Jason

5.0

(181 reviews)

US$30.00

For every 15 mins

284

Sessions/Jobs

ABOUT ME

FAST AWS/Linux emergencies, scaling, automation, security & migrations

AI, AWS, Cloudformation, Security & Terraform expert with 15 zero-downtime migrations under his belt.

Executive Summary

Experienced Engineering Manager & Fractional Executive with a robust background in cloud architecture, agile methodologies, artificial intelligence, automation & security. Adept at leading engineering teams (and teams of AI agents) to deliver high-quality software solutions, optimizing system performance, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Expert in scalable multi-application cloud based reliability engineering, debugging, security and uptime management.

Personal Description

"I have been writing code since age 4, networking since age 12 and server administration since age 15. I am not only a coniseur, but also a master artist, of code in any language.

I have always worked alone, and striven for perfection, but never quite got there. AI has changed that and I am now achieving not just perfection, but absolute masterpieces in 1/10 or less time than I ever thought possible.

As a polymath, I've always been on or near the bleeding edge of technology, staying agile and adapable, rarely repeating stacks from project to project, always using the best tool for the purpose.

The advancement in agentive AI over the past 6 months, when properly utilzed in experienced and demanding hands such as myself, basically turns me into a team of 20...with unlimited knowledge and zero time required to learn new APIs/toolkits/etc."

- Jason

English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined May 2016

EXPERTISE

DevOps

10 years experience | 5 endorsements

I find delivering advanced technology coupled with automation to people of all skill levels to be extremely satisfying.

Deploy Azure Auth New Relic AWS ScalabilityScalingHeroku DigitalOceanModulusGoogle Cloud Platform Linux BSD RHEL Amazon linux CentOSCloudlinuxProxy Proxyserver Reverse proxy Load Balancing Resource optimizationDeployment of code with gitDeployment automation LoggingLog file analysisHAProxyNewrelic rpm

AWS

10 years experience | 23 endorsements

Over the past year I have grown to believe in Amazon and the AWS platform so thoroughly it is hard to even express. It is doubtful I wil...

Over the past year I have grown to believe in Amazon and the AWS platform so thoroughly it is hard to even express. It is doubtful I will ever use any other service provider for /anything/ Internet related! http://iDoAWS.com http://twitter.com/iDoAWS (new)

AWS EMR WordPress Aws iam

AWS EMR WordPress Aws iam AWS Aws sdk Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 Amazon RDS Amazon SQS Amazon Amazon EBS Amazon SNS Amazon vpc Amazon elb Amazon Redshift Amazon elastic beanstalk Amazon SES AWS Lambda Amazon linux Aws ses Aws sns AWS IoT Docker AmiMachine imageAmazon machine imageAws machine imageAws ami Amazon ami Aws swf AWS CloudFront AWS Data Pipelines AWS DynamoDB AWS VPCAws herokuAWS OpsWorks AWS Policies Infrastructure as CodeAws CodestarAws CodepipelineAws CodedeployAws Codebuild

Server

10 years experience | 5 endorsements

I have been administrating servers since before the Internet came to the US public or I could vote.

RESTful API Cache Memcache

RESTful API Cache Memcache Data parsing Apache HTTP Server Ubuntu Linux RHEL Amazon linuxCloud linuxDebian CentOS OpenBSDNetbsdLfsVarnish VCLMandriva Fedora Backendless API Varnish Memcached phpMemcached configUserminWebminVirtualminProxy Proxyserver Reverse proxy TLSMod proxySSL Certificate SSHSslerrorPuma Unicorn Nginx Apache Configuration cPanel WHM Nginx 1.6Nginx modulesHttp2Httpd.confSpdy Phusion Passenger HTTP Http cachingCache Server PagesDirectadmin

Linux

10 years experience | 24 endorsements

I have been using Linux since before you heard of a modem.

