Active Directory Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Active Directory
Alexander P.
Last position:
Owner & Lecturer at Artellico / Own company for AI governance and data products
- Consulting and interim management at the intersection of IT operations and regulation
- Impact assessment 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
- Teaching assignments in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at Hochschule Burgenland, since 2023
- Supervision of Master's theses and participation on examination boards
- Industry talks for businesses 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
- Integration with bank account systems using SEPA direct debit mandates and message formats under ISO 20022 (pain.008, camt.053)
- MLOps and AIOps in live operations
- Own applications under my own brand: shared codebase, separate deployment for each target device
- AI-assisted software development (vibe-coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
- Professional publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
- Professional 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
Claus E.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at Aconext Engineering GmbH
- Management of complex projects in technology-driven and regulated environments
- Overall responsibility for the planning, management and implementation of projects across multiple departments
- Responsibility for budget, resources, timelines, and risk and change management
- Leadership and coordination of interdisciplinary project teams of up to 25 employees
- Central interface between clients, specialist departments, external partners and management
- Establishment of structured project and reporting processes for transparent management
- Ensuring the on-time implementation of projects in demanding and regulated project environments.
Christian E.
Last position:
Cyber Trust Austria Silver Certification at PrimeFaktor GmbH
Cyber Trust Austria Silver Certification
- Led application and implementation of the Cyber Trust Austria Silver label (KSV1870 Cyber Risk A-Rating; 25 validated controls)
- Mapped and fulfilled requirements covering risk management, incident response, access control, vulnerability and penetration testing, BCM, and supply-chain security, aligned with ISO/IEC 27001/27002 control themes and NIS 2 / NISG 2026 expectations
- Coordinated stakeholders, compiled audit evidence, and completed KSV1870 validation
Robert K.
Last position:
Enterprise Architecture and Overall Transition Lead — UK National Lottery, 4th Licence at Scientific Games International GmbH
Owned the end-to-end architecture and the transition for the fourth licence period of the UK National Lottery: a complete technology stack replacement delivered against a hard regulatory deadline. Produced the end-to-end high-level architecture that served as the delivery baseline for the replacement of all major IT service components including infrastructure
Target architecture across two geo-redundant UK data centres: multiple VMware ESX clusters, OpenShift, MS SQL Server clusters, Oracle Exadata, integrated with AWS-hosted components and a retailer WAN over VSAT, DSL and LTE
Business continuity concept and geo-redundant high availability design
Review and approval authority over all low-level designs, application and infrastructure: network security, Oracle RAC, VMware, OpenShift, SQL clustering, geo-redundancy
Designed and implemented full hardware and network separation between test environments and staging/production
SME for third-party security audits against CIS benchmarks and NIST standards: preparation, execution, findings analysis, remediation prioritisation
Delivered software deployment to 45,000 retail terminals with minimal downtime, plus data migration from the incumbent end-to-end landscape to the new architecture
Transitioned 45,000 POS terminals and 19 million online players on time with no critical incidents
Owned the integrated transition plan for the full replacement of the lottery technology stack: work packages, milestones, dependencies and critical path across parallel technical sub-projects
Central organisational interface between internal IT leads, technical workstream leads, multiple external vendors and client executive stakeholders
Planned and led migration and cutover of live, regulated national infrastructure, including 80+ bare metal servers running VMware ESX, Microsoft VMs across several Active Directory domains, Linux VMs, OpenShift on Linux, 2 SANs, 2 Oracle Exadata systems, AWS components and a retailer WAN
Ran 4 full cutover dress rehearsals ahead of the 2 major go-live releases
Governed all changes through the ITIL change process and CAB; ran risk, issue and escalation management with regular status reporting to the Program Director and client's CTO
Onboarded the internal cyber security team and acted as architecture SME in pre-deployment security audits for client and internal security teams, including prioritisation and remediation of findings
Joined the programme as Enterprise Architecture Lead from May to September 2022, gaining detailed knowledge of the target infrastructure before taking overall delivery responsibility; after go-live, supported the delivery teams through the warranty phase
Christian T.
