Samba Experts in Germany
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Karlheinz Götz
Last position:
Consultant / Test Analyst / Supporter at Insurance office, Spaichingen
Project: Process optimization & IT support in an insurance broker office.
Project activities:
- Analysis of processes and definition of requirements
- Consulting for the implementation of a cloud solution (soho)
- Installation and verification of new infrastructure HW
- Cloud installation & configuration
- Definition and creation of use cases
- Performing user acceptance tests (UAT)
- User training / training
- IT support (cloud, PC, server, printer, network)
Label: Insurance, infrastructure, configuration, training, support
Guido Bäcker
Last position:
Independent Management Consultant and Interim Manager at BCTC Unternehmensberatung Guido Bäcker
Consulting, training, and coaching in the financial sector on strategy, organization, and IT topics
MorgenFund: Advising the operator of a fund platform on software selection for a sub-ledger "Cash Accounts" based on Virtual IBANs (VIBAN)
Structuring requirements, market screening, creating RfIs, communicating with vendors, and conducting the selection process
UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank: Workstream lead "Booking and Customer Reporting" in the payment transformation project "PULS"
Business analysis, creating business requirements and aligning solution items as part of the functional specification with the bank's IT service providers
Business analysis of SEPA CT and SWIFT MX (.camt, .pain, and .pacs formats), change management, team lead for a virtual team of fifteen line experts, and stakeholder management
equensWorldline Germany: Program management for three projects of the SWIFT service bureau (CBPR+, ESMIG, and Euro1Step1 migration) as part of the SWIFT MX migration
Managing individual project managers regarding overarching goals and requirements; reporting to internal and external committees and stakeholders; coordinating with dependent projects and programs
Project management/PMO: interim project management, stand-in for project managers, resource planning, budget and cost management, general PMO tasks
Olaf Taesch
Last position:
BI Architect in a Kanban Team at Gulp / Randstad for HHLA
- Creation of automated tests.
- Extension of the functionality of the enterprise BI data warehouse.
- Design and development in SQL and PL/SQL.
- Data modeling as well as performance measurement and tuning.
- Creation of and contribution to user stories and concepts.
- Technical environment: Windows, Linux.
- Database: Oracle 19c incl. DWH, CDB, PDB.
- Tools: Confluence, CVS, Eclipse, Git, GitLab, Jira, N4, PL/SQL, SQL Developer, utPLSQL.
Andreas Fischer
Last position:
Project Manager & Portfolio Owner for Infrastructure (Automotive) at MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
- Overall coordination of service providers for all infrastructure topics at a production site being set up in Baden-Württemberg
- Design and finding solutions for internet connectivity, building office communication networks, setting up WLAN in production and administration buildings, IP address management, password policies, time tracking, access control systems, backup strategies, emergency power planning, operating concepts, cost planning, event management, workplace setup including laptop/mobile phones/telephony, remote support, print servers
- Selecting suitable external service providers and planning to meet needs for spare parts, repairs, on-site service, network and workplace support including on-site system replacement by providers
- Choosing suitable external service providers for facility management and building technology (fiber optic connections, data center infrastructure, cable ducts etc.)
- Coordination with clients and service providers
- Escalation management, schedule control
- On-site presence for service meetings and managing service providers
Daniel Knirsch
Last position:
Project planning and implementation of a 95 kWp PV system at Asset management company
- Analysis of technical and economic feasibility
- Creation of a detailed project plan including time and resource management
- Requesting and evaluating offers, selecting components, and managing suppliers
- Coordination of all involved trades (e.g. electricians, installation companies)
- Monitoring the construction work and ensuring deadlines, budgets, and quality standards are met
- Acceptance and commissioning of the PV system including documentation
- After project completion: optimizing monitoring and supporting grid connection
Silvia Biedermann
Last position:
Business Consultant - Product Management Banking at Aareal Bank AG
- Focus on EBICS optimization and further development of the customer’s internal EBICS application
- Business and technical consulting for Aareal First Financial Solutions AG on products and applications of the EBICS standard in the areas of operations and further development, as well as project-related communication with external development partners and the product vendor to map the relevant optimizations on a technical level
- In the role of business coordinator, consulting on content-related and regulatory requirements as well as technical prerequisites and needs, and consolidating these on a business level
- Consulting on the use of EBICS formats
- Review of the current EBICS standard for potential optimizations and further development
- Analysis of the current state to identify further development potential and derive suitable recommendations for action, taking regulatory requirements into account
- Carrying out EBICS tests during the project
- Responsible on a business level for requirements management, and in this context capturing and documenting requirements for such tests
