Percona Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Percona
Peter Teich
Last position:
Freelance Go-Developer/DevOps-Engineer at IONOS SE
- Implementation of an API for customers to provide NFS shares in the cloud
- Creating Kubernetes operators and services with REST APIs in Go
- Using LinuxKit for provisioning VMs
Rupesh Kumar Sendge
Last position:
IT Baseline Compliance Consultant at Consultant
- Baseline compliance verification against MAS audit findings
- Building technical architecture concept for 30 technologies to build hardening standard artifacts
- Identifying and building automation possibilities for given technologies based on CIS
- Building the standard baseline configuration based on internal security standard
- Responsible for building Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) architecture artifacts based on Azure cloud platform
- Responsible for RFQ and RFP for different CNAPP solutions (Qualys Total Cloud, CrowdStrike, Azure Security Center)
- Supporting compliance verification and validation via automated scripts for a sample population of IT devices and instances
- Responsible for complete vulnerability management lifecycle using Nexpose, remediation, reporting and integration of results with Splunk, HPSM and Tableau
- Audit support for MAS
Ales Loncar
Last position:
Senior DevOps Consultant (Freelance) at European Union Agency (via IBM)
- Worked as freelance Senior DevOps Consultant on-site for IBM at a European Union Agency, operating in a highly secure, air-gapped environment managing classified systems.
- Led automation and DevOps initiatives for a large-scale OpenShift platform (>400 nodes), driving deployment efficiency, GitOps adoption, and operational automation using Ansible, Python, and Bash while ensuring compliance with security requirements.
- Spearheaded automation of release and deployment workflows in a private cloud environment hosting 400+ OpenShift nodes, significantly improving deployment speed and reliability.
- Migrated existing playbooks, roles, and templates from Ansible Tower to Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), ensuring full compliance with fully-qualified collection names (FQCN) and preparing custom Execution Environments (EE) for containerized automation.
- Implemented GitOps Agent for AAP Controller Configuration as Code, enabling automated synchronization (CRUD) of Ansible Controller objects based on repository-stored configuration definitions using GitHub webhooks.
- Designed and automated complex multi-step operational workflows including environment cleanup, Helix cluster component re-creation, Kafka topic management, and OpenShift object lifecycle management across ~100 environments.
- Achieved a reduction of multi-day manual operations to under a few hours through automation improvements spanning multiple AAP clusters and OpenShift environments.
- Integrated Ansible Automation Platform with Thycotic (Delinea) Secret Server via lookup plugin to enhance secure credential management in automated processes.
- Managed deployment tasks, platform troubleshooting, and Istio network configurations while adhering to stringent EU PSC security and compliance standards.
- Collaborated with infrastructure and application teams to refine deployment procedures, develop naming conventions, and continuously improve automation coverage in an air-gapped, classified environment.
Thomas Merkel
Last position:
Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at TrackCode GmbH
- Developing GitHub Actions/pipelines for automatic application deployment
- Supporting the provisioning of Helm charts for the CI/CD infrastructure
- Rebuilding and migrating a Kubernetes cluster using Rancher
- Creating IaC with Terraform for Kubernetes and additional services (monitoring, databases)
- Deploying a highly available Percona Galera cluster (MySQL)
- Implementing a centralized monitoring and logging infrastructure
Nils Meyer
Last position:
Database Architecture for PostgreSQL at ComputaCenter / Deutsche
- Planning and documentation of database architecture and integration with other components provided by other teams and vendors
- Extensive documentation for the architecture, security, access control, encryption, roles and user management, backup and restore, disaster recovery and general operations
- Deployment of database clusters over 2 locations with 2 availability zones each
- Automation of deployment and operations including backup using Ansible
- Hardening of the database and operating system
- Migration of existing stand-alone database systems to cluster setup
- Technologies: PostgreSQL, Patroni, etcd, barman, RedHat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL), Ansible, Ansible Automation Platform, TLS, Hashicorp Vault, LUKS
Artur Rekawek
Last position:
Senior DevOps Engineer at Infineon Technologies AG
- Java and Groovy development
- Administration of Docker Compose (incl. installation, configuration and maintenance)
- Linux systems like Debian
- Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, Sonarqube, SVN
- Administration of Atlassian products like Bitbucket, Jira, Crucible, Fisheye
- Monitoring tools like Elasticsearch, Prometheus
- Practical experience with DevOps tools like Puppet, Maven
- Scripting in Python, Perl, Shell and Powershell
- Helm chart script development
- End to end new framework development in Python, Groovy including Jenkins and Gitlab CI/CD pipelines
- Gitlab runner CI/CD development
- Openshift Kubernetes administration and development
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Statistics of experts using Percona
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
1 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunication
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Finance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
40%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Percona
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
Percona in practice
Percona is used to run and improve MySQL and MongoDB environments where uptime, speed, and safe change matter. Teams bring in Percona specialists for production database work, migration planning, and fixes around performance, replication, and backup.
