Open Telekom Cloud Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Open Telekom Cloud
Marijn Scholtens
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Puls Security GmbH
Optimizing and acceleration of our Gitlab CI pipeline
Conceptual work for the PoC of the Zero Trust system
Extension of the policy-engine backend in Go
Extension of the policy-testing mechanism in Python
Architectural design of the PEP component of Zero Trust
Documentation of the product
Technologies: Zero Trust, Go, Python, Gitlab CI, Docker, JWT, Domain-Driven Design
Salim Chehab
Last position:
Cloud / Systems Architect
- Development and introduction of operational processes
- Preparation of complete documentation packages (including emergency management and operations) to meet compliance requirements
- Introduction of a workshop on IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Professional consulting for the project's security concept (ISMS)
- Installation and operation of Kubernetes clusters on AWS, on-prem, and Azure
- Design of hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem, Hetzner, AWS)
- Analysis and resolution of incidents and system outages
- Network changes to firewall rules, gateways, OpenVPN settings, and IPsec tunnel (pfSense)
- Professional consulting on BitBucket, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Consulting on Ansible deployments and infrastructure automation
- Consulting on building a scalable system in the cloud (AWS / Azure)
- Technologies / Tools: Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, VPN, pfSense, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, GitLab Runner, ISMS, Golang, Prometheus, Grafana, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Cognito, OIDC, Harbor, MinIO, Postgres, Redis, Keycloak, Ceph, Proxmox, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Flux CD, Hetzner, IONOS, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Entra ID, Dex IdP, Pulumi
Tezcan Dilshener
Last position:
Solution Architect / Project Manager at German Football Association
- Overall responsibility for the project lifecycle from scope definition to completion
- Close collaboration with platform teams, IT leaders, and external service providers
- Application of SAFe principles and structured sprint work
- Creation of a migration roadmap with clear milestones
- Monitoring of the lifecycle: onboarding, repository migration, replication of permissions, and system tests
- Visualization of the architecture with PlantUML and Gliffy as well as documentation in Confluence
- Regular status reports and running knowledge transfer sessions
Mimmo Nocera
Last position:
Consultant Controlling / MIS / SAP R/3 FI/CO at Freelance
- Consulting on complex IT, accounting, controlling, and business intelligence projects from the analysis phase through implementation to go-live support
- Work as consultant, project manager, and subproject manager
- Focus on business process analysis and implementation
- Controlling: sales, marketing, project, financial, and cost controlling
- Accounting: General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, asset accounting
- Implementation and training of SAP R/3 FI/CO
- Operational experience in controlling, sales, human resources, and commercial project management before my consulting work
Harald Kilian
Last position:
SAP MM, PP Consultant at FRT Metrology Camtek
Creation of Power BI management reports
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Power BI
Martin Zeller
Last position:
Interim Head of Internal Sales at Trepel Airport Equipment GmbH, Mafi Transport-Systeme GmbH
- Leading the Internal Sales and Sales Steering teams
- Change management
- Developing and appointing the Head of Internal Sales
- Clearing backlogs (inquiries, orders)
- Leading and taking part in several cross-functional projects
- Developing / implementing KPIs, deriving / initiating measures
- Further development of Hubspot CRM
- Reporting to the CSO
Florian Elke
Last position:
Lead Software Engineer
- In this role, I was responsible as Lead Software Engineer for automating various meat production lines.
- My focus was on developing highly available (High Availability) systems using C/C++.
- I also implemented and supported container orchestration with Kubernetes to ensure smooth and scalable production operations.
Christian Steinmetz
Last position:
Global Market Launch Project Manager at SMA Solar Technology AG
- Overall responsibility of the go-to-market strategy
- Conception, planning and coordination of the global market launch
- Development and implementation of an interface between marketing, portfolio management, sales, service and local dependencies in USA, Australia, Germany
- Leading the go-to-market team
Matthias Metzlaff
Last position:
Project Manager at HSBC
- Project manager for banking projects
Olga Methner
Last position:
Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG
- Implemented the BI solution and replaced the old BI landscape
- Led the “Sales Bonus Plan” subproject: expanded the existing solution and migrated to Azure (Databricks)
- Led the “Cognos Migration” subproject: expanded existing data warehouses based on MS technologies (source systems: Oracle), analyzed business requirements and designed the technical solution
- Expanded the relational DWH database
- Developed ETL processes using SSIS
- Developed the multidimensional database (OLAP Cubes/SSAS)
Stefan Jungjohann
Last position:
Lecturer in sales promotion at Westdeutsche Akademie für Kommunikation
Dirk Bremen
Last position:
Freelance Interim Management at BBI Health
- Acting MD Operations for two pharmaceutical wholesale companies (GDP-QP & GDP-RP).
