Services

Every environment is different, but the problems are often familiar. Whether you’re planning new infrastructure, modernizing existing systems, improving security, or trying to untangle years of technical debt, I provide practical, experience-driven solutions that keep your business moving.

Linux Systems Engineering

Whether you’re deploying new infrastructure, troubleshooting production systems, or modernizing aging environments, I provide hands-on Linux expertise across the full system lifecycle.

Common Engagements

  • Linux server deployment
  • Distribution migrations
  • Performance troubleshooting
  • Storage and filesystem design
  • Package management
  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Kernel and hardware compatibility
  • High availability
  • Capacity planning
  • Server hardening
  • Patch Management

AWS & Cloud Infrastructure

From greenfield deployments to mature enterprise environments, I help organizations build cloud platforms that remain manageable as they grow.

Common Engagements

  • AWS account architecture
  • Organizations & Control Tower
  • Landing Zones
  • IAM design
  • Service Control Policies
  • VPC architecture
  • EC2
  • EBS
  • S3
  • Route 53
  • CloudWatch
  • Cost optimization
  • Infrastructure reviews

Security & Governance

Security should support engineering—not fight it.

Common Engagements

  • Principle of Least Privilege
  • IAM reviews
  • SCP implementation
  • Security hardening
  • Compliance preparation
  • Infrastructure audits
  • Cloud governance
  • Risk reduction
  • Access reviews

Automation & DevOps

If people are repeating the same task every day, it probably belongs in automation.

Common Engagements

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Bash
  • Python
  • Git workflows
  • CI/CD implementation
  • Automated deployments
  • Configuration management
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Environment standardization

Infrastructure & Networking

Modern infrastructure extends far beyond individual servers.

Common Engagements

  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • VPN
  • Routing
  • Virtualization
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V
  • Proxmox
  • Storage
  • SAN/NAS
  • Monitoring
  • Capacity analysis

Consulting

Sometimes you don’t need another engineer, you need someone who’s seen the problem before.

I provide short-term consulting for organizations needing experienced technical guidance, independent architecture reviews, migration planning, troubleshooting, or simply another set of experienced eyes before making a major technology decision.

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