Bash Ash Shell

Bash Ash Shell Vim Vi Ubuntu Mandriva Mint Fedora Red Hat Linux BSD

JavaScript

10 years experience | 50 endorsements

I have been writing x-browser compliant JS that worked on mobile devices since before jQuery was even thought of.

Es6 Express.js Bootstrap 4

Es6 Express.js Bootstrap 4 npm Vim Bootstrap ECMAScript Cors MEAN Stack MEAN.js MEAN.ioExpress angularExpress js node angularGSAP Lodash Underscore.js UnderscoreBootstrap lessBootstrap jqueryHTML/CSS Bootstrap 3 React Node.js JavaScript

Security software

10 years experience | 1 endorsement

Security minded in everything I do, circa 1990. Pirated more software than you've ever heard of before Internet killed the BBS stars. ...

Security minded in everything I do, circa 1990. Pirated more software than you've ever heard of before Internet killed the BBS stars. Took out more underground pornographers than you can shake your Internet cane at. 18 years ago I evolved ethically and traded my gray hat for a white one. Prevention, detection and mitigation has replaced the rebellious angst and boredom which led to my more vigilante-style activities. In my life long career as a rock star cyber guru, none of my clients, local or remote, have ever had any security related incidents or misappropriation of intellectual property or trade secrets. I can provide real-world references which include high-profile criminal attorneys and clients in medical, financial and innovation industries.

Penetration TestingDisaster recovery planning Nmap

Penetration TestingDisaster recovery planning Nmap Wireshark Metasploit Firewalls SSHPort forwardingPort scanningDistaster recoveryPenetration tools

Firewalls

10 years experience

pfSense > *

WatchdogpfSense Firewall

WatchdogpfSense Firewall iptables NetfilterKnockdKnockLinksysBelkin

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(181 reviews)

Alanoud

August 2024

very helpful, thank you

Viktor

July 2024

He was very helpful as always

sujit manandahr

July 2024

The guy is awesome, helped me not only fix the issue but also helped me understand what was going on. thank you very much :)

Alexander Zaitsev

July 2024

A professional, with excellent devops and soft skills. Resolved my AWS issue quickly

ajay pondicherry

July 2024

Jason really helped us deep dive into a critical issue that had stumped us for days. With his help I have a lot more confidence in, not only what we need to do to prevent similar issues from happening again BUT ALSO recommendations for longer term resiliency into our system.

Alexander Zaitsev

June 2024

A great professional, solved my AWS issue quickly!

Aurélien

June 2024

Jason was friendly and expertly solved my issue. I could not have done it without him. Thank you!!!

tempe

June 2024

I had the pleasure of working with Jason on configuring AWS and deploying Docker containers. His expertise and dedication were outstanding. Jason demonstrated a deep understanding of AWS and Docker. He guided me through configuring the ECS tasks and quickly resolved any issues. His clear instructions and practical solutions made the deployment process smooth and efficient. Jason was always available to answer questions and provide support. His professionalism made a complex task manageable. I highly recommend Jason for any AWS and Docker container needs.

molaligne dafa

June 2024

jason was great! he he really helped me a lot

doug hayden

June 2024

good job- thank you

SOCIAL PRESENCE

Community Posts

Yes, the Internet is a War Zone

A simple list showing number and type of attacks on a single domain in 9 days, over 500,000 in total.

The 7 Layers of a Production App

This article generalizes various components or layers that a modern application will require, beyond just the code you write.

Quick Tips

When your WHM/cPanel PHP script says mysqli_* does not exist..

.. then you need to either enable the MySQLi interface under EasyApache's exhaustive options or sudo <package manager> install php5-mysqli.

cPanel/WHM Basic Account Creation Steps

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EMPLOYMENTS

Fractional CTO, Operations Lead

Sum App

2020-05-01-Present

Design, integrate, manage and secure complete auto-scaling CI/CD infrastructure
Achieved 99.999% uptime
Provide d...