- Design of a functional and long-term test management approach
- Execution and evaluation of tests
- Consulting on sustainable quality assurance and audits
- Project languages: German and English
- Tools/methods: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, TestRail, Confluence, Jira, Business Logics Bank Rechner, Business Logics test data generator, Business Logics banking tool, Business Logics test system, DBEAVER, Squirrel, Unix virtual machines, WinSCP, Kitty, PuTTY, various Aareal Bank products, online banking portal, Aareal Sign, core banking system, SAP Blue Eagle, SAP RE-FX, Aareon Wodis Sigma, Haufe Real Estate Wowinex, GAP Group Immotion, UTS Karthago, SAP IS-U/Waste, SIV kVASy, various EBICS clients
Matthias Schmälzle
Last position:
Subproject Manager / Head of Monitoring at IT service provider (Berlin/Kolbermoor)
- Subproject Manager / Head of Monitoring for facility management and handling operational project parts as well as coordinating operations
- CheckMK consulting: central monitoring infrastructure with CheckMK master and distributed CheckMK satellites
- Implementation of advanced monitoring approaches, integration of new plugins and customization of the CheckMK agent
- Graphic representation of performance metrics with InfluxDB and Grafana, creation of NagVis/Grafana templates and dashboards
- Monitoring of Linux/UNIX/Windows systems and active components using CheckMK agents/MRPE as well as hardware monitoring via SNMP
- Development of monitoring plugins based on Bash scripting
- Inventory and cross-disciplinary analysis for application-specific monitoring
- Concept design, testing and documentation for integrating CheckMK status messages and performance data into a higher-level umbrella system (Data Leak)
- Technical and conceptual point of contact
Peter Kortmann
Last position:
Hardware and Software Developer / Project Manager at Anonymer Kunde
- Development of control units for the automotive industry incl. embedded software
- CAN bus, Vector Tools, CANoe
- Support of the development process according to ISO 26262
- Ensuring cyber security standards:
- Key exchange (PKI) between vehicle and control units
- Hardware Security Module (HSM)
- Communication with external service providers (international)
- Development (PCB) of measuring adapters, statistical analysis of sensors
- IoT and embedded software development, backend administration
Mike Barthel
Last position:
System and Endpoint Hardening at CLAAS
- Evaluating and assessing the current state
- Preparing and conducting security audits
- Vulnerability characterization and risk analysis
- Assessing, coordinating and transforming identified vulnerabilities into target states
- Coordinating stakeholder interests
- Developing and implementing IT security strategy for OT and IoT (continuous risk assessment and risk management, awareness, multi-layered security solutions, regular security audits, access restrictions)
- Organizational and technical documentation, presentations and workshops
- Skills: Qualys, Splunk, Nessus, QRadar, National Vulnerability Database (NVD / NIST), Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP), OT, CERT/CC, BSI IT-Grundschutz catalogs, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, Center for Internet Security (CIS), GitHub, Active Directory, PowerShell, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Azure and Office365 App Security, ITSM
Rudolf Kreis
Last position:
Business Analyst at Kreis Consulting
- Revision of the fee model (design and testing) in the new XTP software
- Analysis and quality assurance of existing reports for the business area
- Uploading, downloading and analysis of data sets for EMIR (ETD, OTC), MiFIR, SFTR, and MMSR using deltaconX and Abacus TR
- Documentation of daily reports
- Configuration of a new software application for daily reporting
- Analysis of new capital market instruments
- Analysis for implementing market data for gold and silver pricing of coins in the online shop
- Adjustment of existing conditions for pairing and matching in EMIR
- Coordination with counterparties on pairing and matching differences
Friedhelm Matten
Last position:
Project at Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung
- Collaborated on HL7 FHIR profiling and validation
- Created CodableConcepts (code/value systems), extensions and profiles like Composition and Bundle
- Extensive instance creation and validation
- Used Simplifier.net, Forge and the FHIR Java Validator
Marcus Wiederstein
Last position:
Administrator, DevOps at KZVB
- Planned and implemented new network infrastructure (VLAN, LACP, DMZ, structured cabling)
- Migrated from VMware to KVM using Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM), including CPU pinning
- Hardened the entire environment using SELinux (KVM hosts, container hosts, database servers)
- Configured and operated the virtualization platform with OLVM and Ansible-based provisioning
- Containerized and redeployed critical services: WordPress, Jenkins, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Subversion with Apache + AD integration
- Developed Ansible playbooks for automated deployment and configuration management
- Integrated Foreman for repository and security management in the DMZ
- Produced technical documentation in Markdown; organized in Bookstack
- Coordinated with external vendors (e.g. HPE) for hardware installation and setup
- Delivered all contributions documented and reproducible in Markdown
Michael Kuschel
Last position:
DevOps, Linux Administrator, Infrastructure, Security at ERGO / ITErgo
- Installation, design, maintenance, and further development of the server farm, covering hardware and software.
