CI/CD Experts in Austria
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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
Chrisabel P.
Last position:
AI Systems & Product Strategy Expert at Webmeisterin
I build. I advise. I think in systems. After years leading digital transformation at scale — Accenture, BP, Lidl — I made a deliberate choice: trade platform dependency for structural independence. My focus is at the intersection of AI systems, product strategy, and venture thinking. I work with operators and founders who want to move fast without losing control — of their data, their stack, their direction.
John A.
Last position:
Software Developer and DevOps Engineer at Bundesrechenzentrum (BRZ)
Refactoring and improving core APIs; implementing client change requests. Setting up metrics, traces, and logs monitoring infrastructure to support operations. Designing GitOps deployment and infrastructure as code. Applications and systems configuration in ArgoCD and Openshift. Confluence documentation of design, approach, and solution. Tech Stack: Java 8 & 21, Spring framework, JSP, JavaScript, Bash scripts, SQL, Grafana Stack, OpenTelemetry, Docker, DB2, Maven, Kubernetes Kompose.
Mario M.
Last position:
Co-Founder and CTO at B2B SaaS Recruiting Platform
Complete build of a B2B SaaS platform for recruitment agencies
- Multi-source job aggregation via ATS APIs
- AI-assisted career page scraping
- Rule-based and AI-assisted matching
- Credit-based monetization model with Stripe integration
- Live in production since July 2026
Tech stack
- NestJS
- React
- PostgreSQL
- pgvector
- Claude AI
- Prisma
Daniel S.
Last position:
AI Automation in E-Commerce at Looops
- AI automation roadmap for a D2C/B2B e-commerce company.
- Customer service bot with RAG over support tickets and product data, OCR pipeline for incoming invoices with writeback to Business Central, lead gen and posting automation.
- Deterministic n8n workflows with EU-hosted models.
- n8n, RAG / Mistral, Qwen/BGE embeddings / Business Central API, HubSpot, Shopify / Scaleway, S3 / Claude Code, OpenCode.
Stefania D.
Last position:
Data Engineer at Storebox
Tech: AWS (Glue, Lambda, Redshift), Airflow, PostgreSQL, Python, PySpark, Metabase, Power BI
Delivered: Analytics-Ready Data Models • Legacy SQL to Cloud ETL Migration • Dynamic Pricing Engine
- Owned and evolved the company data warehouse end-to-end — from ingestion to transformation to analytics-ready dimensional data models on AWS Redshift.
- Collaborated with Analysts, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable dimensional data models that enable self-serve analytics and streamline dashboarding in Metabase and Power BI.
- Architected end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines on AWS (Glue, Lambda, Redshift) using Python and PySpark, orchestrated with Apache Airflow (MWAA) for reliability and observability.
- Defined and enforced data quality standards and governance practices across pipelines and the core data layer.
- Led migration of legacy SQL infrastructure into scalable AWS Glue pipelines with distributed PySpark processing, eliminating bottlenecks and reducing downtime.
- Developed a dynamic pricing engine applying automated promotional discounts based on occupancy rates, competitor pricing, and location performance tiers.
- Designed schema mappings to ingest MongoDB data into structured relational systems (Redshift/PostgreSQL).
Marcel S.
Last position:
Senior AI Engineer - Python at Insurance Company
Project Tech Stack: Python, AWS, Azure, FastAPI, openai, pandas, unittest/pymock
Achievements:
- Engineered automated data extraction pipelines to transform complex Excel datasets into structured formats via LLM-driven workflows.
- Architected a generative slide-deck engine that translates natural language prompts into formatted presentation assets.
- Integrated advanced LLM capabilities with the OpenAI Response API, implementing sophisticated tool-calling and structured output logic.
- Developed and containerized scalable backend microservice using FastAPI, Docker, and OpenShift to host and serve agentic skills.
Nikolaus J.
Last position:
Solution Architect at HIT Baumärkte
- Leading high-impact retail digital transformation focused on data integration, app integration, and next-generation customer engagement strategies.
Alexander L.
