Oracle Database Experts in Zurich
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Marco S.
Last position:
Business Analyst, Data Warehouse Developer at NRW.Bank
Business analysis for risk controlling.
Development of a data warehouse based on MS SQL Server with data from the FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Platform (formerly Front Arena).
Implementation of ETL and transformation logic with T-SQL and Python (Jinja2 template engine).
Modeling and automation of data structures with Data Vault.
Creation of reporting and analysis reports with Microsoft Power BI, including user training and implementation.
Mohamad K.
Last position:
Senior Backend Developer at Standing on Giants
- Led architecture and end-to-end engineering delivery for community-driven SaaS platforms serving 2M+ monthly active users.
- Architected and led the migration of a monolithic Python/FastAPI and PostgreSQL database and LangChain with codebase to an event-driven microservices architecture on AWS EKS, sustaining 10x traffic growth from ~150 RPS to 1,500+ RPS with zero re-architecture cycles.
- Defined and enforced engineering standards across services including API contracts, observability baselines, and deployment topology, reducing production incidents by 55% and MTTR from 2 hours to under 25 minutes within 9 months.
- Redesigned the caching and query layer using multi-tier Redis caching and database indexing/partitioning, cutting p95 API latency from 850ms to 180ms (78% reduction) and database CPU load by 45%.
- Built CI/CD platform on GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS) with blue-green and canary rollouts, increasing deployment frequency from ~2/month to 8-12/day and reducing lead time from 10 days to under 6 hours.
- Implemented contract testing, automated load testing, and observability SLOs using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, raising platform availability from 99.5% to 99.95% (10x reduction in error budget burn).
- Led and grew a cross-functional team of 8 engineers across backend, frontend, and DevOps, scaling headcount from 4 to 8 with 85% retention; owned hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development.
- Partnered with Product, Design, and Client Success leadership as primary technical decision-maker; translated business goals into technical roadmaps and drove build-vs-buy decisions on authentication, search, and AI tooling.
- Introduced AI-assisted development workflows including automated code review and a RAG-based internal knowledge assistant using Graph (GraphRAG, Neo4J), increasing sprint throughput by 30% across two quarters.
- Owned incident command and production support rotation; established runbooks, postmortem culture, and on-call SLOs, reducing weekend paging incidents by 70%.
- Developed and optimized Algorithms using python libraries like Numpy and Pandas.
Peter W.
Last position:
IT Consultant at WYP-Consulting
Piotr S.
Last position:
CTO Program Manager, Theme Owner / Senior Project Manager at Avaloq Group AG
- Clients: Central banks of the most developed economies in the world, German, Swiss, Luxembourgish, Monegasque, Singaporean, Japanese wealth managers and universal/private banks, world’s largest investment banks
- Accountable for managing the delivery of a portfolio of digital wealth and consumer relationship management initiatives
- Project managing portfolios of projects within CTO product and technology business area (cyber security, architectural changes, re-organisational transformation, 3rd party apps)
- Products: Kernel & Parametrisation for Core Avaloq Banking Platform; modules: CRM, client data management, wealth management, portfolio management (generating over 90% of company revenues)
- Key responsibilities:
- Reporting to Head of Disruptive Innovation Division; stakeholder to five product owners & two domain owners
- Accountable for delivery of annual themes and quarterly key deliverables
- Managing demand vs supply via QBR process: book of work, execution, reporting, risk management
- Directly managing around 40 external consultants (front-end/back-end engineers, BAs, designers)
- Hiring and managing resources in eight countries
- Running quarterly divisional closure meetings presenting achievements and challenges
- Resolving cross-team dependencies and internal/external conflicts
- Owning and controlling maintenance budget; planning, forecasting, execution; ensuring demand matches supply
- Identifying and staffing key roles with chapter leads
- Approach: Agile, Scrum of Scrums, QBR/OKRs
- Technology: Angular, PL/SQL, JavaScript, Confluence, JIRA (JQL)
Bojan A.
Last position:
Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education
- Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
- 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
- Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
Roland A.
