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Kai Pankatz

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Oracle Project Management and DBA

München
Kai Pankatz

Last position:

Oracle Project Management and DBA at Scope Solutions AG

  • Installation, maintenance and regular upgrade of the DB systems with 19x
  • Use of OPatch and RU 19.27 on RHEL 8x, SLES 15.x and Windows
  • DBA for DACH and European customers in production and last test environments (e.g. Konrad Adenauer) as well as others in CDB
  • Processes via Confluence
  • Support in operations for customers SR via Metalink
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Matthias Lamsfuss

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Freelance Developer & Founder

Munich
Matthias Lamsfuss

Last position:

Full Stack & AI Engineer at Elephant Technologies

Loom and Bloom

Python · TypeScript · n8n · Claude Code · Whisper · Gemini · Supabase · Notion · HubSpot · Digital Ocean

  • Built an end-to-end content pipeline: one Loom video → marketing images, bilingual LinkedIn posts, newsletter and Help Center updates.
  • n8n webhook → SSH → Claude Code session on a Digital Ocean VPS; three MCP servers (video, Notion, Supabase).
  • Whisper word-level transcription, ffmpeg screenshots, Gemini UI annotation, PIL device mockups.
  • Next.js upload UI plus a bilingual newsletter composer with HubSpot push.
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Anitha Namineni

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Senior Data Engineer

München
Anitha Namineni

Last position:

Senior Data Engineer at Accenture GmbH

  • Designed, developed, and configured scalable data applications aligned with business processes and technical requirements.
  • Architected scalable, cost-effective data architectures leveraging Snowflake across AWS, Azure and GCP, integrating dbt for data transformation and modeling.
  • Built and maintained robust ETL Data Pipelines, ensuring high data quality for seamless migration and cross-system integration.
  • Demonstrated strong expertise in SQL & Python with extensive experience in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipeline development, and streaming data processing; proficient in Git-based version control, CI/CD practices, and testing frameworks, with solid knowledge of data quality, observability, cost optimization, security, and data governance principles.
  • Led multiple data migration initiatives from SAP HANA to Snowflake using a modular dbt framework.
  • Designed and maintained end-to-end data transformation workflows using dbt on Snowflake, implemented layered data models, optimized performance, and ensured high-quality data delivery for business intelligence and reporting.
  • Managed development, QA, and production deployments through structured version control and release management using GitLab.
  • Integrated and centralized data from multiple sources including relational databases, flat files, Excel, and large-scale systems into Snowflake.
  • Applied strong expertise in Sales, Marketing, HR, and ERP data domains, developing and maintaining relevant KPIs and reporting solutions.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data solutions on schedule through proactive issue resolution and effective coordination.
  • Administered the Snowflake sandbox environment for Data Engineering division.
  • Trained colleagues transitioning into data roles on Snowflake and provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
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Stefan Wimmer

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Architect/Software Developer/Infrastructure

Ottobrunn
Stefan Wimmer

Last position:

Architect/Software Developer at Global Logistics Support GmbH

Task

  • Further development of a new ERP system with Blazor
  • Creation of e-invoices in the XRechnung and ZUGFeRD formats
  • UI/UX design Client-server system
  • Windows 11 Technology
  • Microsoft .NET 9, Git, Azure DevOps, ASP.NET, MSSQL, Blazor Programming languages
  • C#, MVVM Development tools
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2022 Database
  • MSSQL Industry
  • Other
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Ernst Höfler

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Support/Development/Consulting – Process Development, E-Invoicing, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD

München
Ernst Höfler

Last position:

Support/Development/Consulting – Process Development, E-Invoicing, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD

  • Support and further development of a complex process for creating XML documents for electronic invoices / E-Invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
  • Automation of operational processes, process development and optimization
  • Development of frontend applications with MS Power Apps
  • Porting SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2022
  • SQL Server database administration
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Sven Hummel

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Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio)

Munich
Sven Hummel

Last position:

Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio) at IT service provider for an international premium automaker

  • Analyzing, aligning and modeling business processes (BPMN 2.0) for the 'The New Retail' program in the areas of invoicing, tax, customs and accounting
  • Tracking user stories and their impact on processes
  • Point of contact for preparing the tool migration from Symbio to Signavio for the mentioned areas
  • Power user after the introduction of Signavio, point of contact and coach for other process modelers
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Antonio Disarò

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IT Consultant

Munich
Antonio Disarò

Last position:

Agile Project Manager at Openry GmbH

End Customer: Openry GmbH

E-commerce platform to globally commercialize high-quality Italian artistic productions. Several European shops are already operational and Asian markets soon coming up. My role as Agile Project Manager is to lead the complete team on both the customer and technical side (offshore) including strong strategic consulting, in a continuous delivery approach. As project in a small enterprise, the budget management aspects are particularly challenging, in a quest to deliver the maximum business value with minimal overheads. Technologies: Magento 2, M2E Pro, Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP (LAMP), Stripe

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Thomas Langer

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Consultant for AI, Electronics Development and System Integration

Unterhaching
Thomas Langer

Last position:

Consultant for AI-driven process automation at Lumiz

AI-driven automation of purchasing on a printing company's website, including selecting delivery times, order options, ordering, payment, and uploading print data from the Lumiz Cloud.