- Migrating live systems while minimizing downtime.
- Handling tickets and changes in daily operations.
- Documenting changes and processes in Confluence.
- Test runs in the development environment.
- Configuration and administration of Linux systems.
- Configuration and administration of backup systems (Dell Networker, DataDomain).
- Administration of the Checkpoint firewall.
Pawel Nabe
Last position:
Subject Mater Expert Linux at TCS Alliance Healthcare
- Updating/upgrading Linux servers to new versions
- Installing Trend Micro on Linux servers
- Creating, presenting and maintaining technical documents
- Refactoring tools
- Platforms: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, CentOS, RedHat, Windows 10, PowerShell, Bash, Perl, Trend Micro AV, PuTTY, SSH, VMware
- Project language: English
Stefan Faust
Last position:
Project Management – Telecommunications at 1&1 Versatel
- Set of concurrent projects (BSS/OSS related)
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Statistics of experts using Samba
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
31 years
Position duration
5.1 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
82%
Doctorate
27%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany 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 Germany using Samba
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
File sharing
Samba brings Windows-style file and print sharing to Linux and Unix systems. It speaks SMB/CIFS, so teams can expose shared folders that work cleanly with Windows clients, mixed fleets, and older network storage setups. Strong professionals keep permissions, performance, and access rules consistent.
Domain work
It is often used to connect Linux servers to Microsoft Active Directory or to run a domain controller in its own right. That makes Samba relevant for identity, login, and centralized policy tasks in mixed environments. In Germany, it is common in offices, factories, and public sector setups with long-lived Windows infrastructure.
Typical tasks
- Set up secure file shares and printer access
- Integrate Linux hosts with Active Directory
- Configure Kerberos, LDAP, and DNS dependencies
- Migrate shares from legacy NAS or Windows servers
- Troubleshoot permissions and lock conflicts
Ecosystem
Samba rarely stands alone. It often works with Kerberos, LDAP, Winbind, systemd, and storage tools such as LVM, ZFS, or RAID-backed file servers. Experts also understand SMB protocol versions, signing, encryption, and how client behavior changes across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
When to bring in help
Companies bring in freelance Samba specialists when a share tree is unstable, access rules are unclear, or an AD migration needs careful planning. They are also useful for remote support, documentation, and change windows when local IT teams need extra hands. On-site work can help with legacy servers and network discovery.
What strong specialists do
A strong Samba professional reads logs, maps authentication flow, and checks protocol-level issues instead of guessing. They document share design, backup paths, and recovery steps so the environment stays supportable. Good work leaves the server predictable, secure, and easy for other teams to maintain.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Samba.
Samba is used to let Linux and Unix systems share files and printers with Windows clients through SMB/CIFS. It is also used for Active Directory integration, so mixed environments can keep one login model and one access structure. That makes it useful anywhere Windows and Linux need to work together.
Samba is the software implementation; SMB is the network protocol it speaks. CIFS is an older name you still see in documentation and file-share settings, but SMB is the term most teams use today. When you hire help, look for experts who understand the protocol as well as the service.
Samba needs specialist attention when access problems keep coming back, a migration is planned, or the server must fit into Active Directory cleanly. It also helps to bring in outside expertise when documentation is thin or the current setup has grown over time. A freelancer can focus on the share design, authentication path, and cleanup work.
A strong Samba expert usually knows Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, and Linux permissions in depth. For domain work, Active Directory knowledge matters too, along with log analysis and storage basics. Those skills help the specialist solve access, trust, and performance issues without trial and error.
Samba is the better fit when Windows compatibility matters, because it presents Linux storage in a Windows-friendly way. NFS is often simpler for Linux-only environments, while a Windows server may be preferred for a fully Microsoft stack. The right choice depends on the client mix, identity model, and admin tools you already use.
A simple file-share setup may only need a Samba specialist who has handled standard permissions and user mapping before. Domain integration, migration, or troubleshooting complex authentication usually needs deeper experience with SMB, Kerberos, and Active Directory. The more moving parts you have, the more valuable a seasoned expert becomes.
Samba work can often be done remotely if the specialist has access to logs, configuration, and a test path to the server. On-site support is more useful when old hardware, cabling, or network discovery is part of the issue. Many projects use both: remote planning and an on-site change window.
Look for clear explanations of how Samba is configured, how permissions are inherited, and how authentication is validated. Good experts show how they tested shares, logins, and recovery steps, not just that the service starts. They should also leave documentation that your team can use after the project ends.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Samba in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 736 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Samba in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 82% hold at least a Master's degree, and 27% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Samba in their recent projects have 31 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Samba in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (32%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Samba in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Banking and Finance (68%), and Manufacturing (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Samba in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (89%), and Operations (79%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Samba
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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