Common stack
- Percona Server for MySQL and Percona Server for MongoDB
- Percona Monitoring and Management
- Percona XtraBackup and related backup flows
- Percona Toolkit for diagnostics and change safety
Where it fits
It is a strong fit for e-commerce, SaaS, media, and internal business systems that depend on databases every hour of the day. In Germany, companies often need support for mixed in-house and remote delivery, with clear written handover and careful coordination across infrastructure and application teams.
What experts deliver
A strong Percona professional can assess slow queries, redesign indexes, review replication health, and improve failover behavior. They also handle backup validation, restore testing, capacity planning, and upgrade work that keeps MySQL or MongoDB services stable during change.
When to bring in help
- Production incidents need fast diagnosis
- A MySQL or MongoDB migration is coming up
- Backups or restores have not been tested properly
- Query load is growing and response times slip
- Monitoring is missing useful database signals
What good specialists know
The best Percona experts understand the database engine, not just the tooling around it. They read execution plans, spot unsafe configuration changes, and explain trade-offs clearly. For Percona Server for MySQL, Percona Server for MongoDB, and Percona Toolkit work, that mix of depth and calm execution matters most.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Percona.
Percona is used to operate MySQL and MongoDB systems with better visibility, safer backups, and more control over performance. Companies hire specialists when they need production support, migration help, or a cleaner way to manage replication and change.
Percona usually comes into play when the default stack needs more operational tooling, stronger backup options, or deeper insight into database behavior. It is not a replacement for the database itself; it is the ecosystem and distribution layer many teams use around it.
A Percona engagement often includes Percona Server for MySQL, Percona Server for MongoDB, Percona XtraBackup, Percona Toolkit, and Percona Monitoring and Management. A good specialist knows how these pieces fit together during backup, monitoring, troubleshooting, and upgrade work.
A strong Percona professional should also know SQL tuning, indexing, replication, Linux administration, and backup strategy. For MongoDB work, document modeling and shard planning matter too, while MySQL projects often need careful schema and query review.
A Percona project usually benefits from outside help as soon as the database becomes business critical or change becomes risky. That includes launches, migrations, performance issues, backup gaps, or unreliable failover behavior. Earlier support often prevents costly rework later.
Yes, most Percona work can be done remotely if the specialist has secure access, good logging, and a clear change process. For companies in Germany, on-site time is usually only needed for sensitive migrations, incident war rooms, or handover sessions with local teams.
Look for someone who can explain tuning choices, recovery steps, and trade-offs in plain language. A strong Percona specialist has hands-on experience with real backups, restores, upgrades, and incident response, not just monitoring dashboards or theory.
Freelancers work on Percona database hardening, slow query fixes, backup design, upgrade planning, and replication troubleshooting. They are also useful for audits, documentation, and stabilizing systems after a production incident or migration.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Percona in their recent projects is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 880 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Percona in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 40% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Percona in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1 year.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Percona in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Percona in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Media and Entertainment (67%), and Telecommunication (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Percona in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (100%), and Product Development (83%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Percona
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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