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Peter Sperber

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Project Manager Camera Systems/Lenses

München
Peter Sperber

Last position:

Project Manager Camera Systems/Lenses at S&E Consulting Peter Sperber

  • Management of internal and external optics, electronics, and software developers and the subproject managers throughout the entire development process up to handover to production
  • Conducting RfP and contract negotiations with German, Chinese, and Japanese manufacturers and tracking the agreed deliverables
  • Conducting quality gates throughout the development process
  • Responsibility for meeting commercial, technical, and schedule requirements (resource and budget planning)
  • Continuous monitoring of potential project risks during all phases
  • Ensuring compliant development (RoHS & REACH) and documentation for worldwide CE marking
  • Project status reporting to upper management and the company board
  • Central point of contact for third-party contractors and their coordination in the project
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Harald Laschitz

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Project Management

Grünwald
Harald Laschitz

Last position:

Project Management at Loocid LLC

  • Conducted a comprehensive due diligence review for a potential acquisition of a Swiss manufacturing company as part of a pre-merger analysis
  • Assessed production capacities and technical infrastructure
  • Evaluated integration possibilities into existing business processes
  • Performed risk assessment and developed recommendations for action
  • Documented the findings and presented them to management
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Vitor Rodrigues

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Test Coordinator Automation

Garching bei München
Vitor Rodrigues

Last position:

Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all

  • Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
  • Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
  • Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
  • Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
  • Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
  • Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
  • Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
  • Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
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Markus Oberhammer

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Lead E-Solution Architect & Senior Requirements Engineer

Munich
Markus Oberhammer

Last position:

Lead E-Solution Architect & Senior Requirements Engineer at Zasterbot-Oracle

  • Clarification of project goals, scope, and functional target vision for building the AI-based knowledge base.
  • Deriving the initial architecture and implementation strategy for the Zasterbot chatbot, including defining the MVP and expansion phases.
  • Developing a functional target vision for building a structured knowledge base and integrating a future chatbot.
  • Deriving and prioritizing use cases for information retrieval and provision by the chatbot.
  • Modeling data structures and flows for effectively organizing the knowledge base on the Base44 platform.
  • Designing and implementing data models for storing and linking relevant information.
  • Developing processes for extracting, analyzing, and preparing raw data for the knowledge base.
  • Ensuring data consistency and quality as the foundation for the future chatbot.
  • Planning the integration of large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for precise and context-aware responses.
  • Implementing features for analyzing and visualizing data from the knowledge base.
  • Using the Base44 platform with JSON-schema-based entities and a flexible permission model.
  • Implementing Deno functions for backend logic, event processing, and external API integration.
  • Integrating OpenAI services for initial data analysis.
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Meryem Gündoğdu

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Test Manager-SPOT

Munich
Meryem Gündoğdu

Last position:

Test Manager-SPOT at EON

  • Overall process definition, planning, training, tools, effective execution, and progress and quality measurement of test activities at the release level
  • Defining and improving the test process
  • Scheduling of releases
  • Coordinating alignment with release management for test setup and data provisioning
  • Coordinating migration test planning for Westnetz, Mitnetz, and EON Grid
  • Monitoring test progress, audit-proof documentation, progress tracking via defects, OSS reports, and incidents
  • Designing and coordinating potential test automation

IT environment: Jira Zephyr, Confluence, SIGMA, PowerBI

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Sascha Jürgens

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Agile Coach & Partner

Grasbrunn
Sascha Jürgens

Last position:

Agile Coach & Partner at Agisolve GmbH – Pragmatic Agility® | Edler & Stiegler GmbH | CTN Consulting

  • Create a product and service portfolio delivering a 360 degree approach to digital corporate sustainability covering KPI management, CSRD reporting and sustainable strategy
  • Create vision and business case
  • Onboard and align business partners, negotiate contracts
  • Set up partner network as self-organized agile team
  • Co-develop product and service portfolio
  • Coordinate sales and marketing, go-to-market strategy and roadmap

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Statistics of experts using Unix

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

25 years (Germany: 26 years)

Position duration

2.1 years (Germany: 3.2 years)

