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Christian W.

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Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer – GitOps, ArgoCD and Infrastructure as Code

Graz
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

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Emre H.

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DevOps Engineer

Kematen an der Krems
Emre H.

Last position:

DevOps Engineer at SIWA Online GmbH

  • Planning and implementation of IT infrastructures for customers
  • Automation of provisioning with AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK
  • Monitoring and optimization of cloud environments and the entire IT infrastructure
  • Technical support and troubleshooting for infrastructure issues
  • Collaboration with development teams on CI/CD processes
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Daniel S.

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Software Engineer & AI Consultant

Salzburg
Daniel S.

Last position:

AI Strategy & Use-Case Development at Umwelt Service Salzburg

  • AI strategy concept and implementation roadmap for an energy consulting company.
  • Use-case matrix with nine application scenarios (including funding research, chatbot, initial AI consulting, topic radar), implemented as reusable Claude Code skills.
  • AI strategy, use-case analysis / Claude Code Skills / n8n.
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Matthias K.

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Freelance Technical Product Owner | Senior Requirements Engineer | Business Analyst

Vienna
Matthias K.

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Requirements Engineer & Business Analyst at Media Company

  • Analysis of existing work, information and decision-making processes.

  • Identification and prioritization of suitable use cases for AI agents.

  • Elicitation of functional and non-functional requirements.

  • Design of collaboration between users and AI agents, including control and escalation mechanisms.

  • Support for the implementation of the AI agents and adapted keyboard hardware.

  • Business target vision for the AI-first transformation.

  • Structured and prioritized requirements for implementation.

  • Defined roles, interactions and control points between people and AI agents.

  • Preparation for the gradual automation of productive work processes.

Techstack: AI agents, LLMs, agent orchestration, RAG, APIs, automation, hardware

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Karl F.

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Managing Director ONECEPT GmbH | Software Engineering, Data & AI

Graz
Karl F.

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Managing Director at ONECEPT GmbH

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Christian E.

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Enterprise Security Architecture · Cloud & Hybrid · Critical Infrastructure

Wien
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
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John A.

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Vienna
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.

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Yunus S.

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QA Architect

Vienna
Yunus S.

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Senior Expert / Program Manager at Dolpheen IT

Senior Expert / Program Manager

IT Services

  • Management of internal projects for infrastructure modernization: setup and maintenance of test environments that realistically replicate complex customer networks.
  • Resource coordination: planning server capacities and cloud resources for automated test runs.
  • Implementation of CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated tests into the build process.
  • Evaluation of performance bottlenecks through load testing (NeoLoad/JMeter) to ensure scalability.

Tools / Technologies: Jenkins, Docker, GIT, ButBucket, NeoLoad, Azure

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Manuel P.

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AI Engineer

Vienna
Manuel P.

Last position:

AI Engineer at Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH

  • Designed and built a next-generation NLP platform to accelerate sales-driven customer service through intelligent request analysis and routing, reducing average customer query response time by 30%.
  • Architected a hybrid NLP system combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with traditional NLP pipelines for robust, explainable results.
  • Developed request classification and routing mechanisms to accelerate customer support teams in handling customer queries faster and more accurately.
  • Optimized LLM based data extraction and classification with context engineering.
  • Integrated the platform into customer service processes, reducing response times and enhancing workforce efficiency.
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Mario M.

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IT Consultant & Full-Stack Developer | AI-Assisted Development | QA Engineer and Test Manager

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Mario M.

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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
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Manuel M.

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Senior Fullstack Developer C# / .NET | Blazor, Vue & Angular | Agile Coach

Linz
Manuel M.

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ERP Process Modeling at Richter Pharma AG

Migration preparation for the upcoming ERP system change: recording all ERP-related business processes, analyzing pain points, and consolidating them into process views. Ensuring that every process can be transferred to the target system or that an alternative exists. Result: a solid working basis for system integrators and a company ready for migration.

BPMN · Camunda

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Tobias F.

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CTO & Founder

Altenmarkt im Pongau
Tobias F.

