Red Teaming Experts in Berlin
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Berlin, who have recently used Red Teaming
Seyed Farhad M.
Last position:
Senior Product Security Engineer at Delivery Hero
- Developed a custom tool using the Mistral 7B LLM to scan, validate, and report security vulnerabilities.
- Security tested AI agents, bots, and other LLMs, focusing on prompt injection, model inversion, data poisoning, EDR/AV bypass and evasion techniques, membership inference, model evasion, overfitting to malicious inputs, and contextual manipulation.
- Onboarded repositories to SAST solutions for security scanning, implemented secrets scanning, DAST, and SCA, and used ZAP for DAST in CI/CD pipelines.
- Delivered security awareness training and developed CTF challenges and training materials to improve developers' security knowledge.
- Planned and carried out bi-annual red teaming operations based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework and led internal and external pentests based on the OWASP Top 10 framework for 70+ applications worldwide, resulting in the detection, reporting, and remediation of hundreds of vulnerabilities.
- Triaged HackerOne reports.
Amar Sankar K.
Last position:
Prompt & Eval Playbook for CRM Conversations (Personal)
- Designed a compact framework to generate prompt–response sets for CRM lifecycle scenarios (onboarding, activation, retention, reactivation).
- Included adversarial variants (ambiguous requests, conflicting instructions, policy traps).
- Created a scoring rubric for factuality, tone, and coherence.
- Developed a lightweight guideline for annotator alignment and disagreement resolution.
André B.
Last position:
External Attack Surface Assessment & Cybersecurity Readiness Checks at Graydaxe Cybersecurity GmbH
- Conducting cybersecurity readiness checks based on an in-house assessment methodology
- Analyzing the external attack surface using the Graydaxe EASM platform
- Assessing maturity levels and deriving prioritized recommendations for action
Claudia H.
Last position:
Founder & AI Product Lead at Unforgotten
- Conceived, built and iterated an applied-AI MVP that turns in-depth audio interviews into structured, long-form narrative outputs across multiple genres (e.g. memoir, institutional knowledge, thematic essays) using agentic orchestration and multi-step reasoning.
- Designed and implemented core workflows in a Next.js-based stack, working with structured representations (JSON and other formats), retrieval-augmented generation and emerging knowledge graph structures to maintain context and consistency over long documents.
- Defined and tested agent behaviors across realistic storytelling scenarios, including ideal user journeys, edge cases and failure modes, with explicit criteria for coherence, factual alignment and user intent satisfaction.
- Currently running targeted user tests with selected partners to validate use cases and inform the next product iterations.
Vishnu K.
Last position:
Red Team Engineer (Professional Management Level VI) at Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland, Stackit)
- Developed Red Team infrastructure for real-world attack simulations using Sliver C2 and custom tools
- Executed advanced Red Team operations, integrating AI/LLM security research for prompt injection attacks
- Conducted comprehensive breach assessment attacks and vulnerability assessments across enterprise infrastructure
- Performed root cause analysis and purple team exercises, generating executive-level reports
- Lead LLM red teaming initiatives to improve AI model security for GPT-4, Mistral, and internal GenAI models
Jan K.
Last position:
Consultant for Information Security & Auditor at Kopiasonsulting GmbH
Operational management of the company: building teams and infrastructure, developing products, analysis and implementation of IT security measures
Project assignments in the IT security environment focusing on establishing blue teaming activities (defensive processes and technologies) to defend against cyber attacks
Conducting red teaming processes, including penetration tests and security analyses for companies
Consulting on setting up Security Operation Centers and implementing SIEM systems, and building Computer Incident Response Teams (CSIRT)
Auditor for ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, § 8a, ISO 27019, § 11 1a EnWG, TISAX
Advising companies in critical infrastructures on information security and compliance with the IT Security Act
Building SIEM/SOC processes and SOC analyst work (Splunk, ELK-Stack)
Integrating data into monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Consulting on BSI IT baseline protection, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, BCM, ITIL and risk management
Security assessments and penetration testing of IT and network architectures
Amit V.
Last position:
Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker) at Security Research Labs (SRLabs)
- Led telecom security testing team & SOC deployments across Tier-1 carriers; reduced critical vulnerabilities by 30%.
- Conducted 5G/O-RAN fuzzing, penetration testing, and vulnerability research (basebands, RAN, core).
- Designed testbeds for protocol fuzzing (AFL++, LibAFL) on 5G stacks.
- delivered client workshops on secure telecom with AI assisted workflows.
- Researched AI-driven SOC and penetration testing (LLMs for log triage, anomaly detection, adversarial monitoring).
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Statistics of experts using Red Teaming
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
14 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
6
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Education
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Audit, Legal
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
71%
Doctorate
14%
Certifications per freelancer
7
Most common languages
English, German, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
86%
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 Berlin 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 Berlin using Red Teaming
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.