Last position:
Guest lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (Master’s Level) at FH des BFI Wien
- Teaching & presenting
- Communication
- Effectively communicate complex technical topics to non-technical audiences through lectures
- Guided non-technical students from zero knowledge to confidently understanding and applying algorithms to achieve business outcomes
Plamen M.
Last position:
Head of Service & Operations Management at Raiffeisen Bank International
- Shaping service management framework as part of head office of RBI
- Service owner overseeing IT cloud services, accountable for overall quality, lifecycle, and success
- Managing customer relationships and satisfaction for 10 business units ensuring smooth business continuity and operations
- Single point of contact and service/process owner providing T-shaped expertise in IT domains, cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, Orca, CRM, GitHub, SFMC)
- ITSM/ITIL implementation and mentoring including design, definition, mapping, and execution
- Change and release management, UAT/test assurance, major incident management, SDLC management
- Managing regulatory and audit requirements, DORA, GDPR, ITPF compliance and reporting
- Acting as a point of escalation for complex customer issues, resolving conflicts, fostering a customer-centric culture
- People management: leading and managing service delivery teams, DevOps, vendors, and third-party teams
- Cross-tribe service delivery and contract management: KPIs, SLAs, OLAs, RPO, RTO, BCM/SCM management
- Agile/Scrum process delivery governance, stakeholder communication, and budget/cost management
Alexander V.
Last position:
Senior Cloud & Kubernetes Architect at A.S.E. | Business Solutions for Construction
- Architected and deployed a highly available, multi-tenant Kubernetes platform on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for business-critical microservices.
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive Infrastructure-as-Code strategy using Terraform for managing GKE clusters, networking (VPCs, Subnets), and IAM policies.
- Engineered optimized storage solutions for stateful workloads (MongoDB) using GKE PersistentVolumes, enhancing performance and data resiliency.
- Established a full-stack observability framework using Google Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Fabio G.
Last position:
IT Architect, Requirements Analyst and Consultant at CANCOM
- Supports CANCOM customers in migrating legacy on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
- Takes over and stabilizes existing solutions after a short handover
- Business analysis and requirements engineering for migration to a new cloud environment
- Optimization of machine learning models for feature extraction and customer profiling
- Ensures data protection and compliance
- Leads the migration of on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric
- Designs new AI platforms for clients
- Tests the integration of chatbots for document intelligence with Microsoft Foundry, including requirements analysis, implementation, validation, and client communication
Peter S.
Last position:
Lead Software Architect at Pritz IT GmbH
- Lead software architect in a greenfield MES project (Manufacturing Execution System / factory control system), responsible for architecture decisions, technology selection, and technical direction throughout the entire development lifecycle
- Designed and built the core framework from scratch, including several reusable Spring Boot starters (e.g., OPC-UA integration, messaging, security) that enable flexible composition of the individual system modules
- Introduced Keycloak as the central authentication and authorization system with SSO across all MES components
- Created and owns the full CI/CD pipeline covering Java, NPM and Docker – automating build, test, containerisation and deployment across all project components
- Set up the architecture documentation space in Confluence as the single source of truth for all architecture decisions, component designs, and integration patterns
- Defined and enforced naming conventions and coding standards to ensure consistency in the growing codebase
- Conducted regular code reviews for quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and adherence to architecture guidelines
- Created and maintained technology roadmaps to guide future development priorities and infrastructure investments
Ãœsame T.
Last position:
Java Backend Developer at Porsche Informatik
- Java EE 8 development
- Java 21 and Spring Boot 3 microservices development
- Release management
- Onboarding of new team members
- Owner of an team-internal "Best Code Engineering Award"
Emre H.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at SIWA Online GmbH
- Planning and implementation of IT infrastructures for clients
- Automating deployments with AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK
- Monitoring and optimizing cloud environments and the entire IT infrastructure
- Providing technical support and troubleshooting infrastructure issues
- Collaborating with development teams on CI/CD processes
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Statistics of experts using CI/CD
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years
Position duration
2.5 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
85%
Master's degree or higher
58%
Doctorate
13%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
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 CI/CD
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.
