Splunk Experts in Berlin
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Berlin, who have recently used Splunk
Syed A.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Giant Eagle
- Designed and developed AI-powered document processing solutions using Python, OCR, NLP, and Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate extraction, validation, and classification of financial documents, reducing processing time by 75%.
- Built intelligent multi-stage workflow automation pipelines integrating AI services, machine learning models, and enterprise systems to streamline financial operations and improve data quality.
- Developed reusable AI-driven transformation frameworks capable of processing structured and unstructured document formats (XML, CSV, JSON, TXT, DAT) and normalizing them into unified business schemas.
- Designed and developed Python-based REST APIs and backend services supporting enterprise finance applications and high-volume data processing workloads.
- Built scalable data synchronization pipelines between Oracle CFIN and SQL databases, incorporating machine learning models for cash-flow forecasting and AP/AR anomaly detection.
- Architected and deployed Apache Airflow workflows to orchestrate AI-powered data pipelines, automating end-to-end processing from document ingestion through financial system integration.
- Led the migration of critical enterprise integrations from MuleSoft to Python-based services, improving maintainability, performance, and operational flexibility while preserving complete data integrity.
- Managed the full API lifecycle including solution design, implementation, documentation, deployment, monitoring, and production support for mission-critical financial systems.
- Collaborated directly with finance stakeholders to identify business challenges, define solution requirements, and deliver measurable operational improvements through automation and AI-driven workflows.
- Worked closely with cross-functional engineering and business teams to rapidly iterate on features, improve processes, and drive successful adoption of AI-enabled solutions.
- Provided technical leadership through architecture reviews, technology decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices across integration and automation initiatives.
- Mentored developers, established coding standards, and contributed to improving software quality, maintainability, and delivery effectiveness across projects.
- Provided production support during critical month-end and quarter-close financial processes, performing root-cause analysis and implementing rapid fixes to ensure system reliability and data accuracy.
André S.
Last position:
IT Consultant SAP® Administration at Lechwerke AG (LEW)
- IT services for the administration of the SAP® systems NETZ/Sales, BW, Core, Portal
- Administration of SAP® authorizations and users via central user administration (ZBV) in SAP® Solution Manager
- Setup and further development of SAP® authorization roles
- Role assignment according to requests
- Creation, change, and deletion of users
- Incident handling and error analysis (e.g. authorization trace, debugging in test systems)
- Cooperation with the SAP® development team on new implementations and process changes
- Special tasks
- Execution of Privileged User Management (PUM) 2023–2025 using Security Bridge
- Decommissioning of the SAP® Core system and migration to S/4HANA
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
Qaiser A.
Last position:
Freelance Lead DevOps Engineer at Schwarz Gruppe Produktion
Bootstrapping a CloudOps team and building a multi-cloud provider backend for a low-code Internal Developer Platform (IDP) with env zero
Introducing user story mapping, ADRs, milestones, and backlog management
Designing and developing core APIs, setting up CI/CD pipelines, OpenTofu/Terraform scripts
Representing and communicating the team with third-party stakeholders (e.g. env zero)
(Cross-)team coaching on DevOps, software design, Terraform, Golang, and agile practices
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
Ramu M.
Last position:
Software Development Engineer at Olive Crypto Systems Pvt Ltd (National Payments Corporation of India)
Contributed to the development of a UPI simulation system, ensuring alignment with NPCI standards from UAT to production, and achieving a 98% success rate with improved API workflow clarity.
Built a data-driven certification process that increased scenario coverage by 40% and cut certification time to 1 week.
Executed 100+ transaction scenarios for switch testing using a real-time sample bank, achieving 85% accuracy in critical flows and supporting on-time certification for banks.
integrated Spring Boot microservices with RabbitMQ to automate certification workflows, reducing manual efforts by 40%.
Supported the rollout of a global UPI simulation tool used by 20+ international partners to explore real-time remittance APIs and process flows efficiently.
Streamlined certification workflows, reducing integration time by 50% and enabling full API understanding within a week.
Engineered a real-time international remittance simulator and testing framework facilitating API/application flow comprehension for partners like Lyra and TerraPay; cut partner integration time by 40%.
Developed RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and Kafka to simulate high-volume remittance traffic for partner certification.
Collaborated with international partners to optimize API performance, identifying and resolving latency issues, resulting in a 25% reduction in response times during partner integrations.
Kim K.
Last position:
Lead Fullstack Node/React Developer at Rytle
- Development of React.js / Next.js web application, displaying live sensor data and optimized routes on interactive maps.
- Architected and managed Node.js backend services in Docker containers integrated with Kafka, responsible for order management and routing.
- Guided and supported junior developers in their professional growth as team lead developer.
- Technologies: node.js, React, TypeScript, Postgres, Docker, Kafka, Github CI, ArgoCD
Pawel N.
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
Kalyani K.
Last position:
Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank
- Technologies: Java, React, Python, Scala, Spring Boot, JPA, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Eureka, Prometheus, Grafana, Zookeeper
- Led the design and development of enterprise wide data warehouse platform for efficient and secure data sharing using stateless, event-driven microservices architecture
- Served as component guardian and Scrum master for three microservices, ensuring seamless integration and maintaining high data integrity
- Optimized performance through Prometheus and Grafana, achieving measurable system resilience
Dirk U.
