Cloud Architecture
Design and build resilient AWS and GCP environments — landing zones, networking, security, and cost-aware scaling that won't surprise you later.
IT Engineer · Network Specialist · Southampton, UK
Hadley Reis
I keep infrastructure running — cloud and on-prem, Windows and Linux, from a single office network to a global SaaS estate. Now leading platform operations at Storyteq / TeamITG.
Career
A decade keeping the lights on.
- 2022 — Present
Lead Platform Operations Engineer
Storyteq · TeamITG
Leading platform operations across multi-cloud estates — service migrations from AWS to GCP, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, observability, and the reliability of the platforms delivery teams build on.
- 2021 — 2022
IT Technician
OceanWeb Limited
Satellite and cellular communications plus internal IT for high-net-worth clients aboard superyachts — provisioning, networking, and remote support in demanding environments.
- 2017 — 2021
IT Technician
ATG · Autofutura Limited
Managed technical infrastructure for a global automotive-finance SaaS company: AWS deployments, infrastructure as code, Oracle databases, Windows RDS/IIS, and Linux webservers across physical datacentre environments.
Toolkit
What I work with.
Cloud
- AWS
- GCP
- Cloudflare
Infra as Code
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Helm
Containers
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- k3s
CI / GitOps
- GitHub Actions
- ArgoCD
- Config Connector
Systems
- Linux
- Windows / AD
- Oracle DB
Observability
- New Relic
- Coralogix
- Better Stack
- Prometheus
Networking
- Cisco
- Ubiquiti
- VPN / Firewalls
Code
- Python
- Bash
- PowerShell
Freelance
Available for hire.
Independent IT and cloud-architecture support and design, billed simply at £95 / hour. No retainer, no lock-in — just senior help when you need it.
Infrastructure as Code
Reproducible cloud platforms with Terraform and Ansible — version-controlled, documented, and easy for your team to own.
Platform & IT Support
Senior support for cloud platforms and the systems around them — Linux, Windows, networking, and the things that break at the worst time.
Network & Cloud Consulting
Architecture reviews and troubleshooting for office, cloud, and remote networks — from a single site to a multi-region estate.
Credentials
Certified & schooled.
Certifications
- Analyzing Data with Python
- Windows Server 2016: Infrastructure
Education
- BTEC HNC, Aerospace Engineering
- BTEC OND, Mechanical Engineering
Make contact
Let's talk infrastructure.
Freelance cloud architecture, platform support, or network consulting — send a line and I'll reply within a day.
Prefer email? hadley.reis@outlook.com
linkedin.com/in/hadley-reis