Ubuntu Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Ubuntu
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
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
Christian Werner
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.
Mubin Içyer
Last position:
Software Engineer, Freelancer at Siemens-Linz
- Designed and implemented simulation software for electrical power systems, focusing on dynamic element interaction and user interface optimization using C++, wxWidgets, Windows, and Visual Studio.
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
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.
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.
Andreas Kainz
Last position:
DevOps Consultant at Automotive/freelancer
- Infrastructure automation with Ansible, AWX, Docker/DockerCompose/Kubernetes, GitLab, Bash, Python (Ubuntu)
- Infrastructure monitoring with Icinga2
- Software development in Python
- Qemu, KVM, libvirt
Christian Schön
Last position:
Commercial Manager/CFO at MEV Independent Railway Services GmbH
- CFO, authorized signatory, commercial managing director: finance, HR, IT & organization, funding
- Achieved reorganization and 100% growth in staff and revenue over four years while keeping fixed costs constant
- Improved a negative equity ratio to plus 30%
- Implemented a modern IT and reporting system
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)
Simon Söllinger
Last position:
Owner at Simon Söllinger e.U.
Lulzim Bulica
Last position:
Centralized monitoring
- Setup and maintain Prometheus and Grafana via Docker for more than 2.000 services.
- Setup CI/CD with Ansible to provision and maintain Prometheus and Grafana.
- Metrics visualization and segregation in multiple dynamic dashboards.
- Setup of real time alerting for critical services.
Jochen Maller
Last position:
Technical Product Manager at Fronius International GmbH
- Convincing internal and external stakeholders
- Developing new solutions related to products and processes
- Requirement engineering for new product generation
- Supporting sales
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Statistics of experts using Ubuntu
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
3.7 years
Positions per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Healthcare, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Customer Service, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
71%
Master's degree or higher
43%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 Ubuntu
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
Ubuntu in practice
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution used for servers, cloud workloads, desktops, and development environments. Companies hire specialists for Ubuntu Server, system setup, security hardening, and stable day-to-day administration.
Typical work
- Install and configure Ubuntu Server for new environments
- Manage updates, packages, and repositories
- Set up users, permissions, SSH, and firewall rules
- Support Docker, Kubernetes, and virtual machines
- Tune services for reliable operation
Ecosystem and tools
Strong professionals know apt, systemd, netplan, UFW, LVM, and common logging and monitoring tools. They also understand how Ubuntu fits with Canonical support, cloud images, and common Linux tooling used in mixed environments.
When companies bring help
Teams usually bring in freelance expertise for migrations, server rebuilds, security reviews, and recovery after misconfiguration. In Austria, this often comes up in IT operations, SaaS, media, and industrial environments where Ubuntu runs both on-site systems and remote cloud servers.
What strong specialists do
Good specialists work methodically, document changes, and keep systems predictable. They can read logs, trace service failures, reduce manual steps with scripts, and explain trade-offs clearly to internal teams.
What to look for
- Real Ubuntu and Linux server experience
- Practical security and troubleshooting skills
- Comfort with cloud, containers, or automation
- Clear documentation and careful change control
- Ability to collaborate remotely or on-site when needed
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Ubuntu, in one place.
Ubuntu is widely used for servers, cloud instances, development machines, and container hosts. Companies choose it for stable Linux operation, package management, and a large open-source ecosystem around it.
Ubuntu is often compared with Debian, Red Hat-based systems, and other Linux distributions. It is popular when teams want broad package availability, familiar tools, and a straightforward setup for server and cloud work.
Bring in Ubuntu expertise when you need a new server build, a migration, a security review, or help after an outage. It is also a good fit when internal teams need short-term support for cloud images, automation, or system cleanup.
A strong Ubuntu specialist usually also knows shell scripting, networking, SSH, firewalls, monitoring, and basic virtualization or containers. For many projects, experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud environments is important too.
Many Ubuntu tasks can be handled remotely, especially server administration, troubleshooting, and automation. On-site work in Austria makes sense when hardware, private networks, or sensitive internal systems require direct access.
Look for clear explanations, careful change management, and practical evidence of fixing real systems. A good Ubuntu professional can describe how they diagnose issues, secure hosts, and keep services maintainable over time.
Yes. Ubuntu Server focuses on service reliability, security, networking, and headless administration, while desktop work often involves user setup, local tools, and workstation support. Some specialists cover both, but the best fit depends on the project.
Ubuntu assignments are often hands-on and time-sensitive, with tasks ranging from setup to troubleshooting and documentation. Freelancers should expect to work with logs, automation, and change control, and to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical teams.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu in their recent projects, 71% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 43% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Healthcare (43%), and Manufacturing (43%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Operations (86%), and Product Development (64%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Ubuntu
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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