Grafana Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Grafana
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
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.
Karl F.
Last position:
Managing Director at ONECEPT GmbH
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
Michail M.
Last position:
OpenShift Specialist, Developer at Insurance
Project goal: Introduce OpenShift as the run-time platform and migrate all applications to OpenShift.
My contribution: Make sure logging and monitoring for the applications were in place. Set up and put into operation the OpenShift components for logging and monitoring (Elasticsearch, Prometheus, and Grafana). Develop and implement the security concept for OpenShift. Work with developers to define and carry out the application changes needed for the OpenShift migration. Integrate monitoring into the applications.
Technical environment: Java, WebSphere Liberty, OpenShift components, Elasticsearch (ELK stack), Prometheus, Grafana.
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.
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
Christian W.
Last position:
EHF.at
- Further development and ongoing maintenance of the existing WordPress site for EHF.at to revamp the responsive design and improve usability on mobile devices.
- Integration of WooCommerce into the existing site for full e-commerce functionality and digitization of the team sports apparel sales process.
- Implementation and configuration of an automated newsletter system to strengthen customer loyalty through regular updates and personalized offers.
- Ongoing maintenance including regular updates, performance optimizations, and security checks to keep the site up-to-date and functional.
- Project-related technical activities: PHP, CSS, and JavaScript.
Raphael M.
Last position:
Team Lead / Head of Service Desk & Field Service at B&R Industrial Automation (ABB)
- Owned day-to-day IT operations for Service Desk, Field Service, and on-call support, ensuring business continuity for a multi-site environment
- Led the transition from Lotus Notes incident tracking to ServiceNow, defining process design, workflows, roles, and reporting
- Implemented a modern telephony system with integrated reporting, enabling real-time visibility of volumes, wait times, and SLA adherence
- Launched a customer self-service portal and on-site walk-in support model to improve first-contact resolution and user experience
- Designed, documented, and rolled out SLAs, delivering targeted training for engineers and stakeholders to drive adoption and compliance
- Acted as process owner for service operations, establishing operating procedures, request/change/incident interfaces, and quality controls
- Partnered with business and IS/OT stakeholders to prioritize demand, reduce operational risk, and improve service reliability
Jaroslav A.
Last position:
Child care, personal development and learning
Markus K.
Last position:
Document Development at Insurance Company
- Replacement of original Dopix documents and modules into the Quadient document environment
- Extension of document logic
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.
Sergiu M.
Last position:
IT Project Manager & Transformation Lead at OMV
- Program delivery: set-up of strategic initiatives from ideation to execution, designing cross-divisional operating models that streamlined delivery across 6 business units.+
- Large scale initiatives: IT project manager of eMobility mobile app development for entire group, cross-country and multi-year initiative, with budget oversight of >2Mn and 20 FTEs.
- Product lifecycle management: delivered the end-to-end SDLC of a key B2B digital mobility application, successfully launching to 10 000+ users while managing vendor partnerships and system architecture.
- Vendor oversight: successfully negotiated and managed multi-vendor contracts, with negotiated contract value of 30% with no impact on scope.
- Architecture definition: definition of system architectures to ensure scalable, cost-effective solutions for the pricing, logistics and mobility domains, integration of 3 back-end systems.
- Digital transformation & coaching: supported group-wide agile maturity as a coach, upskilling pool of over 40 professionals in Product Management to increase delivery predictability and ensure value-driven approach.
Benjamin A.
Last position:
Multi-Project Manager at Trading Company
- Setup of a new Data Warehouse (Budget ~€15M 2025 – 2026)
- Backend modernization project (Budget ~€5M 2025 – 2026)
- Standard software rollout with custom programming (Budget ~€9M 2025 – 2026)
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
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Statistics of experts using Grafana
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
82%
Master's degree or higher
41%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 Grafana
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.
Grafana 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 (46%)
- Professional Services (31%)
- Retail (31%)
- Insurance (27%)
- Manufacturing (27%)
- Education (23%)
- Transportation (23%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Observability dashboards
Grafana is an open-source visualization and observability platform. It turns time-series metrics, logs, traces and other data into dashboards that help teams understand application health, infrastructure performance and business signals. Companies use it to investigate incidents and make operational data accessible.
Data source ecosystem
Grafana connects to a wide range of sources through integrations and plugins. Common combinations include Prometheus for metrics, Loki for logs, Tempo for traces, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL and cloud monitoring services. Strong specialists understand query languages, data models, permissions and the limits of each source.
Typical deliverables
- Executive and operational dashboards with meaningful panels and variables
- Prometheus and Loki integrations for metrics and logs
- Alert rules, notification policies and escalation paths
- Reusable dashboards for Kubernetes, databases and cloud services
- Trace views and links between logs, metrics and incidents
When expertise matters
Companies often bring in freelance Grafana expertise during an observability rollout, cloud migration or monitoring redesign. It is also valuable when dashboards have become inconsistent, alerts create noise or teams cannot connect an incident to its underlying service. In Austria, specialists may need to work with local teams on site while coordinating remotely with international operations groups.
Skills around Grafana
Effective work goes beyond panel design. Professionals may configure Prometheus exporters, Loki agents, OpenTelemetry pipelines, Kubernetes monitoring and infrastructure-as-code workflows. They should also understand SLOs, alert fatigue, access control, dashboard provisioning and the operational needs of engineering, support and business teams.
Quality signals
A strong professional starts with the questions the dashboard must answer, not with attractive charts. They define useful labels, choose practical time ranges and test alerts against real failure scenarios. Look for clear ownership, documented queries, version-controlled configuration and dashboards that remain useful as services, teams and data sources change.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Grafana, in one place.
Grafana is used to explore and visualize metrics, logs, traces and other time-based data. Companies use it for infrastructure monitoring, application observability, incident investigation, service-level reporting and operational dashboards.
Grafana is designed to bring data from many sources into a shared visualization and alerting layer. Kibana is closely tied to the Elastic ecosystem, while commercial tools often provide a more integrated experience; the right choice depends on data sources, governance, operational scope and existing skills.
Grafana work commonly overlaps with Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes and cloud monitoring services. A capable specialist may also understand PromQL, LogQL, exporters, alert routing, identity management and infrastructure as code.
Grafana experience should match the project’s risk and scope rather than a fixed period of time. A simple dashboard refresh may need focused data-source knowledge, while an observability program needs someone who can design metrics, alerts, access rules and operating processes across teams.
Grafana projects are often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, dashboard review and documentation can be handled online. On-site sessions in Austria can still help with workshops, incident reviews or access to systems that cannot be exposed remotely.
Grafana quality is visible in the questions a specialist asks about users, data reliability and alert ownership. Review sample dashboards, query design, alert tests and documentation, and ask how they would reduce noise without hiding important failures.
Grafana can connect metrics, logs and traces through sources such as Prometheus, Loki and Tempo. With consistent labels and correlation links, a team can move from a service symptom to related logs and traces during an investigation.
Grafana specialists should clarify the existing data sources, deployment model, authentication setup and ownership of dashboards before changing anything. They should also understand whether the work covers visualization only or includes collectors, alerting, Kubernetes, cloud services and ongoing operations.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Grafana in their recent projects is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 804 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Grafana in their recent projects, 82% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 41% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Grafana in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Grafana in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (19%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Grafana in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Banking and Finance (46%), and Professional Services (31%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Grafana in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (77%), and Operations (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Grafana
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.
Vienna Graz 
Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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