Senior platform engineering

Production infrastructure,
without the full-time hire

When your vendor can't fix it and hiring an SRE isn't worth it — that's the gap I work in.

Postgres: HA & operations
Kubernetes: platform engineering
Distributed: systems SRE

SRE

Billy C.

By day I run production distributed systems; on the side I take on a few clients through NextDevOps when the problem is interesting and the team is sharp.

~10 hrs

per week

$150/hr

or fixed scope

Async

friendly

Engagements: 1-hour consult · 5-15 hr/week retainer · fixed-scope project with a clear deliverable.

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About NextDevOps

Fractional platform engineering for teams that can't afford downtime.

NextDevOps is a one-person consultancy focused on production data platforms and Kubernetes operations. Engagements are short, scoped, and async-friendly — typically a few hours a week over a defined period, or a fixed-scope project with a clear deliverable.

Database reliability

Kubernetes platform engineering

Incident response

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When “support” isn’t enough

A financial-institution client had a recurring technical issue sitting adjacent to our product — not in it. The vendor–customer dynamic kept cycling the same ticket. We broke the cycle.

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What Support Can't Do (And Why That's Not Their Fault)

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What Support Can't Do (And Why That's Not Their Fault)

A vendor support engineer will tell you what an error means. A consultant tells you what to do about it for your business. Those are not the same job.