to manage and configure counting devices for large events
- Technologies: .NET 10, C#, Blazor, MudBlazor, MySQL, Git
Adnan Urwani
Last position:
Independent AI & Automation Projects
- Development of an automated job-scouting workflow for the aggregation and LLM-based evaluation of job postings from RSS feeds and APIs.
- Development of a Telegram bot for voice and text messages, featuring LLM-supported processing, summarization, and structured JSON output.
- Implementation of a personal task-planning assistant using n8n, OpenRouter, and Supabase for automated daily and knowledge organization.
- Development of LLM chatbots for structured knowledge retrieval utilizing prompt constraints, guardrails, and forced output formats.
Dany-Armand Djeudeu-Deudjui
Last position:
Senior Data Scientist at ibg NDT GmbH
- Investigate the relationship between Eddy Current Testing (ECT) signals and microstructural properties
- Detect latent patterns in ECT data that reflect intrinsic material characteristics
- Develop and validate predictive models for microstructural classification and quantification, using hardness and case depth as benchmarks
- Apply Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling for advanced data analysis
Thomas Grevenkamp
Last position:
Senior .NET / Cloud Engineer at Freelance
Building an observability and alerting solution for Business Central Job Queue monitoring
- Built a central monitoring solution to track the Business Central Job Queue in a multi-organization environment in Azure DevOps
- Integrated Azure Application Insights and Log Analytics for structured collection and analysis of job runtimes and error events
- Developed KQL queries for targeted analysis of failed jobs and detection of error patterns
- Connected Grafana and Power BI to visualize operational metrics and job status in real time
- Implemented an automated alerting workflow with Power Automate – when a job fails, a notification email is sent immediately
- Ensured transparency about the state of productive background processes during live operations
Result: Full transparency over failed Business Central jobs · Clear reduction in response time through automated email alerting · Stable foundation for proactive operation of productive background processes
Technologies: Azure DevOps | Application Insights | Log Analytics | KQL | Grafana | Power Automate | Power BI | Business Central | Azure Monitor
Felix Maas
Last position:
AI Trainer at AKIA Academy for AI & Automation
- Led the 12-week training program to become an AI and automation specialist
- Created training materials & video courses on "AI Fundamentals", "Working with ChatGPT", "Prompt Engineering", "AI Agents with N8N", "Automations with Make.com" & AI-generated marketing content (images, videos, blog posts & social media posts)
- Conducted workshops on the above topics
- Tools: Loom, N8N, Make.com, ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gamma.app, Canva, Kling AI, Magnific AI
- Result: Participants learn the technical and business know-how to successfully build a business as AI and automation specialists
Derek Micallef
Last position:
AI Automations Manager - Hardware Setup, Automation & Voice Agent at Autohaus Mazda
- Setting up new desktop computers
- Setting up a VPS for automation, databases and chat interface
- Connecting to Azure AI Foundry
- Developing various n8n workflows for email, social media and document management
- Implementing a QA system (backups, error handling, HITL)
- Setting up and optimizing an inbound voice agent
Mesut Yilmaz
Last position:
Solution Architect Computer Vision Store at Schwarz IT (Lidl/Kaufland)
- Expansion and support of the product portfolio for video analytics and computer vision
- Requirements gathering and engineering
- Consulting, project management and coordination of the pilot and international rollout
- Tools: IP-based camera and video systems, Citrix administration, OneNote, Microsoft Teams, Node-RED, Office 365, Age Verification, Qognify Umbrella, ThingsBoard, Xovis 3D sensors, AXIS cameras, GK checkout software, Atlassian JIRA
Joshua Haas
Last position:
Freelancer – Project Manager at TEDI GmbH & Co. KG
- Led the Email Distribution Restructuring project to reorganize over 600 email distribution lists and mailboxes for a multinational company, aiming to improve the efficiency and scalability of internal communications.
- Conducted a comprehensive analysis of existing distribution lists to identify inefficiencies and redundancies, and defined clear naming conventions and standardized processes.
- Oversaw the cleanup of outdated and unnecessary distribution lists in line with new guidelines.
- Collaborated with the IT department to evaluate and implement automation solutions for dynamically updating distribution lists.
- Implemented a pilot phase to validate new processes, gather feedback, and refine the approach for a company-wide rollout.
- Defined responsibilities for maintaining and monitoring distribution lists and assigned them to specific roles.
- Created detailed project documentation and regular reports for management and other stakeholders.
Alexander Königschulte
Last position:
Subproject Manager IT Migration (Carve-out) at EWE / WCG
- Carve-out of Wärme+ customers from EWE to the new company WCG with around 24,000 metering points.
- Development of a migration approach, data migration, process redesign and migration.
- Management of service providers, reporting to the steering committee and executive management.
- Tools: Jira, SharePoint, Draw.io, SAP S/4, SAP PM, WILKEN (ENER:GY, P5), carve-out.
