Penetration Testing Experts in Frankfurt
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Frankfurt, who have recently used Penetration Testing
Anand R.
Last position:
Freelancer Scrum Master, Mentor and Strategist at Confidential Fintec Startup
- Provided coaching and support to Scrum teams to adopt and implement agile practices effectively
- Analyzed business requirements and identified IT solutions to support business goals
- Evaluated existing IT systems and processes to identify optimization opportunities
- Managed stakeholder relationships and coaching
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and ensured adherence to Scrum principles and practices
- Identified and implemented lean startup process optimizations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of development and business processes
- Developed and monitored daily business strategies to ensure development goals were met
- Developed and implemented OKR strategies to align team goals with company objectives
- Tools/Methodology: Jira, Confluence, Miro, PowerBI, team building & mentoring, conflict resolution, impediment resolution
Andreas I.
Last position:
Cybersecurity Specialist Assessor at Bundesnetzagentur
- Recognition of national notified bodies
- Preparation of cybersecurity competency reports
- EU Radio Equipment Directive
Dmitrii S.
Last position:
IT Risk & Compliance | DORA | IT Regulatory & Operational Resilience Senior Consultant at Jefferies GmbH
Leading Jefferies’ DORA-driven operational resilience programme by strengthening ICT risk governance, control design, and regulatory readiness across key technology and outsourcing domains. Partnering with senior stakeholders to translate regulatory requirements into pragmatic governance, reporting, and assurance processes suitable for a global investment banking environment.
- Developed the Enterprise Register of Information (DORA Art. 28.3) to align with regulatory requirements.
- Defined and embedded ICT Risk Appetite and tolerance levels aligned to the Global Operational Risk Framework, strengthening decision-making and risk acceptance governance.
- Drove audit readiness by reviewing and re-drafting 50+ IT & Information Security policies, improving clarity, ownership, and control alignment.
- Oversaw the Operational Resilience Testing Programme (including penetration testing) and tracked remediation to closure, strengthening control assurance and reducing open findings.
- Aligned 10+ intra-group agreements with DORA regulatory standards.
- Enhanced executive-level decision-making with an enterprise ICT Risk Dashboard featuring KPIs/KRIs.
Eyüp Z.
Last position:
IT Project Manager for Real Estate IT at BNP Paribas Real Estate
- Responsibility for the specialist department
- Effective stakeholder management
- Management and prioritization of the backlog
- Resource and capacity planning
- Risk management
- Cost calculation and budget control
- Compliance with security guidelines and data protection regulations in a high-security environment (Bank regulations)
- Creation and monitoring of project timelines
- Planning and execution of workshops as well as the creation of user manuals
- Development and coordination of architecture maps with service providers and internal IT
- Creation and tracking of milestone plans
- Recording, analysis, and documentation of defects, including retesting until final approval for launch
- Coordination and execution of penetration tests
- Organization and management of User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
- Definition of Go / No-Go criteria for the launch
- Collaboration and organization of multinational teams
Peter S.
Last position:
IT Project Manager at PAS Provider for Hospital
Overall responsibility for managing a clinical digitization project in a regulated hospital environment.
Design and implementation of a patient call and management system (PASO) for the orthopedics department of a large hospital.
- Project management, planning, and control
- Process analysis and optimization, and managing implementation and rollout
- Coordination with clinical departments, IT, and external service providers
- Ensuring integration into existing IT and process landscapes
Project scope: 310 person-days, team size: 21 members.
Krisztián K.
Last position:
IT-Soc/Vulnerability at ITZBund
- Vulnerability management (Greenbone, Tenable SC, Rapid7)
- Automation of vulnerability scans
- OpenTofu (Terraform)/Ansible/Vault/Podman/Docker
- Compliance audit
- SOC (ElasticSearch, Graylog)
- Python/Rust/Bash/Shell/PowerShell
- Git collaboration
- Report standardization and automation
- POC for several vulnerability scanning systems
- Setup of vulnerability scanning system
Thoralf T.
Last position:
Consultant Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) at Swisslife Deutschland GmbH
- Auditing CIS evidence of the SOC providers T-Systems Austria and Cancom GmbH
- Mapping of VAIT, ISO:IEC 27002 and CIS 7.0 requirements for the IT realignment strategy of the German subsidiaries in threat intelligence and zero trust
- Reviewing SIEM evidence, reporting, incident management and security breaches
- Reviewing IT asset management regarding ITSCM and BCM processes
- Employee awareness and compliance training focused on CEO fraud
- Advising the chief information security officer
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.
