
Active Directory Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Active Directory
Claus E.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Initiation, planning, management and completion of several digitalization projects
Requirements management including proposal preparation, business concepts & process analyses
Stakeholder management (internal steering, external service providers, business units)
Resource & capacity planning, controlling, budget responsibility
Claim and change management (including escalation handling)
Project marketing & knowledge management
Quality assurance & risk management in line with PMO standards
Implementation of a cloud-based solution in customer service (insurance)
Harmonization & digitalization of approval and contract processes
Reduction of processing times by >20 % through optimized workflows
Establishment of standardized project controlling with BI dashboard
Jira • Confluence • MS365 (Project, Teams, SharePoint) • ITIL • PRINCE2
Alexander P.
Last position:
Owner & Lecturer at Own company for AI governance and data products, Vienna
- Consulting and interim management at the interface between IT operations and regulation
- Impact analysis and implementation planning for NISG 2026 and the EU AI Act, including risk management and reporting and evidence processes
- Training for governing bodies and employees on regulatory obligations
- Lectures in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, since 2023
- Supervision of master’s theses and participation in the examination board
- Presentations for business and educational institutions
- Design and development of data and AI products, platforms and pipelines
- Privacy-first architectures and zero-knowledge encryption, cloud-native on EU infrastructure
- MLOps and AIOps in live operations
- Own applications under own brand: shared codebase, separate delivery for each target device
- AI-assisted software development (vibe coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
- Publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
- Publications on data sovereignty, cloud economics and industrial image processing
- AI governance / compliance: data quality, Responsible AI, EU AI Act readiness, risk classification, AI ethics
Michael L.
Last position:
IAM Developer & IT Architect at Internationale Bank
Design and implementation of new functionalities in the areas of Lifecycle Management (LCM), Role Management (RLM) and Access Governance
Adjustment of the company-wide Segregation of Duties (SoD) matrix to ensure regulatory and internal compliance requirements
Further development and configuration of recertification processes
Creation and adaptation of custom workflows, rules and tasks in SailPoint IdentityIQ (BeanShell, XML, Java)
Use of static code analysis with SonarQube to ensure code quality and compliance with defined development standards
Regular code reviews within the development team to ensure quality, share knowledge and follow clean code principles
Work in an agile Scrum team with daily communication, sprint planning and reviews
Coordination with testers, test managers and business departments to ensure quality and smooth production rollout
Active involvement in release planning and deployment coordination, including test preparation, cutover activities and rollback strategies
Analysis and sustainable resolution of issues in the IAM production environment (2nd- and 3rd-level support)
Reproduction of complex errors, identification of root causes and implementation of lasting fixes
Creation of technical analyses and recommendations for operations and further development
Raphael M.
Last position:
Team Lead / Head of Service Desk & Field Service at B&R Industrial Automation (ABB)
- Owned day-to-day IT operations for Service Desk, Field Service, and on-call support, ensuring business continuity for a multi-site environment
- Led the transition from Lotus Notes incident tracking to ServiceNow, defining process design, workflows, roles, and reporting
- Implemented a modern telephony system with integrated reporting, enabling real-time visibility of volumes, wait times, and SLA adherence
- Launched a customer self-service portal and on-site walk-in support model to improve first-contact resolution and user experience
- Designed, documented, and rolled out SLAs, delivering targeted training for engineers and stakeholders to drive adoption and compliance
- Acted as process owner for service operations, establishing operating procedures, request/change/incident interfaces, and quality controls
- Partnered with business and IS/OT stakeholders to prioritize demand, reduce operational risk, and improve service reliability
René Z.
Last position:
DevSecOps & Kubernetes Engineer (Freelance) at mgm technology partners GmbH
