SolarWinds Experts in Germany
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Benito E.
Last position:
Cloud DevOps Engineer und Cloud Architekt at Energieversorgungsunternehmen (anonymisiert, NDA)
- Design and build of a fully isolated AWS offline environment with no outbound internet access for running a browser-based business application
- Design and implementation of a proxy and response service that terminates all external application calls inside the VPC and serves them from locally stored content; identification of the actual communication needs through measurement-based DNS query logging
- Creation of architecture designs and decision papers including a comparison of options (Application Load Balancer with Lambda and S3, reverse proxy on EC2, private API Gateway) assessed by operational effort, cost, and availability
- Transfer of the solution and operations documentation previously available only for Azure to an AWS target architecture, including reassignment of all services and operational processes
- Automated rollout as Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) with CI deployment via GitHub Actions, plus setup of private DNS zones and an internal certificate chain for operation without internet access
- Creation of architecture, deployment, and operations documentation and handover to the customer
- Build-up of a private cloud platform on OpenStack at provider TelemaxX with Terraform, including FortiGate HA clusters, FortiManager, and Kubernetes
- Introduction of Policy as Code (Open Policy Agent, Conftest) as well as development of MCP servers (Model Context Protocol) to connect AI assistants to operations and project tools
Successes:
- Made the business application fully operable without internet access for the first time; the cause of the loading error was narrowed down systematically to missing CORS headers after the likely certificate issue was ruled out
- Fully transferred an existing Azure concept to AWS and replaced the manually created environment with a reproducible, CI-based rollout
Technology stack: AWS (VPC, Application Load Balancer, Lambda, S3, Route 53 private hosted zones and Resolver query logging, IAM, CloudWatch, EC2, CloudFormation), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Remote State), CI/CD (GitHub Actions with OIDC, Azure DevOps Pipelines), OpenStack, FortiGate, FortiManager, Kubernetes, Policy as Code (Open Policy Agent, Conftest), offline and air-gap architectures, PKI & certificates (internal CA, TLS, CRL/OCSP), DNS, network segmentation, Linux, Windows Server, Python, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, JSON, architecture design & decision papers, documentation (Confluence, Markdown), Generative & Agentic AI (Model Context Protocol, Agentic AI Coding Tools)
Mustafa K.
Last position:
Senior Network Design and Engineer at Helaba
Designed and specified the technical network integration of a new business-critical application system (MUREX) in the capital markets area in a complex interface and outsourcing environment.
Created component specifications, a catalog of measures and an implementation plan.
Ensured proper integration of the developed results in line with the bank’s framework: IT compliance, IT security, change and release management.
Selected and integrated a new service provider for the bank; moved critical bank applications to the provider.
Designed, implemented and supported the new Cisco network and Fortinet security setup at the service provider data center.
Acted as technical interface between the bank, service providers and consulting partners.
Supported and further developed the network and security infrastructure (clients, servers, networks); performed error analysis and implemented solutions within agreed service levels.
Analyzed and diagnosed all security and network failures, glitches and malfunctions.
Initiated continuous improvements to ensure efficient resource use and acceptable response times for users.
Provided network support in a financial services organization and prepared operational changes on production banking network infrastructure for both large and small projects within strict change management discipline.
Designed, defined, tested, governed and improved engineering standards.
Performed the role of network architect for medium to large projects involving team resources.
Florian G.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager Security & Infrastructure & Business Development Manager HealthCare at CGI
- Responsible project manager for complex international infrastructure projects
- Coordinator and decision-maker for IT architects in network infrastructure and software with over 100,000 users
- End-to-end project management
- Launch and implementation of initiatives
- Project management of international infrastructure projects with C-level reporting
- Leading and coordinating IT architects
- Technical project management for merger and cloud transformation
- Delivery of international software and hardware rollouts
- Implementation of IT security projects and compliance
- Work with key technologies (e.g. 5G/6G standard)
- Support of complex defense and aerospace projects (e.g. Ariane 6, Eurodrone)
- Building the healthcare and life sciences business unit
- Creating and leading internal employee trainings
Valentin O.
Last position:
Network Architect at IT Service Provider - Public Sector
- Designed a network management strategy focused on NetDevOps principles and model-driven telemetry using YANG data models
- Conducted NETCONF/YANG workshops for L2VPN/L3VPN services over SRv6
- Automated configuration deployment in the testing environment with Ansible
- Developed end-to-end service measurement concepts with IPSLA and the Telegraf-Prometheus-Grafana stack
- Created the dual-stack architecture design (router + switch + firewall) including a detailed test plan; planned, executed, and documented acceptance tests for the management network
- Performed BSI IT baseline protection checks according to the IT-Grundschutz catalog (needs assessment, modeling, risk analysis, deriving measures)
- Protocols: SRv6, IPv6, MPLS, BGP, ISIS, OSPF, NETCONF/YANG, model-driven telemetry, IPSLA
- Systems: Cisco Crosswork Network Controller, SolarWinds Orion, Grafana, InfluxDB, Telegraf, Ansible, Git
- Components: Cisco NCS router series, Cisco Catalyst switch series, Cisco Firepower firewall series
Pascal F.
