Disaster Recovery Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Disaster Recovery
David J.
Last position:
External AI Solution Architecture Engagement via Zühlke
- Challenge: Assess the feasibility of voice support for patient intake, pre-qualification, routing and documentation.
- Action: Designed the speech recognition, agent control, documentation and integration architecture; assessed latency, language quality, privacy and regulatory requirements.
- Result: Built a working multilingual proof of concept in three days, demonstrating voice interaction, triage, suspected diagnosis and AI-supported documentation. This made the next technical and clinical review points visible. No production deployment is documented.
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 W.
Last position:
Lead Developer & Performance Specialist at Groox GmbH
Sole responsibility for the design, development and deployment of the bilingual Qwik platform eventvideo.at. Responsible for frontend performance optimization (PageSpeed 97/100/100/100), SEO engineering with Schema.org, integration of Google Search Console and IndexNow, and building the GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline. Requirements gathering and technical implementation.
- Performance Engineering: Google PageSpeed Score 97/100/100/100 (Performance / Accessibility / Best Practices / SEO) through frontend optimization (lazy loading, thumbnail-first, lightweight media integration)
- Full-Stack Web Development: Sole responsibility for development with the Qwik.js framework from frontend to deployment for the bilingual (DE/EN) platform eventvideo.at, marketing personalized, fully automated participant videos for sports events
- Qwik.js Resumability Architecture: Server-side rendering with minimal JavaScript hydration overhead; the page remains immediately interactive even with extensive video and event content, without a full-page load.
- API Integration: Google Search Console API and IndexNow API for automated indexing and SEO monitoring
- SEO Engineering: Schema.org Structured Data implementation for rich snippets and improved search engine visibility
- Mobile-First with minimal bundle size: CSS3 layout without UI framework overhead, consistently lean use of resources for excellent PageSpeed on desktop and mobile.
- GitHub Actions CI/CD: Automated build, test and deployment pipeline for continuous integration
Technologies: Qwik.js Framework, TypeScript, JavaScript, Internationalization (i18n DE/EN), GitHub Actions CI/CD, Google Search Console API, IndexNow API, Schema.org, Google PageSpeed Insights, Lazy Loading, CSS3, Responsive Design
Matthias M.
Last position:
IT Consultant at Backup4U Datenverarbeitung GmbH
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for dmTECH across the DM Group (2024–2026)
- Completion of the Lotus Notes replacement for R-IT (2023–2024)
- Further development of IAM for dmTECH (2023–2024)
- Realignment of test infrastructure and test management for dmTECH/IAM (2023–2024)
- Further development of IAM for 28,000 employees (project for dmTECH, Germany, 2023)
- Completion of the Lotus Notes replacement for R-IT customers Raiffeisen Landesbank and bank branches (2023)
- Completion of the IAM implementation for >50.000 employees (2022)
- Replacement of an in-house remote access solution with PAM/cyberark (2022)
- Implementation of IAM for <1.000 employees (project for card complete, Austria, 2022)
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.
Elisabeth S.
Last position:
Consultant at Elisabeth Scheidl Consulting e.U.
- All services are tailored and flexible to meet customer needs
- High-quality and comprehensive QA services
- Guidance and support to ensure compliance with all GCP, ICH, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements
- Preparation and advice to ensure inspection readiness of clinical trials, involved personnel and related processes
- Audits of processes and systems relevant to the successful conduct of clinical trials
- Provision of outsourced data protection officer (DPO) services
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using Disaster Recovery
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Finance
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
33%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 3 Nov 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 Disaster Recovery
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 3 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Disaster Recovery 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 (83%)
- Banking and Finance (67%)
- Healthcare (67%)
- Retail (67%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Media and Entertainment (50%)
- Professional Services (50%)
- Government and Administration (50%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Disaster Recovery covers
Disaster Recovery is the discipline of restoring applications, data, infrastructure and essential services after an outage or destructive event. It combines recovery planning, resilient architecture, backup design, failover procedures and repeated testing. The goal is controlled restoration with clear business priorities, not simply keeping a copy of data.
