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James L.

James L.

Guntersville, AL
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Cloud Architect - AWS, GCP, Terraform, Docker, High Availability

I automate deployment pipelines and build elastic scalable infrastructure. I also contribute application code, too. I've been a developer for 9 years. Experience in AWS, Docker, Terraform, PHP, JavaScript, Python, Linux, GCP, Kubernetes. I've worked in frameworks including Laravel, Symfony, Vue, React(Next.js), Node, Django. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING TO HACK ON SOME REACT CODE RIGHT NOW IF THE CONCEPT IS DOPE, ESPECIALLY CHAT BOTS. Ask me about time and cost! I still do mostly devops engineering and I still do cloud architecture. I’m actually already gaining Google Cloud Platform experience in addition to AWS. I have no intention of abandoning IaC or CI/CD. I may even add a Google certification soon. Maybe. Those projects are still fun and that work is absolutely crucial. But let’s face it, ChatBots are really sexy right now and I’ve always wanted an excuse to get closer to the AI revolution. So while I know it’s not as cool as running experiments and training neural nets, it’s an in and I’ll take it. And some part of me definitely misses working on application code. AS FOR MY DAY JOB, I mostly work with devops and infrastructure and I'm really good at it. I love to automate deployments so your development team can focus on building cool stuff, not maintaining servers and engineering elasticity and high availability. And you get peace of mind knowing only quality code is being deployed to your environment. I'm currently learning Google Cloud, Kubernetes and implementing CI/CD into Terraform code. UPDATE(3-7-2023): These ChatBot interfaces are definitely exploding. I’m looking for any opportunity I can get to sharpen up on my React, Node and Python coding skills. Be sure to check out my GitHub profile for updates, too. I’m /jaylong255. If it doesn’t start raining gigs immediately, I’m just going to start hacking on my own projects. It would be nice to have funding, though. UPDATE(1-11-2023): I gotta say I'm getting really curious about these OpenAI APIs (ChatGPT). You CEOs out there need to take a serious look at this space. This technology is gearing up to disrupt our whole world in the extremely near future so there's about to be tons of money flying around it. I'm thinking months not years, so get ready. I would love to be a part of something like this, too. Just sayin'. So here’s where I’m at… I have built a thriving technology business as a freelance developer. I have solved many challenging problems writing application code. I have also proven that my code is scalable by mastering automated elastic infrastructure in production environments. Also, learning Docker and Terraform has been a game-changer. The only way to increase my rate of innovation now is to maximize my passion for the projects for which I labor. (This next bit is somewhat out-dated, but I can’t bring myself to delete it. Shout-out to Evan and Adam at EFS Networks. Working on Surreal Events was a blast!) There's been a lot happening in the emerging metaverse over the past 10 years and now there has been an official call-to-arms. I want to be a pioneer in the gaming wave that is paving the way for everyday civilians to move into the digital frontier both socially and for work as well. My experience with web infrastructure and automating elastic AWS resources over the past 5 years has equipped me with the skills I need to finally come back home to the gaming world. And this time, I'm and engineer. It's going to take a lot of freelancers and startups to build this new world and I want to help equip rising entrepreneurs with the tools and the talent they need to get a game off the ground that used to take millions of dollars worth of servers and hardware experts to break through the entry barrier. I can automate your stack and let the rest of your team focus on what they love– building awesome shit. I also love to write stories, produce beats and discuss ideas and philosophies. Anything involving art, music, and game experiences would be a massive driver of ambition and production in my labor. Past Experience and Specialties: I started out hacking on whatever part of a web application codebase I could get my hands on to pay the bills. I did that for years. In the past few years I have transitioned into devops and infrastructure. No one wanted to do it, so it wasn't getting done right. I love insight it gives me and the way it sets me apart. CyberWorld Builders, Inc. cyberworldbuilders.com CyberWorld is located in a small town in North Alabama called Lake Guntersville, near Huntsville Rocket City. We're also about two hours away from both Birmingham and Chattanooga. The town is gorgeous if you like the outdoors. The taxes and cost of living are low, and the internet service is excellent. I would have told you when I was younger that I would never live here, but technology has disrupted my cynicism toward small southern towns. We may travel again when the kids grow up, but for now, things are going great.
Rating is 4.6 out of 5.
4.60 Sep 13, 2022 - Mar 13, 2023
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Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Jul 27, 2021 - Aug 9, 2022

"Knowledgeable and efficient."

Private earnings
Apr 5, 2021 - May 26, 2021

No feedback given

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Apr 24, 2020 - Mar 30, 2021

"Jay is a wonderfully skilled and was able to jump in and help out with our devops to get us scalable and secure. Would definitely work with him again in the future!"

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Mar 16, 2018 - May 2, 2018

"great dev"

Private earnings
Rating is 4.8 out of 5.
4.80 Mar 26, 2018 - Apr 30, 2018

"James did a great job! Good communicator, good work."

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Mar 13, 2018 - Apr 26, 2018

"James was great to work with on this. He was super helpful, responsive and I'd highly recommend him!"

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Mar 9, 2018 - Apr 3, 2018

"Great job on our project. We had very specific needs for an assessment tool that could not be met with off-the-shelf products, and he developed a custom wordpress plugin that gave us the power to edit everything that way we needed it."

Private earnings
Rating is 4.7 out of 5.
4.70 Oct 9, 2017 - Feb 26, 2018
Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Feb 14, 2018 - Feb 18, 2018

"James did a great job helping me to back up my website's content through my hosting platform. He was very communicative and able to break down what he was doing in terms I could understand. He worked quickly and delivered exactly what I asked for. Would highly recommend his work."

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James L.

James L.

