System Center Operations Manager Experts in Germany
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Mustafa K.
Last position:
Senior Consultant SCCM, SCOM, SCSM, SCVMM / Software packaging at LfSt - Bavarian State Office for Taxes
- Further development of the existing SCCM 2509 implementation
- Schema extension, CAS extension
- Creating task sequences, in-place upgrade
- Patch management (WSUS)
- Security updates, feature updates
- Emergency fixes, application updates
- Incident, change, and problem management (3rd level)
- Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPMC
- Managing users, groups, OUs, computers
- Setting up GPOs
- Senior consultant for software packaging in an SCCM 2509 environment
- Project management ITIL standards
- Defect management
- SIT (Software Integration Test)
- SAT (Software Acceptance Test)
- UAT (User Acceptance Test)
- Adjusting Windows 11 25H2 client deployment
- Secunet SINA management systems administrator
- Secunet SINA Workstation 3.5.4
- Maintenance and configuration work in SINA management
- Importing and adjusting IPsec policies
- Retrieving and documenting status, firmware versions, and configurations of individual SINA devices
- Consulting and implementation in fault and incident management
- Implementation of documentation and rollout of new software versions
- Creating software packages based on PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit, Flexera AdminStudio for the W11 64-bit platform and Server 2025 / 2022
- Number of PC systems: approx. 1,850.
Label: PowerShell, VBS, Batch scripting
Label: SCCM 2503, Windows 11 64 Bit, Windows 2025 Server, Windows 2022 Server, Windows 2019 Server
Mark S.
Last position:
Administration / operation / configuration / control / coordination at State authority (State of Hesse)
- administration, configuration, operation, installation, and troubleshooting of Windows Server systems (2016–2025) in a multi-domain infrastructure by tier level
- operation of Windows systems (VMware, Hyper-V, and physical)
- automated installation and patch management via MECM and WSUS
- support in the patch management process and backup process
- creation of server and operating system hardening according to BSI
- administration, configuration, and operation of Active Directory (AD)
- administration, configuration, and maintenance of group policies (GPOs)
- administration of cluster systems
- granting, modifying, and revoking access permissions and access groups
- control and documentation as well as coordination between business units and service providers
- change management: reviewing, evaluating, and controlling change requests
- performance analysis to optimize operating systems
- responsibility for solving malfunctions and internal service requests
- second- and third-level support
- creating documentation, operation manuals, and presentations
- working according to ITIL and IT baseline protection (BSI)
Michael P.
Last position:
Windows Client Engineer (120k users) at UniCredit S.p.A.
- Rolling out M365 in a complex environment
- Hybrid environments with Entra Hybrid Join and pre-provisioning
- Packaging with PowerShell Deployment Toolkit
- Troubleshooting / last-level support
- Co-management with SCCM
- Developing packages and scripts for Intune Autopilot
- Migration planning from network file shares to OneDrive / Teams
- Introducing user profile management with OneDrive
- Windows operating system design
- GPO design for the operating system and other applications
- Browser design and configuration
- OS upgrade planning (Windows 10 20H2-22H2 / Windows 11 22H2-24H2)
- Application lifecycle management / application ownership
Tobias W.
Last position:
External Contractor at Government Agency
- Project support for VMware/Active Directory
- Operational support for administration, process execution
- Creation and review of documentation
- Active Directory, Powershell, VMware VSphere 7, Confluence, Jira
- Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2025 GUI/Core
- Concept and rollout of Windows Update Services (approx. 500 client/server systems) and takeover of a central WSUS gateway company-wide
- Takeover and redesign KMS/RDS systems company-wide
Nermin K.
Last position:
Service Manager, Change Manager, Project Manager at ITZ-Bund
- Responsible for service management and change management within the ITZ-Bund network.
- Creating, tracking, and modifying change requests for applications and infrastructure at ITZ-Bund.
- Adapting and extending change management processes.
- Ensuring required technical functionality of specific applications (beBPo Web, Governikus Multi Messenger GMM).