Development of a Custom Jenkins Shared Library (Groovy)
Integration of security checks in CI/CD pipeline (Shift-Left Approach)
Automated vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows
GitOps-based deployments with ArgoCD
Semantic versioning automation with Git integration
Container lifecycle management (Build/Scan/Tag/Push)
ArgoCD webhook integration for event-driven deployments
Complete cluster automation with Ansible
Bare-metal Kubernetes installation from scratch
High-availability control plane setup
Unified deployment system for multi-application orchestration
Configuration management according to NIST SP 800-128
Host security: Linux hardening, SELinux/AppArmor
Network security: NetworkPolicies, micro-segmentation
Application security: RBAC, Pod Security Standards
Data security: Encryption at rest and in transit
Defense-in-depth principles
Certificate management with cert-manager
Secrets management with External Secrets Operator connected to Vault
Infrastructure monitoring with Checkmk
Prometheus/Grafana monitoring stack
Security event detection and logging
Automated health checks and incident response procedures
MetalLB load balancing for bare-metal
Nginx ingress controller with SSL passthrough
NetworkPolicies for security zones
Rook-Ceph distributed storage, CNI configuration (Weave Net)
Container & orchestration: Kubernetes (bare-metal), Docker, Helm
CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins (Custom Shared Library), ArgoCD, Groovy
Automation: Ansible, Bash, Python
Security: nftables, RBAC, NetworkPolicies, cert-manager, Vault, Sealed Secrets
Monitoring: Checkmk, Prometheus, Grafana
Storage & networking: Rook-Ceph, MetalLB, Nginx Ingress, Calico
Collaboration: Jira, Confluence
OS: Debian, Ubuntu
Martin A.
Last position:
Systems Architect at ASFiNAG
- Migrated infrastructure automation from Puppet to Ansible
- Ensured compatibility with CentOS and RHEL 8 and 9
- Managed users in Active Directory
- Managed applications, services, security policies, certificates, and more
Joseph W.
Last position:
Freelancer Cloud / Solution Architect (AWS) at A1 Bank
- I am responsible for providing solution architecture and technical assistance for a migration initiative aimed at transitioning to a new core banking system.
- The project involves replacing in-house development with a commercially available off-the-shelf core banking system operated as SaaS on AWS.
- Duties encompass solution design, technical coordination, supporting development teams, and providing IT support and troubleshooting.
- Managing over 10 global vendors and partners is crucial to project success.
- Technologies: VMWare ESXi, AWS, EKS Kubernetes, Mastercard Payment Transaction Service, Avaloq, A1 Telekom Austria infrastructure, CheckPoint FW, F5, Site-to-Site VPNs, PingID, Futurae SDK, Airlock, UC4/Automic, Firebase, iOS/Android lifecycle management, AWS IAM, AWS AppStream, AWS S3, AWS Transfer Family, QlikView, OpenAPI.
Fadil K.
Last position:
Self-employed IT Service Provider at HG46-IT e.U.
- Setup of server and application infrastructures
- 3rd-level support for issues
- Consulting for application software and hardware
- Website design
- Network setup and conclusion of maintenance contracts
Christian F.
Last position:
Project Manager at EVVA Sicherheitstechnologie GmbH
- Lead the SPG team
- Coordinate teams and activities across company boundaries
- Intensive time and cost controlling
- Monthly reporting to the CIO/CDO
- Contributing to the technical solution concept and sprint planning
- Responsibility for rollout planning
- Involvement in testing
Roland M.
Last position:
Oracle DBA (Remote) at Werkstoff-Kunstoffindustrie, Germany
- Supported migration of Oracle databases to AWS
- Performed performance tuning both on-premises and in AWS
- Advised on sizing of new databases
- Analyzed Oracle edition switch scenarios
- Designed backup and restore concepts for AWS Oracle RDS
- Configured RDS instances using CloudFormation CLI
- Implemented load balancer and HAProxy solutions
- Migrated data on-premises to AWS S3 using Oracle Data Pump
- Utilized Oracle 19c, Visual Code, Git, and SQL Developer
Marcel Z.
Last position:
Project Associate Software Migration at APC Business Services GmbH; AG Wien Digital MA01/MA41
- Created PowerShell scripts for silent installation and uninstallation of software
- IT office setup in the construction sector
- Installed PCs, smartphones, printers, NAS
- Various client-side problem resolutions
- Web design for WordPress websites
Michael K.
Last position:
Business WIFI installation
- WIFI installation for various customers
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Statistics of experts using Active Directory
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years

