openSUSE Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used openSUSE
Ornel Franck W.
Last position:
Sales Partner at ERGO PRO
- Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
- Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
- Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
- Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
Gerhard K.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager and Site Manager at HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH
- Construction of the data center in Oberkochen (Defence area)
- Planning of the fiber-optic ring, simulation of Wifi coverage
- Installation plan for WAN and LAN cables for office and production (infrastructure)
- Adaptation of the SAP system (R3) for the Oberkochen site (software)
- IT transformation of the SAP system to SAP HANA
- Planning of network infrastructure and server technologies in the SAP environment
- Pré-Sales support and establishment of change management
- Independent coordination of Utilities according to Time, Budget and Quality
- Mapping of the project in MS-Projekt and SERVICENow
- Development and design of hardware and software
- Demand management and portfolio management
- Establishment of a risk register and migration plan
- Preparation of documents supporting payment in coordination with the responsible financial and commercial functions
- Budget: 5 Mio. - 34 FTE
Michael K.
Last position:
DevOps, Linux Administrator, Infrastructure, Security at ERGO / ITErgo
- Installation, planning, maintenance and further development of the server farm in the area of hardware and software
- Migration of live systems with minimized downtime
- Processing tickets and changes in daily business
- Documentation of changes and processes in Confluence
- Test runs in the development environment
- Configuration and administration of Linux systems
- Configuration and administration of backup systems (Dell Networker, DataDomain)
- Administration of the Checkpoint firewall
Andreas I.
Last position:
Cybersecurity Specialist Assessor at Bundesnetzagentur
- Recognition of national notified bodies
- Preparation of cybersecurity competency reports
- EU Radio Equipment Directive
David B.
Last position:
Acting Partner at Bliestal Consulting UG
- Redesigning cablewise infrastructure with CAT 8.1 keystones, measuring the speed and quality of the new installation with Pockethernet, documentation at a local saddlery
- CAT 8.1 installation and building a data center, site linking, VPN and VLAN configuration for a local car dealership, implementation of IT-Security standards like virus protection (G Data) and firewalling (OPNSense)
- Relocation of a tax office with redesign of the IT infrastructure, virus protection (G Data) and backup solutions (QNAP)
- Planning, conception and implementation of an inhouse data center, BSI-compliant for commercial laundry (including Proxmox-based virtualization of existing infrastructures, QNAP, G Data, OPNSense, APC)
- Implementation and conception of security solutions in the SME sector
- Collaboration on the IT-security concept for the Bremen network of authorities (in the dLAN network)
- Creation of IT-security concept VOIS (modules MESO, KFZ/iKFZ) including audit preparation for KBA
- Expansion of the IT-security concept for the online service for electronic residence registration (eWA) to include use as an eFA (one-for-all) service (nationwide)
- Expansion of the IT-security concept to include modules wos & wvp
- Concept development for the implementation of DIN SPEC 27076 at MSEs and SMEs
- Creation and evaluation of emergency concepts
- Creation and evaluation of response actions and BCM plans
- Assessment of existing business continuity management (ISO 22301)
- Development of BCM strategy options
- Conducting awareness training
Delly F.
Last position:
Dad of 2 daughters at Family
Markus K.
Last position:
Administration / Support at Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung
- Operation and development support (Linux, Tomcat)
- Web release builds with Jenkins and deployment
- Monitoring and operation planning
- Support for Online Access Act (OZG)
- Data queries and corrections in Oracle SQL via CloudBeaver and Rundeck
- Keycloak administration
- Regression testing and documentation in Jira
- Development of complex address database with MS Access/VBA
- Creation of documentation and guides in XWiki
Otto H.
Last position:
Ubuntu Linux System Support at Self-employed
- Linux system support for clients in an enterprise DevOps environment
- Bash shell scripting
- Git
- SaltStack
- Foreman
- Podman/Docker
- Jira
- Confluence
- Daily Scrum meetings
Adrian H.
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
Rüdiger K.
Last position:
Data Analyst and Reporting Manager at Energieversroger
Implemented Power BI reporting for various departments at an energy provider. Agile project: responsible for organizing and coordinating with departments and IT, and regularly presented interim steps and results to project management.
Christian R.
Last position:
Freelance Data Engineer at Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container
- Contributed to over 20 successful projects
Igor P.
Last position:
Senior Frontend Developer at Objego GmbH
Within the project, Objego's digital platform for real estate management was further developed.
Further development of various software modules within the application.
Continuous improvement and optimization of existing functionalities to enhance performance and user experience.
Design and implementation of unit tests to ensure code quality and stability.
Close collaboration with the QA team to quickly fix bugs.
Implementation of new features in coordination with stakeholders and end users.
Active member of the Scrum team with a focus on agile methods and continuous improvement of the software.
