VMware Workstation Experts in Germany
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Ornel Franck W.
Last position:
Sales Partner at ERGO PRO
- Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
- Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
- Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
- Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
Reinhard G.
Last position:
IT Infrastructure / User Management at UMF – Universitäts Medizin Frankfurt
- User account management and creation in Active Directory
- Group management and updates in Active Directory
- Permissions management on file servers
- Exchange/Outlook support
- VPN setup
- System and product support: Windows 10, Windows 11, Office 2019, Office 365, Active Directory, TeamViewer, RSA VPN, Microsoft Teams, RSA Security Console, Deep Discovery Mail Inspector, ServiceNow, Macmon
Andreas G.
Last position:
Senior Fullstack .NET (Core) & Angular Developer at IT Service Provider
- Supporting several agile teams in the new product development of an enterprise CRM and ERP application
- Web frontend development with Angular 17–21 (microfrontends, Domain-Driven Design, MDB-Bootstrap)
- Backend development with C# and .NET 7–10, MongoDB, MassTransit, RabbitMQ, Entity Framework Core, ElasticSearch (microservices, DDD)
- Technical feature design for assigned tasks
- Technical architecture design including forward-looking planning of AI-supported extension options
- Proof-of-concept implementation of AI-supported workflows with n8n and a locally hosted LLM (Ollama)
- Coordination with stakeholders and Product Owners, support with sprint planning
Result: Delivery of production-ready microservices and frontend modules in agile sprint cycles.
Environment: .NET 7–10 · Angular 17–21 · C# · TypeScript · OpenAPI · Microfrontends · DDD · Kubernetes · Docker · Helm · MS SQL Server · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · MassTransit · RabbitMQ · EF Core · ElasticSearch · Kibana · Azure DevOps · KeyCloak · n8n · Ollama
Christoph S.
Last position:
Test Manager at Logistics
- Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
- Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
- Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
- Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
Khalid S.
Last position:
IT Infrastructure Coordinator at SAFEE Technology
- GfK Data center IT Infrastructure project onsite coordinator (Equinix DC FR2/FR7) training FEs in Equinix DC Carla, FNT, Jira Confluence, ServiceNow (Change/Problem/Incident MGMT), DCIM, ITSM, ITIL
- Reporting significant incidents as the on-site technical coordinator and initial point of contact for vendor escort and smart hands
- Utilizing CMDB-GUI, NIQ-Browser, CMDB-Filtering-GUI, OSS-Radar, BigBrother, CheckMK, and TTWOS for 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting support
- Maintaining MDF, IDF, computer rooms, and closets; coordinating with service desk, reception, and security for visitor access
- Managing asset lifecycle including operation, retirement, stocking, and destruction with proper SanDisk procedures
- Leading footprint data centre optimization and reduction in FR2/FR7; handling network, server, storage, desktop, hosting, IT security, video conferencing, and telephone operations
- Coordinating server relocations, fibre optics/copper cable preparations, CMDB updates, and stakeholder cooperation
- Implementing IT infrastructure design, maintenance, configuration, and construction following Dell/HP/Apple ESD safety precautions
- Single POC for change management network, Star Track, backup & storage, cloud, Linux, Windows, EUS teams & Software Centre installs
- Successfully completed DC Footprint Reduction Project 2021/2022 and GfK New Hardware DC Refresh Initiative
- Planning, configuring, and installing Dematic server rooms and switch configurations in Heusenstamm, Wurzburg, Kahl am Main, and Graz Austria
- Providing on-site media equipment setup for HP, hospitals, manufacturers, and laboratories
- Ensuring professional rack and cable management following best practices
- Maintaining up-to-date plant maps accessible to all teams showing technology space and spare locations
- Offering technical assistance for live events, town halls, forums, streaming, and hybrid events on and off campus
- Providing second level support for Poly video conferencing systems across multiple time zones
- Conducting frequent computer room walkthroughs, recording power, cooling, alarm, security threats, and mapping wireless environment and access points
Mathilde S.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at SER Solutions Deutschland GmbH
- Software implementation projects for banks, insurance companies, and trade
Pascal F.
