Microsoft Azure Experts in Switzerland
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Marco S.
Last position:
MS Power BI Developer at Bayern Facility Management GmbH
Power BI development and administration, training, consulting, data modeling, DAX development
MS Fabric, MS Power BI, DAX
Greg M.
Last position:
S/4HANA Transformation & Stabilization Lead at FANUC AG
- Led cross-functional IT teams across international regions to deliver post-go-live system stabilization and integration alignment across ERP, PLM, and legacy J.D. Edwards platforms.
- Managed complex interface mapping, end-to-end data flows, OData services, and electronic invoicing workflows across distributed teams.
- Directed defect triage, root-cause analysis, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure system reliability and operational readiness.
Paulo M.
Last position:
Power BI / Fabric & SAP BI Consultant at Financial Bank
- Developed Power BI semantic models, DAX and RLS, improving reporting performance and security.
- Designed Fabric Lakehouse with Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), accelerating data processing and improving maintainability and scalability.
- Built Fabric Data Factory pipelines and PySpark transformations, reducing processing time by 40%.
- Delivered automated Power BI KPI dashboards, accelerating reporting and decision-making.
- Supported SAP BO 4.3 → 2025 migration across 2,000+ Webl reports and 34 universes, reducing testing effort by 35% and improving migration quality and reliability.
- Optimized UNX universes, reducing query execution time by 40%.
- Optimized SAP BO reporting solutions, improving reliability and reducing manual effort.
Environment: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Pipelines, PySpark), Tabular Editor, DAX Studio, SAP BI (BO 4.3/2025, Webl, UNX Universes), 360Suite, InfoBurst, GitHub, JIRA.
Frank G.
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
Mike B.
Last position:
Freelance UX-Researcher, Designer at Bodensee Schiffsbetriebe; Labhard-Medien
- UX research, UX concept development, and UX design for an AI dialogue system with information on events, locations, public transport timetables, and special trips. Observations, remote user tests, session recordings, analytics evaluations, RapidUserTests, prototyping, etc., using Figma/Figma Make, Claude Design, and OpenAI Codex (Design)
Rupesh Kumar S.
Last position:
IT Baseline Compliance Consultant at Consultant
- Verified baseline compliance against MAS audit findings
- Developed technical architecture concepts for 30 technologies to create hardening standard artifacts
- Identified and developed automation opportunities for given technologies based on CIS
- Developed standard baseline configurations based on internal security standards
- Responsible for developing Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) architecture artifacts based on the Azure cloud platform
- Responsible for RFQs and RFPs for different CNAPP solutions (Qualys Total Cloud, CrowdStrike, Azure Security Center)
- Supported compliance verification and validation through automated scripts for a sample population of IT devices and instances
- Responsible for the full vulnerability management lifecycle using Nexpose, including remediation, reporting, and integrating results with Splunk, HPSM, and Tableau
- Supported MAS audits
Banashankari N.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager, Data and Integration Platform at MCH Group, Group IT
Led implementation of an Azure cloud-based, event-driven enterprise integration platform connecting Salesforce, Momentus(event) and ERP applications. Reduced overall costs by 60%, lowered operational errors to under 1%, and delivered on time.
- Led the full project lifecycle from initiation to delivery using agile and hybrid methods - platform vision, feasibility, technical blueprint, architecture, implementation, integration, testing, rollout and business adoption.
- Built the engineering team from the ground up, leading teams across Switzerland, Bulgaria and India using Scrum and Kanban; established Jira, Confluence, Asana and SharePoint for delivery and reporting.
- Established and managed frequent steering meetings, reporting that gave stakeholders transparency and drove key decision-making.
Stefan U.
Last position:
Workstream Lead Solution Delivery / IT Operations Manager SAP S4/HANA Private Cloud Edition - RISE at Munich Re
- Lead Solution Delivery workstream
- Serve as IT Operations Manager ad interim
- Define, implement, and continuously optimize the Target Operating Model
- Design and implement incident and problem management processes
- Develop, maintain, and execute business continuity and disaster recovery plans, including DR testing
- Ensure system availability, performance, scalability, and compliance with SLAs
- Liaise between business stakeholders, SAP Basis teams, managed service providers, and cloud vendors
- Oversee incident, change, and problem management processes per ITIL best practices
- Lead service reviews and vendor performance evaluations
- Coordinate patching, upgrades, and enhancement cycles with SAP AG and application operations teams
- Monitor system health, performance, and security using SAP for Me
- Collaborate with IT security, infrastructure, and network teams to ensure system integrity
- Create, track, and manage project-related firewall requests
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver cutover activities for targeted system lines
Urs S.
Last position:
CargoMonitor App at MSR Electronics GmbH
MVP app for shock logger to monitor and analyze transport data via BLE as a Kotlin Multiplatform solution for Android and iOS.
Philippe P.