Technologies: Angular 16/17, Material, Angular CDK, Angular Elements, Nx, NgRx, NgNeat, NgX-Translate, NgX-Charts, NgX-Lottie, NgX-Markdown, Sentry, Azure AI Form Recognizer, Lodash, Dayjs, Flatpickr, Lottie-Web, Mixpanel, RxJS, Prettier, ESLint, Webpack, Cypress, Playwright, Jest, Husky, TypeScript, Node.js, Zone.js, Docker, Spring Boot, Git, Figma, Figma Token, Storybook, Jira, Confluence, Atlassian, Gitlab CI/CD, Codecov, Custom Design System, Mockoon.
Wolfgang B.
Last position:
Freelancer at Self-employed as a freelancer
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Statistics of experts using openSUSE
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Education, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Strategy, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
70%
Doctorate
20%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
92%
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 Germany 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 Germany using openSUSE
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.
openSUSE 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%)
- Education (54%)
- Manufacturing (54%)
- Government and Administration (54%)
- Banking and Finance (46%)
- Insurance (46%)
- Retail (46%)
- Telecommunication (46%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What openSUSE provides
openSUSE is a Linux distribution family maintained by the openSUSE community and closely connected to SUSE Linux Enterprise. Leap offers a stable base for servers, workstations and development environments, while Tumbleweed provides a continuously updated rolling release. Companies use it for reliable infrastructure, software delivery and technical workstations.
Editions and ecosystem
openSUSE professionals work across the distribution’s main editions and its broad package ecosystem. They select the right release model, configure repositories and manage RPM-based software with tools such as zypper, YaST and systemd. Their work may also include:
- Configuring openSUSE Leap servers and Tumbleweed workstations
- Managing packages, repositories, users, storage and networking
- Building repeatable environments with Ansible, Terraform or shell scripts
- Connecting Linux systems to containers, virtualization and cloud services
Typical delivery work
Projects often involve server provisioning, secure remote access, monitoring and backup design. Specialists also support development environments, build systems, container hosts and internal tools that need a dependable Linux foundation. They can standardize configurations across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful during a Linux migration, a release change or a major infrastructure refresh. It also helps when internal teams need temporary capacity for hardening, automation or troubleshooting. Common signals include:
- Inconsistent configurations across openSUSE machines
- Manual deployment, patching or recovery procedures
- A need to compare Leap stability with Tumbleweed flexibility
- Difficult integration with identity, storage, networks or CI systems
Skills that matter
Strong professionals understand Linux internals, networking, permissions, filesystems and service management. They can diagnose package conflicts, boot issues and performance problems without treating symptoms as the solution. Experience with Git, containers, virtualization, observability and infrastructure as code adds value when openSUSE is part of a wider platform.
Quality in practice
Good openSUSE work begins with clear operating requirements, documented decisions and a tested rollback path. Specialists should explain why they choose a release model, repository strategy or automation approach, then leave behind reproducible configuration and useful runbooks. For teams in Germany, remote collaboration works well when access, documentation and communication language are agreed early; on-site work may help with hardware or local network constraints.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about openSUSE? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Companies use openSUSE for Linux servers, technical workstations, development environments and infrastructure services. Leap suits teams that value a stable base, while Tumbleweed fits projects that need newer packages and frequent updates.
openSUSE stands out through YaST, strong system administration tooling and a choice between a stable release and a rolling release. Ubuntu and Debian may be preferred where existing support processes, package conventions or cloud images are already centered on them.
A strong openSUSE specialist should understand Linux networking, systemd, storage, security and shell scripting. Ansible, containers, virtualization, Git, monitoring and identity integration are useful when the distribution supports broader infrastructure.
The right level depends on the scope, not simply on the operating system. A workstation setup may need focused distribution knowledge, while production infrastructure calls for proven skills in automation, recovery planning, security and service operations.
Yes, much openSUSE work can be delivered remotely through secure access, documented changes and shared repositories. On-site collaboration can still be useful for hardware, restricted networks or environments that require physical access, and teams should agree on German or English communication early.
openSUSE Leap is usually a better fit when predictable updates and a stable operating base matter most. Tumbleweed is more suitable for development or technical teams that need current kernels, libraries and tools and can manage a faster update cycle.
Ask an openSUSE professional to explain release selection, repository management, security controls and rollback planning for the actual environment. Review documentation, automation quality, testing discipline and how clearly the specialist handles failure scenarios.
Before starting with openSUSE, clarify the edition, update policy, support expectations, access model and existing automation. It is also important to understand whether the environment connects to SUSE Linux Enterprise, containers, cloud services, identity systems or specialized hardware.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used openSUSE in their recent projects is 102 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 816 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used openSUSE in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 70% hold at least a Master's degree, and 20% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used openSUSE in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used openSUSE in their recent projects are German (100%), English (92%), and French (31%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used openSUSE in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Education (54%), and Manufacturing (54%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used openSUSE in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (69%), and Project Management (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used openSUSE
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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