23+ years in Linux/Windows administration, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. I build, secure, and scale production systems 24/7 — for MSP clients and direct engagements across industries.
If your server is down, your deployment is failing, or you need infrastructure built right the first time — I'm the engineer you call.
━━ SERVER & SYSTEMS ━━
Linux (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, Rocky Linux) and Windows Server (2012–2025). Active Directory, Group Policy, Intune, hybrid identity. Nginx, Apache, Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, Exim — MTA setup, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, OpenDKIM, SPF/DKIM/DMARC. Veeam, Acronis, cloud-native DR. Hypervisors: KVM, VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE — HA clusters, live migration, Ceph/ZFS, Proxmox Backup Server. Redis, Varnish. QNAP NAS — storage management, Plex Media Server deployment, VPN tunnel integration. WHM/cPanel, Plesk, Virtualmin, CloudPanel, CyberPanel.
━━ CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ━━
AWS: EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Route 53, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Disaster Recovery. GCP: Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Firestore, GKE, IAM, VPC, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, Cloud Monitoring. Cloudflare (WAF, Workers, Zero Trust, CDN). DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr.
MinIO: S3-compatible object storage on bare metal, VMs, Kubernetes — distributed mode, SSE-S3/KMS, lifecycle policies, drop-in S3 for backups and MLOps.
Railway: Full-stack PaaS — GitHub/Docker auto-build, managed DBs (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis), private networking, env variables, cron workers, auto-scaling.
━━ SECRETS MANAGEMENT ━━
HashiCorp Vault: Dynamic secrets for AWS IAM, databases, cloud providers — TTL-bound credentials, auto-revoke. PKI for internal CA and on-demand TLS. Vault Secrets Operator for Kubernetes (etcd-free pod injection). Raft HA, RBAC, audit logging, Shamir unseal. Transit engine for encryption-as-a-service. CI/CD integration to eliminate hardcoded credentials.
━━ DEVOPS & CI/CD ━━
Docker, Kubernetes (EKS + self-managed: kubeadm, k3s, RKE2), Helm, Kamal. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines. Terraform, Ansible. ArgoCD, Flux (GitOps). Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog.
Traefik: Cloud-native ingress — auto TLS, Docker/K8s service discovery, ForwardAuth, rate limiting, canary routing.
Caddy: Zero-config-TLS reverse proxy — automatic HTTPS, on-demand certs. Preferred for self-hosted stacks.
━━ NETWORKING & SECURITY ━━
WireGuard, OpenVPN (MFA/ZTNA), IPSec/Libreswan, Xray/REALITY. Tailscale/Headscale — self-hosted mesh VPN, VPS tunnel setup, ACL policies, subnet routing. MikroTik, Juniper, SonicWall, Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer). pfSense, OPNsense. BGP, OSPF. Auth0, OAuth2, OIDC, Duo Security. LDAP/RADIUS, 802.1x, NPS/AD CS/Intune.
━━ DEVELOPMENT & AUTOMATION ━━
Python: FastAPI, Flask, Django, RESTful APIs, OpenAI API, ETL pipelines (Airbyte), orchestration (Airflow, n8n), data processing (pandas), Retool internal tools. Clean, documented, production-ready code.
━━ CONTAINERIZATION & DEPLOYMENT ━━
Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, Helm. Portainer, Coolify, Elestio, Traefik, Caddy. MinIO (K8s Operator/Tenant). Nextcloud, n8n, self-hosted app deployment. Vercel, Railway, Netlify, Replit.
━━ MSP & VOIP ━━
Duo Security, SpamTitan, ScreenConnect, ESET, Acronis. M365 multi-tenant administration. Asterisk and Vicidial (AWS + on-prem) — SIP trunks, IVR, call center setup, NetSIP integration.
━━ LEGACY & EARLY CAREER ━━
Foundational background in Windows desktop application development (VB, C#, Access) and web development (Core PHP, Laravel).
━━ WHAT CLIENTS HIRE ME FOR ━━
► Emergency triage: servers down, services failing, breaches in progress
► Greenfield AWS/cloud environments built to security and compliance best practices
► CI/CD pipelines rebuilt to work reliably — no more failed deployments at 2am
► Self-hosted stacks that cut cloud bills without cutting uptime
► Kubernetes from scratch: EKS, k3s, RKE2 — setup, Helm, GitOps, day-2 operations
► HashiCorp Vault rollouts — eliminate hardcoded credentials across all pipelines
► Proxmox VE clusters: HA, live migration, Ceph storage, Proxmox Backup Server
► Network redesigns: Zero Trust, WireGuard mesh, BGP multi-homed, FortiGate, pfSense
► Ongoing managed infrastructure support and 24/7 incident response
► GCP solution design & delivery — Cloud Run, microservices, IAM, developer onboarding/offboarding
► Infrastructure, Security & Application Audits — server, network, database, cloud, and web stack
━━ INDUSTRIES SERVED ━━
SaaS · Fintech · Healthcare · E-commerce · Legal · Real Estate · Media · Education · Government · Telecoms · Startups · Enterprise. Single-server MVPs to multi-region, multi-account production environments.