Last position:
Project Manager and Senior Business Analyst at Init Services GmbH
- Project management: Implementation of SAP & EBX integration for master and reference data management and led development of AI supported services for data management and privacy-oriented solutions
- Business analysis: Executed in-depth requirement gathering and data analyzes for MDM implementation, supported service integration using REST APIs to enhance service interoperability, led the requirement gathering, analysis, and implementation of agent-based AI services
- Technologies: SAP BP & FICO & MM, Tibco EBX, n8n, custom AI development in Java, Python, RDBMS, cloud
Daniel S.
Last position:
Senior Manager at devpoint GmbH
- Design and co-implementation of an insolvency management platform in Germany for a client (based on an AI development tool)
- Concept, requirements engineering, and implementation support for a Dubai-based company to integrate processes into a CRM
- Business analysis and requirements engineering at Swisscom for integrations
- Integration of a new knowledge management system into the business processes at Swisscom AG – REST API definition
- Project manager, consultant, and sparring partner for the realignment/process digitalization at GIB Solutions AG
- Process designer and prototype for an AI-based real estate marketing system in Dubai
- Interim head of the ICT department at a telecom company, reorganizing and optimizing processes with a team of 5 at GIB Solutions AG
- Agile requirements engineer / external PO for a web-based solution for the German company DEHN AG
- Project management and consulting for the existing marketing and campaign planning solution at Swisscom AG
- Building the ALoHA nearshore offering at devpoint
Ahmed R.
Last position:
AI & Automation Engineer at Teosek GmbH
- Build prototypes, expand AI skills, and practical application in a startup context.
- Transition phase: further training in prompt engineering, APIs, AI, working on independent prototype projects, and collaborating at a friend's startup.
- Technologies: LangChain, REST, Python, Java, JS, TS, Node.
Christian B.
Last position:
Principal Business Acceleration & Advisory at Xebia
- Building productivity solutions for backoffice functions including case management and automated workflows in insurance
- Integration of GenAI functionality in operational processes for efficiency based on measurable KPIs
- Successfully delivering integration and data projects with agile methodology in requirements engineering, cloud native development and computing, software development, data analytics, quality management and technical documentation
- Coaching and advising clients for adoption of technologies such as use case identification, organizational impact assessment and building a business case for investments
- Advising clients on cost optimization through IT carve out and outsourcing of software product engineering
- Technologies: Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, GitHub Co-Pilot, Agile/SAFe
Claus N.
Last position:
Oracle Database Engineer at BBV.ch
- Migration of databases from ODA to ExaData
- Migration of databases from ExaData to ExaCC/OCI
- Decreased UCC usage by 10%
- Developing automation scripts using Python
- Performance tuning
- Shrunk development databases from 6 TB to 3 TB using Exadata columnar compression
- Tuned application performance by 30% using inmemory option
- Tuned non-production Exadata by 20% to release CPU resources before ExaCC migration
- Database patching of Oracle 19c
- Basic Ansible scripting for deployments and database cloning
- Developing acconting model for shared Oracle platform
- Migrating single-instance databases to Oracle RAC
- Analysis of RAC issues
- Advising development teams of how to migrate to RAC
Dariusz K.
Last position:
Business System Analyst at Zurich Insurance
Participating in a strategic enterprise project to introduce a centralized customer data platform ("Single Source of Truth") to eliminate redundant data storage and accelerate digital services
Analyzing and documenting business and system requirements for migrating large, heterogeneous data sets (ETL) and for continuous data synchronization between core systems and the new platform
Close collaboration with business units, data engineers and architects to gather and validate requirements, and to ensure data quality, consistency and regulatory compliance
Defining the migration strategy, specifying ETL processes and synchronization mechanisms, and documenting technical interfaces
Developing and executing test cases for migration and synchronization processes, and performing defect analysis to ensure data integrity and system stability
Technologies: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Confluence, UML, RESTful Services, Swagger, Postman
Csaba K.
