MS-DOS Experts in Germany
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Silvia B.
Last position:
Business Consultant - Product Management Banking at Aareal Bank AG
- Focus on optimizing and further developing the internal customer EBICS application
- Functional and technical consulting for Aareal First Financial Solutions AG on EBICS standard products and applications in the areas of operations and further development, as well as project-related communication with external development partners and the product manufacturer to implement the corresponding technical optimizations
- As the functional coordinator, providing advice on content-related and regulatory requirements as well as technical prerequisites and requirements, and bringing these together at the functional level
- Consulting on the use of EBICS formats
- Reviewing the current EBICS standard for optimization and further development potential
- Analyzing the current state to identify development potential and deriving appropriate recommendations for action while considering regulatory requirements
- Conducting EBICS tests throughout the project
- Functional responsibility for requirements management and, in this context, recording and documenting requirements for such tests
- Designing a functional and sustainable test management system
- Conducting and evaluating tests
- Consulting on sustainable quality assurance and audits
- Project language: German and English
- Tools/Methods: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, TestRail, Confluence, Jira, Business Logics Bankkrecher, Business Logics Test Data Generator, Business Logics Banking Tool, Business Logics Test System, DBEAVER, Squirrel, Unix Virtual Machines, WinSCP, Kitty, Putty, various Aareal Bank products, Online Banking Portal, Aareal Sign, core banking system, SAP Blue Eagle, SAP RE-FX, Aareon Wodis Sigma, Haufe Real Estate Wowinex, GAP Group Immotion, UTS Karthago, SAP IS-U/Waste, SIV kVASy, various EBICS clients
Hans-Dieter G.
Last position:
Training as an AI Expert
I continuously expand my expertise in AI and automation. I work with ChatGPT, OpenAI, Manus, Gemini, MS CoPilot, APIs, LangChain, Hugging Face, Manus, TensorFlow, and Auto-GPT, as well as Python-based ML frameworks and MLOps tools, to intelligently transform traditional software development, analysis, and testing processes.
Markus B.
Last position:
Consultant, Technical Project Manager at Lanxess
- Project: ESU Windows and SQL Server consolidation / Configuration Management in ServiceNow
- Creation of an as-is analysis of all servers worldwide
- Creation of an as-is analysis of all SQL servers worldwide
- Creation of requirements analyses for SQL and server migrations
- Coordination of requirements with partners for migrations to Hyper-V (on-premises) or Azure Cloud
- Moderation of jour fixe meetings
- Creation of roadmaps and solution models for server migrations
- Setup of test scenarios
- Moderation of workshops for the introduction of a Global Admin Team
- Creation of data models (CMDB) in ServiceNow
- Conducting workshops for the CMDB data model
- Creation of solution models for the CMDB
- Creation of seamless configuration and work documentation for the CMDB
- Creation of reports for license management
- Creation of KPIs for data quality in ServiceNow
- Creation of a service catalog
- Moderation of workshops for creating service requests
- Interface between needs analysis and 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
Robert K.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Group Leader in the IT Operations & Digitalization Division "Databases, Operations & Support" (DOS) at Landwirtschaftliche RentenBank
- Technical leadership and further development of a team of 28 IT staff (internal & external) in the areas HelpDesk/HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basis operations
- Managing external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basis operations)
- Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
- Introducing and establishing regular communication formats (weekly status meetings, team and cross-department meetings)
- Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows/Linux with database and web/application servers)
- Supporting transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
- Setting up and implementing a digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
- Developing and managing the "IT Operations DOS" department based on corporate strategy
- Preparing management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
- Representing the department in the advisory boards of the Rentenbank and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, GDPR, BSI, MaRisk)
Michael K.
Last position:
Freelance Consultant at Tepo – Gebäudedienste GmbH
- Replacement and renewal of the existing client PCs with an upgrade to Windows 11 and mobile workstations with laptops and docking stations
- Introduction of Office365 with OneDrive use
- Introduction of e-invoicing with DATEV accounting software
- Revision of the standard office applications in daily use
- File storage in SharePoint instead of local data storage
- New authorization structure for users
- Use of Microsoft accounts to synchronize profiles
- Reorganization of the document scanning process with storage in SharePoint
- New backup concept in addition to the Microsoft cloud solution
- Introduction of new data structures: review and separation of data into active, inactive, private, business
- Simplification of processes
- Increased data security and improved security
- Permanent data availability at all internal and external workplaces
Kai P.
Last position:
Oracle Project Management and DBA at Scope Solutions AG
- Installation, maintenance and regular upgrade of the DB systems with 19x
- Use of OPatch and RU 19.27 on RHEL 8x, SLES 15.x and Windows
- DBA for DACH and European customers in production and last test environments (e.g. Konrad Adenauer) as well as others in CDB
- Processes via Confluence
- Support in operations for customers SR via Metalink
Vinod G.