Red Teaming 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 (100%)
- Professional Services (71%)
- Education (29%)
- Banking and Finance (29%)
- Manufacturing (29%)
- Media and Entertainment (29%)
- Retail (29%)
- Telecommunication (29%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Red Teaming covers
Red Teaming is an authorised security exercise that imitates the behaviour, goals and persistence of a real attacker. Specialists combine reconnaissance, social engineering, physical testing and technical exploitation to assess whether an organisation can prevent, detect and contain a targeted intrusion. The focus is business impact, not a checklist of isolated vulnerabilities.
Systems and outcomes
Red teams test the paths that connect people, applications and infrastructure. Their work can expose weaknesses in identity, cloud environments, external attack surfaces, endpoints, networks, APIs and critical business processes. Typical deliverables include a rules-of-engagement plan, an evidence-based attack narrative, risk-ranked findings, detection observations and a practical remediation roadmap.
- Test phishing resistance and identity protections
- Trace attack paths across cloud and on-premises systems
- Validate endpoint detection and incident response
- Assess physical access and social engineering controls
Tools and adjacent skills
Red Teaming draws on penetration testing, threat intelligence, vulnerability research and adversary emulation. Specialists may use Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, BloodHound and custom scripts, while adapting methods to the agreed scope. Strong work also requires knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, AWS or Azure, container security, secure coding and digital forensics.
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance Red Teaming specialists when a conventional assessment does not show how weaknesses combine into a viable attack. The work is useful before a major product launch, during cloud migration, after an acquisition, or when security monitoring needs a realistic test. It can also help security teams validate controls against threats specific to their industry.
- Security alerts reveal uncertain detection or response gaps
- A high-value application has a broad external attack surface
- Identity, cloud or network changes alter the risk profile
- Leadership needs evidence that defensive controls work together
Berlin delivery context
In Berlin, Red Teaming supports organisations across technology, finance, mobility, healthcare and public services, where digital systems and sensitive data often span offices, clouds and third parties. Freelance specialists can work remotely for technical testing, with secure access and regular briefings, or join on-site sessions for physical security and stakeholder exercises. German and English communication may both matter, depending on the teams involved.
What strong experts demonstrate
Strong professionals define safe boundaries before testing and keep business disruption low. They understand how an attacker would chain small weaknesses, preserve reliable evidence and explain uncertainty without overstating risk. Look for clear reporting, disciplined handling of credentials and data, thoughtful collaboration with defenders, and a retest that shows whether remediation actually closed the path.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Red Teaming.
Red Teaming is used to simulate a realistic, authorised attack against an organisation’s people, processes and technology. It shows whether an attacker could reach a meaningful business objective and whether defenders would detect and stop the activity.
Red Teaming usually has a broader objective and a more realistic attack narrative than a traditional penetration test. A penetration test often examines defined systems for vulnerabilities, while a red team tests how several weaknesses, behaviours and defensive gaps combine.
A strong Red Teaming specialist often combines offensive security with threat intelligence, Active Directory, cloud security, scripting and social engineering. Knowledge of detection engineering, incident response and digital forensics helps the specialist work constructively with the defensive team.
The right level of Red Teaming experience depends on the scope, sensitivity and maturity of the organisation. A focused external exercise may need a small specialist team, while a campaign involving cloud, physical access, social engineering and covert activity requires broader planning and deeper operational judgement.
Red Teaming can often be delivered remotely when systems, communication channels and testing permissions are prepared securely. On-site work may still be valuable for physical access testing, workshops and exercises involving Berlin-based staff or facilities.
Red Teaming is a strong choice when a company needs human-led, adaptive testing against a defined business objective. Breach and attack simulation can provide repeatable coverage at scale, but it may not reproduce creative decision-making, social engineering or complex attack chaining.
Quality Red Teaming is safe, well-scoped and supported by reproducible evidence. Review the rules of engagement, communication plan, reporting quality, treatment of sensitive data, explanation of detection gaps and the specialist’s ability to connect technical findings to business impact.
Before accepting Red Teaming work, clarify the authorised targets, objectives, exclusions, escalation contacts, testing windows and data-handling requirements. In Berlin-based engagements, also confirm whether remote access is sufficient, whether on-site activity is expected and which language the stakeholders use.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Red Teaming in their recent projects is 81 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 651 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Red Teaming in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 71% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Red Teaming in their recent projects have 14 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Red Teaming in their recent projects are English (100%), German (86%), and Spanish (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Red Teaming in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Professional Services (71%), and Education (29%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Red Teaming in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Product Development (71%), and Quality Assurance (57%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Red Teaming
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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