Available now 32 hrs/week Remote
Freelance DevOps & System Engineer
10+ years in infrastructure (Windows Server, networking and security) and 5 years of Azure, now combined with Kubernetes, Linux and automation. I help teams migrate, secure and automate their infrastructure, fully remote.
What I do for your team
All services →As a freelance engineer I work on migrations, security and automation of your infrastructure.
Cloud & Azure migrations
Moving servers and file data to Azure, with landing zones and well-designed networking.
- Azure
- VNets
- NSGs
- Azure Files
- File Sync
- App Service Environment
Infrastructure as code & security automation
Security baselines enforced and remediated automatically, instead of checked by hand.
- Puppet
- CIS Benchmark
- PowerShell
Server & Exchange migrations
Upgrading outdated Windows Server and Exchange environments and decommissioning old hardware.
- Windows Server
- Hyper-V
- VMware
- Exchange 2019/SE
- Microsoft 365
Network & endpoint security
Network segmentation, identity and endpoint protection.
- VLANs
- Fortigate
- Sophos
- Palo Alto
- SentinelOne
- Entra ID
- PIM
- Conditional Access
- Intune
Kubernetes & Linux
My growing expertise, which I work with every day in my homelab.
- Kubernetes (k3s)
- Ubuntu
- Linux
- chezmoi
Featured projects
All projects →Pension administrator
Security baseline as code
A Puppet framework enforcing the CIS Benchmark on ~150 Windows servers.
- Puppet
- CIS Benchmark
- Windows Server
- Exchange
Engineering and consultancy firm
Cloud migration for 21 offices
File servers of 21 offices to Azure Files, servers to Azure, and 50+ outdated servers phased out.
- Azure
- Azure Files
- File Sync
- PIM
- Conditional Access
- PowerShell
Personal project
Homelab
The place where I try out new technologies and build my own Kubernetes cluster.
- Kubernetes (k3s)
- Ubuntu
- Linux
- chezmoi
Hosting & IT for small businesses
For smaller companies I also take care of hosting, email, domains and IT management, with one point of contact.
- Managed web hosting Hosting on my own Linux platform: setup, security, updates, backups and SSL.
- Business email & domains Registration and management of your domain names and business email.
- IT management for small businesses One point of contact for your servers, NAS, firewall, Wi-Fi and workstations.
- Microsoft 365 Setting up Microsoft 365 and migrating your mail and files.
Latest blog posts
Go to the blog →Mastering Bash History and Expansion
How Bash's history builtin actually works — syncing sessions, .bashrc tuning, and expansion shortcuts like !! and !$.
Dev Container fundamentals
My journey learning Dev containers
How to setup my DevContainers using DevPod - Chezmoi and Mise
My journey learning DevPod, Chezmoi and Mise by setting up my dotfiles and tools for my DevPods.