Active Directory Experts in Vienna
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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
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
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.
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
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
4.4 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Healthcare, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Logistics
Bachelor's degree or higher
63%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
25%
Certifications per freelancer
3
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 Vienna 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 Vienna 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 (90%)
- Healthcare (60%)
- Professional Services (60%)
- Aerospace and Defense (50%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Telecommunication (50%)
- Energy (30%)
- Manufacturing (30%)
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 centralize authentication and authorization. Companies rely on it for consistent access to business applications, file shares, devices and internal services.
Core architecture
Strong Active Directory specialists design a structure that reflects the organization without creating unnecessary complexity. Their work can include domain and forest planning, trust relationships, replication, DNS, sites and services, domain controller placement, and permissions based on least privilege. They also document dependencies so future changes remain controlled.
Ecosystem and tooling
Active Directory commonly works alongside Microsoft Windows Server, Group Policy, PowerShell, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, Microsoft 365 and endpoint management tools. Professionals may also use identity federation, certificate services, synchronization tools, privileged access controls and security monitoring. Vienna companies often need experts who can coordinate remote delivery with local infrastructure, suppliers and German-speaking stakeholders.
Where companies use it
Active Directory supports identity and access in offices, data centers, hybrid cloud estates and regulated environments. Typical assignments include:
- Designing or restructuring domains, forests and organizational units
- Migrating users, groups, devices and policies between environments
- Connecting on-premises identities with Microsoft Entra ID
- Hardening domain controllers, privileged accounts and Group Policy
- Restoring directory services after outages or security incidents
When freelance expertise helps
Companies bring in a specialist during mergers, domain consolidations, cloud migrations, audits, security programs and major Windows changes. External expertise is also useful when replication is unstable, Group Policy has become difficult to govern, or internal teams need a clear migration plan. A freelancer can assess the current state, define a safe sequence of changes and transfer knowledge to the permanent team.
What strong specialists deliver
Quality work starts with discovery rather than immediate configuration. Experienced professionals map identities, dependencies, permissions and recovery requirements before changing production. They test policies in controlled scopes, protect privileged credentials, validate replication and prepare rollback steps. A strong deliverable includes clear diagrams, scripts where appropriate, operating procedures and practical guidance for the team that will run the environment.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Active Directory? These answers cover the essentials.
Active Directory is used to store and manage identities, computers, groups and access rules in Windows-based environments. It enables centralized sign-in and policy management for services such as file shares, applications, workstations and servers.
Active Directory is primarily an on-premises directory service built around Windows domains, domain controllers and traditional network resources. Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud identity service for applications, Microsoft 365 and modern authentication, so many organizations use both in a hybrid identity setup.
A strong Active Directory specialist usually understands DNS, DHCP, Windows Server, Group Policy, PowerShell, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365. Security fundamentals, backup and recovery, certificate services, network troubleshooting and identity synchronization are also valuable.
The right level depends on the environment and risk. Active Directory support for routine policy changes differs from a forest migration, merger or recovery project, where the specialist should show experience with discovery, testing, rollback planning and production change control.
Much of Active Directory assessment, scripting, documentation and policy work can be completed remotely through controlled access. On-site time may still help with data-center changes, legacy systems, hardware access or workshops, particularly when teams in Vienna need close coordination.
Ask for examples of comparable domain structures, migrations, security improvements and incident recoveries. For Active Directory, quality is shown through careful dependency mapping, tested changes, least-privilege design, clear documentation and a credible recovery plan.
Warning signs include unexplained replication errors, excessive domain administrator access, unmanaged service accounts, inconsistent Group Policy and undocumented trusts. A Active Directory specialist should investigate the underlying design and operational process rather than applying isolated fixes.
A Active Directory freelancer may deliver an environment assessment, target architecture, migration roadmap, policy baseline, synchronization design, automation scripts and operational documentation. The scope can also include privileged access improvements, recovery testing and knowledge transfer to the internal team.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Vienna, Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 879 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Vienna, Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects, 63% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 25% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Vienna, Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 4.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Vienna, Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Vienna, Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Healthcare (60%), and Professional Services (60%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Vienna, Austria who have used Active Directory in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (90%), and Quality Assurance (70%).
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:
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