Last position:
Functional lead Absence & Recruiting at McDermott
McDermott – Functional lead Absence & Recruiting
- Rollout of Absence module for Germany
- Rollout of Recruiting module for France
- Product: Workday
- Project phase: country rollout
- C-level and steering committee reporting
Pedro C.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager (previously Cloud Project Manager) at IBM Client Innovation Center (formerly Nordcloud)
- Led a migration team of several squads for a Public Sector client (on-prem to AWS & Azure), incl. lift-and-shift and database modernisation to PostgreSQL.
- Led AWS/Azure discovery & assessment of 80+ applications and 400+ environments, delivering the wave plan.
Markus M.
Last position:
Manager Underwriting & Actuarial Services at Ativa Pensionskassen Management AG
Ativa is the management company of Sammelstiftung Vita (Zurich Insurance’s occupational pension fund) and is responsible for around CHF 22 billion in assets.
- Created interactive Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions for senior management
- Implemented an underwriting tool based on Power BI (DAX)
- Built a cloud-based MS Azure SQL database and documented it
- Underwrote pension risks, including making decisions on acceptance, rejection and terms
Milan S.
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.
Bojan A.
Last position:
Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education
- Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
- 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
- Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
Gergely G.
Last position:
Blazor Founder, Certified Points of You® Business Trainer, Full Stack ASP.NET Core Developer Employee Training at Resonance Solutions GmbH
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Azure
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.9 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
51%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 Switzerland 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.
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Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Switzerland 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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Microsoft Azure 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 (95%)
- Banking and Finance (79%)
- Insurance (52%)
- Manufacturing (52%)
- Professional Services (51%)
- Energy (41%)
- Telecommunication (41%)
- Government and Administration (40%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Azure at a glance
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform for running applications, storing data and connecting business systems. Companies use it for web services, enterprise software, analytics, artificial intelligence, virtual desktops and disaster recovery. Azure supports both fully managed services and infrastructure with fine-grained control.
Services and architecture
Azure specialists select and combine services such as Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Storage, Virtual Network and Microsoft Entra ID. They design landing zones, identity models, network boundaries and resilient workloads. The right architecture balances operational control, security, performance and maintainability.
Typical project work
- Migrate virtual machines, databases and applications to Azure
- Build cloud-native APIs, event-driven services and container platforms
- Create data lakes, reporting pipelines and machine learning workflows
- Connect Azure with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and on-premises systems
- Establish monitoring, backup, disaster recovery and cost controls
When specialists add value
Companies often bring in freelance Azure experts for a migration, a platform redesign or a defined delivery phase. They can resolve capacity gaps, review an existing tenant or introduce infrastructure as code with Terraform or Bicep. In Switzerland, collaboration may involve remote delivery across regions, on-site workshops or coordination with teams working in German, French, Italian or English.
Skills that matter
Strong professionals combine Azure services with networking, Linux or Windows administration, PowerShell, Azure CLI and Git-based workflows. They understand CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, observability and security practices such as role-based access and policy management. Experience with .NET, SQL, Python, data engineering or Microsoft identity adds value when the workload spans several domains.
Choosing the right expert
Look for clear decisions backed by architecture diagrams, migration plans and tested delivery practices. A capable specialist explains trade-offs between managed services, containers and virtual machines instead of forcing one pattern onto every system. Ask how they handle access separation, secrets, logging, recovery tests and handover so the result remains manageable after the engagement.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft Azure is used to host applications, manage databases, store files, connect systems and process data in the cloud. It also supports container platforms, serverless workloads, identity services, analytics, artificial intelligence and recovery environments.
Azure is often weighed against AWS and Google Cloud on service breadth, pricing, governance and existing technology choices. It can be a strong fit for organizations already using Microsoft 365, Windows Server, .NET, SQL Server or Microsoft Entra ID, while the best choice depends on the workload and operating model.
A strong Microsoft Azure specialist may also work with networking, identity, security, Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Git and CI/CD. Depending on the project, useful adjacent skills include .NET, Kubernetes, Linux, SQL, Python, data engineering and observability.
The right level of Azure experience depends on the scope and risk of the work. A focused configuration task may need a narrow specialist, while a migration or regulated production platform calls for someone who can assess dependencies, design controls, test recovery and guide the internal team.
Microsoft Azure projects are often suitable for remote collaboration because infrastructure, code and monitoring can be managed online. On-site workshops can still help with discovery, security reviews or legacy-system access, and teams should agree on language, working hours and data-access procedures early.
Ask an Azure professional to explain a comparable architecture, the assumptions behind it and how failure would be handled. Review the quality of their documentation, automation, access model, monitoring and handover rather than relying only on service names listed in a profile.
Azure Kubernetes Service can suit teams that need container orchestration, independent service deployment or Kubernetes-based operating practices. It is not automatically the best option for a small application; App Service, Functions or container apps may reduce operational effort when Kubernetes control is unnecessary.
A Microsoft Azure freelancer may deliver a target architecture, migration roadmap, configured tenant, infrastructure-as-code repository, deployment pipelines or security baseline. They may also provide runbooks, dashboards, recovery procedures and knowledge transfer so the client can operate the environment confidently.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects is 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 898 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 51% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects are German (98%), English (97%), and French (41%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Banking and Finance (79%), and Insurance (52%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Azure in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (76%), and Project Management (68%).
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