Ubuntu Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Ubuntu
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
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
Michael G.
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 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.
Mubin I.
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 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
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
Joseph W.
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.
Andreas K.
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 S.
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 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)
Simon S.
Last position:
Owner at Simon Söllinger e.U.
Lulzim B.
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 M.
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, Manufacturing, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Customer Service, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
73%
Master's degree or higher
47%
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 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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Ubuntu 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%)
- Manufacturing (47%)
- Healthcare (40%)
- Education (27%)
- Energy (27%)
- Banking and Finance (27%)
- Retail (27%)
- Aerospace and Defense (20%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Enterprise Linux Infrastructure on Ubuntu
Ubuntu stands as a premier enterprise Linux distribution derived from Debian. Maintained by Canonical, it powers critical workloads across public cloud platforms, private virtualization clusters, and on-premises hardware. Specialists configure systemd services, establish storage arrays with ZFS, and guarantee reliable performance across LTS releases.
Ubuntu Server Automation and Orchestration
Modern system rollouts require declarative provisioning and resilient deployment pipelines. Seasoned professionals leverage cloud-init, Packer, and Ansible to build reproducible server templates and automated base images. They integrate Canonical Ubuntu nodes directly into CI and CD workflows, standardizing baseline operating environments without manual intervention.
Workload Delivery and Container Platforms
- Provisioning lightweight runtimes with containerd, Docker, and Podman
- Deploying multi-node Kubernetes clusters via Charmed Kubernetes or MicroK8s
- Packaging secure isolated services with Snaps and Canonical LXD containers
- Automating infrastructure state through Terraform and OpenTofu modules
System Hardening and Compliance for Austrian Workloads
Organizations across Austria demand strict compliance standards and robust protection against modern attack vectors. Dedicated specialists apply Center for Internet Security benchmarks, configure AppArmor profiles, and set up unattended upgrades. They implement auditd monitoring, strict UFW firewall policies, and manage extended support lifecycles through Ubuntu Pro.
Cloud Migration and Hybrid Architectures
- Migrating proprietary Unix and legacy Debian systems to modern Ubuntu LTS
- Tuning cloud-optimized kernels across AWS, Azure, and European hosters
- Implementing high availability with Corosync, Pacemaker, and keepalived
- Establishing resilient monitoring utilizing Prometheus, Grafana, and Netplan
When Organizations Engage Ubuntu Specialists
Companies hire external talent during large-scale version migrations, containerization initiatives, and kernel performance profiling. Independent professionals bring practical troubleshooting expertise for production incidents, kernel tuning, and automated maintenance. Their contributions enable internal IT and development teams across Vienna, Graz, and Linz to deliver software rapidly on stable foundations.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Ubuntu, in one place.
Senior professionals demonstrate deep mastery of the Ubuntu operating system, advanced Linux kernel tuning, and modern systemd management. They write clean automation with Ansible, handle Netplan network configurations effortlessly, and establish strict AppArmor profiles to protect business-critical workloads.
While Ubuntu Server relies on Debian packaging formats and fast cloud-first release cycles, RHEL utilizes RPM and focuses heavily on traditional corporate virtualization stacks. Canonical provides predictable five-year standard support on LTS editions, making it an agile and cost-effective choice for modern container stacks and cloud-native applications.
A proficient specialist working with Canonical Ubuntu regularly integrates tools such as cloud-init, Docker, Terraform, and LXD. They possess solid scripting capabilities in Bash or Python and maintain observability stacks centered on Prometheus and systemd journal pipelines.
Offered by Canonical, Ubuntu Pro expands security maintenance to thousands of open-source packages in the Universe repository and adds live kernel patching via Livepatch. Companies handle compliance audits, extend LTS lifespans up to a decade, and streamline CVE remediation through this subscription.
Yes, infrastructure administration on Ubuntu Linux is ideally suited for remote delivery using secure SSH jump hosts, VPNs, and infrastructure-as-code repositories. Many Austrian enterprises engage remote specialists for ongoing operations while coordinating core planning meetings during standard Central European business hours.
Evaluate how a candidate diagnoses resource starvation using eBPF tools, handles broken package dependencies in Ubuntu, and automates multi-server configurations. Strong specialists explain past architectural decisions clearly, present working configuration repositories, and discuss kernel parameter tuning objectively.
Due to minimal resource consumption and first-class OCI runtime support, Ubuntu serves as the default host OS for massive Kubernetes deployments and Docker clusters. Professionals leverage MicroK8s for edge computing and LXD for system-level virtualization, delivering rapid container lifecycles.
Technical documentation, code repositories, and ticket tracking around Ubuntu Server infrastructure operate almost exclusively in English. For local coordination with systems staff and stakeholders in Austria, professional proficiency in German is frequently an added advantage for cross-departmental communication.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects is 102 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 816 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects, 73% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 47% 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 (27%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Manufacturing (47%), and Healthcare (40%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Ubuntu in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Operations (87%), and Product Development (67%).
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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