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Systems Architecture & Design
Formal System Design Documents covering every layer: hardware specification, network topology, storage architecture, and compute planning. Includes logical and physical diagrams, component specifications with vendor evaluation, security boundary definitions, failure mode analysis, and HA/DR design with quantified RTO and RPO objectives.
- Requirements analysis and constraint modeling
- Logical and physical architecture diagrams
- Vendor-neutral hardware evaluation
- Capacity planning and growth projections
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Integrated Systems Engineering
Middleware, API layers, message fabrics, and event-driven architectures that unify heterogeneous platforms. Integration audits, OpenAPI specifications, event stream architecture, ETL/ELT pipeline engineering, and legacy protocol adaptation with formal interface contracts validated under realistic load.
- Integration audit and bottleneck analysis
- API design with OpenAPI 3.1 specifications
- Message queue and event stream architecture
- ETL/ELT pipeline engineering
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Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
Platform-agnostic across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Infrastructure-as-Code via Terraform, Pulumi, and CloudFormation. Kubernetes production configuration, CI/CD pipeline architecture, observability stack design, and cost optimization with FinOps governance.
- IaC provisioning and automated testing
- Container orchestration with Kubernetes or ECS
- CI/CD pipeline with security scanning
- Observability: logging, metrics, tracing
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Cybersecurity Architecture
Threat modeling with STRIDE and attack trees. Zero-trust network architecture with microsegmentation. IAM, SSO, MFA, and privileged access management. SIEM architecture with detection engineering. Incident response planning and tabletop facilitation. Compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
- Threat modeling and risk assessment
- Zero-trust network design
- IAM and access management architecture
- SIEM and security monitoring
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Technical Advisory & Consulting
Vendor-neutral strategic guidance grounded in engineering reality. Architecture assessment and modernization planning, technology investment prioritization, M&A technical due diligence covering architecture quality and security posture, and digital transformation roadmapping with phased implementation plans.
- Architecture modernization planning
- Technology investment analysis
- M&A technical due diligence
- Board-level technology briefings
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Managed Systems Operations
Ongoing operational management with contractual SLAs: 24/7 monitoring, patch management, backup verification, performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident response with root cause analysis. Technology training programs that build internal capability.
- 24/7 monitoring and alerting
- Patch management and vulnerability remediation
- Backup verification and DR testing
- Incident response and root cause analysis