I design, build, and operate secure, scalable systems for teams that care about reliability, performance, and long-term clarity
What I Solve
These are the recurring infrastructure and operational challenges I help teams eliminate — so systems become predictable, secure, and easier to operate over time.
Systems that fail under load, break during deployments, or require constant manual intervention to stay online.
Infrastructure that scales technically but not financially — with unclear usage, waste, and unpredictable billing.
Missing hardening, inconsistent access control, and ad-hoc security decisions that increase long-term risk.
Critical processes that rely on human intervention instead of automation, creating errors and slow recovery.
Systems built fast but without a long-term plan, making change risky, slow, and expensive over time.
Infrastructure no one fully understands, where knowledge lives in chats instead of documentation and code.
How I Work
My approach is designed to reduce uncertainty, protect production systems, and create long-term operational clarity — not short-term fixes.
I start by learning how your infrastructure actually works today — not how it was intended to work. This includes architecture, dependencies, failure points, and operational habits.
I map technical risk, security gaps, cost drivers, and operational bottlenecks, while respecting business constraints like timelines, budgets, and team capacity.
I propose changes that improve reliability and clarity without unnecessary complexity, prioritizing designs that age well and are easy to operate.
Improvements are applied in controlled steps — with automation, documentation, and validation — so production stays stable throughout the process.
I leave teams with clear documentation, reproducible setups, and confidence to operate and evolve the system independently.
Services
I work with teams on clearly defined engagements, focused on improving reliability, security, and operational clarity — without unnecessary complexity.
Design and review of cloud environments focused on reliability, security, and long-term maintainability — from greenfield to legacy systems.
Hands-on work with production Linux systems to improve stability, performance, and operational clarity.
Replacing fragile manual processes with reproducible, auditable automation that teams can trust.
Identifying and reducing security gaps and operational risks without disrupting production systems.
Helping teams untangle aging systems, reduce complexity, and move forward without full rewrites.
Pricing
Pricing depends on scope and complexity. The ranges below are provided to set clear expectations before we start.
Ongoing engineering support for maintaining and improving systems over time.
$350 – $600 / month
Suitable for clearly defined tasks with a fixed scope and outcome.
$500 – $1,200
Short-term help for reviews, fixes, or technical guidance.
$25 – $35 / hour
Case Studies
Examples of infrastructure and operational challenges I’ve worked on. Details are anonymized to respect client confidentiality.
Mid-size product company • Cloud-hosted Linux infrastructure
Problem: Frequent outages during deployments, inconsistent monitoring, and unclear ownership across systems.
Approach: Reviewed architecture and operational practices, introduced structured monitoring, hardened critical services, and implemented safer deployment workflows.
Outcome: Production stability improved, incidents reduced, and the team gained clearer operational visibility and confidence.
Growing SaaS platform • Rapidly scaling workloads
Problem: Cloud costs increasing faster than usage, with little insight into where spend was coming from.
Approach: Analyzed resource utilization, removed waste, adjusted scaling strategies, and introduced cost visibility dashboards.
Outcome: Significant cost reduction while maintaining performance and improving predictability.
Internal tooling • Restricted-access production systems
Problem: Inconsistent server configurations, manual access management, and increased operational risk.
Approach: Standardized system baselines, improved access control, and documented operational procedures.
Outcome: Stronger security posture, reduced risk, and easier system maintenance.
Contact
If you’re dealing with infrastructure reliability, operational risk, or cloud complexity, we can discuss your situation and determine whether I’m the right fit to help.