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Statistics of experts using Penetration Testing
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years (Germany: 18 years)
Position duration
1.6 years (Germany: 1.9 years)
Positions per freelancer
13 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Education
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Legal
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 94%)
Master's degree or higher
33% (Germany: 57%)
Certifications per freelancer
6 (Germany: 5)
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 99%)
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 Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt using Penetration Testing
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.
Penetration Testing 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 (88%)
- Information Technology (88%)
- Education (50%)
- Retail (50%)
- Telecommunication (50%)
- Aerospace and Defense (38%)
- Healthcare (38%)
- Manufacturing (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Scope and purpose
Penetration testing is an authorised security assessment that simulates realistic attacks against systems, applications or infrastructure. Specialists combine reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis and controlled exploitation to show how a weakness could affect confidentiality, integrity or availability. The result is evidence that helps teams fix risk before criminals can use it.
Tests and targets
The work can cover public-facing websites, APIs, mobile applications, corporate networks, wireless environments, cloud estates and identity systems. Typical engagements include:
- Web application and API testing
- External and internal network assessments
- Cloud configuration and identity reviews
- Social engineering and physical security exercises
- Retesting after remediation
Tools and methods
Professionals may work with Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark, OWASP testing guidance and specialised cloud security tools. Strong practice goes beyond automated scans: specialists validate findings manually, chain weaknesses where appropriate and document reliable reproduction steps. They also understand authentication, session handling, encryption, scripting and common enterprise infrastructure.
When companies engage specialists
Companies bring in freelance penetration testing expertise before a product launch, after major infrastructure changes or when customers require independent assurance. It is also useful during cloud migrations, acquisitions and incident follow-up. In Frankfurt, remote collaboration often works well for technical testing, while workshops with security, compliance and infrastructure teams may benefit from on-site sessions.
What quality looks like
A capable specialist defines scope, rules of engagement and safety limits before testing begins. They protect sensitive data, avoid unnecessary disruption and distinguish confirmed vulnerabilities from theoretical concerns. Their report ranks business impact, explains attack paths in plain language and gives practical remediation advice, followed by a focused retest where needed.
Choosing the right fit
Look for experience with the exact environment, such as AWS or Azure, REST and GraphQL APIs, Active Directory, container infrastructure or regulated applications. Ask how findings are validated, how evidence is handled and how stakeholders receive urgent alerts. Professionals who can brief both technical teams and business owners create more useful outcomes. German and English communication can both matter when Frankfurt-based teams, suppliers and international offices share the engagement.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Penetration Testing.
Penetration testing is used to identify and safely validate security weaknesses before an attacker exploits them. It can assess web applications, APIs, networks, cloud services, mobile apps, wireless systems and human processes.
Penetration testing combines automated discovery with manual analysis and controlled exploitation. A vulnerability scan may identify possible issues, while a pen test confirms realistic attack paths, business impact and practical remediation priorities.
Ethical hacking is a broad term for authorised security work, and penetration testing is one common form of it. Red teaming is usually wider and more covert, testing detection and response across people, processes and technology rather than focusing only on a defined technical scope.
A strong penetration testing specialist may also bring expertise in secure code review, cloud security, identity systems, Active Directory, DevSecOps and incident response. Scripting with Python or PowerShell helps with repeatable checks and tailored tooling.
The right level depends on scope, technical complexity and the potential impact of testing. Pen testing for a small web application may need a focused specialist, while a multi-cloud or enterprise assessment benefits from professionals who can coordinate several attack surfaces and explain risk to leadership.
Yes, penetration testing is often delivered remotely through approved access, test accounts and secure communication. Frankfurt companies may still choose on-site workshops for scoping, sensitive network access or direct collaboration with German-speaking security and compliance teams.
A high-quality penetration testing report separates verified findings from assumptions and includes clear evidence, affected assets, impact and reproducible steps. It should prioritise remediation in business terms and offer a retest process to confirm that important issues are resolved.
Before penetration testing begins, define authorised targets, exclusions, testing windows, emergency contacts, data-handling rules and reporting expectations. A clear rules-of-engagement document reduces operational risk and gives the specialist a precise basis for safe, defensible work.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Penetration Testing in their recent projects is 116 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 926 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Penetration Testing in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 33% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Penetration Testing in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Penetration Testing in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Penetration Testing in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (88%), Information Technology (88%), and Education (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Penetration Testing in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (88%), and Quality Assurance (88%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Penetration Testing
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