VMware Workstation Experts in Germany
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Christoph Sawicki
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
Mathilde Schmitt
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at SER Solutions Deutschland GmbH
- Software implementation projects for banks, insurance companies, and trade
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.
Khalid Safee
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
Reinhard Gefing
Last position:
IT Infrastructure / User Management at UMF – University Medical Center Frankfurt
- User account management and creation in Active Directory
- Group management and modification in Active Directory
- Permission 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
Pascal Farys
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 Barthel
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 Tchuinkou
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 Belousov
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
Alexander Schwartz
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 Nabe
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
Timo Schöttler
Last position:
Lead Business Consultant and Lead Project Manager at IT-mo GmbH
- Role: Lead Business Consultant and Lead Project Manager
- Employed as Managing Director
Andreas Grutz
Last position:
Senior Fullstack .NET (Core) & Angular Developer at IT service provider
- Supported an agile team in the development of a new CRM tool
- Web frontend development (Angular 17 with MDB-Bootstrap, microfrontends, DDD)
- Backend development (C# & .NET 7-9, MongoDB, MassTransit, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, microservices, DDD)
- Coordination with stakeholders & product owners
- Assisted in sprint planning
Holger Lorenz
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 Pelzer
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, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
78%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
22%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Polish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 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 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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Virtual desktops
VMware Workstation is a desktop virtualization tool for running multiple operating systems on one local machine. Companies use it to create isolated test environments, demo systems, and training setups without changing production devices. It is common in QA, support, security work, and software validation.
Common projects
- Set up local Windows, Linux, or legacy guest systems
- Build reproducible test labs for application checks
- Prepare demo images for sales, support, or onboarding
- Clone, snapshot, and roll back environments safely
Ecosystem
Strong experts know VMware Workstation Pro, VMware Workstation Player, and the broader VMware ecosystem. They work with ISO images, virtual disks, network adapters, shared folders, and guest tools. They also know when to connect a local lab to vSphere, ESXi, or other VMware environments.
When to bring help
Bring in freelance specialists when a team needs a stable lab fast, a complex guest OS will not boot, or networking and USB passthrough need careful setup. In Germany, this often matters for distributed product teams that still need local test machines, bilingual support, or secure on-site preparation.
What good specialists do
A strong VMware Workstation expert keeps the environment clean, portable, and easy to restore. They document machine settings, manage resources carefully, and reduce risk when several guests run on one host. They also spot problems in drivers, tools, or host compatibility before they slow down delivery.
Typical deliverables
The work usually ends in a ready-to-use virtual machine, a tested lab layout, or a documented setup guide. Some experts also hand over migration notes, recovery steps, and naming conventions so teams can keep using the environment after the engagement. That makes VMware Workstation practical for short projects and ongoing support alike.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about VMware Workstation, in one place.
VMware Workstation is used to run operating systems inside virtual machines on a local computer. Companies rely on it for testing, demos, training, security checks, and working with older software that should stay isolated from the main system.
VMware Workstation is the family name most searchers use, and Workstation Pro is the main paid product people usually mean. VMware Player is the lighter variant, often used for basic VM playback and simple labs. A good specialist knows the differences and chooses the right edition for the task.
A strong VMware Workstation specialist should know guest operating systems, virtual networking, snapshots, shared folders, and disk handling. It also helps to understand BIOS or UEFI settings, VMware Tools, and how to tune CPU and memory use on the host.
A simple lab or single virtual machine may only need a specialist who knows the standard setup well. Projects with nested virtualization, network isolation, USB passthrough, or legacy guests need someone who has solved edge cases before. The harder the host and guest mix, the more valuable hands-on experience becomes.
Hire VMware Workstation help when internal teams lose time on broken guests, unstable snapshots, or unclear setup rules. Freelance specialists are also useful when you need quick coverage for a one-off migration, a new test environment, or a short support window.
VMware Workstation is often chosen when teams want a mature local virtualization tool with strong compatibility and familiar VMware workflows. Hyper-V fits best in Windows-centered environments, while VirtualBox is often used for lighter labs. The right choice depends on host OS, guest mix, and integration needs.
Yes, VMware Workstation can work very well with remote collaboration when the setup is documented and file sharing is clear. In Germany, many teams combine remote delivery with occasional on-site checks for host machines, hardware passthrough, or sensitive internal systems. The key is to agree on access, naming, and handover rules early.
Look for clear setup notes, clean VM naming, and a practical approach to snapshots, networking, and recovery. A strong VMware Workstation expert explains trade-offs, tests the guest after changes, and leaves the environment maintainable for the next person. If they can describe why a setting matters, that is usually a good sign.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 733 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects, 78% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 22% 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 Polish (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Manufacturing (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used VMware Workstation in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (80%), and Quality Assurance (73%).
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.
Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg Request a free demo
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