Last position:
Senior Network Security Consultant at IT-Systemhaus
- Provided expert level consulting for lifecycle, upgrades and refresh activities
- Used Remedy for effort recording and billing to customers
- Used ServiceNow for service management and workflow
- Used Jira for project management with agile/Scrum methods
- Used Confluence for documentation
- Worked with customer-specific software tools
- Worked with customer-provided and secured hardware suitable for IT security operations infrastructure setup for customers
- Built firewall rule sets and handed over to service owner and delivery teams
- Environment: Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, CSM, Cisco AnyConnect, Cisco ISE, Check Point VSX and gateways
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
Alban T.
Last position:
C/C++ Developer on AIX Systems for SAP Kernel System Integration at IBM Research and Development
- AIX/Linux system administrator: deployment of LPARs (Logical Partitions) for SAP Kernel Development
- C/C++ SAP kernel development and integration to SAP HANA Database
- C/C++ programming and software integration, support for SAP kernel on AIX system; development and testing on SAP VDI
- Example: development of the ABEC Tool (AIX Build Environment Checker) to create SAP build environments for debugging process and benchmarking
- Benchmarking and test execution of SAP kernels (test from the communication to the SAP HANA Database and to SAP NetWeaver) on AIX
- Automate the SAP kernel build via Jenkins and benchmarking over crontab jobs
- New C/C++ compiler design and testing (based on Clang++ and LLVM)
- Customer ticket handling to resolve SAP kernel bugs and build failures
- SAP kernel development with Rust programming language, migrating some sub-kernel projects from C/C++ to Rust because of Rust's memory safety model, ownership system, and concurrency features
- Refactoring selected components in Rust and integrating them with existing C++ codebase via FFI
Alexander B.
Last position:
Consultant at Bundesdruckerei
- Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019/2022, Active Directory, Entra ID Group Policy, Orca, PowerShell, PSAppDeployToolKit, Intune, Office 365, Azure, Winget, SandBox
- Onsite/offsite packaging and repackaging in Intune
- Silent install / uninstall
- Use of scripting (PSADT, PowerShell)
- Distribution, planning, and monitoring of packages using Intune Admin Center
- Troubleshooting
- System monitoring
- 2nd and 3rd Level Support
- Packaging process (creation and review of installation and configuration guides, test plans, User Acceptance Testing)
- Automatic client provisioning
- Quality assurance, testing of software packages
- Workplace Engineering
- Windows Client Engineering
- Management of profiles and group policies
- Working with agile methods (Scrum)
- Use of ITSM, including as a ticket system
- Sprint planning
Thomas L.
Last position:
Consultant for AI-supported process automation at Lumiz
AI-supported automation of purchases on a printing company website, including the selection of delivery times, order options, ordering, payment and uploading print data from the Lumiz cloud.
Alexander S.
Last position:
Full-Stack Developer (Java/Kotlin/Angular) at Hypoport (Vergleich.de)
Further development of the vergleich.de website
Development of new and improvement of existing backend services as microservices
Deployment via TeamCity and GitHub Actions
Development of monitoring tools
Development of REST APIs
Database migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL
Java and Kotlin (including Spring, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate)
Angular (TypeScript) and JavaScript
IntelliJ IDEA and WebStorm
Apache Maven
Oracle DB (and SQL Developer), MongoDB, PostgreSQL DB
Git (GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket)
TeamCity
Jira
Docker
JUnit, Mockito, jasmin
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
Holger L.
Last position:
Compleo / Innogy
- Advising on the problem management process
- Advising on the quality assurance process
- Conducting problem reviews and tracking related actions and their implementation
- Identifying and documenting ongoing process improvements / optimization potential
- Handling tickets in the field of e-mobility, charging stations and wall boxes
- Identifying and developing solutions for various inquiries and faults
- Commissioning external service providers to troubleshoot charging stations and wall boxes
- Correcting POI data by determining the exact locations of charging stations
- Providing technical support to foreign technicians, mostly in English
- Software used: ICON, Salesforce, eOperate
Dirk P.
Last position:
IT systems and security engineer at Self-employed consulting engineer
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Statistics of experts using VMware Workstation
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
2.5 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
70%
Doctorate
20%
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 VMware Workstation
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.
VMware Workstation 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 (75%)
- Manufacturing (69%)
- Government and Administration (69%)
- Automotive (63%)
- Telecommunication (50%)
- Professional Services (44%)
- Retail (44%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Virtualisation foundation
VMware Workstation is a desktop hypervisor for running isolated virtual machines on Windows or Linux hosts. It lets teams install guest operating systems, allocate CPU, memory and storage, and switch between reproducible environments without replacing the host system. VMware Workstation Pro is commonly used for advanced lab and development work.