Last position:
Developer at Future Training & Consulting GmbH
Training course with exam for Spring Certified Professional.
- Environment: Spring Boot 3, Spring Framework 6, IntelliJ
Henning P.
Last position:
Backend Systems Development at Deutsche Bank/DWS/Morgenfund
- Developed backend systems for the DWS Investment App, a white-label investment solution (robo-advisor), and an investment solution for institutional clients.
- Java 8-17, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, OpenAPI 3.0, JPA, JDBI, Oracle, Hazelcast, JXLS, Apache POI, Apache PDFBox, Apache Kafka & Avro, Active MQ, Elasticsearch, React Native, Spock Test, IntelliJ IDEA, Kubernetes, Helm, Microservices/Netflix-Stack, TeamCity, Splunk.
- Kanban team, continuous integration.
- Migrated existing applications from Deutsche Bank's private cloud environment to Azure as part of a carve-out.
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Statistics of experts using Splunk
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years (Germany: 20 years)
Position duration
2.1 years (Germany: 2 years)
Positions per freelancer
11 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Energy
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 90%)
Master's degree or higher
44% (Germany: 46%)
Doctorate
11% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 5)
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
82% (Germany: 98%)
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 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 Splunk
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.
Splunk 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%)
- Banking and Finance (73%)
- Energy (36%)
- Professional Services (36%)
- Retail (36%)
- Manufacturing (27%)
- Real Estate (27%)
- Telecommunication (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Splunk does
Splunk collects, indexes and analyzes machine-generated data from applications, infrastructure, networks, security tools and connected devices. Teams use its search, dashboards and alerts to investigate incidents, monitor services and understand operational behavior. Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud support data-driven observability and security work.
Core capabilities
Strong Splunk specialists shape raw events into useful investigations and repeatable operations. Their work commonly includes:
- Designing indexes, sourcetypes, fields and data models
- Writing SPL searches, alerts, reports and dashboards
- Building security monitoring and detection workflows
- Connecting logs, metrics and traces from distributed systems
Ecosystem and tooling
Splunk work often spans Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, inputs, parsing rules and deployment management. Specialists may also use Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk IT Service Intelligence, Splunk Observability Cloud and the Splunk App ecosystem. Familiarity with APIs, Kubernetes, cloud services, Linux, Python and CI/CD helps when data pipelines and operational workflows cross system boundaries.
When companies hire expertise
Companies bring in freelance Splunk expertise when an implementation needs structure, an investigation process is slow, or teams cannot trust the data in their dashboards. In Berlin, specialists may support local security, finance, mobility, manufacturing and technology operations while collaborating remotely with international teams. Clear documentation and reliable communication matter in both on-site and distributed work.
Typical project outcomes
A specialist can deliver a governed data onboarding process, a searchable security environment or dashboards that show service health to the right audience. Other engagements focus on migrating from legacy configurations, reducing noisy alerts, tuning searches, integrating cloud data or preparing Splunk for a larger observability program. The outcome should be measurable in daily operational clarity, not just a populated interface.
What good specialists show
Look for professionals who can explain data flow from source to search result and connect SPL decisions to a business or security need. They should demonstrate careful index and retention design, practical troubleshooting and disciplined change management. Ask for examples of detection logic, dashboard ownership, knowledge transfer and work with access controls. For Berlin teams, assess remote collaboration habits and the language skills needed for workshops and documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Splunk, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Splunk is used to collect and analyze machine data from applications, servers, networks, cloud services and security systems. Companies use it for observability, incident investigation, operational monitoring, compliance support and threat detection.
A strong Splunk specialist can explain where its broad search and analytics model fits against tools such as Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel, Datadog and Grafana. The right choice depends on data sources, investigation depth, existing integrations, governance needs and whether security and operations teams need a shared view.
Useful adjacent skills include Linux, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, Python, REST APIs and CI/CD. Security-focused work may also require knowledge of SIEM processes, detection engineering, identity data and incident response.
The required depth depends on the scope. Data onboarding and dashboard work need strong SPL and platform knowledge, while architecture, migration, Enterprise Security or large-scale governance require experience with design decisions, troubleshooting and operational ownership.
Yes, Splunk work is often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, searches, dashboards and documentation can be reviewed online. On-site workshops in Berlin can still help with stakeholder discovery, access processes and sessions that involve several operational teams.
A Splunk freelancer should clarify the data sources, deployment model, access boundaries, retention expectations, search performance issues and intended users. They should also establish how success will be validated, who owns content after handover and which environments are available for testing.
Review whether searches are readable, efficient and based on reliable fields rather than fragile assumptions. Good Splunk work includes useful dashboards, actionable alerts, controlled permissions, clear documentation and evidence that the data accurately supports the decisions it is meant to inform.
Splunk Enterprise gives a company more direct control over deployment, infrastructure and administration, while Splunk Cloud provides a managed service model. The better fit depends on governance, integration constraints, operating responsibilities and the level of platform control the team requires.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 725 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects are English (100%), German (82%), and French (9%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (73%), and Energy (36%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (82%), and Quality Assurance (73%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Splunk
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