Guntersville, AL
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Cloud Architect - AWS, GCP, Terraform, Docker, High Availability

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I automate deployment pipelines and build elastic scalable infrastructure. I also contribute application code, too. I've been a developer for 9 years. Experience in AWS, Docker, Terraform, PHP, JavaScript, Python, Linux, GCP, Kubernetes. I've worked in frameworks including Laravel, Symfony, Vue, React(Next.js), Node, Django. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING TO HACK ON SOME REACT CODE RIGHT NOW IF THE CONCEPT IS DOPE, ESPECIALLY CHAT BOTS. Ask me about time and cost! I still do mostly devops engineering and I still do cloud architecture. I’m actually already gaining Google Cloud Platform experience in addition to AWS. I have no intention of abandoning IaC or CI/CD. I may even add a Google certification soon. Maybe. Those projects are still fun and that work is absolutely crucial. But let’s face it, ChatBots are really sexy right now and I’ve always wanted an excuse to get closer to the AI revolution. So while I know it’s not as cool as running experiments and training neural nets, it’s an in and I’ll take it. And some part of me definitely misses working on application code. AS FOR MY DAY JOB, I mostly work with devops and infrastructure and I'm really good at it. I love to automate deployments so your development team can focus on building cool stuff, not maintaining servers and engineering elasticity and high availability. And you get peace of mind knowing only quality code is being deployed to your environment. I'm currently learning Google Cloud, Kubernetes and implementing CI/CD into Terraform code. UPDATE(3-7-2023): These ChatBot interfaces are definitely exploding. I’m looking for any opportunity I can get to sharpen up on my React, Node and Python coding skills. Be sure to check out my GitHub profile for updates, too. I’m /jaylong255. If it doesn’t start raining gigs immediately, I’m just going to start hacking on my own projects. It would be nice to have funding, though. UPDATE(1-11-2023): I gotta say I'm getting really curious about these OpenAI APIs (ChatGPT). You CEOs out there need to take a serious look at this space. This technology is gearing up to disrupt our whole world in the extremely near future so there's about to be tons of money flying around it. I'm thinking months not years, so get ready. I would love to be a part of something like this, too. Just sayin'. So here’s where I’m at… I have built a thriving technology business as a freelance developer. I have solved many challenging problems writing application code. I have also proven that my code is scalable by mastering automated elastic infrastructure in production environments. Also, learning Docker and Terraform has been a game-changer. The only way to increase my rate of innovation now is to maximize my passion for the projects for which I labor. (This next bit is somewhat out-dated, but I can’t bring myself to delete it. Shout-out to Evan and Adam at EFS Networks. Working on Surreal Events was a blast!) There's been a lot happening in the emerging metaverse over the past 10 years and now there has been an official call-to-arms. I want to be a pioneer in the gaming wave that is paving the way for everyday civilians to move into the digital frontier both socially and for work as well. My experience with web infrastructure and automating elastic AWS resources over the past 5 years has equipped me with the skills I need to finally come back home to the gaming world. And this time, I'm and engineer. It's going to take a lot of freelancers and startups to build this new world and I want to help equip rising entrepreneurs with the tools and the talent they need to get a game off the ground that used to take millions of dollars worth of servers and hardware experts to break through the entry barrier. I can automate your stack and let the rest of your team focus on what they love– building awesome shit. I also love to write stories, produce beats and discuss ideas and philosophies. Anything involving art, music, and game experiences would be a massive driver of ambition and production in my labor. Past Experience and Specialties: I started out hacking on whatever part of a web application codebase I could get my hands on to pay the bills. I did that for years. In the past few years I have transitioned into devops and infrastructure. No one wanted to do it, so it wasn't getting done right. I love insight it gives me and the way it sets me apart. CyberWorld Builders, Inc. cyberworldbuilders.com CyberWorld is located in a small town in North Alabama called Lake Guntersville, near Huntsville Rocket City. We're also about two hours away from both Birmingham and Chattanooga. The town is gorgeous if you like the outdoors. The taxes and cost of living are low, and the internet service is excellent. I would have told you when I was younger that I would never live here, but technology has disrupted my cynicism toward small southern towns. We may travel again when the kids grow up, but for now, things are going great.
Rating is 4.6 out of 5.
4.60 Sep 13, 2022 - Mar 13, 2023
Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Jul 27, 2021 - Aug 9, 2022

"Knowledgeable and efficient."

Private earnings
Apr 5, 2021 - May 26, 2021

No feedback given

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Apr 24, 2020 - Mar 30, 2021

"Jay is a wonderfully skilled and was able to jump in and help out with our devops to get us scalable and secure. Would definitely work with him again in the future!"

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Mar 16, 2018 - May 2, 2018

"great dev"

Private earnings
Rating is 4.8 out of 5.
4.80 Mar 26, 2018 - Apr 30, 2018

"James did a great job! Good communicator, good work."

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Mar 13, 2018 - Apr 26, 2018

"James was great to work with on this. He was super helpful, responsive and I'd highly recommend him!"

Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Mar 9, 2018 - Apr 3, 2018

"Great job on our project. We had very specific needs for an assessment tool that could not be met with off-the-shelf products, and he developed a custom wordpress plugin that gave us the power to edit everything that way we needed it."

Private earnings
Rating is 4.7 out of 5.
4.70 Oct 9, 2017 - Feb 26, 2018
Private earnings
Rating is 5 out of 5.
5.00 Feb 14, 2018 - Feb 18, 2018

"James did a great job helping me to back up my website's content through my hosting platform. He was very communicative and able to break down what he was doing in terms I could understand. He worked quickly and delivered exactly what I asked for. Would highly recommend his work."

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70 days delivery
Less than 30 hrs/week

< 24 hrs response time

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