Practical workloads
Companies use VMware Workstation to create safe environments for software testing, infrastructure training, malware analysis and compatibility checks. It is also useful when professionals need to reproduce customer systems, validate installers or test network changes before they reach production.
- Build Windows and Linux test labs
- Create snapshots and rollback points
- Reproduce multi-machine network scenarios
- Package repeatable virtual machine templates
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists understand guest additions, virtual disks, snapshots, cloning and virtual networking modes such as NAT, bridged and host-only connections. They often work with PowerShell, Bash, Git, Packer, Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes to connect desktop labs with automated delivery processes. VMware Workstation can also support evaluation environments for vSphere and ESXi workflows.
When expertise matters
Freelance expertise helps when a lab must be stable, repeatable and easy for several people to use. Typical needs include migrating legacy virtual machines, fixing boot or network issues, reducing host resource conflicts and documenting setup steps. In Germany, specialists may support industrial, software, security and IT operations teams across remote and on-site projects.
- Standardise developer or test environments
- Troubleshoot virtual network and storage behaviour
- Prepare training labs for internal teams
- Connect local virtual machines to CI workflows
Delivery and collaboration
A professional should clarify host hardware, operating system versions, licensing, security boundaries and the required guest systems before changing a lab. Remote work is often effective because configuration and documentation can be shared digitally, while on-site support may help with restricted networks, physical devices or regulated environments. Clear English is common; German communication can matter for local teams and workshops.
Signs of quality
Look for practical evidence with VMware Workstation, not only broad virtualisation knowledge. Strong professionals explain trade-offs between snapshots, clones and templates, isolate risky traffic, document resource settings and leave behind repeatable procedures. They should also distinguish desktop hypervisor limits from problems that belong in vSphere, Hyper-V or VirtualBox, and know when a workload needs dedicated infrastructure.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about VMware Workstation, in one place.
VMware Workstation runs virtual machines on a desktop or laptop host. Companies use it for software testing, training labs, development environments, security analysis and reproducing customer configurations without changing the physical operating system.
VMware Workstation is often chosen for its mature desktop workflow, snapshot handling, broad guest operating system support and integration with VMware-oriented environments. Hyper-V may fit organisations standardised on Microsoft infrastructure, while VirtualBox can suit lightweight or open-source-focused setups; the right choice depends on hardware, licensing, guest systems and required integrations.
VMware Workstation work benefits from knowledge of Windows and Linux administration, TCP/IP networking, storage formats, scripting and endpoint security. Experience with PowerShell, Bash, Git, Packer, Ansible, Docker or vSphere can make a specialist more effective when a desktop lab connects to wider delivery or infrastructure processes.
VMware Workstation projects vary from a single troublesome virtual machine to a documented lab used by an entire team. Match the specialist to the risk: a simple setup may need focused troubleshooting, while multi-machine networks, automation, legacy migration or sensitive test data call for a professional who has handled comparable environments.
VMware Workstation is well suited to remote collaboration when the host can be accessed securely and the required installation files, images and documentation are available. On-site work in Germany can still be useful for restricted networks, physical test equipment or teams that need hands-on workshops. Agree on access controls and language expectations before work begins.
VMware Workstation fits personal labs, local development, demonstrations and controlled test environments. A server hypervisor such as ESXi or Hyper-V is usually more appropriate when workloads need central management, persistent availability, shared infrastructure or production-grade operations.
VMware Workstation expertise is visible in clear discovery questions, safe network design and reproducible configuration. Ask for examples of snapshot or clone strategies, troubleshooting methods, automation, documentation and resource planning. A strong professional explains limitations instead of treating every issue as a virtual machine problem.
VMware Workstation assignments should define the host operating system, hardware capacity, guest images, licensing, access method and expected deliverables. Also clarify whether the work involves VMware Workstation Pro, legacy virtual machines, external devices, confidential data or integration with vSphere, CI pipelines or security tooling.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects is 95 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 761 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 70% hold at least a Master's degree, and 20% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (19%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Manufacturing (69%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (81%), and Quality Assurance (75%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used VMware Workstation
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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