Last position:
ServiceNow Consultant at DXC
- Worked in mixed teams with several clients
- Performed requirement engineering, proposal and time estimation
- Developed ACLs, business rules, flows, workflows, catalog items, various scripts, UI actions, policies, scoped applications
- Customized mobile apps: Now Agent and Now Mobile
- Implemented integrations using the Integration Hub
- Coordinated continuously with clients during development
- Performed testing and helped clients with testing
- Deployed to production and applied main version upgrades and patches
- Managed CMDB, domain separation and asset management
- Integrated between instances at different clients
- Developed GlideScript: business rules, scripted REST endpoints, extension points, fix scripts, background scripts
Oliver S.
Last position:
Managing Director and Employed Actuarial Consultant at ARCS Actuarial and Risk Consulting Stoll GmbH
- Advising insurance companies on modeling, reporting, valuations, risk management and acting as the responsible actuary
- 2023–2025: Improving Solvency II software, annual financial statements (HGB, SII), process optimizations, pricing, SQL and Python-based reports for AXA Germany, Cologne
- 2022–2023: Support for portfolio transfer (RAFM optimization; impact on HGB balance sheet, SII, reinsurance; migration to msg.Life Factory) for Zurich Germany, Cologne
- 2021 and 2024: Redesign of Solvency II model, implementation in Python and model extensions; testing and documentation for PK Rück, Zurich
- 2021–2023: Control calculations for maturity benefits of contracts; specification and testing of policy administration system for product launch at Youplus, Liechtenstein
- 2021: a) Support in preparing a reinsurance treaty: project management and analyses; b) assistance with Solvency II reporting and multi-year planning for Allianz Leben, Stuttgart
- 2020–2021: Further development and optimization of models with Risk Agility FM (RAFM), integration into IFRS 17 reporting process using Unify for Allianz Slovakia and Bulgaria
- 2017–2023: Quality improvement of the RAFM model; methodology development; documentation; process optimization in reporting and planning; automation with Excel and Oracle SQL (on COR-Life); implementation of a life reinsurance treaty; validation of numerical results in the policy administration system for SV Versicherung, Stuttgart and Mannheim
- 2015–2017: Project management and senior actuary in developing an actuarial projection tool and in the IMAP process with the regulator; guiding the reporting team; analyses; methodology development; process design; coordination with IT, asset and risk management for Allianz Leben, Stuttgart
- 2016–2020: Review of cash flow models for investment projects for B Capital, Zurich
- 2015: Redevelopment of MCEV calculation methodology based on MVBS; weakness analysis and collaboration on fixes for Allianz SE, Munich
- 2014: Solvency II risk capital reporting project: validation of data deliveries; analyses for management and regulator; tool development; process and documentation improvements; training of team members for Aegon Group, The Hague, Netherlands
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
Deschances T.
Last position:
Senior Data Architect at Odd Parrot
- Supporting UBS Wealth Management as Senior Data Architect within a multi-year enterprise data mesh transformation.
- Guiding a strategic stream to design and implement a data product aligned with UBS’s enterprise-wide data mesh framework.
- Leading architecture definition, governance alignment, and cross-domain integration to ensure scalable, compliant, and reusable data products across global stakeholders.
- UBS – Global Wealth Management Data Product Architecture: Designed an enterprise-aligned data product spanning 26 countries, defining data contracts, metadata standards, and federated architecture patterns enabling cross-domain reuse across the bank.
- Defined cross-jurisdictional data policies and access controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple regions (EU, APAC, LATAM, CH).
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Statistics of experts using Oracle Database
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.5 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
90%
Master's degree or higher
71%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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.
Oracle Database experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Banking and Finance (96%)
- Information Technology (83%)
- Insurance (63%)
- Professional Services (58%)
- Telecommunication (46%)
- Government and Administration (42%)
- Healthcare (29%)
- Manufacturing (29%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core platform
Oracle Database is a relational database management system for transactional workloads, analytics and data-intensive business applications. It supports structured data, SQL, PL/SQL, high availability and strong controls for consistency, security and recovery. Companies use it for finance, logistics, healthcare, public services and enterprise operations.