Last position:
Senior Network Security Consultant at IT-Systemhaus
- Provided expert level consulting for lifecycle, upgrades and refresh activities
- Used Remedy for effort recording and billing to customers
- Used ServiceNow for service management and workflow
- Used Jira for project management with agile/Scrum methods
- Used Confluence for documentation
- Worked with customer-specific software tools
- Worked with customer-provided and secured hardware suitable for IT security operations infrastructure setup for customers
- Built firewall rule sets and handed over to service owner and delivery teams
- Environment: Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, CSM, Cisco AnyConnect, Cisco ISE, Check Point VSX and gateways
Dirk E.
Last position:
Senior IT Engineer at IT service provider
- Planning, concept design, re-design
- Pre-sales support
- Project support according to PRINCE2
- Setup of a CMDB
- Implementation of communication processes
Tan P.
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.
Martin F.
Last position:
IT Security Consultant at Freelance
Dmytro G.
Last position:
Retraining (IT specialist for system integration) at Comcave
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Statistics of experts using SolarWinds
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Government and Administration, Telecommunication
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Audit
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
60%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 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 SolarWinds
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SolarWinds 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%)
- Government and Administration (56%)
- Telecommunication (56%)
- Automotive (44%)
- Energy (44%)
- Healthcare (44%)
- Professional Services (44%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Platform scope
SolarWinds is an IT infrastructure monitoring and management portfolio used to observe networks, servers, applications, databases and cloud-connected services. Its tools help teams detect faults, investigate performance changes and maintain operational visibility across hybrid environments. The SolarWinds Orion platform is widely associated with products such as Network Performance Monitor, Server & Application Monitor and NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.
Monitoring work
SolarWinds specialists configure monitoring rules, dashboards, alerts and dependencies around business-critical systems. They connect device data, logs and flow information so teams can trace symptoms across network, system and application layers. Typical deliverables include:
- Network and server monitoring with actionable thresholds
- Application, database and service health views
- NetFlow analysis for traffic and capacity questions
- Alert tuning, escalation logic and reporting
Ecosystem and skills
Effective work with SolarWinds combines product knowledge with SNMP, WMI, Syslog, Windows Server, Linux and network protocols. Specialists may also use SQL, PowerShell, REST APIs, discovery tools and configuration management to extend monitoring workflows. Knowledge of virtualization, cloud services, firewalls and identity systems helps place alerts in their operational context.
When companies engage experts
Companies often bring in freelance SolarWinds professionals during platform rollouts, monitoring migrations, infrastructure changes or periods of recurring incidents. External expertise can also help replace noisy alerts with useful signals, standardize dashboards across sites and document a monitoring setup before an internal handover. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, while on-site work may matter for regulated or physically complex environments.
Quality indicators
Strong professionals start with service dependencies and business impact rather than enabling every available sensor. They build a clear naming model, set thresholds from observed behavior and distinguish availability, performance and capacity signals. They also test alert routes, protect monitoring credentials, document assumptions and explain how teams can maintain the configuration after delivery.
Project outcomes
A successful SolarWinds engagement leaves the company with reliable visibility and a usable operating model. Expected outcomes may include a structured inventory, prioritized dashboards, tested notifications, traffic baselines, application maps and concise runbooks. The best specialists connect technical findings to incident response, capacity planning and service ownership instead of treating monitoring as a collection of isolated screens.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about SolarWinds, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
SolarWinds is used to monitor and manage IT infrastructure across networks, servers, applications, databases and cloud-connected services. Companies use its tools to detect outages, investigate slow performance, analyze traffic and route alerts to the right operational teams.
SolarWinds is often chosen for broad infrastructure visibility, established network monitoring workflows and detailed control over on-premises environments. PRTG, Datadog and Zabbix can be stronger choices in particular licensing, cloud-native or open-source contexts, so the right option depends on architecture, integrations and internal operating preferences.
A strong SolarWinds specialist usually understands SNMP, Syslog, WMI, Windows Server, Linux and core network protocols. Experience with SQL, PowerShell, REST APIs, virtualization, cloud services and incident management is useful when monitoring must connect with wider operational processes.
An SolarWinds professional is valuable for new platform design, Orion module rollouts, monitoring migrations and alert-quality improvements. Complex environments also benefit from specialist support when dependencies span multiple sites, hybrid infrastructure, business applications or strict access controls.
Much of SolarWinds configuration, dashboard design, alert tuning and documentation can be completed remotely through secure access. On-site collaboration may still be useful for hardware discovery, restricted environments or workshops with infrastructure owners, and German-language communication can matter for local teams.
Ask an SolarWinds professional to explain how they define service dependencies, set thresholds and prevent alert fatigue. Review the proposed naming model, escalation paths, documentation, security controls and handover approach, not only the appearance of the dashboards.
SolarWinds Orion is the platform framework historically associated with modules for network, server, application, database and traffic monitoring. The exact setup depends on the products selected, the infrastructure being observed and the integrations required for ticketing, notifications or reporting.
Freelancers working with SolarWinds should follow product documentation, release changes, security guidance and integration updates. Practical work across hybrid networks, API automation, cloud services and observability practices helps them adapt monitoring designs to different environments.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SolarWinds in their recent projects is 104 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 834 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SolarWinds in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 60% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SolarWinds in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SolarWinds in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SolarWinds in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Government and Administration (56%), and Telecommunication (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SolarWinds in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (100%), and Project Management (100%).
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