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CTO & Founder at bitminds

Selected projects:

Kiosk platform – Hospitality

  • Led a 3-person team while taking a hands-on role in designing an edge computing infrastructure for over 15 self-service kiosks in Alpine hotels with unstable connectivity
  • Designed a Nomad-based cluster with a Wireguard mesh network for fully automated OTA updates, even during local network outages and offline operation
  • Integrated physical peripherals (hotel card readers, thermal printers) into a containerized deployment pipeline
  • Reduced on-site maintenance visits by ∼40% with a resilient offline-first architecture and Prometheus-based hardware monitoring
  • Tech: Nomad, Consul, Wireguard, NestJS, NextJS, Prometheus, Custom Hardware Provisioning

Multi-tenant SaaS platform – Insurance claims management

  • Built and operated the Kubernetes infrastructure for a market-leading claims management platform (acquired by an S&P 500 company) — with strict compliance and availability requirements
  • Designed a multi-tenant EKS cluster with tenant isolation, enabling cost-effective single-instance hosting for multiple customers
  • Introduced dynamic spot instance node pools, reducing infrastructure costs by ∼20%
  • Built fully automated deployment pipelines (Terraform + GitHub Actions) for uninterrupted releases during business hours
  • Tech: EKS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki, PHP, GraphQL

Legacy ERP integration – Construction photo documentation

  • Led a 2-person team in designing and building a real-time sync bridge between a legacy Microsoft Access ERP system (without an API) and a modern mobile photo app for construction quality control
  • Developed a PostgreSQL pipeline with real-time listeners that extracts data from 1990s Access databases without disrupting existing workflows
  • Built a resilient upload architecture using the circuit breaker pattern for unstable construction site connections (S3, NFS, Synology NAS)
  • Saved 2–4 hours per week for each project manager through automated photo sync instead of manual USB/SD card transfers
  • Tech: NestJS, PostgreSQL, React Native (Expo), S3, Synology API, Offline-First Architecture
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Roman M.

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Senior Python Developer | FastAPI, REST APIs & Microservices

Vienna
Roman M.

Last position:

Software Engineer at FSM Rechtsanwälte

  • Develop AWS-based components connecting Python backend services to React/TypeScript frontends.
  • Improve database queries and application workflows for document processing and screening.
  • Evaluate LLM retrieval and document-review workflows as part of the product stack.
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Marc-Anthony T.

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Senior Python Developer / Backend Engineer

Vienna
Marc-Anthony T.

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Software Developer at Dawnguard.AI

  • Took Dawnguard from initial product concept to a launched MVP within two months, building the backend platform and reducing cloud-environment scan times from approximately 40 minutes to under two minutes across 70 accounts.
  • Designed and built the core resource discovery engine for Azure and AWS, enabling the frontend to visualise complex cloud environments and the AI to evaluate architectural patterns.
  • Engineered distributed APIs and dynamic Cosmos DB schemas to support rapidly evolving product requirements and variable cloud-environment structures.
  • Built the architecture-generation engine to support clients with 100+ cloud accounts and dynamically generate complete architectures containing approximately 25,000 resources.
  • Developed custom data-generation tools that enabled the AI and frontend teams to simulate and test large-scale cloud architectures.
  • Delivered backend features end to end by working with AI, frontend, and business stakeholders from technical design through implementation and testing.

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Statistics of experts using Docker

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years

Docker experts in Austria have 17 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.9 years

Docker experts in Austria stay in a single position for 2.9 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

10

Docker experts in Austria have completed 10 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Operations

Docker experts in Austria have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Operations.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Education

Docker experts in Austria are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Education.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Docker experts in Austria earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

80%

80% of Docker experts in Austria hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

56%

56% of Docker experts in Austria hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

11%

11% of Docker experts in Austria have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

Docker experts in Austria hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, Spanish

Docker experts in Austria most often speak German, English, and Spanish.

