Nutanix Experts in Germany
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Halil Oeztoprak
Last position:
Senior Cloud Operations & DevSecOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform / CI-CD) at KfW Bankengruppe
Regulated environment within a German banking group (approx. 8,500 employees, hybrid cloud strategy).
Responsible for operating, provisioning, and continuously securing business-critical platforms – including a GenAI chat application, a big data/AI platform, and data science workspaces based on Azure Virtual Desktops and VMs. Ownership of Azure DevOps projects for ShaiHulud and React2Shell, as well as BSI alerts – Security Operations improvements across the SDLC.
Deployment responsibility for the GenAI chat application, big data/AI platform (BDAI), and data science workspaces (AVD/VM-based) in the respective landing zones.
Deployment & release management: end-to-end responsibility for deploying portal and service applications across multiple Azure landing zones, including technical approvals, compliance with development team deployment guidelines, and ensuring ITIL-based change and release processes via ServiceNow.
Azure landing zones & network architecture: design, provisioning, and operation of Azure landing zones for 3-tier web applications with enhanced network segmentation, VNet peering, hub-and-spoke architectures, private endpoints, and firewall integration across separate subscriptions and tenants.
Azure DevOps governance & operations: ownership of the Azure DevOps organization, including projects, repositories, and CI/CD pipelines; implementation of governance requirements such as branch policies, approval gates, permission models, and audit-ready operating structures.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform): design, implementation, and operation of a modular Terraform architecture for standardized cloud infrastructure deployment, including state management, provider versioning, reusability, and policy-as-code approaches.
CI/CD pipeline engineering: design, operation, and optimization of complex YAML-based CI/CD pipelines with multi-stage deployments, template standardization, self-hosted agents, integrated secret management, and automated quality and security checks.
Git migration & platform consolidation: planning and execution of repository and pipeline migration from Azure DevOps to GitLab CI/CD, including automated scripts, full Git history transfer, pipeline porting, and platform consolidation.
Container & platform operations (AKS): operation and security assessment of containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service, centralization of on-premises container registries for ACR.
OpenShift (OCP) security reviews: security assessment of code baselines, build pipelines, and deployment processes for on-premises OpenShift clusters with critical applications, and derivation of specific hardening recommendations.
Shift-left security & DevSecOps transformation: introduction of a company-wide shift-left approach for early security integration in development and deployment processes, enabling developers to perform self-led security checks and sustainably reduce vulnerabilities before production (IDE integrations, pre-commit hooks, local scanners).
Software supply chain security: analysis and mitigation of supply chain risks in NPM- and Yarn-based applications through dependency audits, CI/CD pipeline hardening, token rotation, and restriction of risky build and lifecycle mechanisms.
Frontend & framework security (React / Next.js): security assessment and coordination of critical vulnerability remediation across platform applications and web frameworks, including coordination and complementary technical mitigations with all teams following BSI alerts.
Software composition analysis (SCA): introduction and operation of automated vulnerability scans for container images, pipelines/artifacts, and third-party dependencies, including SBOM exports within CI/CD pipelines.
SAST/DAST integration: design and piloting of static and dynamic application security tests in close collaboration with security architecture and development teams, for continuous improvement of code and runtime security, and establishing operational acceptance tests.
Artifact & registry consolidation: analysis and consolidation of all package and container repositories for service applications and AKS workloads, aiming for a centralized, secured registry strategy with centralized vulnerability scanning and governance.
Dependency-Track & SBOM strategy: advising the compliance board on introducing a central SBOM and vulnerability management platform to increase enterprise-wide dependency transparency and accelerate CVE response capability.
CI/CD pipeline hardening: security analysis and cleanup of the existing pipeline landscape by removing unused pipelines, improving secrets hygiene, implementing least-privilege principles, and isolating build agent environments.
Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) optimization: analysis and tuning of existing Azure WAF rules (OWASP Top 10 Core Rule Set, DSR/SDC, custom rules) to defend against known vulnerabilities and exploit patterns, including reducing false positives and improving threat detection.
Documentation & stakeholder communication: creating and maintaining technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture overviews in Jira and Confluence, as well as active knowledge transfer between operations, development, security, and compliance stakeholders.
Kevin Fischer
Last position:
DevOps and Platform Engineer at DB Systel GmbH
- Error analysis and fixes including performance optimization of the in-house developed platform API
- Change and incident management in day-to-day operations
- Responsible for compliance with security and compliance requirements
- Vendor management for software development and maintenance
- Planning and execution of migration of legacy services to a cloud native platform
Role in the project: project staff, implementation team
Used skills: requirements analysis, IT service and application management, IT operations, error analysis and performance optimization, software maintenance and lifecycle management
Project environment: Cloud Native Platform (Kubernetes, Crossplane, AWS, ArgoCD, Grafana)
Tan Pham
Last position:
DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team at Rise-World
- Implementation of specified DevOps solutions to automate infrastructure (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible) on-premises datacenter (Ovirt, Proxmox, Ceph Cluster, MinIO) and private cloud.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of CI/CD DevOps pipelines (GitLab, GitFlow) to support development process (Artifactory, Prometheus, Istio, service mesh, Helm Chart, OpenShift (Red Hat Enterprise) / Kubernetes cluster), Red Hat Satellite.
- Administration, setup, monitoring and patching of Linux infrastructure based on Red Hat Enterprise for Dev, Test and QA.
- Use of Scrum and Kanban methods.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of security standards for deploying on Dev, Test, QA and Prod stages of the new ePA applications.
- Development of new plugins and add-ons needed on current infrastructure.
- Database support.
- Data analytics support (Python, Spark, Pandas, Power BI, Splunk Enterprise).
- Implementation of best practices for DevSecOps and BizDevOps using GitOps (ArgoCD), Streamlit framework, Semaphore Ansible UI.
- Configuration and testing of iperf, uperf, sysbench using benchmark-operator for external source data and IoT/MDM devices, creating reports via ELK / OpenSearch.
- Building a new Databricks platform to collect and analyze big data from different sources and IoT devices into Hadoop framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Power BI, Apache Airflow).
- Building backend data aggregation and processing to automate configuration deployment between different OpenShift clusters and big data framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Django 2, Ansible Automation, Jira JSM).
- Building a new ML pipeline platform using Kubeflow, TensorFlow, KServe.
- Data extraction, transformation and loading from different data sources including structured and unstructured data to analytic DWH / big data cluster using Python, Pandas, Polars, Power BI, Django backend and PostgreSQL.
- Setup of new DevOps Test and QA HashiCorp Vault cluster for PKI and IAM.
- Configuration and testing of automated patching based on CVSS score, SIEM-integrated CVEs.
- Use of Nexpose and InsightVM to scan vulnerability events in network, host, container and application.
- Design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS architectures including VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and Route53 and similar setups on Azure and GCP.
- Automated system provisioning and deployment using CloudFormation templates.
- Configuration of IAM roles, policies and permissions to ensure secure access control.
- Patch management, backup automation and disaster recovery setup on AWS infrastructure.
- Monitoring and optimization of system performance using AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
- Support of VMware services (vSphere, Aria, Horizon) and the virtual desktop environment.
- Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline with interface to Nutanix.
- Configuration of AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system events.
- Planning and execution of migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud platforms.
- Deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS environments.
- Deployment of internal software packages between availability zones using AWS CodeDeploy.
- Building and deploying ML models using Scikit-learn, XGBoost and Spark MLlib including hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation and production deployment.