CI/CD 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%)
- Banking and Finance (42%)
- Healthcare (34%)
- Manufacturing (34%)
- Education (32%)
- Retail (29%)
- Transportation (27%)
- Professional Services (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Delivery automation
CI/CD combines continuous integration and continuous delivery or deployment into a repeatable software delivery process. Every code change can trigger compilation, automated tests, security checks and packaging before it reaches a staging or production environment. This reduces manual handovers and makes releases easier to trace, review and repeat.
Pipeline tooling
Common ecosystems include GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines and CircleCI. Strong specialists configure pipeline definitions, runners, secrets, artifact repositories, approval gates and environment promotion. They also connect source control with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud services and observability tools.
Typical use cases
- Create build and test pipelines for web, mobile and backend systems
- Automate container image creation and deployment to Kubernetes
- Introduce release approvals, rollback paths and environment controls
- Add security scanning, dependency checks and infrastructure validation
- Move manual release steps into reliable, documented workflows
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance CI/CD specialists when releases are slow, fragile or dependent on one person. They are also useful during cloud migrations, platform changes, monorepo adoption and compliance work. In Austria, specialists may support distributed teams remotely or collaborate on site when delivery processes cross several local business units.
Skills beyond pipelines
CI/CD work requires more than writing workflow files. Relevant expertise includes Git strategy, Linux, scripting, networking, containers, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code and software testing. The best fit depends on the application stack, hosting model, team structure and desired release controls.
Quality signals
A strong professional makes pipelines readable, modular and safe to change. They use fast feedback, isolated test stages, protected secrets, least-privilege access and clear failure messages. They document operational ownership and measure whether automation improves delivery without weakening reliability. German or English communication can matter when Austrian teams work with international stakeholders.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about CI/CD — answered in short.
CI/CD is used to automate the path from a code change to a tested and releasable application. Continuous integration validates changes as they are merged, while continuous delivery or deployment moves approved software through environments. It supports more predictable releases for web, mobile, data and backend systems.
CI/CD replaces repeatable manual steps with versioned automation. Manual releases can still suit small or rarely changing systems, but they often make failures harder to reproduce and ownership less clear. A specialist can assess where automation adds control without creating unnecessary pipeline complexity.
A strong CI/CD specialist may work with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines or CircleCI. Tool choice should follow the source-control setup, cloud environment, security needs and team skills. Useful adjacent knowledge includes Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux and cloud identity management.
The scope of CI/CD work matters more than a fixed experience label. A simple application pipeline may need focused setup, while a regulated or multi-environment platform requires careful access controls, test strategy, deployment design and rollback planning. Ask for evidence of similar systems and a clear delivery plan.
CI/CD is often well suited to remote collaboration because configuration, logs and infrastructure can be reviewed in shared repositories and cloud environments. On-site work may help when teams need workshops around release ownership or legacy systems. Agree on communication language, access procedures and overlap with Austrian working hours.
GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD are closely integrated with their respective code-hosting ecosystems, while Jenkins offers a broad plugin model and can span varied environments. The right choice depends on governance, maintenance capacity, hosting preferences and existing integrations. A specialist should explain trade-offs rather than recommend a tool by habit.
Look for a CI/CD professional who can explain pipeline design in terms of delivery risk, test feedback and operational ownership. Review examples of secure secrets handling, deployment gates, rollback procedures and troubleshooting. Also confirm that the specialist can work with your repository, hosting and infrastructure choices.
A high-quality CI/CD pipeline is repeatable, observable and safe to change. It provides useful feedback quickly, keeps credentials protected, separates environments appropriately and makes failed releases recoverable. Its configuration is documented, reviewed like application code and maintained by the team rather than one individual.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used CI/CD in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 778 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used CI/CD in their recent projects, 85% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used CI/CD in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used CI/CD in their recent projects are English (100%), German (98%), and French (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used CI/CD in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Banking and Finance (42%), and Healthcare (34%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used CI/CD in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (81%), and Operations (53%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used CI/CD
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.
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- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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