Design, integrate, manage and secure complete auto-scaling CI/CD infrastructure
Achieved 99.999% uptime
Provide developer support and debugging
Primary stakeholder/developer liaison

Ruby

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Ruby

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Site Reliability Engineering

AWS

Pipeline integrity management

Live Emergency Support Specialist

CodeMentor

2015-03-01-2026-03-01

CodeMentor is Arc's partner, primarily targetting students but many businesses come there for real-time emergency support and tha...

CodeMentor is Arc's partner, primarily targetting students but many businesses come there for real-time emergency support and that's primarily what I focus on.

5 Star Mentor for over 10 years
Over 150 five star reviews
Over 250 live sessions
Exposure to many and diverse code bases, servers, emergencies, etc.

https://www.codementor.io/@idoaws

Python

SQL

Node.js

Python

SQL

Node.js

TypeScript

React

JavaScript

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

AWS

Prompt Engineering

Enterprise Level AI Infrastructure Architect & Migration Expert

Moonvalley AI / Claru.AI / Verve.FM

2025-10-01-2026-02-01

Platform Engineering Lead / Principal Infrastructure Architect

Delivered enterprise-grade infrastructure for Sa...

Platform Engineering Lead / Principal Infrastructure Architect

Delivered enterprise-grade infrastructure for SaaS platform in 39 days (15x faster than industry standard), enabling zero-downtime migration.

Infrastructure & Architecture: Architected & implemented complete AWS multi-environment using Terraform with 32 reusable modules, 4-bucket state management, lifecycle protection and parallel drift detection. Built full-stack cloud services: VPC networking (multi-AZ subnets, VPC peering), compute (ECS Fargate auto-scaling, Lambda with ALB/API Gateway), data (RDS PostgreSQL multi-AZ, ElastiCache Redis), CDN (CloudFront with OAC, custom WAF), and security services (GuardDuty, Config, Security Hub, CloudTrail).

Observability & Automation: Comprehensive monitoring with 121 CloudWatch alarms across 12 AWS services, 18 EventBridge rules, 9 log metric filters, and 11 Slack notification channels via Lambda formatters. Developed 76 standardized operational scripts for deployment, drift detection, security auditing, and backup management, achieving 95% operational automation. Created 40+ technical documentation files including architecture guides, runbooks, and deployment procedures.

Security & Compliance: Multi-layer security with OWASP WAF, 100% data encryption at rest and in transit, Cognito with Google OAuth, and least-privilege IAM policies. Successfully executed complex cross-account Cognito user pool migration with zero downtime. All secured with automated auditing and compliance monitoring.

Impact: Reduced future infrastructure deployment time by 90%. Established operational excellence enabling rapid service scaling while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability and security.

Terraform project rated as top 0.1% of all projects ever reviewed by Claude AI including those by Hashicorp & AWS!

Python

Node.js

Bash

Python

Node.js

Bash

PostgreSQL

Automation

SES

SNS

AWS CloudFront

AWS DynamoDB

Terraform

AWS Lambda

CI/CD

Aws route 53

Aws elastic beanstalk

Elasticache

Fargate

AWS

Metrics development

PROJECTS

AI Story Book

2025

Automated AI data pipeline that performs a variety of tasks via API calls to several AI services (including local) to turn text, audio or...

Automated AI data pipeline that performs a variety of tasks via API calls to several AI services (including local) to turn text, audio or video files into visual story telling experiences delivered via compelling videos.

Node.js

Bash

API

Node.js

Bash

API

Project management

Docker

API Integration

Ai product experiences

Ai Driven content platforms

LockdownView Project

2017

Sophisticated firewall automation system supporting multiple versions of Linux that reads web server logs and automatically updates iptab...

Sophisticated firewall automation system supporting multiple versions of Linux that reads web server logs and automatically updates iptables & ipset to block malicious traffic. Formed the conceptual and logitstical basis for AWS WAF.

Linux

Bash

Ubuntu

Linux

Bash

Ubuntu

Nginx

Automation

CentOS

Cloud

Project management

iptables

Firewalls

RHEL

OWASP

Technical Product Management

Security software

Apache HTTP Server