Daniel Knirsch
Last position:
Project planning and implementation of a 95 kWp PV system at Asset management company
- Analysis of technical and economic feasibility
- Creation of a detailed project plan including time and resource management
- Requesting and evaluating offers, selecting components, and managing suppliers
- Coordination of all involved trades (e.g. electricians, installation companies)
- Monitoring the construction work and ensuring deadlines, budgets, and quality standards are met
- Acceptance and commissioning of the PV system including documentation
- After project completion: optimizing monitoring and supporting grid connection
Kai Sieveke
Last position:
Demand Manager, Analyst, Process Consultant
- Integrating system architecture, business analysis, requirements engineering, and process consulting
- Managing business unit needs toward IT and implementation
- Capturing requirements in JIRA and breaking them down into epics
- Overseeing internal projects and programs, including stakeholder management and reporting
- Handling requirements from traditional IT developments to IoT integrations and SAP subsystem replacements
- Implementing current legal regulations (MAKO, EnWG, EEG, GWG, StromGVV, GasGVV, StromNEV, GasNEV)
- Applying agile methods (Agile, SAFe, ITIL, Scrum, Kanban, DDD, IaC, CI/CD, DevOps, automation, ETL, OOA, OOD, MDA, BPMN, BPM, UML, marketing automation, data science, ML, AI, GenAI, LLMs)
- Using tools like JIRA, SharePoint, MS Office, MS Project, MS Dyn CRM, VMware ESX/ESXi, BSI IT-Grundschutz, BSI C5, NIST, MS Azure, Typo3, mail automation, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenStack, OpenShift, Terraform, Ansible, SQL, REST, SOAP, Git, GitLab, LoRaWAN, SAP IS-U, S/4HANA, USU, KUGU, AbSys, sensors, MQTT
Alexander Vitanyi
Last position:
Product Owner at FI-TS
- Rebuilding an existing cloud solution with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, GitLab, Argo CD and PostgreSQL
- Coordinating and managing external partners and service providers
- Ensuring service delivery on time and on budget with budget responsibility
- Integrating the cloud solution with external public clouds (AWS)
- Setting up and defining processes and workflows in Jira and Confluence
- Product management of software development for automation and self-service in CI/CD DevOps mode
- Agile software development with Kanban and Scrum in various development teams
- Single point of contact for key customers in respective projects
- Creating and aligning the product backlog with stakeholders from sales, architecture, development teams, marketing, management and customers
- Migrating existing customers to the AWS cloud as product owner
- Creating and aligning a product roadmap with internal and external stakeholders
Pierre Gronau
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
Matthias Lepka
Last position:
Head of IT System Architecture at Internal IT service provider
- Industry: metal processing industry
- Revenue: 740 million EUR
- Employees: 4,400
- Budget: 7 million EUR, 15 staff
- Designing and operating technical services
- Ensuring IT security
- Managing the central support organization (first, second, and third level)
- Digital transformation: strategic support / project management for OT platform and OT security
- Developing and introducing ITIL processes (incident management, problem management, service request fulfillment, change management, access management, service level management)
- Supporting and coordinating external service providers (provider management)
- Project management: planning and delivering IT services for a new main plant
- Promoting IT-OT convergence / OT asset management / OT security
- Organization: mediating and supporting reorganization
Achievements:
- Improving IT operations maturity (introducing and stabilizing processes, KPIs, ensuring transition)
- Replacing the ticket system with ServiceNow
- Stabilizing and developing IT security / ensuring resilience
- Successfully introducing OT segmentation (architecture, remote access control, micro-segmentation, OT asset management)
- Supporting introduction of manufacturing execution system (technical services / SaaS provider management)
- Integrating foreign sites (rollout of central IT services)
- Migrating on-premises server environment to MS Azure
- Rolling out Windows 11
- Supporting migration of on-premises SAP environment to SAP RISE
- Creating planning basis for IT network infrastructure of the new main plant
- Planning web shop
- Organizational development "From Operating to Designing" (target SIAM organization)
- Supporting BCM
Adrian Hollay
Last position:
Interim Consultant for Oracle Database Migrations to the AWS Cloud at Bank Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe GmbH
- Migration of Oracle databases from on-premise to the AWS Cloud
- Support for technical Oracle solutions and cloud database infrastructures (IaaS and PaaS) RDS vs. EC2, sizing for performance
- Creation and maintenance of DR/HA (Disaster Recovery/High Availability) and backup and recovery policies and procedures (multi-region backup)
- Support for Oracle license selection, Enterprise → Standard migration
- Monitoring database instances
- Implementation and maintenance of database security (wallet, SSL)
- Patch management and version control
- Automated installation and configuration of Oracle databases using Terraform and Ansible
Fabian Fischer
Last position:
Head of IT Infrastructure at Carthago Reisemobilbau GmbH
