Platform build-out
4–12 WEEKSGREENFIELD
- Cluster, CI, secrets, observability, and the paved road onto it.
- Handover is a repo and a runbook, not a slide deck.
Consulting through AYOUNGCO. Short engagements that end with the client able to run the thing themselves, or long ones where I am the on-call.
ENGAGEMENT SHAPES
Migration
6–16 WEEKSLIFT / RESHAPE
- Datacenter to cloud, cloud to cheaper cloud, cloud back to metal.
- Cutover rehearsed at least twice before anyone watches.
Reliability retainer
MONTHLYONGOING
- Someone who already knows the system when the alert fires.
- Quarterly reduction of whatever generated the most pages.
TOOLING
- Orchestration — Kubernetes, Nomad, systemd where it is enough.
- Provisioning — Terraform, Ansible, Packer, cloud-init.
- Runtime — Linux (Debian/RHEL), Proxmox, Docker, containerd.
- Pipelines — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Argo.
- Signals — Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry.
AVAILABILITY
Currently taking work. Write with the shape of the problem and the date it becomes urgent: adam@ayoung.co.