Last position:
Freelancer: SAP MDG Consultant at Logistics service provider
- Support for one of the largest logistics service providers in handling ServiceNow tickets in the areas of SAP MDG, Business Partner (BP), customer and supplier master data
- Technical analysis and resolution of tickets through in-depth review of various database tables
- Creation and maintenance of accounting clerks in the system
- Deactivation of company codes using transports
- Carrying out mass changes with LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench)
Pierre G.
Last position:
Ansible Automation, Windows Third Level Support at DB InfraGO AG
- PRISMA project
- Ansible automation
- Windows third-level support for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2013, Windows 2016, Windows 2019
Jens S.
Last position:
Network Technology at ISP, Internet Service Provider, BGP Peering
- Optimization of the transmission media of the data links in the Ruhr area
- Configuration/expansion of switches and routers for an autonomous system AS
- Improve the network protocols used Layer 2/3 (OSI model), RSTP, broadcast, etc.
- Laying cables, crimping, antennas, routers, switches
- Maintenance, expansion, selection and prioritization of troubleshooting measures for network monitoring (PRTG, The Dude)
- Organization and new connection of another BGP peering, data center, NGN fiber optic
- VPN IPSec site connections for 6 sites with PFSense, Fritzbox
- Configuration of WLAN devices (Mikrotik, UBNT
Label: TCP/IP, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPLS, routing protocols, WLAN, EoIP, PPPoE, routing, SNMP, DHCP, DNS, NAT, native IP, VLAN, Ethernet, VoIP., switches and routers from: Nortel, Cisco, MikroTik, UBNT., network management systems: The Dude, PRTG, UISP
Ola V.
Last position:
IT Lecturer
- IT training in theory and practice for IT specialists in application development and system integration
Stephan H.
Last position:
Development, Tester at Telecommunications
Set up an operational contract information system. This is mainly used as an order management system - for migrating existing contracts as well as for creating and providing new contract bundles.
Sales agents can use it to order new services, modify existing ones and migrate service types, as well as provide price information to the customer.
This supports the marketing of new services as well as the replacement of old services for existing customers.
In addition, existing data is imported, processed (ETL) and provided via services for further use in the portal front end.
Analysis of the business and technical use cases (workflows, involved processes/systems, communication paths, security requirements)
Further development / creation of the front-end components (React/JavaScript)
Design and implementation of the business logic
Creation of the functional and technical component documentation
Test execution / test automation (Cypress, test coverage)
Team size: 8 people
Technologies: React, JavaScript, Rest (JSon), Yaml, Markdown, MariaDB (SQL), Docker, Swagger, Cypress
Tools: Webstorm, ReactDeveloperTools, VisualStudioCode, Word, DBeaver, Git/GitLab
Work management: GitLab
Platform: Linux
Build management: GitLab
Peter J.
Last position:
Interim Teamlead at Somnomedics
- Interim Teamlead to setup a project with STM32 and NORA Bluetooth module.
- Customer is planning new hardware to replace existing hardware with Bluetooth communication instead cable connection.
- Project was already started but the requirements were not defined.
- System based on STM32 and Nora B106 CPU.
- Analyzing the existing available code base.
- Checking for possible solutions to get the project working.
- Defining the requirements.
- Applying some rules to improve the team communication.
- Working with the NRF tools to get the custom board based on NORA B106 (NRF5340) working.
- Implementation of a simple device communication by Bluetooth.
- Preparation of documentation.
- Leading communication meetings.
- Conducted discussions with customer.
- Tools used: JIRA, OneNote, Git, Confluence, Nordic NRF, Nora B106.
Bernhard S.
Last position:
Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer at Deutsche Post DHL
- Agile project "PEPSi annual vacation planning MVP Lite" (digitalization project).
- Definition of state transitions for the JUP Lite functionality.
- Creation of user stories for login/logout and registration.
- Quality assurance of the business-side concept.
- Preliminary analysis for the transformation from the old PersPlan to DigiPEP.
- Tools used: Signavio, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Conceptboard, MS Teams, Mattermost.
Ernst H.
Last position:
Support/Development/Consulting – Process Development, E-Invoicing, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD
- Support and further development of a complex process for creating XML documents for electronic invoices / E-Invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
- Automation of operational processes, process development and optimization
- Development of frontend applications with MS Power Apps
- Porting SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2022
- SQL Server database administration
Alex O.