- Project management activities for individual projects within the ITZ-Bund network.
- Managing and ensuring availability of external service providers (Governikus, Materna).
- Participation in an FMS audit (documentation description, processes, quality) for individual agencies of ITZ-Bund.
- Monitoring deadlines and milestones, reporting project progress to various stakeholders.
- Single point of contact (SPOC) for various departments, weekly fixed meetings with clients and status meetings.
- Creating and planning infrastructure G2X maps, monitoring, and status reporting to clients and external service providers.
- Participation in certificate requests and certificate exchange for customer-specific infrastructure and applications.
- Planning, coordinating, and executing communication for announcing, carrying out, and following up on planned activities.
- Monitoring effort and developing improvement suggestions.
- Skills/Tools: ITIL, Prince 2, Windows 10, Microsoft Office, Governikus products, Materna products, Confluence, Jira, BMC Remedy, Smart IT
Volker R.
Last position:
Architect and Senior System Administrator at International Trading Company
- Analysis and optimization of the VMware environment for operation in a critical infrastructure environment
- Planning and execution of updates for the VMware and hardware environment in a critical infrastructure environment
- Deployment of Skyline Health Diagnostics
- Review of existing documentation
- Training and onboarding of new internal staff
- Support for migration and upgrade projects
- Preparation for moving scripts in the virtualization environment to GitLab
- Ticket handling with ServiceNow
Martin I.
Last position:
Freelance Project Manager at Imbeck Consulting
- Taking on project/program management roles
- Leading a project at a Microsoft partner for the global rollout of Microsoft Dynamics CRM for a global company in the automation systems/control technology sector
Peter V.
Last position:
IT Consultant at Evotec KG
- Operation and administration of Windows 2016 / 2019 servers and domains
- Infrastructure services (Active Directory, ADFS, AD Azure Connect, DHCP, DNS, Group Policies)
- Consulting, support and troubleshooting of customer systems
- Documentation and concept design in the area of MS Active Directory
- Updating operation, process and system documentation
- Ticket handling (remote analysis and resolution via incident, change and problem management)
- Technologies: Windows 2022, Active Directory, ADFS, AD Azure Connect, DHCP, DNS, GPO, VMware vSphere, CheckMK, Exchange 2019, PowerShell, Jira, Confluence, Office 365, Matrix42, NetApp, Ansible
Mohammed M.
Last position:
IT Infrastructure Management at E.On, Bayernwerk, West energy
- Many years of experience in IT Service Management based on Agile and ITIL processes
- Carrying out measures to ensure smooth incident and problem management processes
- Fast handling of requests in request management
- Solving business requirements and inquiries based on expertise
- Advising users on all IT topics
- Monitoring Service Level Agreements
- Working with internal teams and establishing standard solutions for recurring issues
- Proactive maintenance and monitoring
- Automation and standardization
- Continuous learning, evaluation, and improvement
- Documentation in the ServiceNow and Jera ticketing systems
- Document management with SharePoint and Confluence
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and cloud computing
- Backup and replication systems with Veeam
- Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA
Michael W.
Last position:
Storage Architect at BSI GmbH
- Processing changes to build new storage in a new data center environment
- Draft design of the storage solution with its backup area
- Discussions on the future storage architecture and cloud backup solution
- Timeline creation for each project with duration and maturity level
- Documenting each project in Confluence
- Updating all storage product items in Certlich
- Updating and fixing errors in Alfabet
- Adding new products and their details in Alfabet for the storage area
Frank H.
Last position:
Project Manager Database Upgrade at Bank
- Planning, coordination and tracking of tasks for database administration (DBA)
- Coordination with application developers and test managers (QA) involved in the project
- Migration of existing databases in several stages
- Coordination and communication with stakeholders
- Technologies: MariaDB
- Tools: MS Office, Confluence, Jira
- Methods: project management according to the client's process
- Project language: English / German
Hakan K.
