Infrastructure that holds when it is tested
Servers, networks, backups, identity and access — the layer everything else assumes is already working.
Inside the build
I design, build and document it so that a failed disk, a lost laptop or a departing employee is an inconvenience with a written procedure, rather than an incident that consumes a week.
- Uptime you can plan around — Redundancy where it earns its cost, monitored continuously rather than hopefully.
- Backups that restore — Tested restores with a recorded recovery time, not just green backup jobs.
- Access under control — Identity, single sign-on, MFA and least privilege applied consistently.
- Documented topology — Diagrams and runbooks so recovery never depends on one person's memory.
What is included
Everything here is delivered, documented and handed over. Nothing is left depending on my availability.
Compute
Proxmox, VMware or cloud instances sized against real load, not guesswork.
Network
Segmentation, VLANs, firewall policy and site-to-site VPN.
Backup and DR
3-2-1 backup with offsite copies and scheduled restore drills.
Identity
SSO, MFA, conditional access and a clean joiner-leaver process.
Hardening
Patching cadence, endpoint policy, certificate management and quarterly review.
Observability
Metrics, logs and alerts that tell you about a problem before a user does.
What companies describe, and what gets built
Left is the symptom as it is usually reported. Right is the actual fix.
Backups run nightly but have never been restored.
Quarterly restore drills with a recorded recovery time and a written procedure anyone can follow.
A single server failure stops the business.
Redundant hosts with failover, plus a documented recovery order for the services that matter first.
Ex-employees still have access to systems.
Identity-driven offboarding that revokes everything in one action and produces an audit record.
Recovery, in a written order
Backup jobs turning green is not a recovery plan. A tested restore with a recorded time and a documented order is.
| Service tier | Priority | Recovery order |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — core business systems | Highest priority | Restored first, drilled quarterly |
| Tier 2 — supporting services | Standard priority | Restored after tier 1 |
| Tier 3 — archive and reporting | Lowest priority | Restored once operations resume |
The path one item takes
Every stage is logged, and every failure has a defined destination.
Where this lands hardest
Technologies used
Measured before and after, by the client
Placeholder figures. Replace with your own verified numbers before launch.
Frequently asked
About IT Infrastructure specifically.
Usually a mix. Latency, data residency, workload shape and total cost decide it case by case — and the honest answer is sometimes that your current setup is fine.
Yes, under the technical operations retainer with agreed response times and a monthly report.
Yes. I often review and coordinate an existing vendor rather than replacing them, which is usually cheaper and less disruptive.
Planned around your operating hours with a rollback path at every step. Most cutovers happen overnight or across a weekend.
Related services
Rarely bought alone.
Tell me what is taking too long
Thirty minutes, no pitch. If automation is the wrong answer for your situation, you will hear that on the call.
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