
Alex Lance
Remote Development and Consulting for DevOps, AWS, Linux and the Web


Your friendly neighbourhood DevOps guy
About
Located in Melbourne Australia, I've spent the last 8 years leading an AWS infrastructure team in sunny St Kilda, and have recently pivoted into solo consulting.Let's knock your next project out of the park. Book a 30 minute Zoom call to discuss your requirements.
Let's make a plan together to find a thoughtful solution.
- Discuss what you want to achieve
- Sort out scale and scope of the requirements
- Define deliverables: code, deploy, monitoring, alerting, documentation
- Delivery date, budget and payment terms
Technical Areas
My areas of expertise (over 25 years):- Linux server administration
- Development in Python, Bash/shell and most web languages
- Amazon Web Services
- Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform
- Cost optimization
- Website design, development, migration
- Network and security auditing/hardening
- Build and deployment CI/CD pipelines
- Trouble-shooting / AI code cleanup :)
Services
Here's some examples of the sorts of projects I've done:-
DNS
Comprehensive DNS management services, including configuring and debugging your DNS setup, adding and modifying records.
Extensive experience working with AWS Route 53, Cloudflare DNS and others. -
Websites
End-to-end website assistance, covering every stage from design to deployment and growth.
Front-end and back-end development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Python. DNS and SSL integration, and scaling through CDN solutions like AWS CloudFront and Cloudflare. -
AWS Serverless Apps
Set up and manage your AWS Lambda functions and API Gateway to build scalable, serverless applications tailored to your needs.
Whether you're hosting static websites or integrating backend logic without managing servers, I'll ensure everything runs smoothly. -
AWS Security Audit
Comprehensive AWS security audits to help you identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps across your AWS infrastructure.
I deliver clear, actionable reports to strengthen your security posture and ensure alignment with certifications like SOC2, CIS and ISO 27001. -
AWS Architectural Review
Expert AWS architectural guidance to help you design, review, and optimize your cloud infrastructure for performance, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
Ensure your architecture aligns with AWS best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework. -
AWS Pricing Review
Deep-dive on AWS pricing guidance to help you understand, manage, and reduce your cloud costs.
Ensure you're only paying for what you need while maximizing the value of your AWS investment. -
Deployment Pipelines
Help with setting up or improving your build, test, stage, deployment pipelines.
Buildkite, Jenkins, Github Actions, let me streamline your build times, reduce errors, and get your code into production faster. -
Development Guidance
Development and DevOps guidance to help your team improve their skills, solve technical problems, and navigate the rollout of future projects more effectively.
Take your team from DevOps zeroes to (sorry about this) DevOps heroes. -
Performance Optimization
Performance optimization for applications, scripts, and SQL queries to help you get the most out of your code and infrastructure.
I focus on identifying the bottlenecks and provide practical, scalable improvements that enhance overall performance, reliability, and user experience. -
Database Administration
PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite, covering everything from setup and configuration to query and performance tuning, backup strategies, and troubleshooting.
Designing schema, managing migrations, ensuring data integrity and availability, I provide the expertise to keep your database humming. -
Website SSL Certificate
Website SSL certificate administration. Handling everything from certificate installation and renewal to configuration and troubleshooting.
Ensure your site's security and trustworthiness, and keep your website compliant with modern security standards. -
AWS Networking
Design the right sized networks tailored to your infrastructure needs.
Set up public and private subnets, manage VPC routing, security groups, and network access control. Ensure your AWS environment is optimized for performance, security and connectivity.