GitLab CI/CD Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used GitLab CI/CD
Alexander Vasilenko
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.
Marcel Steger
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.
Alexander Lechner
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
Peter Stritzinger
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
Emre Hayta
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
René Zingerle
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
Benjamin Akhras
Last position:
Research Engineer at AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
- Developed Taranis AI, an advanced open-source intelligence (OSINT) tool, leveraging artificial intelligence to revolutionize information gathering and situational analysis.
- Created cybersecurity trainings and a cyber range to provide hands-on learning experiences for SOC teams and IT management.
- Designed and implemented a hybrid cloud infrastructure using OpenStack, Terraform, and Ansible, improving the scalability and performance of the infrastructure and led the migration from an on-site only infrastructure to the hybrid cloud environment.
- Some of my current work can be found on GitHub.
David Moling
Last position:
Senior Technical Consultant at BMW Group
- Architecture and development of enterprise React 19 based documentation platform for automotive software systems
- Full-stack implementation of visualization tools & interactive diagram viewers
- Performance optimization initiatives including virtual rendering for 10,000+ node trees and Web Worker-based search functionality
- Designed and implemented modular plugin architecture enabling extensible document rendering system
- Technical consultation on Git-based architecture-as-code workflows and modern design patterns
- Ownership of critical features from design through deployment, collaborating with cross-functional enterprise teams
Stefan Morgenthaler
Last position:
Founder & CEO at MoreGeek IT Services GmbH
- I offer project-based short and long-term freelance services for Linux and open source projects
- DevOps/SecOps/Sysadmin for Linux operating systems with a strong focus on idempotent automation and high availability
- Migration projects: on-site to cloud (and vice versa) and cloud-to-cloud migrations between providers
- Development environments: standardizing customers' development and sysadmin workstations/clients
- Digital sovereignty solutions (independent of hyperscalers): Linux desktop (Ubuntu/SUSE), mail and communications (groupware mail/calendar/contacts), file sharing and collaboration (Nextcloud)
Martin Haintz
Last position:
Software Development & IT-Consulting at Self-Employed
Tech stack: Flutter/Dart, Unity3D, React, NextJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, SASS, SCSS, Tailwind, Bootstrap, Ollama, llama.cpp, LangChain, MCP, RAG, n8n, Node-Red, PlatformIO, Arduino, ESP, C, C++, Python/Django, NodeJS, C#, .NET, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS-SQL, MongoDB, AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Postman, REST, WebSocket, Figma, Penpot, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, VS Code, Android Studio, Visual Studio, Unity3D, Jira, Confluence, Traefik, Rclone, Authentik, pfSense, Cloudflare, Proxmox, MQTT
Previous projects:
n8n automation that reads incoming emails from an Office mailbox and routes them to stakeholders
FastMCP 2 server exposing internal services via REST API to an LLM
Terraform migration of cloud infrastructure with Azure VMs, network, blob, storage and cloud-init
Azure Pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and artifact management
Terraform, Ansible, Cloudflare Tunnel integration with Docker container provisioning and backups
GitHub Actions CI/CD for Flutter app builds, testing, automated screenshots, and App Store deployment
Flutter app with SSO, local database, backend integration, BLE synchronization
GCP setup with Cloud DNS, App Engine, Cloud SQL
AWS environment with EC2, S3, Route 53, ECS
Workshops delivered on Docker, Git, Terraform, Ansible, Cloudflare, DevOps, modern software development practices
Backend development with Python Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, MQTT
SSO identity provider with OIDC, OAuth, LDAP, Cloudflare Tunnels, Authentik
Jasmin Gölder
Last position:
Cloud Developer & DevOps Engineer at Energy Utility Company
- Further developing microservices (Go, .NET)
- Expanding gRPC APIs
- Maintaining Kubernetes clusters (AKS)
- Managing the system landscape
- Migrating Azure App Services to Kubernetes
- Creating and extending Azure Pipelines
- Developing a Go microservice to receive and send events from Azure Service Bus
- Integrating KEDA for autoscaling
- Technologies used: Go, .NET, Azure Portal, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, MongoDB, Jaeger, Grafana
Florian Jurkic
Last position:
Senior Android Consultant at Bragi GmbH
- Working within a cross-functional team developing upgrades for in-app features
- Android app development since 2016
- App: Skull IQ & many more
Christian Hutzinger
Last position:
Senior Full Stack Developer at Adria Magazin GmbH
Jesolo Tickets – Booking platform for tickets
Concept and implementation of a multi-tenant booking platform for the online sale of bus and ferry tickets in the Jesolo region (Northern Italy). Travel agencies and event organizers embed a customizable booking widget on their own websites; travelers check live availability, book multiple passengers, and pay online in just a few clicks.