Positions per freelancer

17 (Germany: 18)

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries

Information Technology, Automotive, Manufacturing

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Bachelor's degree or higher

83% (Germany: 82%)

Master's degree or higher

61% (Germany: 49%)

Doctorate

26% (Germany: 11%)

Certifications per freelancer

3

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

97% (Germany: 98%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich 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 Munich using Unix

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 817 €
Germany avg. 801 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 800 €
Germany median 800 €

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

Unix in practice

Unix is a family of operating systems used for reliable multiuser computing, server workloads, and long-running services. Companies bring in specialists when they need stable environments, clear command-line control, and systems that support scripts, automation, and strict operational habits. UNIX still appears in enterprise conversations, while AIX, Solaris, and BSD are common reference points.

Typical work

  • Server setup and hardening
  • Shell scripting and job automation
  • User, group, and permission management
  • Process, storage, and network troubleshooting
  • Migration support for legacy UNIX systems

These tasks often sit inside infrastructure, operations, and platform work. In Munich, they may come up in enterprise IT, manufacturing, research, media, and other teams that rely on dependable backend systems.

Tooling and ecosystem

Strong Unix professionals work fluently in the shell and know tools such as awk, sed, grep, vi or vim, ssh, cron, and system logs. They also understand file systems, init systems, package management, and the differences between Unix, Linux, and Unix-like environments. That mix matters when scripts must run cleanly across older and newer systems.

When to bring in help

Bring in freelance expertise when a team must support an old installation, clean up brittle scripts, document a server estate, or move services without breaking behavior. Unix specialists are also useful when internal staff know the business app but need deeper operating system knowledge for diagnostics, access control, or performance work.

What strong specialists do

Good specialists work carefully and leave systems easier to operate. They write readable shell code, check permissions, verify dependencies, and explain trade-offs in plain language.

  • They document commands and changes.
  • They test in safe steps.
  • They avoid hidden side effects.
  • They know when a Unix tool is the right tool.

Working with teams

Unix work is often remote, but some projects in Munich need on-site access for sensitive systems, hardware, or change windows. Clear handover matters either way: the best professionals leave notes, rollback steps, and maintenance guidance that your team can use after the contract ends.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Unix.

Unix is used for stable servers, shared enterprise systems, command-line automation, and workloads that need predictable behavior over time. It often appears in backend services, internal tools, storage systems, and older platforms that still matter to the business. Teams also rely on it when they need controlled access, clear permissions, and mature operational tools.

Unix is the original family of operating systems, while Linux is a separate system that was designed to behave similarly in many ways. People often say "Unix-like" when they mean systems that follow Unix conventions, including many Linux distributions and some BSD systems. A good specialist knows where the differences matter for scripts, tooling, and administration tasks.

Bring in Unix expertise when the work involves legacy systems, shell automation, permissions, migrations, or troubleshooting that depends on deep operating system knowledge. A generalist may be enough for simple routine tasks, but older environments often hide edge cases in startup scripts, file modes, or vendor-specific tools. Specialists are especially useful when downtime is costly or documentation is thin.

A strong Unix professional usually also knows shell scripting, SSH, cron, networking basics, log analysis, and file system behavior. Depending on the environment, knowledge of AIX, Solaris, BSD, or service management tools can matter as well. Security awareness is important too, especially around users, permissions, and remote access.

Most Unix tasks can be done remotely if the specialist has secure access and a clear change process. On-site work in Munich helps when hardware, restricted networks, or sensitive production systems require hands-on support. Many companies use a mix: remote for analysis and scripting, on-site for rollout or maintenance windows.

Unix projects vary a lot, but they usually need someone who has already worked on real systems, not just read the manuals. Simple scripting or user administration can be handled by a practical specialist, while migrations or core server work need deeper operational judgment. The more legacy the environment, the more important proven experience becomes.

Look for clear explanations, careful change handling, and evidence that the person can work with incomplete documentation. A strong Unix freelancer writes readable scripts, checks edge cases, and leaves good notes for the next person. Ask how they debug a failing service, how they handle rollback, and how they verify that changes are safe.

A Unix assignment often starts with older documentation, mixed tools, and strict operational rules. Freelancers should be comfortable with the shell, remote access, and careful coordination with internal teams. It also helps to ask early about environment type, maintenance windows, and whether the system is classic UNIX, a Unix-like platform, or a vendor-specific variant.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Unix in their recent projects is 102 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 817 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Unix in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 61% hold at least a Master's degree, and 26% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Unix in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Unix in their recent projects are German (97%), English (97%), and French (24%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Unix in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Automotive (57%), and Manufacturing (57%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Unix in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Product Development (70%), and Project Management (65%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Unix

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.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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