Veritas Backup Exec Experts in Germany
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Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- Founder of CheironX: AI-supported GRC management (ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, TISAX, DORA)
- Strategic focus on Agentic AI and GenAI for modern IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Volker R.
Last position:
Architect and Senior System Administrator at International trading company
- Analysis and optimization of the VMware environment for operation in a KRITIS environment
- Planning and implementation of updates to the VMware and hardware environment in a KRITIS environment
- Set up Skyline Health Diagnostics
- Review of the existing documentation
- Training and onboarding of new internal employees
- Support with migration and upgrade projects
- Preparations for moving scripts in the virtualization environment to GitLab
- Ticket processing with Service.Now
Guido K.
Last position:
IT Consultant / Owner at Guido Krauß IT-Consulting
Self-employed consulting, implementation, and support of IT infrastructures with a focus on IT security, network and server administration, virtualization, backup & recovery, IT documentation, asset management, and business continuity management.
- IT security consulting and implementation of technical protective measures
- Windows server and client support, patch management, user support
- M365 – Entra ID – MS Azure administration
- Planning, installation, and operation of LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VLAN infrastructures, Cisco, HP, Netgear, Sophos, Securepoint
- Support of virtual systems based on Hyper-V, VMware, and Proxmox
- Backup and recovery concepts including test recovery, documentation, and handover
- Introduction and maintenance of IT documentation, asset management, and inventory tracking
- Implementation of measures related to IT baseline protection, emergency manuals, and BCM
- On-/offboarding concepts with a focus on permissions, devices, data access, and handover processes
Security awareness and practical sensitization of users and IT staff
Benjamin W.
Last position:
SAP Basis at IT Baden-Württemberg (BITBW)
- SAP Basis operations for complex SAP system landscapes (ABAP and Java stacks)
- Administration, monitoring, and optimization of SAP systems with regard to availability, performance, and stability
- Planning and execution of data center moves as well as migrations of SAP systems and databases
- Handling of incidents, changes, and problems according to ITIL processes, including root cause analyses
- Creation of technical concepts, operations documentation, and implementation plans
Technologies: SAP NetWeaver, ITIL processes, technical migrations
David B.
Last position:
Acting Partner at Bliestal Consulting UG
- Redesigning cablewise infrastructure with CAT 8.1 keystones, measuring the speed and quality of the new installation with Pockethernet, documentation at a local saddlery
- CAT 8.1 installation and building a data center, site linking, VPN and VLAN configuration for a local car dealership, implementation of IT-Security standards like virus protection (G Data) and firewalling (OPNSense)
- Relocation of a tax office with redesign of the IT infrastructure, virus protection (G Data) and backup solutions (QNAP)
- Planning, conception and implementation of an inhouse data center, BSI-compliant for commercial laundry (including Proxmox-based virtualization of existing infrastructures, QNAP, G Data, OPNSense, APC)
- Implementation and conception of security solutions in the SME sector
- Collaboration on the IT-security concept for the Bremen network of authorities (in the dLAN network)
- Creation of IT-security concept VOIS (modules MESO, KFZ/iKFZ) including audit preparation for KBA
- Expansion of the IT-security concept for the online service for electronic residence registration (eWA) to include use as an eFA (one-for-all) service (nationwide)
- Expansion of the IT-security concept to include modules wos & wvp
- Concept development for the implementation of DIN SPEC 27076 at MSEs and SMEs
- Creation and evaluation of emergency concepts
- Creation and evaluation of response actions and BCM plans
- Assessment of existing business continuity management (ISO 22301)
- Development of BCM strategy options
- Conducting awareness training
Dirk B.
Last position:
Senior Consultant Database Administration and SQL at Bliestal Consulting UG
- Complete redesign of IT infrastructure including setup of a server room according to BSI standards, new network concept and planning.
- Development of security concepts and IT security consulting for the DHCP/DNS election sector.
- Support of project management for the customer in the VOIS | MESO area.
- Technical support for setting up the IT infrastructure in new offices, including firewall configuration, router setup and network planning.
- Setup and configuration of the service management and ticket system JIRA.
- Implementation and administration of the Azure (Entra) environment for all employees.
- Setup and administration of the Confluence environment.
- Planning, setup, configuration and administration of the entire Atlassian Collaboration Suite.
- Development of BCM strategy options.
- Development and implementation of measures and creation of BCM plans, as well as evaluation of existing BCM.
Thomas S.
Last position:
IT Consultant at Public Sector / SÜ2
- Operation of VMware, Veeam and further development of the system
- Implementation of BSI requirements in the design/construction
- Control and analysis of the VMware environment using PowerShell scripts
- Working according to ITIL processes
- Version control of scripts with TortoiseSVN
Ensar Y.
