Microsoft Visio Expert in Cologne
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Matthias S.
Last position:
Overall Project Coordinator at Bundeswehr Informatik (BWI GmbH)
- PMO Lead Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) verified
- Reporting to the GMN sub-program management
- System maintenance 25+
- Functional management and coordination of the Jira setup
- Preparation of decision papers (e.g. project planning, governance model, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
- Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, creation of Jira concept
- Development of an access concept for all project tools
- Analysis of existing processes, identification of improvement potential, and design of solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches into existing tools
- Creation of intranet articles for project marketing
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the sub-program
- Agile development of the project methodology
- Gathering customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
- Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, 500+ million budget)
Markus B.
Last position:
Consultant, Technical Project Manager at Lanxess
- Project: ESU Windows and SQL Server Consolidation / Configuration Management in ServiceNow
- Prepared an as-is analysis of all servers worldwide
- Prepared an as-is analysis of all SQL servers worldwide
- Conducted requirements analyses for SQL and server migrations
- Coordinated requirements with partners for migrations to Hyper-V (on-premises) or Azure Cloud
- Facilitated regular status meetings (Jour Fixe)
- Developed roadmaps and solution models for server migrations
- Set up test scenarios
- Facilitated workshops for the rollout of a global admin team
- Designed data models (CMDB) in ServiceNow
- Led workshops for the CMDB data model
- Developed solution models for the CMDB
- Created end-to-end configuration documentation and work instructions for the CMDB
- Prepared reports for license management
- Defined KPIs for data quality in ServiceNow
- Created a service catalog
- Facilitated workshops to define service requests
- Acted as interface between requirements analysis and the ServiceNow development team
- Systems used: Windows 7, Windows 10, Microsoft Office 365/2010, Windows Server 20xx, SQL Server 20xx, SharePoint, Azure Cloud, Hyper-V, ServiceNow, various tools
Jens R.
Last position:
Platform Architect & Senior Developer at Direct client, industrial measurement technology, medium-sized company
- Technical leadership across hardware, firmware, and software teams; scope: hardware/firmware team (4 people) and leadership group (5 people)
- Consolidated and documented a product family that had grown over more than 15 years and aligned it with CRA compliance — from the bare-metal I/O module to the cloud interface.
- Provided the most important customer product with the essential requirements and architecture documentation within two months — for a firmware landscape that had grown over more than 15 years. It now supports the customer’s modernization strategy.
- Established a monthly reporting line to the supervisory board and executive board within three months: nine meetings since 12/2025. The report itself is versioned and built from the CI pipeline; it is based on automatically collected activity and release data instead of assessments.
- Built a container-based CI/CD infrastructure from scratch: cross-compilation, host tests, and documentation builds in one continuous pipeline.
- Introduced declarative QA gates for DevOps and development artifacts — from the start using lefthook instead of pre-commit, executed in a dedicated container image.
Technologies used: arc42, req42, tpo42, docToolchain, PlantUML, ArchiMate, C4 model, ADR, C, C++ (GTest), CMake, Bare Metal (ARM Cortex-M3/M7), OCI containers, Jenkins, lefthook, Prometheus, Grafana, SBOM, CRA, OPC, SCADA, PLC integration, IPv6 migration, Zero Trust, Sociocracy 3.0, Cynefin
Burhan D.
Last position:
Enterprise Architect & Solution Architect at DB Netz AG
With project PRIZMA, DB will modernize its infrastructure on the one hand, and develop a fail-safe IT landscape on the other hand, which can be restored quickly and securely in case of a disaster.
- Capture current architectures of existing systems as well as methodical consulting and development of target architectures
- Deepen and maintain the building plan / target IT landscape
- Implement technical architecture concepts & architecture descriptions
- Implement migration concepts for updating and further developing the platform and information systems
- Assess submitted improvement suggestions as part of the project
- Capability management: identify capability gaps, develop target visions, and support transformation planning within the enterprise architecture.
