Freelance IT consultancy and project services

Freelance IT consultancy

Independent advice, technical planning and practical delivery without unnecessary vendor lock-in.

• Advice shaped around business priorities and risk
• Technical options explained in practical terms
• Project scoping, planning and supplier review
• Direct access to the engineer doing the work

Infrastructure troubleshooting

Methodical investigation of difficult performance, reliability, server, storage and connectivity problems.

• Root-cause analysis rather than repeated workarounds
• Server, storage, network and application triage
• Prioritised remediation and risk reduction
• Findings, changes and next steps documented

Linux and Windows Server

Builds, upgrades, migrations, stabilisation and support for business server environments.

• New builds, replacements and consolidation
• Directory, access, application and service migrations
• Hardening, patching and operational documentation
• Stable handover with recovery considerations

Networks, firewalls and VPNs

Secure, documented connectivity for offices, hosted systems and remote sites.

• Assessments, redesigns and fault investigation
• Segmentation, VLANs, routing and Wi-Fi stabilisation
• Firewall policy and access-control reviews
• Secure remote access, WireGuard, IPsec and site-to-site links

Backups, recovery and business continuity

Architecture reviews, retention planning, off-site copies, restore tests and documented recovery procedures.

• Recovery objectives aligned with business needs
• Retention, immutability and off-site copy review
• Restore testing and recovery validation
• Procedures that can be followed during an incident

Automation, APIs and system integration

Practical automation that improves administration, reporting, data flows and operational workflows.

• Daily or weekly IT health reports (automated summaries)
• Log and alert summarisation with action lists
• Maintenance scripts and documented checks
• Backup and certificate-expiry reminders

Cloud and hybrid infrastructure

Platform reviews, migrations, identity and access, resilience, cost awareness and operational improvements.

• Workload and platform suitability reviews
• Migration planning and hybrid connectivity
• Identity, permissions and access-control improvements
• Resilience, operating cost and supportability

Monitoring and operational reliability

Monitoring, alert design, incident stabilisation, root-cause work and follow-up improvements.

• Remote-first triage
• Containment and recovery actions
• Root cause analysis where possible
• Short post-incident report and next steps

Infrastructure audits and second opinions

Independent review of your current environment with clear priorities.

• Are backups real and tested?
• What are the single points of failure?
• Where are the hidden risks and costs?

Virtualisation and storage

Proxmox and VMware migrations, cluster design, ZFS storage, replication, backup platforms and recovery testing.

Desktop and business platform support

Business endpoint, access, application and platform issues handled in the context of the wider environment.

Temporary engineering capacity

Senior technical capacity for migrations, complex investigations, delivery peaks or work alongside an internal team or current provider.

Support and operations

• Remote support and on-site assistance when needed
• 24/7 monitoring and alerting options
• Patch management and security updates
• Backup and recovery planning (including restore tests)
• Asset inventory and documentation

Infrastructure

• Linux and Windows Server environments
• Virtualisation (Proxmox, ZFS, backup tooling)
• Networks and Wi-Fi (MikroTik, Ubiquiti UniFi, switching, segmentation, firewalls)
• VPNs (remote access and site-to-site)
• Starlink and multi-WAN internet failover for business continuity
• Automation to reduce repetitive work