OpenStack Experts in Berlin
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Berlin, who have recently used OpenStack
Joerg S.
Last position:
Various short-term CTO, Enterprise Architecture Advisory for companies at various
Support for Transformation Projects:
- Expert CTO advisory and enterprise architecture consulting for several short-term transformation projects, ensuring measurable improvements in project outcomes and technical business alignment.
- Supporting strategic IT initiatives for diverse clients, driving digital transformation and optimizing technology operations to increase business value and operational efficiency.
André B.
Last position:
External Attack Surface Assessment & Cybersecurity Readiness Checks at Graydaxe Cybersecurity GmbH
- Conducting cybersecurity readiness checks based on an in-house assessment methodology
- Analyzing the external attack surface using the Graydaxe EASM platform
- Assessing maturity levels and deriving prioritized recommendations for action
Christopher M.
Last position:
Mobile & Full-Stack Engineer at Propstack GmbH
- Refactored the mobile app by reimplementing stores, models, API client, screens and components using Typescript
- Added performant on-device storage for stores as preparation for offline mode
- Integrated RNUILib to achieve a minimal and modern UI design quickly
- Implemented native packages to provide additional features such as displaying of caller IDs
- Planned feature development and UX improvements following initial refactoring and redesign
Amit V.
Last position:
Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker) at Security Research Labs (SRLabs)
- Led telecom security testing team & SOC deployments across Tier-1 carriers; reduced critical vulnerabilities by 30%.
- Conducted 5G/O-RAN fuzzing, penetration testing, and vulnerability research (basebands, RAN, core).
- Designed testbeds for protocol fuzzing (AFL++, LibAFL) on 5G stacks.
- delivered client workshops on secure telecom with AI assisted workflows.
- Researched AI-driven SOC and penetration testing (LLMs for log triage, anomaly detection, adversarial monitoring).
Daniel S.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer / Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at ComputerStack GmbH
- Provisioned a Kubernetes platform on Open Telekom Cloud CCE with comprehensive network isolation
- Built a VPC architecture with public, private, and data subnets
- Integrated managed services: RDS PostgreSQL, DCS Redis, DMS Apache Kafka
- Implemented monitoring with Cloud Eye and Log Tank Service
IMPACT: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer delivered a production-ready platform in 5 days with full network security isolation
Christian R.
Last position:
Freelance Data Engineer at Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container
- Contributed to over 20 successful projects
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Statistics of experts using OpenStack
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years (Germany: 21 years)
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
10 (Germany: 15)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Legal, Sales
Bachelor's degree or higher
50% (Germany: 78%)
Master's degree or higher
17% (Germany: 53%)
Certifications per freelancer
3 (Germany: 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 Berlin 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 Berlin using OpenStack
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.
OpenStack 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 (100%)
- Professional Services (67%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Construction (33%)
- Telecommunication (33%)
- Aerospace and Defense (17%)
- Agriculture (17%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Private cloud foundations
OpenStack is an open-source cloud platform for building and operating private or sovereign infrastructure. Its services provide compute, networking, storage, identity and image management through a consistent cloud model. Companies use it for controlled environments, internal platforms and workloads that need more flexibility than a public cloud account.
Core services
The platform is assembled from services that can be adapted to a company’s operating model. Nova manages compute, Neutron handles software-defined networking, and Keystone provides identity and access control. Cinder, Swift and Glance cover block storage, object storage and images, while Horizon offers a web interface and OpenStack APIs support automation.
Ecosystem and tooling
OpenStack specialists work across Linux, KVM, Ceph, Ansible and Terraform. They may also use Helm, Kubernetes and Magnum when cloud infrastructure must support container workloads. Familiarity with RabbitMQ, MariaDB, HAProxy, Prometheus and Grafana helps teams operate the control plane and diagnose service dependencies.
- Design compute, network and storage architecture
- Deploy with Kolla-Ansible, OpenStack-Ansible or DevStack
- Integrate identity, monitoring and backup workflows
- Connect OpenStack infrastructure with Kubernetes
When to bring in specialists
Freelance expertise is useful when a team is moving from evaluation to production, modernising an aging private cloud or preparing a new region. Specialists can review capacity, plan upgrades, resolve networking or storage issues and document repeatable operations. In Berlin, on-site workshops can complement remote delivery for organisations with complex infrastructure teams.
Delivery and operations
Strong professionals understand more than individual services. They create reliable deployment pipelines, define failure domains, secure tenants and quotas, and test recovery procedures. They also know how to manage rolling upgrades, API compatibility, certificates and secrets without disrupting workloads. Clear runbooks make the environment maintainable after handover.
Choosing the right expert
Look for evidence of production OpenStack work across the services your project depends on, not only a lab installation. Ask how the professional approaches architecture decisions, incident response, observability and upgrade risk. The best fit can explain trade-offs between OpenStack, public cloud and Kubernetes, communicate clearly with infrastructure and application teams, and collaborate remotely or in person in the language your Berlin team needs.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about OpenStack, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
OpenStack is used to build private and sovereign clouds for virtual machines, networks, block storage and object storage. Companies also use it as an infrastructure layer for container platforms, research workloads, telecom systems and internal application environments.
OpenStack gives organisations control over infrastructure, data placement, networking and service design. Public clouds usually offer a broader managed-service catalogue and less operational responsibility, while OpenStack can suit teams that need custom control or want to run cloud capabilities on their own hardware.
An OpenStack specialist commonly works with Linux, KVM, Ceph, Ansible, Terraform and software-defined networking. Kubernetes, identity management, observability, security hardening and database operations are also valuable when the cloud supports production applications.
A small proof of concept may need focused knowledge of deployment and core services. A production OpenStack cloud requires broader experience with high availability, capacity planning, upgrades, monitoring, security and recovery, especially when several teams depend on the environment.
Yes. OpenStack work is often delivered remotely through infrastructure repositories, secure access and documented runbooks. On-site sessions in Berlin can still help with hardware, network boundaries, architecture workshops or coordination with teams that manage physical infrastructure.
A strong OpenStack freelancer should provide an architecture decision record, service topology, security model, deployment approach and operational documentation. The engagement should also define monitoring, backup, upgrade and disaster-recovery procedures rather than stopping at an initial installation.
OpenStack can provide compute, network and storage resources for Kubernetes clusters. The combination works well when teams want cloud-style infrastructure control, but it requires careful design of networking, persistent storage, identity, load balancing and the operational boundary between both systems.
Ask the OpenStack expert to describe a real incident, upgrade or scaling decision and explain the trade-offs involved. Check whether they can reason across Nova, Neutron, storage, identity and automation, and whether they leave behind clear tests, dashboards and runbooks.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenStack in their recent projects is 122 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 974 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenStack in their recent projects, 50% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 17% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenStack in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenStack in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenStack in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Professional Services (67%), and Automotive (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenStack in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used OpenStack
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