Speak two or more languages

100%

100% of Docker experts in Austria speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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45% of Docker experts in Austria charge less than €800 per day.
51% of Docker experts in Austria charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
5% of Docker experts in Austria charge €1200 or more per day.
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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.

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Average rates of experts in Austria using Docker

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Daily rate avg. 786 €

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Median rate 800 €

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.

Docker 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%)
  • Banking and Finance (41%)
  • Education (34%)
  • Professional Services (34%)
  • Transportation (33%)
  • Healthcare (30%)
  • Manufacturing (30%)
  • Retail (26%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Containers for delivery

Docker packages an application with its runtime, libraries and configuration into a portable container image. Teams use these images to develop, test and run services consistently across laptops, data centres and cloud environments. Containers isolate workloads while keeping deployment processes repeatable.

Core ecosystem

Docker specialists work across the tools that support the container lifecycle:

  • Docker Engine for building and running containers
  • Dockerfile design for reproducible images
  • Docker Compose for local multi-service environments
  • Docker Hub and private registries for image distribution
  • Kubernetes integrations for production orchestration

They also connect container workflows with Git, CI/CD systems, Linux, cloud services and infrastructure-as-code tools.

Common project work

Companies bring in Docker professionals to containerise existing applications, create development environments and standardise releases across teams. Typical deliverables include secure Dockerfiles, Compose configurations, image pipelines, registry policies and deployment documentation. Specialists may also refactor services so they behave correctly under container resource and networking constraints.

When expertise matters

Freelance support is useful when a team faces inconsistent environments, slow releases or a migration from manually configured servers. It is also valuable during a move to microservices, Kubernetes or a cloud-native delivery model. In Austria, specialists may work remotely or alongside product and infrastructure teams on site, depending on security and collaboration needs.

Reliable implementation

Strong professionals understand more than container commands. They choose suitable base images, keep images small, manage secrets safely and define health checks, volumes, networks and resource limits with care. They can explain trade-offs between a simple Compose setup and a broader orchestration architecture, while leaving maintainable configuration behind.

Choosing a specialist

Look for practical evidence of production container work and ask how the specialist handles image vulnerabilities, dependency updates, logging and persistent data. A capable professional can diagnose build failures, networking problems and differences between local and production environments. They should also communicate clearly with application, security and operations teams and adapt the setup to the project rather than forcing a standard template.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Docker? These answers cover the essentials.

Docker is used to package applications and their dependencies into portable containers. Companies use it for local development, automated testing, repeatable deployments, service isolation and consistent operation across private infrastructure and cloud environments.

Docker containers share the host operating system kernel, while virtual machines include a complete guest operating system. Containers usually start with less overhead, but virtual machines can provide stronger isolation or support workloads that need different operating systems.

Docker Compose can be suitable for smaller services, controlled internal systems and straightforward deployments. Larger or highly available environments may need Kubernetes or another orchestration system for scheduling, scaling, service discovery and recovery.

Docker work often overlaps with Linux, networking, Git, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure and security. Useful specialists also understand Kubernetes, container registries, infrastructure as code, observability and application configuration.

Docker expertise should match the system’s complexity rather than a fixed time in the field. A simple containerisation task may need focused implementation skills, while a migration involving security, orchestration and production operations calls for broader delivery experience.

Docker projects are often well suited to remote collaboration because configuration, images and pipelines can be reviewed through shared repositories. Teams in Austria should still define access controls, documentation standards, meeting language and any on-site requirements before work begins.

Docker quality is visible in reproducible builds, clear configuration, secure image choices and predictable deployments. Ask the specialist to explain dependency updates, secret handling, health checks, logging, resource limits and how failures are diagnosed.

Docker is a practical choice when a team needs a mature workflow for building, sharing and running container images. A specialist should still consider alternatives such as Podman when daemonless operation, rootless execution or existing enterprise standards are important.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Docker in their recent projects is 98 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 786 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Docker in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Docker in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Docker in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (14%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Docker in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Banking and Finance (41%), and Education (34%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Docker in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (86%), and Operations (47%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Docker

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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