Active Directory Experts in Austria
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Michael Langer
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
Claus Eggersberger
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Initiation, planning, management, and closing of multiple digitalization projects
Requirements management including proposal creation, technical 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 according to PMO standards
Implementation of a cloud-based solution in customer service (insurance)
Harmonization & digitalization of approval and contract processes
Reduced processing times by >20% through optimized workflows
Establishment of standardized project controlling with BI dashboard
Jira • Confluence • MS365 (Project, Teams, SharePoint) • ITIL • PRINCE2
Raphael Mulenda
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 Zingerle
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 Ananda Boeker
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 Wagner
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 Kalabalukovic
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 Frages
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 Millonig
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 Zvala
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 Krakowitsch
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
23 years
Position duration
3.9 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Telecommunication
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
40%
Master's degree or higher
30%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Identity core
Active Directory is Microsoft’s directory service for managing users, groups, computers, and access in Windows-based environments. It keeps identity, authentication, and authorization in one place, which makes it central to day-to-day IT operations. Companies use it to control who can sign in, what they can reach, and how internal systems trust each other.
Typical work
- Domain and OU design
- Group Policy planning and cleanup
- Trusts, replication, and DNS support
- Account and access model reviews
- Migration planning from older setups
Strong professionals work close to Windows Server, DNS, and PowerShell. They also know how to document changes clearly, because directory issues often affect many systems at once. In Austria, this matters in offices, plants, shared-service teams, and regulated environments where stable access is essential.
Common tools
Active Directory work often sits beside Group Policy, PowerShell, RSAT, and certificate services. In many projects, experts also touch hybrid identity with Entra ID, federation, and Azure AD Connect. Good specialists understand both the directory itself and the systems around it, especially when authentication must stay consistent across sites.
When to bring help
Companies bring in freelance expertise when an AD environment feels brittle, outdated, or poorly documented. Typical signs include broken permissions, slow logons, replication issues, unclear group structure, or a migration that must be planned without downtime. A specialist is also useful when internal teams need a clean handover after an audit, merger, or server refresh.
What strong experts do
Strong Active Directory professionals think in structure, security, and recovery. They know how to separate admin roles, reduce privilege sprawl, tune policies carefully, and test changes before rollout. They also leave behind clear runbooks so the environment stays manageable after the project ends.
Built for scale
AD is still the backbone for many internal networks, file access layers, remote sign-in flows, and legacy business applications. It is especially important where older systems must keep working while the identity setup moves toward hybrid cloud. A good expert can keep both worlds aligned without creating unnecessary risk.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Active Directory.
Active Directory is used to manage identities, authentication, and access across Windows-based systems. It helps companies control user accounts, computer objects, groups, and policies from one central directory. That makes it easier to secure internal resources and keep administration consistent.
Active Directory is built for on-premises directory and domain services, while Entra ID is a cloud identity service. Many companies use both together in hybrid setups, especially when older Windows Server systems still need domain-based control. A good specialist knows where each one fits and how they connect.
A strong Active Directory specialist usually also works with Windows Server, DNS, Group Policy, PowerShell, and RSAT. In hybrid environments, Entra ID, Azure AD Connect, and federation tools often matter too. Backup, recovery, and access design are also part of the job.
A simple Active Directory cleanup may need a focused specialist, while a migration, trust redesign, or security overhaul needs deeper hands-on experience. The more systems depend on the directory, the more important planning and testing become. If logon, file access, or application access is at stake, do not treat it as routine work.
Yes, most Active Directory tasks can be done remotely if the right administrative access and change process are in place. Site visits are mainly useful for server-room checks, network tracing, or coordination with local IT teams. For companies in Austria, remote collaboration often works well when documentation and communication are clear.
Look for real experience with Active Directory domain design, Group Policy, and recovery work, not just basic account administration. Ask how they handle replication issues, privileged access, and rollback planning. Clear documentation and calm change management are strong signs of quality.
Yes, Active Directory remains important when local file services, Windows logon, or older business applications still depend on domain services. Many hybrid setups use it together with Entra ID so internal and cloud identities stay aligned. A specialist should understand both the legacy side and the migration path.
A solid Active Directory project often ends with a cleaner OU structure, improved group design, updated policies, and written recovery steps. Depending on the scope, deliverables may also include trust diagrams, migration plans, access reviews, and handover notes. The goal is a directory that is easier to operate and safer to change.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects is 99 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 789 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects, 40% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 30% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.9 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 (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Manufacturing (55%), and Telecommunication (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (73%), and Project Management (64%).
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