Systems and workloads
Oracle Database specialists build and maintain systems that need dependable transactions, controlled access and predictable performance. Typical work includes:
- Designing schemas, data models, partitions and indexes
- Developing SQL, PL/SQL packages, procedures and triggers
- Supporting reporting, integration and data migration projects
- Operating standby databases, backups and disaster recovery
Oracle Database can run on private infrastructure, Oracle Cloud services or managed environments, depending on operational and compliance needs.
Ecosystem and tooling
The surrounding ecosystem includes Oracle RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, Enterprise Manager and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Strong specialists also work with Oracle Forms, Oracle APEX, Java applications, JDBC, REST interfaces and enterprise integration tools. They understand how database choices affect application design, deployment and monitoring.
When to hire specialists
Companies often bring in freelance Oracle Database expertise during migrations, upgrades, performance investigations or recovery planning. External support is also useful when a team inherits complex PL/SQL, needs a controlled move to Oracle Cloud, or must improve observability without disrupting production. In Zurich, remote collaboration can work well, while regulated or operational environments may require planned on-site sessions.
Practical project skills
A capable professional can assess execution plans, trace slow workloads, review indexing and manage statistics without relying on guesswork. They should handle schema changes, backup validation, access controls, patch planning and release procedures. Experience with Linux, shell scripting, Git, CI/CD, monitoring and infrastructure automation adds value when Oracle Database is part of a wider service landscape.
Signs of quality
Look for specialists who explain trade-offs in business terms and document decisions clearly. Useful evidence includes:
- A recovery design tested through realistic restore procedures
- Measurable reasoning behind SQL and indexing changes
- Safe migration plans with rollback and validation steps
- Clear separation of development, testing and production access
The strongest professionals ask about workload patterns, data sensitivity, service levels and failure scenarios before recommending a solution. They leave behind maintainable scripts, runbooks and knowledge that the internal team can use.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Oracle Database? Start with the answers below.
Oracle Database stores and processes structured business data for applications, reporting and operational systems. It is often selected for workloads that require reliable transactions, detailed access controls, recovery options and mature support for complex SQL and PL/SQL.
Oracle Database is commonly weighed against PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server for enterprise workloads. The right choice depends on existing applications, licensing, cloud direction, operational skills, compatibility needs and features such as RAC, Data Guard or advanced partitioning.
Oracle Database work often connects with Linux, shell scripting, networking, security, data integration and application development. Familiarity with Java, JDBC, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD and monitoring helps when the database supports distributed services.
Oracle Database projects vary widely, so experience should match the risk and workload rather than a fixed duration. For a migration, recovery design or production performance issue, look for a specialist who can show comparable systems, explain their decisions and provide clear validation and rollback plans.
Oracle Database administration, SQL tuning, documentation and migration planning can often be handled remotely with secure access and strong communication. On-site work in Zurich may still help for workshops, restricted environments, handovers or coordination with teams that work mainly in German.
Oracle Database can be hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through managed or infrastructure-based services. Oracle Cloud may suit companies seeking closer integration with Oracle applications, adjustable capacity or reduced operational maintenance, but architecture, security and cost controls still need careful review.
Oracle Database quality is visible in disciplined diagnosis, tested changes and clear documentation. Ask the professional to explain execution plans, backup recovery, access design and failure handling, then check whether their recommendations fit the actual workload instead of applying generic tuning rules.
Oracle Database deliverables may include a schema review, SQL and PL/SQL changes, migration scripts, performance findings, monitoring guidance or a recovery runbook. Strong professionals also document assumptions, risks, test results and operating procedures so the internal team can maintain the result.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Oracle Database in their recent projects is 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 897 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Oracle Database in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 71% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Oracle Database in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Oracle Database in their recent projects are English (100%), German (92%), and French (50%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Oracle Database in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (96%), Information Technology (83%), and Insurance (63%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Oracle Database in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Project Management (88%), and Product Development (79%).
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