- Create a compatibility matrix of the components in use and compare dependencies of specific versions
- Create an IT concept for extending the platform with the following topics: hardware and software requirements, security, licensing, high availability, load balancing, backup & recovery, update strategy, monitoring integration, etc.
- Coordinate with business architects as well as technical architects from the cross-functional architecture area of the PRISMA program for the topics (backup, Active Directory, monitoring, Citrix, and business applications ...)
- Status meetings and alignment of project planning with the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager
- Advise the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager in identifying project risks
- Advise the System Architect Engineers in steering the implementation of the concept
- Implement the IT concept
- Document the infrastructure
Label: MS Project, LINUX, Windows, ORACLE, Java, REST, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, UML, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, AZURE, AWS, V-MODEL, Micro Service, VisualStudio, SAP S/4HANA, SCRUM(SAFE), ESB (TIBCO), Python, Innovator, LeanIX (TOGAF), Ansible, Ansible Tower, Ansible Automation, ROBOT, SpringBoot
Manuel S.
Last position:
Project Manager at Univention
Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector
Responsibilities:
- Project coordination (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)
Products and standards:
- Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
- Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud
Ralf B.
Last position:
Project Coach at Amtrak / DB ECO
- Develop a long-term technology and implementation-oriented perspective for a gigabit communications network along the Northeast Corridor.
- Integrate 5G/6G, WiFi and SAT-Com technology development for the trackside network, dark fiber, the business case and rollout through 2035 into a reliable overall vision.
- Developed a technology roadmap through 2035
- Expanded and secured the business case through additional 5G-based use cases
- Structured implementation from concept through rollout
- Planned the rollout of a 5G trackside mobile network and dark-fiber network along the route
- Created a reliable technology and implementation perspective through 2035 and expanded the business case with additional 5G use cases.
Andreas L.
Last position:
Freelancer for Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management at Freelancer
- Rheinmetall Aviation Services, Weeze, in Quality IT Design: development of quality software, consulting and coordination between Rheinmetall, Siemens and MM1 for the F35 Joint Fighter project in Weeze
- PDSL / Bentley (United Kingdom), in the area of electroplating quality management: troubleshooting and problem solving for electroplated plastic surfaces
- Wolt (food), nationwide ISO22002 pre-requisite assessments for food warehouses, HACCP/hygiene consulting
Antje B.
Last position:
AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)
AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)
Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.
Activities
- Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
- Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
- Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
- Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
- Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
- Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
- Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)
Methods / Tools / Technologies
Methods:
- AI status assessment & use case analysis
- Workshop moderation / facilitation
- Requirement Management
- Change Management (PROSCI)
Tools:
- Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
- Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)
Technologies:
- Prompt engineering
- AI workflow automation
Alexander R.
Last position:
Business Analyst at Financial Services Provider Landesbank
The Helaba ATLAS project aims to modernize core systems and make them future-proof. As part of the subproject, the existing legacy system for international payments is being replaced by a modern web-based application.
- Analysis of functional and technical requirements
- Analysis and optimization of business processes
- Process modeling
- Preparation and facilitation of workshops
- Defining project scope and prioritizing requirements
- Business process management (analysis, modeling, and optimization)
- Specification of user stories
- Designing business and authorization concepts
- Testing and acceptance
- Designing mockups in Figma
- Creating the UI/UX style guide for web applications Approach: Scrum (agile) Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Conceptboard, Java, Vaadin, Figma
Ralph K.
