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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 living in Melbourne. After 25 years in the tech trenches, decided to focus on my
startups and consulting. Have a hands-on mentality: I genuinely just love to
fix things.
I also dabble in writing and occasionally get involved with 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.
When you hire me, you aren't dealing with someone from a success
team or a junior dev. You get a direct line to someone who has the capability
to answer your questions and treats your problems with care and rigor.
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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's your experience?
Most recently I stepped away from a Head of Infrastructure role at a start-up in St Kilda.
Over 8 years I recruited and lead a small team of DevOps folk. Together we
looked after multiple AWS accounts and implemented secure systems for receiving
colossal amounts of client data. There was an ongoing emphasis on controlling
(the rather extreme) costs, and meeting our SOC2 compliance requirements.
I've moved entire organizations into Infrastructure as Code
deployments using Terraform. Taken every component of application suites and
containerized them to ensure reliable platforms. I've created hundreds of
build, test and deploy pipelines. Setup monitoring and alerting, logging and
ancillery systems to help reduce the load on developers and team.
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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 create a contract which outlines the payment
parameters for your project.
If the contract is accepted and payment terms agreed to, the
work can begin.
If the work is a fixed-price agreement then a good faith payment of
10% is required before work will start. The rest of the payment is paid
upon delivery of project milestones.
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Do you outsource any work?
No.
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Work in our office?
Currently only accepting remote projects.
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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.
Gather the requirements. Get the code right. Optimize for scale and cost. Take everyone on that journey.
I build clean, 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
ever since.
Incrementally improve your security. Find the balance with convenience. Be more secure than the rest.
Bandwidth, networks, routing tables, speed, latency, firewalls and VPNs: Let's get the foundation correct.