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INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER · SERVERS · CLOUD · SECURITY
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND YOUR BUSINESS.
I build, migrate, secure and run the servers, cloud, databases, mail and networks your business depends on — so the systems behind the scenes just keep working.
◆ 02INFRASTRUCTURE AT A GLANCEHOVER TO OPEN
Everything your business runs on — held by one engineer.
Eight domains of infrastructure, drawn as one connected system. Open any node to see what it means for your business, and the technology underneath.
Servers
Linux and Windows servers, set up properly and kept healthy.
UbuntuDebianRHELWin Server
Databases
Keep the database your business depends on fast, reliable and safe.
PostgreSQLMySQLMariaDB
Make sure your email actually reaches the inbox — not the spam folder.
SMTPSPFDKIMDMARC
Security
Lock down your systems before someone else finds the way in.
FirewallSSL/TLSVPNHardening
Network
DNS, routing and connectivity that stays fast and stays up.
DNSCloudflareLoad Balancing
Migration
Move to better infrastructure without breaking what already works.
ServerCloudWebsiteDatabase
Monitoring
Know what's happening inside your infrastructure — before it breaks.
PrometheusGrafanaUptimeAlerts
◆ 03WHAT I SOLVEIN PLAIN ENGLISH
You don't have an infrastructure problem in the abstract. You have this one.
P/01
"Your website keeps going down."
I find the real cause — not the symptom — and make it stable, then keep it that way.
P/02
"Your server is slow and nobody knows why."
I profile the whole stack, fix the bottleneck, and give you the headroom back.
P/03
"You need to migrate — with zero downtime."
I plan the cutover, rehearse it, and move you across without your customers noticing.
P/04
"Your email lands in spam."
I fix SPF, DKIM and DMARC and get your mail reliably into the inbox.
P/05
"You're moving to the cloud."
I architect it right the first time — cost-aware, secure, and built to scale.
P/06
"Nobody knows what's inside your infrastructure."
I audit and document everything, then put monitoring on it so you always know.
◆ 04TRACE THE SYSTEMSCROLL TO FOLLOW A REQUEST
What actually happens when someone opens your website?
Follow a single request as it travels through the infrastructure — and back. This entire journey is what I keep fast, secure and online.
00 ORIGIN
Your customer clicks.
Someone, somewhere, types your address or taps a link. From here everything happens in a few hundred milliseconds.
01 DNS
DNS finds your server.
The internet looks up where "you" actually live. Get this wrong and nothing else loads — so I keep DNS fast and correct.
A · AAAA · CNAME · TTL 300 · anycast resolvers
02 CLOUDFLARE · EDGE
The edge filters and accelerates.
Bad traffic is stopped, real visitors are sped up, and your origin is shielded. This is your first line of defence.
WAF · DDoS · TLS 1.3 · CDN cache · rate-limit
03 WEB SERVER
The web server answers.
Nginx or Apache takes the request, terminates SSL, and hands it to your application — tuned to stay quick under load.
Nginx · Apache · HTTP/2 · gzip/brotli · keep-alive
04 APPLICATION
Your application runs.
The code that powers your business executes — with the right runtime, the right resources, and room to grow.
PHP-FPM · Node · Python · systemd · containers
05 DATABASE
The database returns the data.
Your real information — orders, users, content — is fetched in milliseconds and kept safe, backed up and replicated.
PostgreSQL · indexes · pooling · replication · PITR
06 RESPONSE
The page travels back.
The finished response returns along the same path, cached at the edge so the next visitor is even faster.
07 DELIVERED
Your customer sees your business.
All of that, every single time, without them ever knowing it happened. That invisible reliability is the whole job.
The full round-trip — kept fast, secure and online.
◆ 05INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERIENCETHE FULL STACK
The systems I work with, from the cloud down to the cable.
CloudCompute, networking and storage across AWS, Azure and GCP.IaaS · VPC · autoscale
ServerProvisioning, tuning and lifecycle for Linux and Windows.systemd · kernel · GPO
NetworkDNS, routing, load balancing and edge delivery.DNS · LB · anycast
WebHigh-performance web serving and reverse proxies.Nginx · Apache · IIS
DatabaseReliable, tuned, replicated data layers.PostgreSQL · MySQL · MariaDB
MailDeliverable, authenticated mail infrastructure.SMTP · SPF · DKIM · DMARC
SecurityHardening, firewalls, VPN and TLS everywhere.firewall · VPN · SSL/TLS
BackupAutomated backups and rehearsed disaster recovery.snapshots · PITR · offsite
MonitoringMetrics, logs and alerts so nothing is a surprise.Prometheus · Grafana · alerts
◆ 06SERVICESOPEN A ROW FOR DETAIL
Take one thing off your plate — or all of it.
◆ 07CASE STUDIESENGINEERING STORIES
Real infrastructure problems, taken from broken to boring.
Detailed case studies with real architecture and metrics are being prepared. Below is the structure each one follows.
CASE / 01 — PLACEHOLDERREV C
E-COMMERCE MIGRATION · SAMPLE STRUCTURE
From nightly outages to a platform that scales.
ProblemPeak-hour crashes, no visibility, hosting that couldn't keep up.
ArchitectureRe-platformed to autoscaling cloud with a managed, replicated database.
ImplementationRehearsed, zero-downtime cutover behind the edge with full rollback.
OutcomeStable through peak, faster pages, and monitoring on everything.
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Uptime
after
after
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Page load
improvement
improvement
0
Downtime
at cutover
at cutover
◆ 08TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEMTHE TOOLKIT
A connected ecosystem — not a wall of logos.
CLOUD
OPERATING SYSTEMS
WEB & PANELS
DATA
EDGE & SECURITY
DELIVERY
◆ 09PROCESSHOW WE WORK
A clear path from "something's wrong" to "it just works."
01
Discover
Understand your business and what depends on what.
02
Audit
Map the current state, risks and quick wins.
03
Architect
Design the right, cost-aware target state.
04
Implement
Build and migrate carefully, with rollback.
05
Secure
Harden, patch and lock everything down.
06
Monitor
Put eyes on it so nothing is a surprise.
07
Optimize
Keep tuning cost, speed and reliability.
◆ 10 — START HERE
Something behind your business isn't working?
Let's fix what's happening behind the scenes — and make sure it stays fixed.
SYSTEMS NOMINAL · READY WHEN YOU ARE