Last position:
Product Owner / Business Owner at AXIS Management Consulting GmbH
- Full product responsibility from a business perspective: requirement analysis, UX design, product strategy, and go-to-market implemented without an internal dev team using fully AI-supported development (Claude Code / Anthropic)
- Technical differentiation: KRITIS-compliant air-gapped deployment (Windows/NSIS), GDT interface for PVS integration, DATEV-LODAS export for payroll
- Managed pilot operation with initial external client (Dormagen medical practice): structured requirement gathering, test support, error analysis, and release management
- Developed rollout and sales strategy for market entry in the segment of private practices and small medical centers
- Human-in-the-Loop development principle: business decision → AI implementation → manual review → approval → release – each sprint documented in Jira (TIME project), every change traceable via co-authored commits
- Product outcome: Tauri/Rust desktop app with GDT watcher, multi-tier model (Starter/Professional/Enterprise), cloud mirror on Hetzner/Traefik, complete ISMS framework based on ISO 27001 and BSI basic protection as product foundation
- Direct method validation for the test manager role: hands-on experience with quality assurance of AI-generated products from a user perspective, review gate discipline, release approval under GDPR and the EU AI Act
Yannick T.
Last position:
Cloud Architect at Anonymous
- Implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform to ensure a scalable, repeatable, and secure Azure infrastructure
- Implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps
- Management of container and server environments and AKS
Sebastian H.
Last position:
Overall Project Manager; Turnaround Manager & Coach at Statutory Health Insurance Fund
- Taking over the troubled project from the internal project management and successful turnaround of project phase 1 (cutover of approx. 1000 servers (VMs)/standard desktops, specialized desktops)
- Responsible project management for the successful phase 1 transition (planning in the shortest possible time followed by implementation (very successful with low ticket volume))
- Stakeholder management – taking over direct (daily before cutover) communication with the client from the Chief Operation Manager in the format of regular meetings in taskforce mode. Rapid rebuilding of the previously lost trust base and restoration of the client relationship for optimal satisfaction
- Taskforce mode to eliminate all existing issues/showstoppers before cutover
- Scope clarification, setup, and scheduling of phase 2 activities (e.g. silo/admin servers)
- Kick-off of phase 2 / handing the project back to the success line for the internal project management/line to handle the remaining defined topics
- Establishing, preparing, and conducting steering committees with V-1 management to align the guardrails
- Moderation of various regular meetings and operational workshops
- Participation in the lessons learned with the client to address dissatisfaction related to the internal project management (before my start! They are extremely satisfied with my work)
- Tools: Atlassian Suite (Confluence/JIRA), MIRO, Sharepoint; MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project)
Jens H.
Last position:
#52 Test Manager in Safety-Critical Infrastructure at Telecommunications Company
- Network elements, network, operational and operator-related systems
- Supporting around 20 different products (managed agile)
- Requirements analysis and management (functional and non-functional)
- Test concept and planning (scope, test phases, effort, schedule, resources, organization, etc.)
- Aligning approach with clients and service providers
- Managing and assisting in creation of test cases for system, integration and end-to-end tests
- Guiding and supporting test execution
- Defect management and planning bug fixes with external providers
- Preparing and facilitating workshops
- Regular reporting and creating automated test reports
- Further development of agile testing methodology and configuration of supporting tools
- Conceptual support in developing a quality seal for rating product and service quality of internal and external providers
- Requirements engineering based on ISO/IEC 25010, Scrum, SaFE
- BMC Remedy, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira (including plugins Xray, Structure), Microsoft Office (incl. Visio), Obsidian, doxis document management system, Gitlab, Obsidian
Brahim A.
Last position:
Lead Developer at Blazor Web App at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
- Web development with Blazor
- Two-factor authentication for Blazor applications
- Uploading and downloading files
- Bug fixes for existing applications
- Programming interfaces
- Integration of third-party tools and technologies
- Creation of developer tests (unit tests)
Karsten H.
Last position:
Subproject Manager at Vereinigte Hagelversicherung
- Replacement of the existing document management and reporting/BI systems as part of the renewal of the system landscape based on the Sapiens Insurance Platform
- Support on the journey toward becoming a digital agricultural insurance company
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Visio
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years (Germany: 25 years)
Position duration
3.2 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
14 (Germany: 16)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Government and Administration
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 84%)
Master's degree or higher
55% (Germany: 52%)
Doctorate
5% (Germany: 7%)
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96% (Germany: 98%)
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 Cologne 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 Cologne using Microsoft Visio
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 Visio 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 (93%)
- Professional Services (57%)
- Government and Administration (57%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Transportation (43%)
- Telecommunication (43%)
- Automotive (39%)
- Manufacturing (39%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Diagramming with Visio
Microsoft Visio is a visual diagramming application for turning complex information into clear structures. Companies use it to map business processes, design network layouts, document systems, create floor plans and present organizational relationships. Its templates, shapes and connectors support both quick business sketches and detailed technical documentation.
