Hi Everyone, I'm a DevOps engineer (employed) taking on a small number of freelance projects on the side.
A lot of founders and small teams can now generate a Dockerfile, a deployment script, or a Terraform file with AI in minutes. What's still missing is someone who can tell whether that config is actually correct, actually secure, and what to do when it breaks in a real environment with real users on it. That's where I come in. I don't just generate configs, I troubleshoot, fix, and explain what's actually happening under the hood.
What I can help with:
– Deploying applications to a VM/EC2/Droplet (Linux setup, process management, firewall)
– Dockerizing an app (Dockerfile, docker-compose)
– Nginx reverse proxy + SSL/TLS setup (Let's Encrypt)
– DNS configuration
– Basic CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
– Infrastructure troubleshooting — "my deploy is broken," "my server won't respond," "the AI-generated config isn't working," etc.
– Basic server hardening (SSH, firewall, fail2ban)
– Reviewing/fixing AI-generated infra setups before they go to production
What I don't do yet, being upfront: production Kubernetes, large-scale Terraform, or anything needing 24/7 on-call. If your problem needs that level of depth, I'll tell you honestly rather than take it on.
Rate: $15–20/hr, or a fixed quote depending on scope, happy to scope it on a quick call first, no cost to you.
Payment: PayPal.
Comment or send a chat to reach out — happy to do a short scoping call before any commitment.
Source: r/devopsjobs · by /u/itsjustbig_me