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Tan Pham

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DevOps & Fullstack Engineer

Hanau
Tan Pham

Last position:

DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team at Rise-World

  • Implementation of specified DevOps solutions to automate infrastructure (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible) on-premises datacenter (Ovirt, Proxmox, Ceph Cluster, MinIO) and private cloud.
  • Administration, configuration and implementation of CI/CD DevOps pipelines (GitLab, GitFlow) to support development process (Artifactory, Prometheus, Istio, service mesh, Helm Chart, OpenShift (Red Hat Enterprise) / Kubernetes cluster), Red Hat Satellite.
  • Administration, setup, monitoring and patching of Linux infrastructure based on Red Hat Enterprise for Dev, Test and QA.
  • Use of Scrum and Kanban methods.
  • Administration, configuration and implementation of security standards for deploying on Dev, Test, QA and Prod stages of the new ePA applications.
  • Development of new plugins and add-ons needed on current infrastructure.
  • Database support.
  • Data analytics support (Python, Spark, Pandas, Power BI, Splunk Enterprise).
  • Implementation of best practices for DevSecOps and BizDevOps using GitOps (ArgoCD), Streamlit framework, Semaphore Ansible UI.
  • Configuration and testing of iperf, uperf, sysbench using benchmark-operator for external source data and IoT/MDM devices, creating reports via ELK / OpenSearch.
  • Building a new Databricks platform to collect and analyze big data from different sources and IoT devices into Hadoop framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Power BI, Apache Airflow).
  • Building backend data aggregation and processing to automate configuration deployment between different OpenShift clusters and big data framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Django 2, Ansible Automation, Jira JSM).
  • Building a new ML pipeline platform using Kubeflow, TensorFlow, KServe.
  • Data extraction, transformation and loading from different data sources including structured and unstructured data to analytic DWH / big data cluster using Python, Pandas, Polars, Power BI, Django backend and PostgreSQL.
  • Setup of new DevOps Test and QA HashiCorp Vault cluster for PKI and IAM.
  • Configuration and testing of automated patching based on CVSS score, SIEM-integrated CVEs.
  • Use of Nexpose and InsightVM to scan vulnerability events in network, host, container and application.
  • Design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS architectures including VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and Route53 and similar setups on Azure and GCP.
  • Automated system provisioning and deployment using CloudFormation templates.
  • Configuration of IAM roles, policies and permissions to ensure secure access control.
  • Patch management, backup automation and disaster recovery setup on AWS infrastructure.
  • Monitoring and optimization of system performance using AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
  • Support of VMware services (vSphere, Aria, Horizon) and the virtual desktop environment.
  • Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline with interface to Nutanix.
  • Configuration of AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system events.
  • Planning and execution of migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud platforms.
  • Deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS environments.
  • Deployment of internal software packages between availability zones using AWS CodeDeploy.
  • Building and deploying ML models using Scikit-learn, XGBoost and Spark MLlib including hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation and production deployment.
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Ulm Paunel

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Freelance IT Specialist

Steinbach (Taunus)
Ulm Paunel

Last position:

DataStage ETL Expert at ING Bank

  • Datastage 11.7, dbt, Oracle 19, Python 3.12 / PySpark 3.5, Azure GitHub, Azure DevOps, Automic
  • Development of migration jobs to transfer data from the collection DWH to the new Risk Mart, as well as development of ETL pipelines to migrate historical data from the old Mart to the new Risk Mart.
  • Storage of the silver layer on Hadoop and the gold layer in Oracle.
  • Translation of DataStage jobs into dbt to publish reporting data in Google Cloud to a PostgreSQL database.
  • Creation and optimization of complex SQL queries for data extraction from a data vault, taking into account historical data in the point-in-time tables.
  • Creation of Oracle table definitions (DDL) and adjustment of existing stored procedures.
  • Versioning changes in GitHub and deployment via the CI/CD portal.
  • Refactoring long-running DataStage jobs into Python using PySpark to reduce server load.
  • Migration of SAS scripts to PL/SQL, including new development of distribution functions that have no direct equivalent in Oracle.
  • Development of Automic jobs to run DataStage pipelines and Python scripts (PySpark jobs) that control the population of the SME and institutional risk tables in the Risk Mart and perform business calculations.
  • Participation in the agile process, including creating user stories, estimations, and planning in Azure DevOps.
  • Handling Azure DevOps tickets and close collaboration with testers and business teams for error analysis and resolution.
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Ashkan Zadeh