Last position:
Project Management / Program Management at Energy company, AT
- NIS2/IT-OT infrastructure project for network and firewall: PoC, roll-out, and blueprint
- Coordination of IT, OT/operations, information security, business units, and external suppliers
- Risk and escalation management
- Direct evidence of security, multi-vendor delivery, and operational context.
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
4.3 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
54%
Master's degree or higher
46%
Doctorate
15%
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 Austria 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 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 29 Oct 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 (93%)
- Professional Services (60%)
- Healthcare (53%)
- Manufacturing (53%)
- Telecommunication (47%)
- Aerospace and Defense (40%)
- Banking and Finance (40%)
- Energy (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core purpose
Active Directory is Microsoft’s directory service for managing users, computers, groups and access across Windows environments. It uses domains, forests, organizational units and domain controllers to provide central authentication and policy control. Companies rely on it to make identity management consistent across offices, data centres and hybrid networks.
Main use cases
Active Directory supports the daily operation and security of business systems.
- Design domains, forests and trust relationships
- Manage users, groups, computers and service accounts
- Apply security settings through Group Policy
- Connect on-premises identities with Microsoft Entra ID
- Plan migrations, consolidations and recovery procedures
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists work across Windows Server, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, Kerberos and PowerShell. They understand Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD Connect, Microsoft Intune and certificate services when identities span local and cloud environments. Monitoring, backup, privileged access management and endpoint security are also part of a dependable setup.
When companies need help
Companies often bring in freelance expertise during domain migrations, office integrations, audits or security improvements. Support is also useful when Group Policy has become difficult to maintain, replication is unreliable or identity data must be cleaned before a move to Microsoft Entra ID. In Austria, specialists may need to combine remote delivery with on-site work for critical infrastructure, regulated operations or complex network changes.
What strong specialists deliver
Experienced professionals begin with an inventory of domains, trusts, permissions, dependencies and recovery options. They document decisions, test changes in controlled stages and create rollback plans before touching production. Their work should leave behind clear runbooks, least-privilege access, reliable monitoring and an ownership model that internal teams can maintain.
Collaboration and outcomes
Active Directory work involves sensitive access, so communication and change discipline matter as much as technical skill. Remote collaboration works well for planning, documentation, PowerShell automation and controlled administration; on-site presence can help with hardware, network dependencies and scheduled cutovers. German-language communication may be valuable for Austrian stakeholders, while English is common in international IT teams.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Active Directory.
Active Directory centralizes identity and access management for Windows-based organizations. It authenticates users and devices, applies Group Policy, manages permissions and supports services such as file shares, applications and remote access.
Active Directory is primarily an on-premises directory built around Windows domains, domain controllers and internal network services. Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure AD, is a cloud identity service, and many companies use both through a hybrid identity setup.
An Active Directory specialist should understand Windows Server, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, PowerShell and identity security. Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD Connect, Microsoft Intune, certificates, backup and network troubleshooting is valuable for hybrid environments.
The right Active Directory experience depends on the scope and risk of the work. A simple administration task may need focused operational knowledge, while a forest migration, trust redesign or hybrid identity rollout calls for a professional who has planned and tested comparable changes.
Active Directory administration can often be delivered remotely through secure access, especially for assessment, documentation, automation and policy work. On-site collaboration in Austria can still be useful for data-centre dependencies, network changes, hardware access or major cutovers.
For an Active Directory engagement, ask for clear examples of domain design, migrations, Group Policy work and incident recovery. Check whether the professional documents dependencies, tests changes, protects privileged accounts and provides a practical rollback plan.
Active Directory may remain necessary when systems depend on domain services, legacy applications or local authentication. A move toward Microsoft Entra ID makes sense when cloud access, modern device management and reduced on-premises infrastructure fit the organization’s application and security requirements.
High-quality Active Directory work is secure, documented and reversible. The result should include clean identity data, controlled permissions, resilient replication, tested recovery, understandable Group Policy and clear guidance for the team that will operate the environment.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 827 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects, 54% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 46% hold at least a Master's degree, and 15% hold a doctorate.
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 4.3 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 (27%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Professional Services (60%), and Healthcare (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (73%), and Operations (60%).
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.
Vienna Graz 
Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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