━━ COMMUNICATION & PROCESS ━━
I don't disappear after the kickoff call. Clear updates at every stage, thorough documentation, and a proper handover on every engagement. Timezone-flexible. Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, Zoom, or Webex. If the work matters, it gets done right.
Apache HTTP Server
Python
NGINX
System Administration
Docker
Kubernetes
DevOps
Linux System Administration
AWS Systems Manager
Network Administration
Google Cloud Platform Administration
Cloudflare
OpenVPN
Zero Trust Architecture
Terraform
Mohd S.
Chandigarh, India
$30/hr
4.6
115 jobs
✅ AWS Certified 2x ✅ DevOps ✅ cPanel/WHM ✅ AWS/GCP/AZURE ✅ Ubuntu/CentOS/Winows ✅ Cost Optimization✅Migration✅Cloud Optimization
I am a Top-Rated Plus senior DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of experience in AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Logging and Monitoring, Git, CI/CD Pipelines, Automation, Security, and System Administration. I have a professional attitude, work with dedication and am always ready to accept challenges. I have worked on various projects with international clients and diverse teams. I aim to lead innovative projects and deliver the best cloud computing services globally.
Specialities and Fields of Expertise
◈ DevOps Tools - Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, ELK, Elastic Cloud, Ansible, Database Pipeline in Liquibase, Cost Management, etc.
◈ Monitoring Tools: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Elastic Cloud, AWS OpenSearch, Zabbix, Site24x7, CloudWatch, etc.
◈ Linux System Administration - Linux OS, CentOS, Debian, RHEL, Ubuntu and Windows.
◈ Server Migrations and Cloud Migration
◈ CI/CD Tools: Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab-CI, GitHub Actions.
◈ Website Migrations involving cPanel, Plesk, and control-panel-less servers - for WordPress, .NET, Angular, Magento, Nodejs/Vuejs, OpenCart, and PHP-based websites
◈ PHP / Apache / NGINX / PHP-FPM / LAMP
◈ Database Management - MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB and PostgreSQL
◈ DNS Management - Domain management, Nameservers Creation, MX, CNAME, SPF, DKIM, TXT, Cloudflare
◈ Open-source application installation
◈ Hosting Setup and Management - BlueHost, CloudWays, Digital Ocean, GoDaddy, Hostgator, Linode, SiteGround, etc.
◈ Cloud Solutions - Azure, AWS, Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr, Google Cloud, OVH, etc.
◈ Backup Solutions - Jetbackup, SCP/tar/rsync scripting backup solutions
◈ Hosting Control Panels - cPanel/WHM, Parallel Plesk, ISPConfig, Virtualmin, CyberPanel, DirectAdmin, CWP
◈ Software Firewalls - FirewallD, CSF, UFW, iptables
◈ VPN - PPTP, OpenVPN, Outline
◈ Script Automation
◈ SSL/TLS
AWS Cloud Skills Set:
• Creation of IAM Users, Groups, Roles, cross-account assume roles, Policies, and fine-grained access control
• EC2, Bastion Host and Security Groups
• S3 buckets, bucket policies and triggers, cross-account bucket access and static web hosting with CloudFront.
• Lambda, serverless computing, lambda packages and deployment
• EKS, ECS clusters, task definitions, services, ECS Fargate
• CloudFormation templates, stack creation and update.
• Creation of VPC, Subnets, Route tables, NACL, NAT gateways, internet gateways, VPC Endpoints and peering
• RDS clusters and instance creation, schema deployment into RDS
• CloudWatch metrics, events, rules and alarms | SNS notifications, topics and subscriptions | SQS queues creation and trigger policies
• MySQL and MongoDB databases (Configuration, Backup, Restore, Troubleshooting)
• Auto Scaling with simple and step scaling policies
• Creation of Elastic, Application and Network Load Balancer and end-to-end secure communication with SSL certificates
• Code Pipeline, Code Commit, Code Build, Code Deploy
Amazon Web Services
Website Migration
Linux System Administration
Web Hosting
cPanel
Jenkins
Virtual Private Server
Docker
Terraform
Kubernetes
ELK Stack
CI/CD
Liquibase
Git
Linux
Mudit Narain M.
