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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.
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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.
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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.
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DevOps 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.
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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 and cost.
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Database Admin
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 to keep your database humming.
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SSL Certificates
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.
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AWS Lambda
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.
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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.
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AWS Architecture
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.
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AWS Pricing
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.
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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.
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Who are you?
Ok a little about me! 44 year old Aussie. Lived in Melbourne for the
past 30 years. Recently decided to focus on my startups and consulting.
Have a "hands-on" mentality. My partner says I just love to fix things.
I also dabble in leathercraft, and writing fiction and occasionally get involved
in amateur theatre. Absolutely rabid Richmond Tigers supporter. I like to
play indoor futsal (soccer) and if the sun is shining, I want to be outside.
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Why should we hire you?
There is a bedrock of industry experience up my sleeve. From a technical standpoint
there's not much with the internet and tech that I haven't gotten my hands on.
My objective is to get work done at a high standard and with the forward-thinking
to deliver solutions that will work now and for the future.
If you've got some small to medium-sized projects and you don't have the resources at the
moment to deliver them, then bringing in a full-stack generalist like myself can
temporarily boost your team's capacity.
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What is your experience?
Have recently stepped away from a Head of Infrastructure role that went for 8 years (I
recruited and lead a small team of DevOps folk at a start-up in St Kilda). Together we looked after multiple
AWS accounts and implemented secure systems for receiving huge
amounts of client data. There was an ongoing emphasis on controlling (the
rather extreme) costs, and meeting our SOC2 auditing requirements.
We moved the entire tech stack into an Infrastructure as Code deployment using Terraform.
We dockerized every component of the application suite and created nearly a hundred build and deploy pipelines.
We setup monitoring and alerting, logging and ancillery systems
to help reduce the load on the developers and others around us.
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How does payment work?
After our initial consultation, if an agreement can be reached for
the delivery of the work. I'll send you a contract for the work order which
outlines the parameters for your project.
If the work is agreed to be at the daily consulting rate ($1200 AUD), then an invoice will be generated
and payment must proceed in order for work to continue.
If the work is a fixed-price agreement then typically a good faith
payment of 10% is required before work will start, then the rest of the payment is broken up by
delivery milestones.
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Do you outsource any work?
No.
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Can we get you to work in our office?
Currently only accepting remote projects.
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What are some examples of past work?
The year was 1999 and whilst others were partying (like it was 1999) I
was installing Red Hat Linux on an Intel 486.
I build straightforward, standards-based websites (including this one). Too
many clever frameworks have aged badly.
Ten years ago, I built my first microservices architecture
for domain registrations. I've been neck-deep in AWS
infra ever since.
Linux security and AWS security audits can help you make incremental improvements to your security posture.
I've created hundreds of deployment pipelines that make code automatically
run its tests and then flow smoothly into a deploy.
Bandwidth, network addresses, routing paths,
firewalls and VPNs: Let's obsess until the foundation is solid.