Hendrik Belitz
Last position:
Lecturer at Front and Fullstack Development Lecturer
- Teaching JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, NodeJS, MongoDB, MariaDB, and Express
- Designing and preparing lessons
- Classroom teaching and one-on-one coaching
Nina Gronewold
Last position:
Software integration - Ecosystem expansion at Sabbatical
- Time off
- Process building and automation
Mohammed Abdallatif
Last position:
Data Scientist & Energy Consultant at Accenture GmbH
Yasin Yildiz
Last position:
DevOps Architect & Backend Developer at Schweizerische National Bank
- Architecting and enhancing the DevOps infrastructure in a regulated environment
- Migration, planning, and development from a monolith to microservices (ASP.NET Core)
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins) to support agile development
- Managing artifact repositories with JFrog Artifactory and security scans via Xray
- Migrating and integrating source code repositories (SVN → GitLab)
- Operating and configuring a container platform with OpenShift
- Automating deployments with Ansible, Helm, and the Ansible Automation Platform
- Implementing monitoring and alerting solutions with Prometheus
- Collaborating closely with the frontend development team to optimize build, test, and release processes
- Supporting the establishment of secure and scalable infrastructure processes (Secure SDLC)
- Documenting and sharing knowledge within the team
- Leading refinements and designing the backend architecture
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Azure
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years (Germany: 19 years)
Position duration
1.7 years (Germany: 2.8 years)
Positions per freelancer
11 (Germany: 13)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
83% (Germany: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
58% (Germany: 56%)
Doctorate
25% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
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 Dortmund 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 Dortmund using Microsoft Azure
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
Azure scope
Microsoft Azure is the cloud stack many companies use to run apps, data services, identity, storage, and networking in one place. Specialists build landing zones, move workloads from on-premises, and keep environments stable across development, test, and production.
Core services
- Virtual machines and scaling groups
- App Service and Azure Functions
- Azure SQL, Storage, and backup
- Entra ID, Key Vault, and monitoring
Strong experts know how these parts fit together so systems stay secure, cost-aware, and easy to operate.
Typical projects
Teams bring in Azure professionals for cloud migrations, platform hardening, and new application releases. They also help with hybrid setups, container platforms, disaster recovery, and CI/CD pipelines built around Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
When to hire
Companies usually need freelance help when internal teams lack time, when a migration is blocking delivery, or when an architecture needs review before go-live. In Dortmund, that often fits industrial, logistics, and software teams that need clear documentation and smooth remote collaboration in English or German.
What good specialists do
Good Azure experts work methodically and leave systems easier to run.
- Design clean resource groups and networks
- Set up identity, access, and secrets correctly
- Automate deployments and rollbacks
- Monitor health, logs, and alerts
- Document decisions for operations teams
They should explain trade-offs plainly and avoid hidden complexity.
Skills that matter
Azure work often goes together with PowerShell, Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Windows or Linux administration. The best specialists understand the Azure portal, CLI, and policy model, and can connect cloud choices to security, reliability, and day-to-day operations.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Microsoft Azure — answered in short.
Microsoft Azure is used to run web apps, APIs, databases, virtual machines, storage, and identity services in the cloud. Many companies also use it for backup, recovery, and hybrid setups that connect cloud and on-premises systems. For freelancers, that usually means migration work, platform setup, and ongoing improvements.
Azure is common in both cases. Some teams move existing workloads from servers or another cloud, while others build new services directly on Azure App Service, Functions, AKS, or Azure SQL. A good specialist should handle both the landing path and the long-term operating model.
Microsoft Azure is often chosen when a company already relies on Microsoft identity, Windows workloads, or Microsoft 365. Compared with AWS or Google Cloud, the main difference is usually ecosystem fit, governance style, and how the platform is already used inside the company. The right freelancer should explain those trade-offs in business terms, not just technical ones.
A strong Microsoft Azure specialist usually also knows networking, identity and access, infrastructure as code, and at least one scripting or automation language. Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools come up often. If the project includes security or data services, Azure Key Vault, Entra ID, and Azure SQL matter as well.
The right level depends on the task. A small setup or a limited fix may only need focused cloud expertise, while a migration, platform redesign, or governance effort needs someone who has seen production failures and recovery paths before. For Azure, proven delivery matters more than broad theory.
Most Azure work can be done remotely because the platform is managed through the portal, CLI, and infrastructure code. On-site time in Dortmund can help when workshops are needed for architecture, security reviews, or stakeholder alignment. Many companies use a mix: remote delivery with a few in-person sessions at key milestones.
Look for clear explanations, concrete project examples, and evidence that the person can design, build, and hand over a system. A good Azure professional should talk about identity, security, deployment flow, monitoring, and operational ownership, not just about creating resources. Strong documentation and disciplined changes are good signs.
For most Microsoft Azure projects, look for comfort with Azure Virtual Machines, App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Storage, Entra ID, Key Vault, and Azure Monitor. If the work is platform-oriented, AKS, Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, and Azure DevOps often matter too. The best fit depends on whether you are building, migrating, or operating.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Dortmund, Germany who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 727 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Dortmund, Germany who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 25% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Dortmund, Germany who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Dortmund, Germany who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (11%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Dortmund, Germany who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects are Information Technology (84%), Professional Services (53%), and Healthcare (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Dortmund, Germany who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Product Development (89%), and Project Management (68%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Microsoft Azure
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