Solaris Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Solaris
Thomas Pacal
Last position:
Change Manager / Sales Transformation at SEFE
- Organizational Change Management as part of a group-wide, supranational sales transformation, serving as the core of a broad restructuring of business-critical areas, with end-to-end control of the change process and long-term embedding and securing the future readiness of sales.
- Initiation and end-to-end steering of the sales transformation program, including in-depth analysis to identify, assess, and strategically involve all relevant stakeholders, making tactical use of their specific business interests and influence.
- Conducting advanced, detailed change impact analyses to predict the organizational effects of the transformation, deriving a tailored change strategy, and developing a change roadmap and a change story as the core narrative of the campaign.
- Designing and implementing an integrated communication and action plan to ensure maximum transparency, effectively manage unspoken expectations, and actively guide a change process that is clear and understandable for all stakeholders.
- Active management of all transformation phases, including the setup of robust monitoring mechanisms for continuous progress analysis and forecasting based on recommended and jointly defined KPIs.
- Establishing an agile analysis and adjustment cycle to continuously assess the effectiveness of implemented measures, identify challenges early, and fine-tune the change strategy in time.
- Conducting precise gap analyses to identify skill gaps in the sales team in the context of the new strategic direction, and deriving and developing targeted qualification measures (e.g. coaching, training).
- Comprehensive reduction of resistance to change by turning opposing stakeholder mindsets into proactive change-driving change ambassadors.
- Deep and sustainable realignment of sales structures and processes in full alignment with the company’s overall goals.
- Qualitative and quantitative improvement of sales efficiency and performance as a direct result of the implemented transformation initiatives and capability-building programs.
Michael Gonschor
Last position:
Scrummaster at Xenovo
Planning and monitoring sprints and holding the scheduled meetings
Analyzing and resolving issues in the development process
Error analysis, bug management and correction in individual process steps
Stakeholder management
Documentation and improvement of the development process
Tools: JIRA, Confluence
Markus Kleiber
Last position:
Document Development at Insurance Company
- Replacement of original Dopix documents and modules into the Quadient document environment
- Extension of document logic
Joseph Wagner
Last position:
Freelancer Cloud / Solution Architect (AWS) at A1 Bank
- I am responsible for providing solution architecture and technical assistance for a migration initiative aimed at transitioning to a new core banking system.
- The project involves replacing in-house development with a commercially available off-the-shelf core banking system operated as SaaS on AWS.
- Duties encompass solution design, technical coordination, supporting development teams, and providing IT support and troubleshooting.
- Managing over 10 global vendors and partners is crucial to project success.
- Technologies: VMWare ESXi, AWS, EKS Kubernetes, Mastercard Payment Transaction Service, Avaloq, A1 Telekom Austria infrastructure, CheckPoint FW, F5, Site-to-Site VPNs, PingID, Futurae SDK, Airlock, UC4/Automic, Firebase, iOS/Android lifecycle management, AWS IAM, AWS AppStream, AWS S3, AWS Transfer Family, QlikView, OpenAPI.
Stefan David
Last position:
Quality and Risk Manager at Tridonic GmbH
- Point of contact for customers and insurers for all major complaints (complaint management)
- Monitoring product quality through cyclical reviews
- Deputy head of quality management (2009 to 2019)
- Establishment of risk management within Tridonic GmbH
- Internal auditor training and conducting audits
- Meeting legal requirements by participating in the establishment of risk management in the Zumtobel Group
- Definition and selection of the risk software R2C
- Implementation of the risk software in the Tridonic subgroup
- Porting the returns system from MS Office to the SAP system including extensive customization (SAP customizing)
Wilhelm Lutz
Last position:
Office365 2nd Level Support at Freelance Work
- Support for Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook Classic, Outlook Web Access (OWA), New Outlook, and Teams
- Resolving critical OneDrive and SharePoint synchronization problems, including Windows drive error checks
- Conducting focused training to reduce user errors and increase awareness of potential issues
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Statistics of experts using Solaris
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
31 years
Position duration
4 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Customer Service
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Customer Service, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
40%
Certifications per freelancer
4
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
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 Solaris
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
What Solaris is
Solaris is a Unix operating system known for stability, strong networking, and careful system control. It appears as Solaris, Sun Solaris, and Oracle Solaris in many searches. Companies use it for long-lived server estates where uptime, predictable behavior, and clear administration matter.
