GitLab CI/CD Experts in Austria
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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.
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
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.
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
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
Benjamin A.
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.
René Z.
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
David M.
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 M.
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 H.
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 G.
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 J.
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 H.
Last position:
Senior Full Stack Developer at Adria Magazin GmbH
Jesolo Tickets – Booking platform for tickets
Design and implementation of a multi-tenant booking platform for the online sale of bus and ferry tickets in the Jesolo region of 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 are provided live via the transport providers' APIs; after payment, tickets are automatically delivered as QR-coded PDFs – with no manual issuing required.
- 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 allows the platform to grow with every customer.
- Clean architecture: Three-layer structure (Handlers → Services → Data Store) with caching – availability queries remain 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 W.
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
73%
Master's degree or higher
27%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
GitLab 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 (100%)
- Retail (43%)
- Manufacturing (36%)
- Banking and Finance (29%)
- Media and Entertainment (29%)
- Government and Administration (29%)
- Construction (21%)
- Healthcare (21%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Continuous delivery
GitLab CI/CD is the automation layer built into GitLab for compiling code, running tests, scanning changes and releasing software. Teams define pipelines in a .gitlab-ci.yml file, then run repeatable jobs through runners. It connects code changes to controlled delivery across development, staging and production.
Pipelines and runners
Strong specialists design stages, jobs, rules, variables and reusable templates for reliable pipelines. They configure GitLab Runner for shell, Docker or Kubernetes execution and manage artifacts, caches and environments. They also structure monorepo workflows, approvals and deployment gates so teams can move quickly without losing control.
- Build and test automation
- Docker image creation and registry workflows
- Kubernetes and cloud deployments
- Security, dependency and container scanning
Where it runs
GitLab CI/CD supports applications, APIs, data services and infrastructure workflows. It can deliver to virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, container platforms and public or private cloud environments. In Austria, specialists often support distributed teams in manufacturing, finance, retail and public-sector technology while aligning remote work with on-site collaboration needs.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance expertise when pipelines are slow, unreliable or difficult to understand. Specialists help during GitLab migrations, platform standardisation, runner redesigns, release automation and compliance projects. They can also improve rollback plans, secret handling and observability without disrupting active delivery.
- Repeated manual releases remain a bottleneck
- Pipeline failures lack clear ownership
- Teams need safer promotion between environments
- Runner capacity or isolation is poorly managed
Connected skills
GitLab CI/CD work overlaps with Git, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes and infrastructure as code. Useful adjacent knowledge includes Terraform, Helm, cloud identity, networking, artifact registries and security testing. Specialists should understand application build systems as well as operational concerns such as monitoring, access control and disaster recovery.
What good looks like
A capable professional makes pipelines readable, fast and safe rather than simply adding more jobs. They explain trade-offs, document decisions and test failure paths, including partial deployments and expired credentials. Look for hands-on evidence with comparable repositories, runner environments and release processes, plus clear communication with product, development and operations teams.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with GitLab CI/CD? These answers cover the essentials.
GitLab CI/CD automates the path from a code change to a tested and deployable release. Companies use it for builds, automated tests, security checks, container publishing, infrastructure changes and controlled deployments.
GitLab CI/CD is tightly integrated with GitLab repositories, merge requests, permissions, environments and registries. Jenkins offers a broad plugin ecosystem, while GitHub Actions is a natural choice for GitHub-hosted code; the best option depends on the existing source-control setup, governance needs and operational model.
A strong GitLab CI/CD specialist usually understands Git, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure. Terraform, Helm, scripting, security scanning, artifact management and observability are valuable because delivery pipelines rarely operate in isolation.
The right level depends on the pipeline’s complexity, risk and scope. A straightforward build workflow may need focused configuration skills, while a multi-environment platform or GitLab migration calls for experience with runners, access control, deployment strategies and recovery procedures.
GitLab CI/CD is well suited to remote collaboration because pipeline definitions, logs, reviews and configuration can be shared in GitLab. Clear documentation, agreed release windows and fluent communication in the team’s working language help remote and on-site contributors coordinate effectively in Austria.
Ask a GitLab CI/CD specialist to explain a comparable pipeline and the trade-offs behind its design. Review how they handle failed jobs, secrets, runner isolation, caching, approvals, rollbacks and maintainability rather than judging quality by pipeline length alone.
GitLab Runner executes the jobs defined in a pipeline. Its executor, isolation, permissions, networking and capacity affect security, speed and reliability, so specialists must match runner architecture to the workloads and deployment targets.
A GitLab CI/CD freelancer can help when releases depend on manual steps, pipelines fail without clear causes or teams are moving to containers and cloud environments. Freelance expertise is also useful for a focused migration, runner redesign, security improvement or delivery-platform review.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 856 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used GitLab CI/CD in their recent projects, 73% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 27% 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.
Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
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