- Personal and professional leadership of a team of 14 employees at three locations
- Responsibility for the IT infrastructure (clients, servers, storage, network, and security) and the IT service desk for the entire group
- Designing an innovative IT infrastructure and ensuring compliance
- Budget responsibility
- Requirements management
- IT governance (strategy, ITIL, management, security, cost controlling)
- Planning and implementing measures to modernize, expand, and standardize IT systems
- Ensuring disruption-free IT operations and scalability of the IT infrastructure
- Risk management, including designing and implementing disaster recovery plans
- Trainer for all IT specialist apprentices
- Planning and implementing the entire IT infrastructure of a new production plant
Hakan Kücük
Last position:
IT-Management & Administration at Freiberufliche IT-Dienstleistung
- Hybrid Cloud Administration (Cloud Transformation)
- Azure Cloud Administration
- Azure Entra ID user administration
- Reporting
- License reviews
- User and group management
- RBAC integration
- Policy management
- VM administration: setup of VMs, configuration of scale sets, configuration of replications, creation of backups, manual installation
- Azure Bastion
- Privileged access identity management
- Documentation
- Azure Security Center: monitoring security posture and recommendations to improve security
- Microsoft 365 administration: MS Intune administration (Bitlocker policies, distribution, device management, group management)
- MS365 Defender (Defender for Endpoint, threat management, EDR solution implementation, threat detection through investigations)
- Defender for Office 365 (protection of Office 365 tools against phishing, malware, and other attacks)
- Defender for Identity (identification, activity monitoring)
- Defender for Cloud Apps (application monitoring and protection)
- Windows Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, policies, Baramundi, SCCM/MECM, VMware, WSUS, Sophos
- Exchange administration: rule creation, setup and deployment of mailboxes, mailbox migration, mail tracking, mailbox conversion, report generation
- Windows AD administration: user management across the structure, device management, attribute management, group management, organizational management, troubleshooting
- Group Policy management: modifying, deleting or creating policies, assigning and organizing policies, documentation and reporting
- Manual installation & imaging: new imaging, image creation, manual maintenance and updates, documentation of various enterprise applications
- Bitlocker configuration, BIOS and firmware configuration, troubleshooting and collaboration with level 3 support, MBSA reporting, WSUS monitoring, system and event management, troubleshooting across the IT infrastructure
- Network management (including SWIFT network): MAC address filtering, network switch configuration, port management, switch patching
- VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter administration: VM management, troubleshooting, virtualization solutions, updates and maintenance
- Virtualization & cloud: Azure, Citrix, VMware, VirtualBox, ESXi, Hyper-V, VMware AHV, vulnerability management, migrations
- Identifying, assessing and remediating security vulnerabilities on hybrid endpoints through regular vulnerability assessments and patch management
- Backup & recovery: Teams administration, data migration, SAN, SharePoint administration, NAS, Exchange administration, cloud backup: policy creation, mailbox migration
- IT security: firewall, antivirus, Azure, MS365 Security Defender: monitoring, mailbox setup and implementation, mail tracking, mailbox conversion, report generation
- IT service management: team meetings, report analysis, documentation, analysis
- Other: monitoring progress against goals, ServiceNow, HPSM, prioritizing activities, JIRA, MS365, integration of requested projects, MDM, TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Adobe, PowerShell, CLI, CMD
- IT service desk: Exchange, JIRA org administration, SCCM shell: user management, device management, project management, ticket reviews, user training, ticket handling, change management, permission management, VIP support
- Facility management: coordination with building management/technical teams, organizing technology for conferences, guest access, employee access
- Nutanix/VMware administration: provisioning and setup of Nutanix clusters, installation and configuration of Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi & Hyper-V, infrastructure maintenance and operations, upgrades and patches for Nutanix clusters, planning and implementing backup solutions, installation and configuration of VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter servers, hybrid environments
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Statistics of experts using Nutanix
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
20
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
63%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Certifications per freelancer
10
Most common languages
German, English, Hebrew
Speak two or more languages
91%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Nutanix
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
Nutanix in practice
Nutanix is used to run private cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure on one software stack. Companies bring in specialists to build clusters, migrate workloads, and simplify day-to-day operations across virtualized environments.