Where it runs
Solaris is still used in infrastructure that has to stay dependable over time.
- Core server workloads
- Network services and storage systems
- Legacy business applications
- Zoned and partitioned environments
- Hardware-specific platforms on SPARC and x86
Skills around it
Strong Solaris professionals work across the operating system, not just one command set. They know service management, user and permission control, package handling, shell scripting, networking, and log analysis. They also understand how Oracle Solaris differs from older SunOS-era assumptions and from Linux administration.
When companies bring in freelancers
Freelancers are often needed for upgrades, incident work, hardening, and migration planning. That is common when internal teams are busy, the original system knowledge has faded, or the environment must change without disrupting production. In Austria, this often suits hybrid or remote collaboration, with on-site time only when hardware or sensitive operations require it.
Ecosystem and tooling
Solaris work often touches native tools and adjacent system components.
- SMF for service management
- ZFS for storage and recovery tasks
- Zones for isolation and consolidation
- DTrace for diagnosis and performance analysis
- Package and patch workflows tied to Oracle Solaris
What good specialists deliver
The best Solaris experts document changes clearly, reduce operational risk, and keep systems supportable. They can explain tradeoffs between maintenance, compatibility, and modernization. For Austrian companies, that means practical communication in English or German, clean handovers, and a steady approach to systems that cannot afford guesswork.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Solaris.
Solaris is used for dependable server systems, storage, networking, and older business applications that still need a stable Unix base. It is common where teams value predictable behavior, strong isolation, and careful system administration. Many projects also involve Sun Solaris or Oracle Solaris, depending on the age of the environment.
Solaris is usually chosen for environments built around its own service model, ZFS, Zones, and long-running enterprise systems. Linux has a broader ecosystem and is the default for many new builds, but Solaris can be the better fit when the existing stack depends on it. A good freelancer should understand both the operational and migration sides of that comparison.
Often yes, because Oracle Solaris sits inside the wider Oracle ecosystem in many companies. That can matter for patching, storage, virtualization, and application dependencies. A strong specialist should know which parts are operating-system work and which parts depend on Oracle tooling or vendor-specific procedures.
A strong Solaris freelancer usually brings shell scripting, networking, storage, troubleshooting, and change management. Knowledge of ZFS, SMF, Zones, and DTrace is especially useful. If the system is part of a larger estate, experience with backup, monitoring, and migration planning helps a lot.
That depends on the task, but Solaris work is rarely a place for generic Unix familiarity alone. Routine maintenance may need a solid specialist, while upgrades, root-cause analysis, or migrations need someone who has seen older production setups before. The more legacy the environment, the more important direct Solaris experience becomes.
Yes, much of Solaris administration can be done remotely if access, security, and change windows are arranged well. On-site work is mainly needed when hardware, datacenter access, or sensitive operational steps are involved. For Austrian teams, remote collaboration is common, with clear handovers and documented changes.
Look for clear examples of production troubleshooting, upgrades, recovery work, and system hardening on Solaris. Good specialists explain risks before they act, document what changed, and can describe how they used the platform’s own tools instead of guessing. If they can talk through Zones, ZFS, and service management in a practical way, that is a strong sign.
In search and in real projects, Solaris often refers to the same operating system family that people also call Sun Solaris or Oracle Solaris. The exact name usually depends on the system age and the vendor context. A skilled freelancer should recognize all three and understand how that affects support, patching, and migration work.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Solaris in their recent projects is 100 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 800 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Solaris in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 40% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Solaris in their recent projects have 31 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Solaris in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Solaris in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Insurance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Solaris in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (83%), and Customer Service (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Solaris
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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