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Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist

Kelkheim (Taunus)
Ashkan Zadeh

Last position:

Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist at Vattenfall Europe

  • Advising on the use of analytics and BI tools and services in the Microsoft Azure stack (e.g. MS Fabric, Synapse Workspaces and dedicated SQL pools, SQL Database, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Data Factory, SSIS, Analysis Services, Function Apps, Power BI, ML)
  • Independently designing analytics solutions with Python, SQL, etc.
  • Designing and implementing ETLs and data pipelines
  • Creating and maintaining APIs
  • Independently applying CI/CD, testing, and version control
  • Data modeling
  • Model development and optimization
  • Anomaly detection with AI
  • Predictive analytics

Used technologies:

  • Snowflake
  • Fabric
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure DataFactory
  • Azure Data Lake
  • Azure DevOps
  • Databricks
  • Spark
  • CI/CD
  • SQL Database
  • Python
  • Power Platform
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Alona Liuzniak

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AI Architect

Frankfurt am Main
Alona Liuzniak

Last position:

AI Architect

AI-powered platform for automated UX validation and designer support

  • Designed and led technical implementation of an enterprise-wide AI solution for automated UX review that improved design quality and significantly reduced manual review processes in teams
  • Developed an automated UX validation tool as a Figma plugin and web application that generates test cases based on internal guidelines and reliably checks current designs for consistency and standard compliance
  • Implemented an interactive designer chat based on RAG that answers questions about the current design and the company's UX guidelines, and designed the deployment architecture using containerized services
  • Python, Azure OpenAI, PostgreSQL, REST API, Docker, OpenShift, Helm, CI/CD, Figma MCP, LLM, RAG, Prompt Engineering, GenAI, XAI, AI Architecture, AI Strategy
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Eduard Van Kleef

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Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools'

Frankfurt
Eduard Van Kleef

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Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools' at Software company in Wiesbaden

  • Presentation introducing generic AI and large language models
  • Explanation of legal frameworks (EU AI Act, US CLOUD Act, GDPR)
  • Systematic review of AI tools along the SDLC and holistic systems
  • Comparison of on-prem LLMs vs. cloud-based, as well as change management and works council
  • Facilitated the discussion and derived next steps for introducing AI development tools
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Roman Krivtsov

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Senior Data Engineer / Cloud Architect

Frankfurt am Main
Roman Krivtsov

Last position:

Senior Data Engineer / Cloud Architect at DB Systel

  • Development of a central billing app for cloud costs at DB
  • AWS
  • Python
  • AWS CDK
  • RDS
  • Spark (PySpark)
  • Glue
  • Lambda
  • CI/CD (GitLab)
  • React/Typescript
  • data optimization
  • Scrum
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Petru Kisalita

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Architect & Technical Team Lead & Senior Developer

Frankfurt
Petru Kisalita

Last position:

Architect & Technical Team Lead & Senior Developer at Goetel GmbH

  • Design, architecture & development/programming of ETL/ELT data pipelines, DWH, BI solution
  • Technical project lead, POC – proof-of-concept creation
  • Liaison between business units and technical teams
  • Azure DevOps Boards & Jira
  • Data modeling & data engineering – data warehouse & data mart
  • Azure (Data Factory, Azure SQL, Azure DevOps CI/CD, Azure Data Lake V2, Business Central REST API, OData API, OAuth2 tokens)
  • SharePoint lists & API for ADF, Firebird DB, Postgres DB, DB2
  • Power BI (Power Query), DAX, Excel PBI add-on, GIS data
  • Automated ETL process monitoring/logging, performance monitoring, error monitoring – capturing & resolution
  • Index performance tuning & statistics monitoring, Transact-SQL
  • Data security – MFA (multi-factor authentication) & OAuth2, MS Graph, Azure networks & firewalls, gateways, roles, user groups – with read/write permissions
  • Sources – Vario Bill, Camunda, Radius, Geo Database, OTRS, PAST, MS Dynamics Business Central, Azure Blob Data Lake, SharePoint lists
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Anton Rösler

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AI-Engineer

Frankfurt am Main
Anton Rösler

Last position:

AI-Engineer at Publicly traded company, industrial safety technology

  • Designed and implemented the agent-based AI architecture for a company-wide platform to securely deploy LLM-based agents
  • Designed and implemented end-to-end RAG pipelines from multiple sources: document preprocessing, chunking strategies for different document types, embeddings, retrieval with re-ranking, and robust prompt orchestration
  • Developed a modular context engineering framework with skill architecture, context isolation, and dynamic resource management; human-in-the-loop control for enterprise tool integrations
  • Built the CI/CD pipeline, testing strategy, tracing on the software side as well as automated LLM and agent evaluations, red team testing and tracing, and handed over to a reproducible production environment (ISO27001 and SOC2 compliant)

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Statistics of experts using PySpark

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

18 years (Germany: 13 years)

Position duration

2.2 years (Germany: 2.8 years)

Positions per freelancer

17 (Germany: 10)

Top business areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development

Top industries

Information Technology, Healthcare, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 96%)

Master's degree or higher

57% (Germany: 71%)

Doctorate

14% (Germany: 13%)

Certifications per freelancer

5 (Germany: 4)

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 96%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Frankfurt are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.

Average rates of experts in Frankfurt using PySpark

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 824 €
Germany avg. 756 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 800 €
Germany median 800 €

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

PySpark in practice

PySpark is the Python API for Apache Spark. Companies use it to process large data sets, run transformations, and build batch or streaming pipelines that can scale across a cluster. It is common in analytics, data engineering, and machine learning workflows.

What teams deliver

  • Data ingestion and cleansing jobs
  • ETL and ELT pipelines
  • Structured Streaming workflows
  • Feature preparation for machine learning
  • Spark SQL-based reporting layers

Key skills

Strong PySpark professionals write efficient DataFrame code, understand Spark execution plans, and handle partitioning, joins, and shuffles with care. They also work with Python, SQL, and storage systems such as S3, HDFS, Delta Lake, or Parquet.

Ecosystem fit

PySpark often sits in stacks that include Apache Spark, Databricks, Airflow, Kafka, and cloud data services. In Frankfurt, it is a good fit for teams that need dependable data processing for finance, logistics, media, or cross-border operations.

When to bring in freelancers

Companies bring in freelancers when a pipeline is slow, a migration needs focus, or a team needs help delivering Spark work without delay. A specialist can also support code reviews, production hardening, and handover to the internal team.

What good experts do

A strong PySpark expert writes code that is readable, testable, and built for scale. They know how to reduce data movement, avoid expensive operations, and make job behavior clear enough for others to maintain after the project ends.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with PySpark? These answers cover the essentials.

PySpark is used to process large data sets with Apache Spark from Python. Teams rely on it for ETL, data preparation, streaming jobs, and analytics workflows that need distributed processing. It is a practical choice when Python is the main language but Spark-scale processing is required.

PySpark is built for distributed workloads, while plain Python tools usually run on a single machine. If the job must handle larger data volumes or needs cluster processing, PySpark is the better fit. For smaller local tasks, pandas or standard Python may be simpler.

A PySpark specialist helps when delivery is blocked by performance issues, pipeline design, or a migration from older Spark code. Freelancers are also useful when you need focused support for a time-limited project and do not want to pull your whole team off other work. They can step in for build, review, or rescue work.

A strong PySpark freelancer usually knows SQL, Python, data modeling, and Spark internals such as partitioning and shuffles. Experience with Databricks, Airflow, Kafka, Delta Lake, or cloud storage is often important too. Clear testing and debugging habits matter as well.

Not always. Many PySpark tasks can be done remotely if access to data, notebooks, and cluster environments is arranged well. On-site work in Frankfurt can help for sensitive data, early discovery, or close work with local stakeholders, especially in regulated environments.

A PySpark project needs someone who has already shipped similar Spark work in production. Simple notebook work is easier than building stable batch or streaming pipelines, so the required depth depends on the task. If performance, reliability, or migration is involved, senior-level expertise pays off.

With PySpark, quality shows up in code that is efficient, easy to read, and safe to run again. Look for clean DataFrame logic, sensible partitioning, testing, and clear handling of data quality problems. Good specialists explain trade-offs in plain language and do not hide expensive operations.

PySpark is the Python interface for Apache Spark, not the full platform itself. Databricks is a common environment where PySpark is used, but the code can also run in other Spark setups. When comparing options, the key question is where your Spark jobs will run and how they will be operated.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used PySpark in their recent projects is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 824 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used PySpark in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 57% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used PySpark in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used PySpark in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (33%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used PySpark in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Healthcare (67%), and Banking and Finance (56%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used PySpark in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Business Intelligence (89%), and Product Development (78%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used PySpark

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.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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