What I Actually Do
Transform your infrastructure challenges into competitive advantages. I bring enterprise experience without enterprise-aged thinking. While others are maintaining 5-year-old patterns, I’ve been building with current best practices. Here’s how I can help:
Cloud Migration & Modernization
Moving to AWS or fixing what’s already there. My approach: start with the smallest viable piece, prove it works, then expand. No 6-month planning phases. I use proven patterns to spin up parallel environments for testing migrations without touching production. EC2 to ECS, on-prem to serverless, I’ve built the templates. Everything comes with rollback plans that actually get tested.
Infrastructure as Code
Everything in Terraform. The difference: I write it so your team can understand and modify it. No 500-line modules with 50 variables. Clean, modular code with clear naming and useful comments. Proper state management, workspace separation, and git workflows that protect production from accidental changes.
Serverless & Event-Driven Systems
When you need to scale without managing servers. I don’t just throw Lambda at everything. I know when Fargate beats Lambda (long-running processes), when Step Functions are overkill (simple workflows), and when to use Kinesis over SQS (ordered processing). Proper error handling is built in from day one, because retriggering failed functions in production isn’t a strategy.
CI/CD Without Drama
Automated pipelines that deploy reliably. I prefer GitHub Actions for its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. Terraform plan on PRs, apply on merge, with readable plan outputs. Clear deployment logs, not 500 lines of noise. Automated rollbacks that trigger before customers notice problems.
Making Things Observable
If you can’t see it, you can’t fix it. I set up CloudWatch dashboards that make sense to everyone, not just AWS experts. Error rates, latency percentiles, and cost per service on one screen. Smart alerts based on anomalies, not arbitrary thresholds that fire every Monday morning. Structured logging that helps you find specific issues quickly.
Security Without the Theater
Practical security that doesn’t slow you down. My SecOps background means I know what attackers actually exploit versus what just looks good in audits. IAM policies that follow least privilege without requiring three tickets to add an S3 bucket. Secrets properly managed in Parameter Store or Secrets Manager. Security practices that developers will actually follow.
How We Work Together
Short Engagement (2-4 weeks): Fix a specific problem. Migration planning, cost optimization, or building a proof of concept.
Project-Based (1-3 months): Build something new or overhaul existing infrastructure. Full implementation with documentation and knowledge transfer.
Ongoing Support: Monthly retainer for continuous improvements, troubleshooting, and being your on-call infrastructure expert.
What You Get
- Infrastructure that just works
- Documentation your team can follow
- Runbooks for when things go wrong
- Knowledge transfer so you’re not dependent on me forever
- Fresh perspective from someone who’s spent 2 years mastering modern tools, not maintaining legacy systems
Ready to transform your infrastructure? Start a conversation about your specific needs.