Kubernetes Experts in Austria
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John Ampia-Addison
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.
Manuel Pasieka
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.
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.
Burak Elalmis
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Nürnberger Versicherung
Further development of an insurance product quotation system
- Implementation and maintenance of pricing logic for property and casualty products (accident, property liability, business contents) based on Java and FaktorIPS
- Implementation of actuarial tariff revisions into product-specific calculation models
- Development and refactoring of backend components and web UI components
- Creation and maintenance of test tables and automated premium tests for quality assurance
- Code reviews and active involvement in quality assurance in the development process
- Production support and bug fixing in live operations
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.
Jori Martini
Last position:
Agile IT Manager Healthcare Systems at MA01 Gov. Digital City
- Responsible for managing GMP-critical systems
- Leading a team of 20 professionals
- Vendor management with a €15M annual budget
Thomas Schuetz
Last position:
Cloud Native Trainer and Architect / Owner at TSC Labs e.U.
Focus:
- Developing and providing Cloud Native Courses
- Architecture Consulting for Platform Engineering and Cloud Native
- Supporting Teams and People on their Cloud Native Journey
Delivered Trainings:
- Kubernetes Fundamentals - From Pods to Ingresses; 2 Days
- Platform Engineering on GKE - Operators, GitOps, Gateway API, Policy Management, Storage; 2 Days
- Platform Engineering on AKS - GitOps, External Secrets, Policy Management, Ingress/Gateway API and Storage; 4 Days
Currently In Progress:
- Platform Engineering Basic / Advanced on OpenShift - OpenShift/Kubernetes Basics, GitOps, External DNS, External Secrets; Multi-Step Program with 2 Course Blocks (3 and 2 Days) and self-paced projects
Plamen Mirchev
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 Matjuchin
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.
Daniel Auferbauer
Last position:
Solution Architect and Fullstack Developer at IoT Sensor Data Processing and Evaluation
- Develop a concept for the analysis of sensor data.
- Assess implementation options, products, and pricing in Azure.
- Present and advocate the solution concept to the client.
- Implement an ETL pipeline for processing sensor data.
- Integrate BI solutions with the data repository.
- Provide documentation and support for end users.
Fabio Galvagni
Last position:
IT Architect, Requirements Analyst and Consultant at CANCOM
- Supports CANCOM customers in migrating legacy on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
- Takes over and stabilizes existing solutions after a short handover
- Business analysis and requirements engineering for migration to a new cloud environment
- Optimization of machine learning models for feature extraction and customer profiling
- Ensures data protection and compliance
- Leads the migration of on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric
- Designs new AI platforms for clients
- Tests the integration of chatbots for document intelligence with Microsoft Foundry, including requirements analysis, implementation, validation, and client communication
Matthias K.
Last position:
Business Architect at E5GTEC
- Analysis of extended requirements related to existing controllers in an industrial plant
- Creating concepts for storing and visualizing sensor data
- Communication with PLCs
- Microservice architecture
- Unified architecture
- AI-based evaluations of sensor data
- Technologies used: .NET 8, Minimal API, Postgres, MQTT, RabbitMQ
Raphael Mulenda
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
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
Jürgen Eckel
Last position:
Chief Executive Officer at Riddle&Code GmbH
- Pivoted the company into data-driven and AI-powered energy optimization solutions for microgrids, energy communities, and grid operators.
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Statistics of experts using Kubernetes
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
2.9 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
61%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
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 Kubernetes
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
Container orchestration
Kubernetes is the control layer for containerized systems. It schedules workloads, restarts failed services, and keeps applications running across nodes and clusters. Companies use it to build stable platforms for web apps, internal tools, APIs, and batch jobs.
Common work
- Cluster setup and upgrades
- Workload deployment with Helm or manifests
- Service exposure, ingress, and networking
- Storage, secrets, and config handling
- Autoscaling and rollout strategies
Tooling stack
Strong specialists work with kubectl, Helm, Kustomize, and the Kubernetes API. They also know common add-ons such as ingress controllers, service meshes, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenShift when a company runs a broader platform stack. The best experts keep YAML clean and operations predictable.
When to bring in help
Companies often bring in freelance Kubernetes professionals when a platform is growing, unstable, or hard to operate. Typical triggers are migration from Docker Compose, cloud replatforming, better release pipelines, or a need to standardize clusters across teams. In Austria, this often suits distributed teams that need remote expertise with occasional on-site coordination.
What strong experts do
Good Kubernetes specialists think beyond deployment files. They understand resource requests, node pressure, security contexts, RBAC, network policies, and failure recovery. They also document what they change, so teams can keep the platform maintainable after the project ends.
Delivery and fit
A good engagement usually includes clear cluster boundaries, access rules, and a defined target state. Freelancers should be able to work with DevOps, cloud, and application specialists without extra handholding. For many teams, Kubernetes means fewer manual steps, safer releases, and a platform that can grow without losing control.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Kubernetes? Start with the answers below.
Kubernetes is used to run containerized applications in a controlled way. It handles scheduling, restarts, scaling, service discovery, and rollout coordination, which makes it useful for APIs, web systems, background jobs, and internal platforms.
Kubernetes is built for orchestration across many containers and hosts, while Docker Compose is better suited to simpler local or single-host setups. Compared with plain VMs, it gives teams more control over deployment, recovery, and scaling, but it also needs stronger platform skills.
A strong Kubernetes specialist usually knows containers, Linux, networking, YAML, and at least one cloud environment such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Familiarity with Helm, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools is also valuable.
A Kubernetes freelancer becomes effective faster when the target environment, release process, and security rules are clear. Even so, good specialists can join a project with limited context if they get cluster access, existing manifests, and a clear definition of done.
Most Kubernetes work can be done remotely because cluster access, manifests, and observability data are digital. On-site time can still help at the start of a migration, during workshops, or when teams in Austria want tighter coordination with operations and application owners.
Kubernetes and K8s mean the same thing. K8s is the common short form people use in conversations, issue trackers, and search, so good specialists should recognize both terms without confusion.
A strong Kubernetes expert explains trade-offs clearly and can describe how a change affects reliability, security, and cost. Look for experience with real cluster operations, not just deployments, and ask for examples of incidents, upgrades, or platform improvements they handled.
A Kubernetes freelancer may deliver cluster setup, Helm charts, manifests, ingress rules, CI/CD integration, monitoring, and upgrade plans. In some projects, they also document operational standards so the team can maintain the platform after handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects is 99 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 794 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 61% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects have 19 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 Kubernetes in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Banking and Finance (45%), and Professional Services (42%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Kubernetes in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (82%), and Project Management (61%).
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