Karnal, India
$20/hr
4.8
694 jobs
Enterprise level Linux system engineer and Cloud architect with 8+ years of experience in:-
-- LAMP/LEMP(Nginx) administration and server security hardening (Ubuntu, Debian, Centos,RHEL,HAProxy, Ruby deployment, DevOps, Python/Django deployment DevOps,Nagios, fail2ban, CloudFlare..)
-- Amazon web services - AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Route53, Cloudfront, Elastic Load Balancer, AutoScaleing, etc..)
-- DDoS mitigation and prevention
-- Nginx rewrites
-- Google pagespeed
-- Linux troubleshooting
-- VPS providers: Linode, Rackspace, Amazon(AWS), MediaTemple, HostGator, Cloudflare, MaxCDN, CloudFront, NameCheap, GoDaddy, DigitalOcean, EC2, Bluehost
-- Parallels Plesk
-- Odoo/OpenERP installation
-- VPS administration
-- AWS EC2 administration
-- VMware vSphere
--NewRelic
-- fail2ban
-- openswan
-- HAProxy
-- keepalived, vrrp
-- elasticsearch
-- Nagios monitoring
-- Elastic Load Balancer
-- LINUX deployment and migration
-- Rackspace Cloud Services
-- Ruby on Rails app deployment
-- Python - Djengo app deployment
-- CPANEL, PLESK, WEBMIN, SHELL/SSH administration
-- proftpd, pure-ftpd, pure ftp
-- DNS, BIND, PowerDNS
-- SSL certificates
-- Site migration
-- Network troubleshooting
-- CSF firewall
-- VPN
-- Cisco, Mikrotik, Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks..
-- Linux PENTAHO deployment
-- Squid, AiCache, AiScaler.
Experience with various providers such as:-
-AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS, EC2..)
-RACKSPACE -HOSTGATOR
-GoDaddy
-MediaTemple
-Cloudflare
-NameCheap
-LINODE
-QuickWeb
-HAProxy
-heroku
-etc..
-WHMCS RESELLER setup and migration on project or permanent basis. Including DNS, EMAIL, WORDPRESS migration
-CPANEL, PLESK, WEBMIN, H-sphere, SHELL administration
-SSL certificates
Microsoft Azure
Jenkins
Amazon Web Services
AWS Server Migration
GoDaddy
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Linux System Administration
Email Support
DevOps
Email Security
Google Workspace Administration
WordPress
Plesk
cPanel
Arun T.
Kottayam, India
$10/hr
4.7
118 jobs
Need help with cPanel, Plesk, WordPress, server migration, malware cleanup or email issues? I have 9+ years of experience managing production Linux servers and resolving critical hosting problems quickly with minimal downtime.
My role is to:
* Linux - Troubleshooting various issues by checking logs - OS : CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu.
* Hosting server - Harden dedicated server, node, vps for its best performance.
* CMS - WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento.
* Virtualization - OpenVZ/Virtuozzo, VMware, Xen, KVM
* Networking - To configure network, add/remove IP address
* DNS - Bind/named, configure custom and registrar nameservers
* VPN - OpenVPN, configuration of squid proxy servers
* Firewalls - Iptables, CSF, APF
* Web servers - Apache, Nginx (standalone), Nginx Admin, Lighttpd, Tomcat
* E-mail servers - Exim, Postfix, Qmail, Courier- dovecot
* Anti-spam/antivirus - ClamAV, Maldet, SpamAssassin
* Bulk email marketing - DKIM & SPF, tweaking SpamAssassin
* Automation - Experienced in bash/shell scripting
* Monitoring Tools - Nagios, Zabbix, Pingdom
My other skills are given below
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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- AWS EC2 Server setup
- Management and troubleshooting
- S3 Buckets
- AWS Lightshail Server
- AWS SES Email Setup (Configuration in Sendy)
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Webhosting Control Panel
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- cPanel/WHM, Plesk, Centos Webpanel, VestaCP, ZPanel, Kloxo, Webmin/Virtualmin, CyberPanel
- Any free or paid control panel installation + Setup
- cPanel installation and configuration
- Server Hardening the security
- Manage Linux server on monthly bases
- Server Migration
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WordPress
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- WordPress Server Setup
- WordPress Migration
- WordPress Malware Removal
- WordPress Virus Removal
- WordPress Security
- Import demo contents
- WordPress Backup/Restore
- WordPress and WHMCS integration
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Linux Server Management
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- Setup and manage AWS or Google Cloud Server/Google Cloud Platform
- AWS, GCP, Digitalocean, Linode, Vultr, OVH, Contabo, 1and1, VPSDime, etc...