Position duration
3.8 years

Positions per freelancer
12

Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management

Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
45%
Master's degree or higher
36%

Certifications per freelancer
4

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Austria 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 Austria using Active Directory
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.
Active Directory 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 (92%)
- Manufacturing (58%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Telecommunication (50%)
- Healthcare (42%)
- Professional Services (42%)
- Aerospace and Defense (33%)
- Insurance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Active Directory does
Active Directory is Microsoft’s directory service for managing identities, computers, groups and access across Windows environments. It uses domains, forests, organizational units and domain controllers to apply a consistent security model. Companies rely on it for authentication, authorization, device management and central policy control.
Core ecosystem
The technology sits within a broad Microsoft identity and infrastructure stack. Strong specialists work across:
- Active Directory Domain Services and domain controllers
- Group Policy, security baselines and delegated administration
- DNS, DHCP, Kerberos, LDAP and certificate services
- Microsoft Entra ID, Entra Connect and hybrid identity
- PowerShell automation, Windows Server and Microsoft 365
Where companies use it
Active Directory supports corporate Windows networks, branch offices, manufacturing sites, public services and regulated environments. It provides the identity layer for file servers, applications, virtual desktops, remote access and endpoint controls. In Austria, companies often need specialists who can work with established on-premises estates while supporting cloud migration and distributed teams.
When freelance expertise helps
Companies bring in freelance professionals for migrations, domain consolidations, security improvements and recovery work. Specialist support is also useful when internal teams face:
- A hybrid identity rollout involving Microsoft Entra ID
- Complex Group Policy or access-control issues
- Domain controller upgrades, replication failures or DNS problems
- Forest trusts, mergers, divestitures or tenant transitions
- Audit preparation, privileged access reviews or incident response
What strong specialists deliver
Effective professionals begin with discovery: current domains, trusts, privileged accounts, dependencies and operational risks. They create a clear target design, document decisions and test changes in controlled stages. Their deliverables may include migration plans, hardened policies, PowerShell scripts, recovery procedures and administrator handover guides.
Choosing the right professional
Look for practical knowledge of identity security, Windows Server, networking and cloud integration rather than narrow directory administration alone. Ask how the specialist handles rollback, replication monitoring, service accounts, legacy applications and least-privilege access. Remote collaboration works well for design, documentation and many changes; on-site work may matter for data centres, plant networks or sensitive infrastructure. German language skills can be valuable in Austrian teams, while English is common in international environments.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Active Directory.
Active Directory centralizes identities, devices, groups and access permissions in Windows-based organizations. Companies use it to support sign-in, file and application access, Group Policy, administrative control and security auditing.
Active Directory is primarily an on-premises directory service built around domains, domain controllers, LDAP and Kerberos. Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud identity service, and many organizations connect both through hybrid identity tools rather than treating them as direct substitutes.
A strong Active Directory specialist should understand DNS, DHCP, networking, Windows Server, PowerShell and certificate services. Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, endpoint management and identity security is especially useful for hybrid environments.
The right level depends on the scope and risk of the work. Active Directory support for routine policy changes differs from a forest migration, recovery design or security remediation, which calls for proven experience with planning, testing and rollback.
Many Active Directory tasks can be completed remotely, including assessment, design, documentation, scripting and controlled administration. On-site access may still be needed for data centres, restricted networks or infrastructure that cannot be reached securely from outside.
Companies often bring in an Active Directory freelancer for migrations, domain consolidations, replication problems, Group Policy cleanup or hybrid identity projects. External expertise is also useful when internal teams need an independent security review or temporary capacity during a critical change.
Ask an Active Directory expert to explain how they would map dependencies, protect privileged accounts, test changes and recover from failure. Good professionals communicate risks clearly, produce usable documentation and avoid making broad changes without evidence and rollback options.
Active Directory remains important where companies operate Windows devices, legacy applications, file services or infrastructure that depends on domain authentication. Cloud services can reduce the on-premises footprint, but many organizations still need a carefully managed hybrid identity model.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects is 102 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 812 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects, 45% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 36% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Manufacturing (58%), and Banking and Finance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (75%), and Project Management (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Active Directory
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.
Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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