Last position:
IT-Management & Administration at Freiberufliche IT-Dienstleistung
- Hybrid Cloud Administration (Cloud Transformation)
- Azure Cloud Administration
- Azure Entra ID user administration
- Reporting
- License reviews
- User and group management
- RBAC integration
- Policy management
- VM administration: setup of VMs, configuration of scale sets, configuration of replications, creation of backups, manual installation
- Azure Bastion
- Privileged access identity management
- Documentation
- Azure Security Center: monitoring security posture and recommendations to improve security
- Microsoft 365 administration: MS Intune administration (Bitlocker policies, distribution, device management, group management)
- MS365 Defender (Defender for Endpoint, threat management, EDR solution implementation, threat detection through investigations)
- Defender for Office 365 (protection of Office 365 tools against phishing, malware, and other attacks)
- Defender for Identity (identification, activity monitoring)
- Defender for Cloud Apps (application monitoring and protection)
- Windows Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, policies, Baramundi, SCCM/MECM, VMware, WSUS, Sophos
- Exchange administration: rule creation, setup and deployment of mailboxes, mailbox migration, mail tracking, mailbox conversion, report generation
- Windows AD administration: user management across the structure, device management, attribute management, group management, organizational management, troubleshooting
- Group Policy management: modifying, deleting or creating policies, assigning and organizing policies, documentation and reporting
- Manual installation & imaging: new imaging, image creation, manual maintenance and updates, documentation of various enterprise applications
- Bitlocker configuration, BIOS and firmware configuration, troubleshooting and collaboration with level 3 support, MBSA reporting, WSUS monitoring, system and event management, troubleshooting across the IT infrastructure
- Network management (including SWIFT network): MAC address filtering, network switch configuration, port management, switch patching
- VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter administration: VM management, troubleshooting, virtualization solutions, updates and maintenance
- Virtualization & cloud: Azure, Citrix, VMware, VirtualBox, ESXi, Hyper-V, VMware AHV, vulnerability management, migrations
- Identifying, assessing and remediating security vulnerabilities on hybrid endpoints through regular vulnerability assessments and patch management
- Backup & recovery: Teams administration, data migration, SAN, SharePoint administration, NAS, Exchange administration, cloud backup: policy creation, mailbox migration
- IT security: firewall, antivirus, Azure, MS365 Security Defender: monitoring, mailbox setup and implementation, mail tracking, mailbox conversion, report generation
- IT service management: team meetings, report analysis, documentation, analysis
- Other: monitoring progress against goals, ServiceNow, HPSM, prioritizing activities, JIRA, MS365, integration of requested projects, MDM, TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Adobe, PowerShell, CLI, CMD
- IT service desk: Exchange, JIRA org administration, SCCM shell: user management, device management, project management, ticket reviews, user training, ticket handling, change management, permission management, VIP support
- Facility management: coordination with building management/technical teams, organizing technology for conferences, guest access, employee access
- Nutanix/VMware administration: provisioning and setup of Nutanix clusters, installation and configuration of Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi & Hyper-V, infrastructure maintenance and operations, upgrades and patches for Nutanix clusters, planning and implementing backup solutions, installation and configuration of VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter servers, hybrid environments
Mariusz H.
Last position:
Managing Director at Cross Cloud Consulting
Dirk P.
Last position:
IT systems and security engineer at Self-employed consulting engineer
Sebastian D.
Last position:
Senior IT System Administrator at LKA Thuringia
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Statistics of experts using System Center Operations Manager
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
40%
Master's degree or higher
10%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
93%
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 System Center Operations Manager
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.
System Center Operations Manager 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%)
- Professional Services (53%)
- Government and Administration (53%)
- Aerospace and Defense (47%)
- Automotive (47%)
- Manufacturing (47%)
- Insurance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SCOM Does
System Center Operations Manager, commonly called SCOM, is Microsoft’s platform for monitoring the health, performance and availability of enterprise IT environments. It collects data from servers, applications, networks and services, then turns operational events into alerts, dashboards and reports. Companies use it to detect issues before they affect business operations.