- GDMP/WDL license within less than 6 months.
- Developed operational strategies, market access plans, and clinical trial setups.
- Led organizational restructuring, business planning, and contract management.
- Exclusive distribution rights for a novel device for FeNO testing in the DACH region.
Orhan Yazar
Last position:
SAP Senior Consultant OTC/MM/WM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce) at High-Technologie
- Support and consulting for the integration of SAP ECC into an SAP S/4HANA system, retirement of legacy systems, implementation, and process optimization in the new harmonized system
- Project implementation of S/4HANA Cloud Private & Public Sales & Services with SAP SCM/OTC/MM/LE/CS/PS, S/4HANA Cloud, CPI, BTP, EDI, IDOC, ABAP, User-Exit, SolMan, ITIL, SAP Cloud AL
- Customizing and optimization in OTC and MM, including condition maintenance, document type and item category extensions, integration with FI/CO, scheduling agreement configuration, material master and purchasing info record maintenance, release procedures, message control, and master data quality
- Ensuring integration of PTP with FI/CO, SD, and WM, process analysis, and efficiency improvement for the S/4HANA environment
- Process modeling in Signavio, workshops, and trainings
- 2nd & 3rd level support in OTC, MM, CS, PS, C4C Sales & Services, GTS, and MDG: incident and change tickets, feasibility analyses, service management, embedded analytics, customizing, tests, documentation, training, debugging, IDOC/EDI monitoring
- SAP S/4HANA migration: data migration, system harmonization, global rollouts, and template development
- ABAP development and optimization: reports, dialog programs, user exits, IDOC/EDI monitoring
Dieter Schraad
Last position:
Overall process responsibility for OTC including harmonization, target picture definition and governance / requirements and at Qiagen AG
- Transition from SAP ECC to S/4HANA in an international pharmaceutical environment
- Analyze & optimize SAP order-to-cash processes with focus on SAP SD, CS and GTS
- Ensure alignment of all process steps from order entry through delivery and billing to payment
- Define global end-to-end process standards
- Moderate goal conflicts between local units and the global model
- Prepare decision templates for management
- Evaluate process variants independent of system implementation
- Manage incidents, changes and requirements via Jira; use Confluence for central project documentation
- Support the setup of test management in Jira Xray
- Manage order processing, billing as well as subscription and milestone billing
- Improve receivables processes, integrate third-party tools and monitor metrics like cash cycle time and invoice accuracy
- Derive work packages and define milestones based on analysis
- Quality assurance in requirements management between business and IT service providers
- Prepare and moderate decision formats, management briefings and status meetings at the C-level
- Set up and maintain standardized reporting (status reports, milestone tracking, risk register)
- Ensure compliance with existing governance and reporting requirements
- Apply standards and methods in the pharmaceutical industry, including GxP and computer system validation (CSV)
Timo Schuhmann
Last position:
IT Project Manager / IT Demand Manager at Schuhmann IT-Consulting
- Managing (Scrum/agile) and monitoring IT projects, including project controlling, service provider management, reporting, risk management, and coordination of all parties
- Planning and supporting the go-live and hypercare phase
- Capturing, evaluating, and prioritizing requirements to plan and manage IT resources according to needs
- Supporting the implementation of CRIF for real-time decision-making in sales, fraud prevention, sanctions list checks, and scalable payment processes
- Preparing status and decision templates for board-level presentations
- Planning and managing IT projects for the introduction, optimization, or migration of e-commerce systems (e.g., shop systems, payment integration, order-to-cash)
- Coordinating interdisciplinary teams from development, UX/UI, marketing, and logistics to deliver project goals on time
- Conducting requirements analysis and creating technical specifications in close coordination with stakeholders and external providers
- Ensuring quality, performance, and security of e-commerce platforms through testing, monitoring, and continuous improvements
- Organizing meetings with stakeholders, e.g., demand thinking, warm-up, impact board, program planning
- Managing demand control and prioritization as well as DMP controlling and communicating results from the impact board and KPI analysis
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Statistics of experts using Open Telekom Cloud
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.5 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
81%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
12%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 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 Open Telekom Cloud
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
What it is
Open Telekom Cloud is Deutsche Telekom’s public cloud for European workloads. Companies use it for virtual machines, networking, object storage, managed Kubernetes, and enterprise cloud setups with data residency in mind. OTC is also a common search term for the same platform.