Systems and use cases
Companies apply Disaster Recovery to environments that cannot tolerate prolonged interruption, from financial services and manufacturing to healthcare, retail and public administration. Specialists shape recovery plans for data centres, private clouds, public clouds, hybrid estates and critical SaaS dependencies.
- Recover databases, virtual machines and container workloads
- Define recovery objectives for business-critical services
- Coordinate regional failover and restoration procedures
- Prepare runbooks for incidents, outages and cyberattacks
Ecosystem and tooling
The work spans backup platforms, storage replication, virtualisation, Kubernetes, cloud services and infrastructure automation. Relevant tools may include Azure Site Recovery, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Google Cloud recovery services, Veeam, Commvault, VMware and Terraform. Strong specialists connect these components into a tested operating model rather than treating them as isolated products.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful during cloud migrations, data-centre changes, ransomware preparation, audit preparation or a redesign of legacy recovery processes. It also helps when internal teams have backups but lack documented ownership, tested restoration paths or a reliable view of application dependencies.
- Recovery tests repeatedly miss their target
- Backups exist but restoration has not been proven
- A merger creates overlapping infrastructure and policies
- Critical workloads are moving between regions or clouds
What strong professionals deliver
Effective professionals begin with business impact analysis and map technical dependencies to recovery priorities. They define recovery time and recovery point objectives, select suitable replication and backup methods, document responsibilities and run realistic exercises. They also leave behind clear runbooks, monitoring signals, evidence from tests and practical handover guidance.
Working in Austria
In Austria, Disaster Recovery work often supports distributed operations, regulated sectors and organisations combining local infrastructure with cloud services. On-site sessions can help with data-centre reviews, workshops and recovery exercises, while much of the design, documentation and testing can be completed remotely. German communication may matter for operational teams, but international projects commonly require professional English as well.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Disaster Recovery.
Disaster Recovery is used to restore critical services, applications, infrastructure and data after failures, cyberattacks, human error or physical disruption. A sound approach defines priorities, recovery procedures, responsibilities and tests so the organisation can resume operations in a controlled way.
Disaster Recovery focuses on restoring technology and data after disruption. Backup preserves recoverable copies, while business continuity covers the broader people, processes, facilities and communication needed to keep essential work operating. They should be planned together but are not interchangeable.
A strong Disaster Recovery specialist often combines cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, identity management, security and automation skills. Experience with incident response, database recovery, Kubernetes, virtualisation and infrastructure as code is valuable when the environment spans several platforms.
The required depth depends on the systems, recovery objectives and consequences of downtime. A small backup redesign may need focused expertise, while a regulated hybrid environment requires someone who can analyse dependencies, lead exercises, coordinate stakeholders and prove that restoration works.
Disaster Recovery planning, configuration, documentation and many recovery tests can be handled remotely with secure access and clear owners. On-site work is useful for data-centre assessments, hardware-dependent procedures and exercises involving local operations teams. German may be useful locally, while English is common in international environments.
A Disaster Recovery design may include cloud recovery services, Veeam, Commvault, VMware, storage replication, databases, Kubernetes and Terraform. The right combination depends on workload dependencies, recovery objectives, geographic design, security controls and the organisation’s existing operations model.
Ask whether the specialist can show a clear method for mapping business services to technical dependencies and recovery priorities. Quality is demonstrated through tested restoration, measurable outcomes, current runbooks, documented assumptions and lessons applied after each exercise, not through backup configuration alone.
A Disaster Recovery professional should clarify the critical services, acceptable data loss, restoration deadlines, compliance expectations, access model and decision owners. They should also confirm whether the engagement covers assessment, design, implementation, testing, incident support or handover, since each requires a different delivery plan.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Disaster Recovery in their recent projects is 127 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,020 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Disaster Recovery in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 33% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Disaster Recovery in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Disaster Recovery in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Disaster Recovery in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Healthcare (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Disaster Recovery in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Product Development (83%), and Project Management (83%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Disaster Recovery
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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