Splunk Experts in Stuttgart
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Salim C.
Last position:
Cloud / Systems Architect
- Development and introduction of operations processes
- Preparation of complete documentation packages (including incident management and operations support) to meet compliance requirements
- Introduction of a workshop on IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Technical consulting for the project security concept (ISMS)
- Installation and operation of Kubernetes clusters on AWS, on-prem, and Azure
- Hybrid cloud architecture design (on-prem, Hetzner, AWS)
- Analysis and troubleshooting of incidents and system outages
- Network adjustments for firewall rules, gateways, OpenVPN settings, and IPsec tunnels (pfSense)
- Technical consulting on Bitbucket, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Consulting on Ansible deployments and infrastructure automation
- Consulting on building a scalable system in the cloud (AWS / Azure)
- Technologies / Tools: Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, VPN, pfSense, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, GitLab Runner, ISMS, Golang, Prometheus, Grafana, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Cognito, OIDC, Harbor, MinIO, Postgres, Redis, Keycloak, Ceph, Proxmox, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Flux CD, Hetzner, IONOS, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Entra ID, Dex IdP, Pulumi
Dirk P.
Last position:
Freelance Cyber Defense Lead & KRITIS/NIS2 Consultant | AI Security Architect at Self-Employed
Situation: Increasing demand for privacy-compliant AI solutions for clients in the KRITIS and mid-market sector that need to analyze sensitive media content (audio, video, documents) without sending data to public cloud LLMs.
Task: Design, deployment, and secure operation of a fully self-hosted AI infrastructure including a custom-built digital management platform for automated media analysis.
Action: Architected and implemented a multi-tier platform on hardened Proxmox infrastructure with frontend (Nuxt 3, Vue 3, TypeScript, Tailwind 4), backend (Laravel 13, PHP 8.4, Sanctum), data storage (PostgreSQL 16, MongoDB 7), caching/queuing (Redis 7, Laravel Queue), AI workers (Python 3.11, Whisper, DeepFace, Librosa), scheduling (Laravel Scheduler/Cron), and local LLMs (Gemma, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, LLaMA, Phi) via OpenWebUI with segmented network access, API hardening, and audit logging following BSI recommendations.
Result: Fully GDPR-compliant, on-premises AI platform with zero data leakage to third parties.
Task: Overall responsibility as an external Head of Cyber Security / CISO-as-a-Service for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, and NIS2.
Action: Built and managed Cyber Defense Centers (CDC) with SOC operations, integrated SIEM solutions (Splunk, Graylog), established risk-based vulnerability management (Qualys, Nessus, OpenVAS), and conducted regular infrastructure, application, and physical penetration tests.
Result: Audit-ready ISMS for multiple clients and a 60% reduction in critical vulnerabilities within 90 days.
Task: Design and execution of NIS2 assessments and operational roll-out plans for KRITIS operators.
Action: Developed an online assessment tool for automated identification of individual weakness profiles, implemented ISMS optimizations, penetration testing, awareness programs, GRC suite deployment, and delivered C-level presentations.
Result: Accelerated the consulting process by 50% and successfully prepared multiple clients for NIS2 compliance.
Task: Incident commander for crisis response, forensics, and business recovery in ransomware attacks and APT campaigns.
Action: Coordinated with state and federal police (LKA, BKA), performed forensic analysis (OSForensics, Wireshark, Kali Linux), executed disaster recovery and BCM strategies, and developed BTC extortion response strategies.
Result: 100% recovery rate within defined RTO windows and sustainable post-incident security architectures.
Action: Planned, built, and operated a hardened multi-VM infrastructure (Proxmox, 15+ VMs) with web and mail servers, Graylog, OPNsense firewalls, CRM/ERP and LLM instances, network segmentation, DDoS mitigation, automated patch management, and backup strategies.
Result: >99.5% uptime over 20+ years and zero compromises.
Action: Designed coordinated phishing campaigns with five levels of difficulty, developed e-trainings and webinars in a PDCA cycle, and led red and blue teams.
Result: Phishing click rate reduced from 35% to under 5% within three campaign cycles.
Marko O.
Last position:
System Administrator in a 6-person Team at FITS
- System administration of FreeBSD 11, 12 and 13.1 in a secure cloud software solution
- Administration of proxy servers for FITS and its clients, banks and state banks
- Administration of secure internet solutions
- Administration of secure mail solutions and mail gateways
- Administration of Apache 2.4 web servers
- Planning and maintenance of servers and network components in FNT Command
- Incident, change and ticket handling, especially troubleshooting network issues using Splunk and ARS
- Troubleshooting and log file analysis using Splunk Enterprise
- Monitoring with Nagios
- Ordering, provisioning and installation of certificates on Apache web servers, Nginx web servers and load balancers
- Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380 Gen 9 and 10, Cisco Catalyst
- Software: FreeBSD 11, 12 and 13.2, FNT Command, shell scripts, MySQL databases, ServiceNow, ARS, Splunk Enterprise 8.15
Maik S.
- Development of a new generation of Spring Boot microservices for an archiving system on OpenShift, monitoring, security analyses
Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Vaadin, OpenShift 4.x, Maven, Artifactory, Jenkins, Git/Github, GitHub Copilot, GitOps, CI/CD, Kargo/ArgoCD
Achille C.