Typical work
- Cluster setup and expansion
- AHV, Prism, and storage tuning
- Migration from VMware-based estates
- Backup, recovery, and lifecycle tasks
- Troubleshooting performance or resilience issues
Ecosystem fit
Nutanix often sits in environments that also use VMware, Windows Server, Linux, Citrix, and common backup or monitoring tools. Strong professionals understand how compute, storage, and networking interact so the platform stays stable under real workloads.
When experts help
Companies usually seek freelance help during migrations, platform refreshes, datacenter consolidation, or incident recovery. In Germany, this often matters where operations must stay close to on-prem systems, local teams, and clear documentation for handover.
What strong specialists do
Good Nutanix specialists work cleanly across architecture, operations, and support. They document changes, verify failover paths, and keep the platform easy to maintain.
They also know where Acropolis Hypervisor, Prism Central, and cloud integration fit in the stack.
Signals to hire
- Slow storage or uneven cluster performance
- A move from legacy virtualization to Nutanix
- Need for clearer operations and runbooks
- Recovery gaps after change or outage
- Support for hybrid or multi-site designs
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Nutanix? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Nutanix is used to run private cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure on a shared software layer. Companies rely on it for cluster-based workloads, centralized operations, and easier storage management across on-prem systems.
Nutanix is often considered when teams want a simpler operational model than a traditional VMware stack. The best choice depends on the existing estate, migration path, and how much the company wants to change around storage, hypervisor, and management tooling.
A strong Nutanix specialist usually understands virtualization, storage, networking, Linux or Windows server work, and backup tools. Experience with AHV, Prism, and migration planning is especially useful when the platform is part of a larger infrastructure change.
A small operational task may need someone who knows the platform well enough to make safe changes and verify the result. A migration or cluster redesign needs deeper experience, especially if the company depends on the environment for production workloads.
Most Nutanix work can be done remotely if access, change windows, and documentation are clear. On-site support helps when hardware, cabling, or handover with local operations teams is part of the task, which is common in Germany-based environments.
No. Nutanix is the broader platform, while AHV is its hypervisor and Prism is the management layer. Many companies ask for all three because they need someone who can operate the full stack, not just one part of it.
Look for clean change planning, clear documentation, and proof that the specialist can explain cluster behavior in plain language. A good Nutanix freelancer should show practical work on performance, resilience, upgrades, and recovery, not just product familiarity.
Common Nutanix projects include platform setup, workload migration, troubleshooting, upgrade planning, and support for hybrid infrastructure. Teams also bring in specialists for Prism operations, AHV adoption, and consolidation of older virtualized environments.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Nutanix in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 857 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Nutanix in their recent projects, 63% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 63% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Nutanix in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Nutanix in their recent projects are German (100%), English (91%), and Hebrew (9%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Nutanix in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (73%), and Government and Administration (73%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Nutanix in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (100%), and Operations (73%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Nutanix
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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