Core Monitoring Work
SCOM specialists design monitoring for Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, Exchange and business-critical applications. They define thresholds, dependencies, health states and escalation rules so teams can distinguish a real incident from harmless noise. In German manufacturing, logistics and enterprise environments, SCOM can provide a central view across on-premises and hybrid systems.
Management Packs And Tools
The SCOM ecosystem includes sealed and custom management packs, agents, gateways, discovery rules, monitors, rules and overrides. Strong professionals work with PowerShell, SQL Server Reporting Services, Windows PowerShell modules and System Center components. They may also connect SCOM with Azure Monitor, ServiceNow, Operations Manager consoles or custom ticketing workflows.
- Create or refine management packs
- Configure agents, gateways and discovery
- Tune monitors, rules, overrides and alert workflows
- Build health models, dashboards and reports
When Freelance Expertise Helps
Companies often bring in freelance SCOM expertise during migrations, monitoring redesigns, data-centre changes or upgrades from older Operations Manager environments. Specialists can remove duplicate alerts, document undocumented monitoring and prepare integrations without disrupting production. Remote delivery works well for configuration and review; on-site collaboration can help with restricted networks, hardware access or complex change windows in Germany.
SCOM Versus Alternatives
SCOM fits organizations that need deep monitoring of Microsoft infrastructure and detailed control over health models. Azure Monitor is often preferred for cloud-native telemetry, while tools such as Zabbix, Nagios or Datadog may suit different infrastructure mixes and operating models. The right choice depends on cloud adoption, existing System Center investments, integration needs and the skills available to operate the platform.
Choosing A Strong Specialist
Look for professionals who can explain how an alert travels from a data source through a monitor or rule to an actionable response. Useful evidence includes clean management packs, documented overrides, sensible alert thresholds and recovery procedures tested in realistic environments. Ask how they handle agent security, gateway design, reporting, PowerShell automation and knowledge transfer to the internal team.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about System Center Operations Manager? Start with the answers below.
System Center Operations Manager is used to monitor the availability, performance and health of servers, applications, networks and services. It collects operational data and raises alerts when defined conditions indicate a fault or degradation.
SCOM provides detailed, model-based monitoring for on-premises and hybrid Microsoft environments, with strong support for management packs and Windows infrastructure. Azure Monitor is more natural for Azure resources, cloud telemetry and broader cloud-native observability, although many organizations use both.
A strong SCOM specialist should understand Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, PowerShell, networking and incident workflows. Experience with management pack authoring, agent security, gateways, reporting and integrations such as ServiceNow is also valuable.
The required depth depends on the scope. A simple rule or override may need focused platform knowledge, while a monitoring redesign, custom management pack or hybrid migration calls for an expert who understands architecture, dependencies, alert operations and change control.
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager can often be configured, reviewed and documented remotely through controlled access. On-site work may still be useful for isolated networks, security approvals, hardware dependencies or workshops with teams operating in German facilities.
Ask which monitoring environments the expert has handled, how they reduce alert noise and how they test management packs before production use. Also discuss documentation, rollback plans, access requirements, reporting and the handover process for the internal team.
Operations Manager can be a strong fit when an organization relies heavily on Microsoft infrastructure and needs deep health models, management packs and integration with System Center processes. Zabbix or Datadog may be preferable for different infrastructure mixes, cloud priorities or operating models.
Good SCOM work produces meaningful alerts, clear health states, documented dependencies and dashboards that support decisions rather than create noise. Review a specialist’s approach to thresholds, overrides, recovery actions, security, testing and knowledge transfer before approving the engagement.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used System Center Operations Manager in their recent projects is 104 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 831 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used System Center Operations Manager in their recent projects, 40% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 10% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used System Center Operations Manager in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used System Center Operations Manager in their recent projects are German (100%), English (93%), and Spanish (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used System Center Operations Manager in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (73%), and Professional Services (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used System Center Operations Manager in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (93%), and Operations (80%).
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