01
Proxmox and virtualisation
Cluster build-outs, migrations off other hypervisors, storage layout, snapshots and replication, and untangling a cluster that someone else left half configured.
Retired Army National Guard Sergeant First Class. A career of being the person who has to make it work with what is on hand, document it so the next shift can follow it, and hand it over running. That habit is the whole reason this lab is monitored and backed up instead of just built.
What I do
Six things, and I actually run all six.
Not a reseller and not a reseller's engineer. These are the systems in my own rack, which means you get someone who has already made the mistakes on their own gear.
02
Active Directory
Domain design, domain controller health, replication faults, group policy, DNS that an AD domain actually needs, and cleaning up after a failed promotion or a dead DC.
03
UniFi, VLANs and firewalls
Segmenting a flat network without taking the house or office down. Guest and camera isolation, firewall rules that survive a reboot, wireless that does not need babysitting.
04
Self-hosted services
Docker and container stacks, reverse proxies, certificates, single sign-on, and getting a service reachable from outside without opening a hole you will regret.
05
Monitoring and alerting
Dashboards are the easy half. The hard half is an alert that fires when a thing is silently dead, and a check you have actually watched fail on purpose before you trusted it.
06
Backups and recovery
Backup jobs that are verified, not just green. Off-box copies, retention that fits the disk you own, and a restore test — because an untested backup is a rumour.
How it works
Four steps. No sales call.
01
You tell me what is wrong
Use the form below. Plain words are fine. You do not need to know the right name for it.
02
I tell you if I am the right person
If it is outside what I do, I will say so instead of learning on your money.
03
You get a scope and a price before anything starts
A fixed price for a defined job, or an hourly rate for open-ended work. Your choice, agreed up front.
04
You get it documented
Written down well enough that you or the next person can run it without me. That is the deliverable, not a favour.
Contact
Tell me what you need.
No obligation and no sales sequence. If it is not a fit I will tell you that in the reply.
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1. Sign up free at web3forms.com with media@bear4est.com
2. Copy your Access Key
3. In hire.html, replace WEB3FORMS_ACCESS_KEY_TODO with it
4. Delete this box
What I will not do: anything that needs me to hold your passwords in a chat window, anything that touches a system I am not authorised on, and anything I would have to learn on your money. I will say no and point you at someone better.