Last position:
Contractor at Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
- Data-analysis, Preparation, gathering and coordination of business requirements for retrieval of monthly- and long term (CLV – relevant) cost- and revenue-components per contract for a customer–base–grouping project (HUB–Project) for B2C-Postpaid-Controlling
- Concept and Implementation of cost- and revenue-KPIs calculation and corresponding CLV–reports (Oracle, Perl, SVN, MS SQL Server, MS Power BI, Serviceware Performance Analytics)
- Operational support of the HUB-Project – various ad-hoc reports, deployments, job-scheduling etc. (Oracle, SVN, BICSuite–Scheduler, DWSODA etc.)
- Analysis, implementation, retrieval and reporting of various physical and financial KPIs for B2P-Prepaid Business on an existing data-mart (Oracle, Perl)
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Statistics of experts using MS-DOS
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
31 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
25
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
69%
Master's degree or higher
45%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany 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 Germany using MS-DOS
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
MS-DOS 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 (92%)
- Manufacturing (70%)
- Banking and Finance (67%)
- Automotive (61%)
- Government and Administration (53%)
- Professional Services (52%)
- Telecommunication (52%)
- Energy (44%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What MS-DOS is
MS-DOS, short for Microsoft Disk Operating System, is a command-line operating system for IBM PC-compatible computers. It manages files, memory, storage devices and programs through commands rather than a graphical desktop. Although it is no longer a mainstream workstation system, many industrial, laboratory, retail and embedded environments still depend on software created for it.
Where it is used
Companies bring in MS-DOS specialists when an old application remains essential but its original maintainer is no longer available. Typical work includes:
- Supporting production, inventory and point-of-sale applications
- Maintaining machine control and measurement software
- Recovering files from legacy disks and hardware
- Moving DOS data into current databases or reporting systems
- Documenting undocumented commands, scripts and dependencies
Tools and ecosystem
Practical MS-DOS work involves command-line utilities, batch files, CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and memory-management settings. Specialists may also work with FoxPro, dBASE, Turbo Pascal, Clipper, Lotus applications and custom software written for real-mode environments. Knowledge of IBM PC hardware, serial ports, parallel ports, floppy media, IDE storage and DOS networking is often relevant.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful during equipment replacement, site moves, audits, incident response and modernization projects. A specialist can reproduce a stable runtime, diagnose startup failures, preserve a working image and define a controlled path toward emulation or migration. In Germany, this can support manufacturers and other businesses with long-lived operational equipment while coordinating remotely or on site when physical access is required.
Skills that matter
Strong professionals understand both the software and the constraints of old hardware. They can read batch logic, inspect disk structures, manage conventional and expanded memory, and identify risks before changing a live system. They also communicate clearly with operations teams, record every configuration change and know when preservation is safer than an untested upgrade.
Choosing the right specialist
Look for evidence of hands-on work with the exact application, hardware and peripherals involved. Ask how the specialist would create a backup, test recovery and work without disrupting production. Experience with virtualization, DOSBox, disk imaging, Windows compatibility layers and data conversion is valuable when a company must keep a legacy process running while preparing its replacement.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to MS-DOS.
MS-DOS still runs specialized applications for manufacturing, measurement, retail, logistics and older office processes. It is most common where a program is stable, difficult to replace or directly connected to dedicated hardware.
MS-DOS has a smaller footprint and direct hardware access, but it lacks the security, networking and multitasking features expected from Windows or Linux. Replacing it may improve maintainability, yet compatibility with old applications and equipment must be checked first.
A strong MS-DOS specialist often understands batch scripting, FoxPro, dBASE, Clipper, Turbo Pascal, disk imaging and IBM PC hardware. Skills with DOSBox, virtualization, serial communication and data migration are also useful for modernization work.
The right MS-DOS experience depends on the system’s age, hardware and business impact rather than a fixed duration. A simple file recovery needs different expertise from a production application that controls equipment or relies on custom drivers.
MS-DOS support can often be handled remotely through documentation review, image analysis, scripting and emulation. On-site work in Germany may still be necessary when the system depends on unavailable hardware, removable media or direct connections to machinery.
A capable MS-DOS specialist should document commands, risks and recovery steps in the language the operating team uses. Remote collaboration works well when someone on site can access the machine, while sensitive production environments may require scheduled on-site sessions in Germany.
Ask a Microsoft Disk Operating System specialist to explain the recovery plan, backup method and rollback process before making changes. Good professionals identify dependencies, test on a copy and leave clear documentation instead of relying on undocumented fixes.
DOS emulation can be sensible when the application only needs a predictable command-line environment and its hardware dependencies can be separated. It is less suitable when timing, proprietary interfaces or direct access to industrial equipment are essential, so the specialist should test the complete workflow.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used MS-DOS in their recent projects is 98 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 780 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used MS-DOS in their recent projects, 69% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 45% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used MS-DOS in their recent projects have 31 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used MS-DOS in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and French (31%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used MS-DOS in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Manufacturing (70%), and Banking and Finance (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used MS-DOS in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Project Management (78%), and Quality Assurance (76%).
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