SIEM Experts in Berlin
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Berlin, who have recently used SIEM
Andreas Rühl
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Information Security at A-R-C Andreas Rühl Consulting
Development and implementation of tailored information security strategies
Introduction and further development of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI baseline protection, and other standards
Risk management and creation of security concepts
Consulting for KRITIS, PCI DSS, TISAX, and VdS 3473/10000
Building and improving security organizations
Creation and implementation of guidelines, policies, work instructions, and process descriptions
Audit support and certification preparation
Conducting trainings, workshops, and awareness campaigns
Selection and consulting on the introduction of IT security solutions such as SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and encryption technologies
Conducting penetration tests and vulnerability analyses
Consulting on the selection, integration, and management of security architectures in complex IT environments
Consulting on ITSM and managed security services and SOC
Leading and managing complex projects to improve information security
Process analysis, optimization, and management according to ITIL, ISO 27001, and cybernetics
Introduction and quality assurance of management, documentation, and knowledge management systems
Support in complying with regulatory information security requirements (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GMP, KRITIS)
Development and implementation of risk analysis procedures
Organizing initial response, forensic investigations, and organizational measures in the event of security incidents
Designing and running targeted workshops on topics such as ISMS, IT risks, and current threat scenarios
Awareness campaigns to promote security culture in companies
Special trainings on ISO 27001, BSI baseline protection, KRITIS, and other relevant standards
Simulations and exercises to prepare for information security incidents
Interim management for leading information security projects or IT security organizations
Taking on the role of an external CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Support in developing and implementing IT security and corporate strategies
Coaching and mentoring of managers in the field of information security
Building and leading security departments as well as recruiting and qualifying employees
Temporary assumption of management responsibility in critical situations
Victor Omojoye
Last position:
AI Training Engineer at Confidential AI Research Client
- Codebase Evaluation & Problem Design: Designed and stress-tested complex software engineering problems against large open-source Python codebases (including pandas), requiring deep context acquisition and architectural understanding to produce well-scoped, realistic problem statements aligned to strict correctness guidelines.
- Agent Failure Analysis: Assessed LLM coding agent solutions for correctness and completeness, identifying meaningful failures across edge case handling, dtype behaviour, and multi-column NaN propagation logic; documented findings with precision for downstream evaluation use.
- Programmatic Test Suite Development: Authored comprehensive pytest suites to programmatically verify agent-generated solutions against defined requirements, with deliberate coverage of boundary conditions and failure modes not caught by naive implementations.
- Containerised Environment Engineering: Built and debugged Docker environments for reproducible agent execution, including git-based repository provisioning, dependency pinning with npm ci, and multi-stage Dockerfile authoring across Linux-based containers.
Nune Isabekyan
Last position:
Fractional CTO at OpsWorker
OpsWorker turns Kubernetes alerts into root-cause analyses, on top of the monitoring a team already runs. I lead the technical side: the agent architecture, the AWS infrastructure it runs on (fully inside EU regions), and the engineering decisions behind it, read-only in the cluster by default, human in the loop for judgment. The stack underneath: Amazon Bedrock and Bedrock AgentCore, agents built with the Strands Agents SDK, the Claude and OpenAI APIs, and the Kubernetes API.
Daniel Karge
Last position:
Technical Project Manager & Interim Manager at Remmert GmbH
- Project volume in €: ~15 million
- Number of employees: 8
- Managing strategic projects & leading procurement
- Outsourcing standard products abroad
- Process optimization in quality management
- Interim manager for purchasing & procurement
- Planning and implementation of optimization measures
- Material flow in production
- Warehouse management
- Process automation
André Beran
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
Matthias Steinmann
Last position:
Senior Security Consultant (freelance) at DVZ M-V
- ISMS and security concept for the Fabasoft e-file according to BSI 200-1/2, among others
- Structural analysis (A.1), modeling (A.3), and baseline protection checks (A.4)
- Preparation for OWASP penetration test, incident response plan, risk analysis
- DevOps Bitbucket, ARC42, IAM with Keycloak/AD, multi-tenant setup, DMS, SOC
- Emergency preparedness concept (BSI 200-4), operations and service concept (BSK), ITSM
Jan Kopia
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
Henryk Orantek
Last position:
Security Consultant at Daimler AG
- Development of a cloud security strategy
- Implementation of cloud security governance to comply with ISO/IEC 27017 and the CSA CCM
- Creation of a management system to control cloud security with a focus on process design as well as roles and responsibilities
- Definition of security measures to safeguard cloud solutions
- Conducting requirements analyses and defining the scope for cloud security projects
- Achievements: Established an effective NIS2-compliant cloud security governance that meets industry-specific requirements and effectively minimizes cloud security risks
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Statistics of experts using SIEM
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years (Germany: 20 years)
Position duration
2.9 years (Germany: 2.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
12 (Germany: 15)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Audit, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 90%)
Master's degree or higher
57% (Germany: 49%)
Doctorate
14% (Germany: 12%)
Certifications per freelancer
8 (Germany: 7)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
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 Berlin 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 Berlin using SIEM
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
What SIEM does
SIEM stands for Security Information and Event Management. It collects security logs, correlates events, and turns noise into alerts that teams can act on. Companies use it to spot suspicious access, track incidents, and keep a clear record of what happened across systems.