- Real-time booking: Schedules and prices come live via the transport providers' API; after payment, the tickets are automatically delivered as QR-coded PDFs – with no manual issuance.
- Provider architecture: New providers can be onboarded without code changes; an origin-based multi-tenant model with its own domain and payment configuration for each partner site makes the platform grow with every customer.
- Clean architecture: 3-tier structure (handlers → services → data store) with caching – availability checks stay fast and maintainable even with many parallel requests.
Tech stack: Go, Echo, PostgreSQL (pgx), Stripe, Web Components, Tailwind CSS, esbuild, Docker, GitLab CI, Hetzner VPS
Dominic Wehrmann
Last position:
Engineer / Architect at Freelancer
- Magento 2
- Symfony
- Various technologies
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Statistics of experts using GitLab CI/CD
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
15 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
7
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Customer Service, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
70%
Master's degree or higher
20%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Austria using GitLab 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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
CI/CD for GitLab
GitLab CI/CD turns source code changes into automated build, test, and delivery steps inside GitLab. It is used to keep release work repeatable, visible, and tied to the same repository that holds the code. Strong specialists shape the pipeline around the team’s release flow, not the other way around.
What experts deliver
- Pipeline design for merge requests, branches, and release tags
- Runner setup for shared, group, or dedicated execution
- Artifact handling, cache rules, and environment promotion
- Deployment automation for test, staging, and production
Typical stack
GitLab CI/CD work often involves .gitlab-ci.yml, runners, Docker, shell scripts, and secret handling. Depending on the stack, specialists connect it with Kubernetes, cloud services, package registries, and test tools. They also keep jobs readable so teams can maintain them after the engagement ends.
When to bring help
Companies usually call in freelance expertise when pipelines are slow, fragile, or hard to understand. It also helps when a team is moving from manual release steps, splitting a monolith into services, or standardizing delivery across several products. In Austria, this is common for product teams that want remote support in English and close collaboration with local stakeholders.
What strong specialists do
A strong GitLab CI/CD professional knows how to reduce duplicated jobs, manage secrets safely, and make failed runs easy to diagnose. They understand test stages, conditional rules, approvals, and environment-specific deployment logic. The goal is a pipeline that is reliable, clear, and easy to change.
Skills around GitLab
Good specialists usually bring adjacent skills in Linux, Git, Docker, YAML, scripting, and cloud or Kubernetes delivery. They should also know how to read logs, trace flaky tests, and tune runners for better throughput. That mix matters as much as GitLab itself.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with GitLab CI/CD? These answers cover the essentials.
GitLab CI/CD is used to automate builds, tests, and deployments from the same place where the code lives. It helps teams turn each change into a repeatable delivery flow with clear checks and traceable results. That makes release work easier to control and easier to hand over.
GitLab CI/CD is tightly integrated with GitLab projects, merge requests, permissions, and environments. Jenkins is more open-ended and often needs more assembly, while GitHub Actions fits naturally in GitHub. The best choice depends on where the code already lives and how much control the team wants over runners and pipeline logic.
A strong GitLab CI/CD specialist usually knows Git, Linux, Docker, YAML, and shell scripting. Cloud services, Kubernetes, and test automation are also common adjacent skills. For more complex delivery setups, they should understand secrets, artifacts, and deployment approvals.
A simple GitLab CI/CD setup may only need someone who can write clean jobs and connect tests and deploy steps. More complex work needs someone who can redesign a pipeline, improve reliability, and guide the team on standards. The right level depends on how many repositories, environments, and release paths are involved.
Yes, most GitLab CI/CD work can be done remotely because the core tasks are in the repository, the pipeline configuration, and the runner setup. For teams in Austria, that often works well when the specialist can join planning calls and explain changes clearly in English or German. On-site time is only needed when release coordination is highly sensitive or tied to local operations.
A strong GitLab CI/CD freelancer writes pipelines that are clear, reusable, and easy to debug. Look for practical decisions around caching, secrets, job reuse, and failure handling, not just working builds. Good specialists also explain trade-offs and leave the pipeline easier to maintain than they found it.
Teams often ask for GitLab CI/CD help when jobs are slow, flaky, duplicated, or hard to release safely. It is also common during migrations from manual deployment steps or when a company wants to standardize delivery across several services. A freelancer can usually spot the bottleneck and simplify the flow.
No, GitLab CI/CD is mainly used for software delivery, but the same pipeline ideas work for infrastructure, internal tools, and platform changes. It can also support documentation builds, package publishing, and release checks for regulated workflows. The key is to match the pipeline to the type of change the team ships.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 863 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects, 70% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 20% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects have 15 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Retail (43%), and Manufacturing (36%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (79%), and Operations (50%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used GitLab 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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