- Godaddy, Hostgator, BlueHost, Siteground, Namecheap, etc..
- Linux ( RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu,Debian )
- Database Administration (MySQL,PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB)
- DNS Server (Bind, NSD, PowerDNS )
- Web Server (LAMP, LEMP)
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MySQL
DNS
Linux System Administration
Network Administration
System Administration
Linux
Technical Support
cPanel
Online Chat Support
Domain Migration
Virtual Private Server
Web Host Manager
WordPress
Web Hosting
Joan C.
Calafell, Spain
$65/hr
5.0
149 jobs
Has your Linux server crashed? Or with CPU spikes? Or under DDoS attacks?
I've been solving system crises 24/7 for over 25 years.
Linux server/VPS management, performance, monitoring, and hardening; DDoS mitigation with ModSecurity and CSF firewall protection; email deliverability.
#4 contributor worldwide on Spamhaus Threat Intelligence (100K+ threat monthly reports) and AbuseIPDB (1000K+ reports since 2025) - I identify cyber threats before they hit your servers, and I maintain real-time threat intelligence for global networks.
#1 developer ranking on Stack Overflow Spanish (16K+ reputation) in 2022 with solutions trusted by thousands of developers.
Skills: Linux Sysadmin, WHM/CPanel, HestiaCP, VestaCP, LAMP, LEMP, Varnish, Cloudflare, WordPress protection, hosting, PHP, MySQL, malware, webmaster, Apache, Exim, ModSecurity, CSF Firewall, networking, and security.
Problems Solver and so on...
My clients networks: OVH, Digital Ocean, Bluehost, Interserver, AWS, Linode, Google Cloud, GoDaddy, Hetzner, Hostinger, Contabo, Azure Microsoft, NetCup, NameCheap, AsmallOrange, BudgetVM, Comvive, DotBlock, FastHost, HostRocket, Liquidweb, and a long so on.
Long experience. Since 1993 I've been working with computers for companies like IBM (12 years).
Linux System Administration
LAMP Stack
LAMP Administration
LEMP Stack
Web Hosting
Cloudflare
WordPress Security
Website Security
System Security
Network Security
Email Deliverability
DNS
PHP
cPanel
Email Security
Twitter/X Bootstrap
Bash Programming
Internet Security
System Administration
Web Service
Denis V.
Herceg Novi, Montenegro
$35/hr
4.9
704 jobs
I'm a proficient Linux Server Administrator and PHP/Python programmer with over 15 years of experience. My expertise extends to web hosting, cloud, cluster, DevOps and blockchain technologies.
Throughout my career, I have worked with numerous hosting providers and have gained extensive experience in addressing vulnerabilities, viruses, spam detection, server optimization, and server software optimization.
As a DevOps professional, I collaborate with various companies with developer teams ranging from 1 to 50. I have extensive experience in automating infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and ensuring system reliability and scalability.
Below are my general skills:
* Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Tron (TRX, USDT), Ethereum (ETH, USDT, USDC), XRP (full node & API)
* DevOps: GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps. Project support, CI/CD
* Optimization of Google Pagespeed, Magento, WordPress, ODOO, Mautic, Drupal, Joomla, Bitrix, Bitrix24, and other CMS
* Operating Systems: Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, RedHat, CloudLinux, Gentoo, FreeBSD (administration, configuration, audit, optimization)
* Software Configuration Management: Salt, Ansible
* Web servers: Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed (installation, configuration, optimization)
* Database servers: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Percona, MongoDB (installation, configuration, optimization, profiling, cluster creation)
* Mail servers: Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, Zimbra, Qmail, Dovecot + Spamassassin, ClamAV
* Webhosting Administration Panels: cPanel / WHM, Plesk, aaPanel, Proxmox, CyberPanel, VestaCP, HestiaCP, ISPManager, Billmanager, ISPConfig, DirectAdmin, Webmin
* Monitoring: Zabbix, Wazuh, Munin, Nagios, Icinga
* Amazon: AWS setup or Amazon tools
* Virtualization: Proxmox, OpenVZ, XEN, KVM, VMWare, VirtualBox, Docker
* Load balancing via: HAproxy, Nginx, Pingora, ProxySQL, PowerDNS, BIND, Route53, Alibaba Cloud DNS
* System Backup and Restore automation
* Removal of viruses and malicious software
* Network services: DNS (Bind, PowerDNS), VPN (MPD, PPTPD, OpenVPN), firewalls (iptables, ipfw), file server (samba3/4), proxies (Squid, 3proxy, Privoxy, Nginx), DRBD, Ceph, GlusterFS, lsyncd
* FTP: Vsftp, Pureftp, Proftpd
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