Last position:
Service Manager Microsoft Cloud Services (ITIL) at Industry (technology group)
- Took on the role of Service Manager for Microsoft 365 and Azure services
- Coordinated service providers in the areas of collaboration and security (Exchange Online, Teams, Azure AD)
- Monitored and optimized SLA-compliant operating processes (Incident, Change, Problem)
- Worked closely with internal IT management and integrated ITIL processes into Azure DevOps
- Microsoft Azure, Exchange Online, Teams, Azure AD, ITIL v4, Azure DevOps, Power BI, ServiceNow
Mike B.
Last position:
System and Endpoint Hardening at CLAAS
- Evaluating and assessing the current state
- Preparing and conducting security audits
- Vulnerability characterization and risk analysis
- Assessing, coordinating and transforming identified vulnerabilities into target states
- Coordinating stakeholder interests
- Developing and implementing IT security strategy for OT and IoT (continuous risk assessment and risk management, awareness, multi-layered security solutions, regular security audits, access restrictions)
- Organizational and technical documentation, presentations and workshops
- Skills: Qualys, Splunk, Nessus, QRadar, National Vulnerability Database (NVD / NIST), Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP), OT, CERT/CC, BSI IT-Grundschutz catalogs, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, Center for Internet Security (CIS), GitHub, Active Directory, PowerShell, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Azure and Office365 App Security, ITSM
Andreas F.
Last position:
Project Manager & Portfolio Owner for Infrastructure (Automotive) at MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
- Overall coordination of service providers for all infrastructure topics at a production site being set up in Baden-Württemberg
- Design and finding solutions for internet connectivity, building office communication networks, setting up WLAN in production and administration buildings, IP address management, password policies, time tracking, access control systems, backup strategies, emergency power planning, operating concepts, cost planning, event management, workplace setup including laptop/mobile phones/telephony, remote support, print servers
- Selecting suitable external service providers and planning to meet needs for spare parts, repairs, on-site service, network and workplace support including on-site system replacement by providers
- Choosing suitable external service providers for facility management and building technology (fiber optic connections, data center infrastructure, cable ducts etc.)
- Coordination with clients and service providers
- Escalation management, schedule control
- On-site presence for service meetings and managing service providers
Marco F.
Last position:
System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam at DCSO
- About 800 different server VMs, operation and lifecycle/asset management of about 40 ESXi hosts (Lenovo)
- Upgrade of all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8. Planning patch management for all hosts
- Cleaning up the AD – many different domains that all needed to be migrated into the main environment. Planning/execution
- Veeam – check the configuration and migrate to a newer, partly virtual infrastructure to make the setup leaner and faster
- VMware – upgrades/updates, general maintenance
- Proxmox POC – evaluate if an alternative to VMware
- Documentation for Veeam/VMware/storage
- Implementation of the uniflow cloud solution
- NetApp migration to new storage, CIFS maintenance and administration of SVMs
Markus K.
Last position:
Administration / Support at Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung
- Operation and development support (Linux, Tomcat)
- Web release builds with Jenkins and deployment
- Monitoring and operation planning
- Support for Online Access Act (OZG)
- Data queries and corrections in Oracle SQL via CloudBeaver and Rundeck
- Keycloak administration
- Regression testing and documentation in Jira
- Development of complex address database with MS Access/VBA
- Creation of documentation and guides in XWiki
Werner M.
Last position:
IT Support at DAVASO GmbH / Hays AG
IT support for billing software to manage payments between pharmacies, their billing centers and health insurance companies
Database development
MS SQL Server
SQL, T-SQL
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Concept, architecture and design of MS SQL databases
Development and writing of scripts
Performance tasks
Master data maintenance
Software development
JIRA, Confluence
Git (CVS, TortoiseSVN)
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019
VB.NET, C#
Optimization in the project portal and e-prescription
David P.
Last position:
IT Department Manager
- Client support, 2nd, 3rd level, server administration
- Project and process coordination
- Support of MS365 services
- Linux administration
- Provider management
Axel R.
Last position:
Thuringian Courts and Public Prosecutor's Offices - ITeGS
- As-is assessment of data center rooms and data center infrastructure at the Jena data center, including analysis and documentation based on BSI IT-Grundschutz, EN 50600, EN 50001/EMAS, ISO 27001, ASHRAE
- As-is assessment of the IT infrastructure at the Jena site, including analysis and documentation based on ISO 27001
- Development of a concept for the data center infrastructure and IT infrastructure of the Jena data center
- Development of a concept for the IT infrastructure at other sites
- Creation of the technical specification of the bill of quantities for the tender
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Statistics of experts using Veritas Backup Exec
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
31 years
Position duration
2.8 years
Positions per freelancer
19
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Government and Administration
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Legal, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
40%
Master's degree or higher
30%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Veritas Backup Exec
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Veritas Backup Exec 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%)
- Manufacturing (88%)
- Government and Administration (75%)
- Banking and Finance (63%)
- Professional Services (63%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Healthcare (44%)
- Retail (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Backup Exec in practice
Veritas Backup Exec is a data protection and recovery platform for physical servers, virtual machines, applications and cloud workloads. Companies use it to schedule backups, retain recovery points, restore individual files and recover complete systems after failures, attacks or operational mistakes.