Last position:
Backend/Frontend Developer at ITZ-Bund
Development of a microservice application for calculating postings on accounts
Development of backend components with Java or JEE, Quarkus, Kafka, Rest API
Development of the test component with mocking frameworks (Mockito)
Development of integration test components
Creation of OpenAPI specification format
Configuration of CI/CD pipeline
Development of frontend components with React
Design, further development and optimization of system structures
Code review
Java Corretto 21, JEE, Quarkus, Golang
Reactive programming with Spring WebFlux, Project Reactor
Git, Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline, YAML, Json Swagger UI, Postman, Rest OpenAPI, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, Log4J
Microservices, Jira, Confluence, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes (deployment via Helm charts)
Spring Security, OAuth 2, JWT, Sonarqube
IntelliJ, Maven, logging framework Splunk, Agile method Scrum, Nexus, Vaadin V24, build tool Vite
React, React.JS, Node.js, Jess/JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Agile method Scrum, accessibility BITV, Playwright
Marcel S.
Last position:
Technical Lead / Lead Developer at REWE digital
- Due to an organizational restructuring towards product-based teams, the implementation of a Data Mesh in the area of Digital Supplier Management (DSM) was decided.
- A highly available real-time Data Mesh for providing large volumes of data via Kafka and REST to other products.
- New development of a core supplier management software in a (micro-)service-based architecture with a modern tech stack.
- Technologies/Tools:
- Java 21
- Spring Boot
- Angular
- TypeScript
- Go
- MapR
- Kafka
- Docker
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- GitLab CI
- Maven
- JUnit
- Mockito
- WireMock
- Cypress
- Keycloak
- OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Connect
- Humio
- Nexus
- Artifactory
- SonarQube
- Renovate
- Git
- Postman
- IntelliJ
Ivan G.
Last position:
Technical Lead at Porsche Digital GmbH
- Contributed to the design of the new financial services integration layer and moderated the architectural discussions
- Oversaw the security concept and approval of the application
- Prepared infrastructure setup and best practices for the Kotlin backend
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Statistics of experts using Splunk
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years (Germany: 20 years)
Position duration
1.6 years (Germany: 2 years)
Positions per freelancer
16 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Automotive, Information Technology, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Audit
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 90%)
Master's degree or higher
50% (Germany: 46%)
Certifications per freelancer
3 (Germany: 5)
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (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 Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart 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.
- Automotive (100%)
- Information Technology (86%)
- Banking and Finance (71%)
- Transportation (71%)
- Aerospace and Defense (43%)
- Government and Administration (43%)
- Insurance (29%)
- Manufacturing (29%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Log visibility
Splunk is used to search, monitor, and analyze machine data from apps, servers, cloud services, and security tools. It turns logs and events into dashboards, alerts, and reports that teams can act on quickly.
Typical work
- SPL searches for troubleshooting and reporting
- Dashboards for operations, security, and service health
- Alerts for errors, latency, and unusual activity
- Data onboarding from syslog, APIs, and forwarders
Core skills
Strong professionals know SPL, field extraction, data models, and index design. They also understand sourcetypes, props.conf, transforms.conf, and how to keep searches fast and reliable.
When to bring in help
Companies usually need freelance Splunk support when searches are slow, dashboards are unclear, or new data sources must be onboarded cleanly. In Stuttgart, this often matters for teams in manufacturing, automotive, IT operations, and security who need practical on-site or remote support.
Ecosystem fit
Splunk works alongside forwarders, HEC, alerting, and common integrations with cloud and security tools. Professionals also help with Splunk Enterprise Security, ITSI, and clean handover documentation so internal teams can maintain the setup.
What good looks like
Strong Splunk specialists think in use cases, not just queries. They document data sources, keep searches maintainable, and build dashboards and alerts that answer real operational questions instead of creating more noise.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Splunk.
Splunk is mainly used to collect, search, and analyze log and event data from systems, applications, and security tools. Companies use it for troubleshooting, monitoring, alerting, and creating dashboards that show what is happening across their environment.
Splunk is often compared with ELK Stack, Datadog, and other observability tools. It is especially strong when a team needs flexible search, broad data ingestion, and mature security and operations workflows in one place.
A strong Splunk specialist usually understands SPL, regular expressions, Linux, JSON, and log formats. For production work, knowledge of data onboarding, search performance, and alert design matters just as much as query writing.
You do not need a perfect setup, but you should know the main data sources, the business problem, and what the final output should do. A good Splunk professional can help refine requirements, but clearer inputs lead to better dashboards, searches, and alerts.
Most Splunk work can be done remotely because searches, dashboards, and configurations are usually managed online. On-site support can help when access rules are strict, data owners need close coordination, or the environment is tied to local systems in Stuttgart.
Ask for examples of clean SPL, data onboarding decisions, and how they handle search performance. A strong Splunk expert explains trade-offs clearly, documents field extractions and alerts, and avoids building dashboards that are hard to maintain.
No, Splunk is used by security teams, operations teams, and application teams. It is valuable anywhere machine data needs to be searched, monitored, and turned into useful alerts or reports.
Typical deliverables include saved searches, dashboards, alerts, data onboarding rules, and documentation. A solid Splunk freelancer should also leave behind clear naming, access notes, and maintenance guidance so the setup can be used after handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects is 132 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,053 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects are Automotive (100%), Information Technology (86%), and Banking and Finance (71%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used Splunk in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (86%), and Quality Assurance (71%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Splunk
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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