Typical work
- Cloud setup and landing zones
- Network design, security groups, and IAM
- Kubernetes, containers, and automation
- Migration from VMware or other cloud stacks
- Monitoring, backup, and recovery plans
Strong skills
Good specialists know the OpenStack-based service model behind Open Telekom Cloud and can work with APIs, CLI tools, and infrastructure as code. They should understand Linux, networking, identity, and operational cleanup after go-live. Clear documentation matters as much as build work.
When to bring help
Bring in freelance expertise when a project needs a fast cloud start, a migration, or a second pair of hands for a complex setup. It also helps when internal teams need support for security reviews, cost control, or platform standardization. In Germany, many teams want experts who can align with local stakeholders and work comfortably in English or German.
Ecosystem
Open Telekom Cloud projects often touch:
- ECS, OBS, VPC, and ELB
- Managed Kubernetes and container tooling
- Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines
- Logging, metrics, and alerting
- Backup, disaster recovery, and rollout planning
What good specialists deliver
A strong Open Telekom Cloud professional leaves behind a cloud environment that is secure, repeatable, and easy to operate. Look for people who can explain trade-offs, write clean automation, and hand over a setup that your team can maintain without guesswork.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Open Telekom Cloud.
Open Telekom Cloud is used to run virtual servers, private networks, storage, and Kubernetes-based workloads in a managed cloud environment. Companies choose it for enterprise applications, migration projects, and setups that need a European cloud provider with clear infrastructure controls.
Yes, Open Telekom Cloud is often shortened to OTC. Searchers may use either name when looking for specialists, especially for cloud migration, network setup, or Kubernetes work on the platform.
Open Telekom Cloud is usually evaluated for its OpenStack foundation, European operating model, and enterprise cloud services rather than for the broadest global service catalog. Teams often compare it with AWS or Azure when they want a cloud that fits specific compliance, data residency, or existing OpenStack skills.
A strong Open Telekom Cloud expert usually also knows Linux, networking, IAM, Terraform, Ansible, and container tooling. For many projects, Kubernetes, backup design, and monitoring are just as important as the core cloud services.
For Open Telekom Cloud, a specialist can start quickly if the target architecture, security rules, and network boundaries are clear. More complex migrations need access to the current setup, dependency lists, and a defined rollout path before delivery work begins.
Yes, most Open Telekom Cloud work can be delivered remotely because it relies on cloud consoles, APIs, and automation. On-site time only becomes useful when workshops, stakeholder alignment, or sensitive migration steps need tighter coordination, such as in Germany-based teams with mixed internal and external contributors.
A good Open Telekom Cloud professional talks clearly about network design, identity, automation, and operational handover. Look for someone who has shipped real environments, can explain decisions without jargon, and understands how to keep the setup stable after launch.
Open Telekom Cloud support is common in migrations from older virtualized environments, new platform builds, Kubernetes rollouts, and security hardening work. It also comes up when a company needs help standardizing cloud operations or documenting an existing setup for the next team.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Open Telekom Cloud in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 932 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Open Telekom Cloud in their recent projects, 81% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 12% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Open Telekom Cloud in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Open Telekom Cloud in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Open Telekom Cloud in their recent projects are Information Technology (61%), Banking and Finance (49%), and Manufacturing (39%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Open Telekom Cloud in their recent projects are Project Management (88%), Information Technology (81%), and Product Development (61%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Open Telekom Cloud
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.
Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg 
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