Common platforms
SIEM work often centers on tools such as Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, ArcSight, and Elastic Security. A strong specialist knows how the chosen stack stores logs, maps fields, and supports searches, dashboards, and alert rules. They also know how to keep detections maintainable.
Typical delivery
- Connect log sources from servers, endpoints, cloud services, and identity systems
- Build correlation rules and alert logic for real attack paths
- Tune noisy detections and reduce false positives
- Create dashboards, reports, and investigation views for security teams
- Document response steps so alerts lead to action
When to bring in help
Companies bring in freelance SIEM experts when a rollout is stalled, alerts are too noisy, or the current setup does not cover new systems. In Berlin, this often comes up in regulated firms, SaaS companies, and international teams that need clear security operations without a long hiring cycle.
What good experts do
Strong SIEM professionals understand log normalization, parsing, threat detection, and incident triage. They can talk to security, infrastructure, and compliance teams without guesswork. They focus on evidence, clear rules, and practical detections that fit the environment instead of adding more noise.
Skills around SIEM
A good project often needs more than the SIEM tool itself. Useful adjacent skills include cloud security, identity and access management, Linux and Windows logging, network traffic analysis, and response workflows. The best specialists connect these pieces into one workable security view.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about SIEM? Start with the answers below.
SIEM is used to collect logs, correlate events, and surface suspicious activity across an environment. It helps teams investigate incidents, track user and system behavior, and keep a searchable security record. In practice, it sits between raw telemetry and day-to-day security operations.
A SIEM is broader than EDR or XDR because it focuses on central log analysis and correlation across many sources. EDR usually looks deeper into endpoints, while log platforms may store data without strong security workflows. Many companies use them together rather than choosing only one.
The most common requests mention SIEM platforms such as Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, ArcSight, and Elastic Security. The right choice depends on the existing cloud stack, log volume, and the team that will run it. A freelancer should know how to adapt to the tool already in place.
A strong SIEM specialist usually also knows cloud security, IAM, Windows and Linux logging, detection engineering, and incident response. Knowledge of parsing, field mapping, and query languages matters just as much as the product itself. Without those skills, the tool stays noisy and underused.
Most SIEM work benefits from someone who has already handled log onboarding, use-case design, and alert tuning in live environments. Small tasks can be handled by a narrower specialist, but rollouts, migrations, and detection programs need broader security judgment. The more systems and teams involved, the more important that experience becomes.
Most SIEM work can be done remotely because log review, rule writing, and tuning happen in the console and through tickets. On-site time in Berlin can help at the start of a rollout or when access, network segments, or stakeholder workshops are sensitive. Many teams use a mixed setup.
Look for a SIEM freelancer who can explain how they reduced noise, improved coverage, and connected detections to real incident steps. Good answers are concrete and mention log sources, false positives, rule logic, and operational handoff. If the person only talks about the tool name, that is not enough.
Yes, SIEM is still useful because it brings together cloud, identity, endpoint, and network signals in one place. Cloud-native tools often give strong local visibility, but they do not always give the broader investigation view security teams need. SIEM remains important when different systems have to be analyzed together.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SIEM in their recent projects is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 948 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SIEM 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 Berlin, Germany who have used SIEM in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SIEM in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SIEM in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Professional Services (75%), and Manufacturing (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SIEM in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (88%), and Quality Assurance (75%).
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