Core deliverables
Visio specialists translate requirements, spreadsheets and existing documentation into diagrams that teams can understand and maintain.
- Business process maps with swimlanes and cross-functional ownership
- Network, cloud and infrastructure diagrams
- Organization charts, floor plans and office layouts
- Data-linked diagrams and reusable documentation templates
Microsoft ecosystem
The tool fits naturally into Microsoft environments. Strong professionals work with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams and Excel, and understand how Visio files are shared, embedded and maintained across those services. Depending on the edition and project, they may also use Visio for the web, Visio Plan features, Power Automate and Power BI to connect diagrams with operational data.
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance Visio expertise when diagrams must be created quickly, standardized across departments or rebuilt from incomplete source material. This is common during process transformation, IT documentation, compliance preparation, office changes and system rollouts. In Cologne, remote collaboration often works well, while workshops with local business, operations or IT teams can benefit from on-site availability and clear German or English communication.
Quality signals
A capable professional asks about the audience, purpose, source data and expected maintenance process before drawing. They use consistent naming, layers, containers, stencils, connectors and page layouts instead of decorating a diagram without structure. They also deliver editable source files, export-ready versions and documentation that another team can update without starting over.
Adjacent expertise
The best fit depends on the diagram’s role in the wider project. Process work may require BPMN concepts, workflow analysis and facilitation; infrastructure work may require networking, cloud services and security terminology. Useful adjacent skills also include Excel data preparation, SharePoint information architecture, Microsoft 365 administration and Power Automate, with attention to permissions and version control.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Microsoft Visio.
Microsoft Visio is used to create structured diagrams such as flowcharts, process maps, organization charts, network diagrams, floor plans and system documentation. Companies use it to explain how work, technology or responsibilities connect and to keep that information editable.
Microsoft Visio is often preferred when a company already relies on Microsoft 365, SharePoint and Office file formats. Lucidchart and diagrams.net can be strong choices for browser-first collaboration or lighter diagramming, so the right option depends on governance, integration, licensing and the level of technical detail required.
A strong Visio freelancer may also understand BPMN, workflow analysis, network design, cloud infrastructure and information architecture. Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Power Automate and Power BI are useful when diagrams draw on business data or need to fit into Microsoft 365 processes.
The required experience depends on the deliverable, not just the number of diagrams. A simple organization chart may need solid command of templates and data import, while a process library or network documentation project calls for requirements gathering, modeling discipline and knowledge of the subject area.
Microsoft Visio work is often suitable for remote collaboration through shared files, Teams meetings and review cycles. On-site workshops in Cologne can still help when specialists need to interview process owners, inspect facilities or align several departments, and the expected working language should be agreed early.
A professional working with Visio should normally provide editable source files, agreed export formats and any linked data or custom stencils needed for maintenance. They should also explain naming conventions, ownership and update steps so the diagrams remain useful after handover.
Ask to see examples that resemble the intended work, then discuss how the specialist handles unclear requirements, revisions and diagram governance. High-quality Visio work is readable at the right scale, uses consistent notation and makes relationships easy to follow without relying on the author’s verbal explanation.
Microsoft Visio can support network and infrastructure documentation when the professional understands the underlying systems, not only the drawing tools. The specialist should represent devices, connections, zones and dependencies accurately, use suitable stencils and confirm the diagram against current technical records.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Visio in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 848 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Visio in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 55% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Visio in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Visio in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Visio in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Professional Services (57%), and Government and Administration (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Visio in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Project Management (89%), and Product Development (82%).
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