Core workloads
Backup Exec supports Windows Server environments, VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365 and selected cloud storage targets. Specialists configure full, incremental and synthetic backup jobs, media servers, deduplication storage, encryption and off-site copies around the recovery needs of each environment.
Ecosystem and tooling
The work often includes integration with:
- VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V
- Microsoft 365, Exchange and SQL Server
- SAN, NAS, tape and cloud storage
- Veritas agents, deduplication and centralized monitoring
Strong knowledge of Windows administration, networking, identity management and storage is essential. Experience with immutable or isolated backup copies also helps companies improve resilience against ransomware.
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance Backup Exec experts during migrations, data-center changes, audit preparation, recovery incidents and upgrades. Germany-based organizations may also prefer on-site support for server rooms, tape libraries or complex recovery tests, while policy design, monitoring and documentation can often be handled remotely.
Typical signs include failed jobs, unclear retention rules, slow restores, outdated agents or backups that have never been tested. A specialist can review the environment, identify gaps and leave behind clear operating procedures.
What quality looks like
A strong professional starts with recovery objectives instead of simply adding backup jobs. They map applications and dependencies, verify storage capacity, test restores, document credentials and access controls, and separate backup administration from production access where appropriate.
They also explain trade-offs between disk, tape and cloud targets, maintain reliable alerting, and produce evidence that recovery points are usable. Practical experience with incident response matters as much as familiarity with the Backup Exec console.
Choosing the right freelancer
Ask for examples involving the same hypervisor, applications and storage model as your environment. Clarify whether the project needs configuration, migration, troubleshooting, recovery testing or ongoing operational support, then check how the specialist documents changes and validates restores.
For remote collaboration, agree on secure access, maintenance windows and escalation paths. For on-site work in Germany, confirm availability for hardware handling and recovery exercises, along with the language needed by your IT and compliance teams.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Veritas Backup Exec.
Veritas Backup Exec is used to back up and restore physical servers, virtual machines, applications and cloud workloads. It can protect environments such as Windows Server, VMware, Hyper-V, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange and Microsoft 365.
Backup Exec is often considered where companies want broad support for physical infrastructure, virtual workloads, applications, disk, tape and cloud targets in one product. Veeam is strongly associated with virtual and cloud-focused protection, while Commvault commonly serves larger and more complex data management estates; the right choice depends on workload mix, recovery goals and existing skills.
A capable Veritas Backup Exec specialist usually understands Windows Server, VMware or Hyper-V, storage, networking and identity management. SQL Server, Exchange, Microsoft 365, PowerShell, ransomware recovery and tape operations are also valuable depending on the environment.
A small configuration or job review may suit a professional familiar with the relevant workloads and storage targets. Complex migrations, failed restores and recovery planning need someone who has designed, tested and documented comparable environments rather than only managed routine backup jobs.
Backup Exec monitoring, policy design, troubleshooting and documentation can often be handled remotely with controlled access. On-site collaboration may be important for tape libraries, server-room changes, hardware replacement or recovery tests, so agree on access procedures, maintenance windows and German or English communication needs.
Bring in a Backup Exec professional when jobs fail repeatedly, restores are slow or untested, storage is changing, or retention rules are unclear. Specialist support is also useful before a migration, after a security incident, or when the company needs evidence that recovery procedures actually work.
Ask how the Veritas Backup Exec specialist would map recovery objectives to jobs, storage and retention. Good answers cover restore testing, monitoring, encryption, access separation, documentation and recovery from a complete system loss, not just successful backup status.
Symantec Backup Exec was the former vendor association before the product became part of Veritas. Professionals may still recognize that name in older documentation, but current projects should confirm the installed Veritas version, agents, licenses, operating systems and supported workloads.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Veritas Backup Exec in their recent projects is 105 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 839 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Veritas Backup Exec in their recent projects, 40% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 30% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Veritas Backup Exec in their recent projects have 31 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Veritas Backup Exec in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (38%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Veritas Backup Exec in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Manufacturing (88%), and Government and Administration (75%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Veritas Backup Exec in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (88%), and Project Management (88%).
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