Platform Engineering
Build and maintain internal developer platforms, service templates, GitOps workflows and reusable infrastructure that make routine engineering work easier.
Skakelaar / Business-to-business engineering
Build, operate and improve your engineering systems.
Platform, software and systems engineering for businesses that need experienced delivery, reliable production operation and practical technical guidance.
Consulting and contract engagements span internal developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, delivery automation, observability, recovery and security maintenance.
Engineering services
Site Reliability Engineering
Improve production reliability through observability, incident investigation, recovery design, configuration management and repeatable operational automation.
DevOps Engineering
Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure modules and GitOps delivery workflows, with practical support for upgrades, configuration and production operation.
Systems Engineering
Maintain and troubleshoot Linux, cloud and hybrid systems, including networking, identity, storage, configuration, backups and application infrastructure.
Observability Engineering
Design and maintain dashboards, alerts and telemetry pipelines; improve log parsing and operational visibility; help teams interpret signals through documentation and workshops.
Software Engineering
Build software, developer tooling and infrastructure integrations; modernise Java/Python services, automate refactoring, and maintain production applications and dependencies.
Cloud Engineering
Build and operate AWS/Azure infrastructure with Terraform, Kubernetes, private networking and identity; support cloud migration, recovery and practical cost visibility.
Production experience behind the work
More than a decade of professional engineering experience across enterprise identity and security, payments, DeFi, automotive, IoT and fintech informs Skakelaar’s consultancy work.
Experience includes a Backstage internal developer platform on Azure AKS, fleet-wide observability managed as code, GitOps delivery, custom Go tooling for Azure Key Vault, software modernisation and the operation of distributed cloud and industrial systems.
Implementation is supported by hands-on production operation, troubleshooting, ongoing maintenance, security updates and recovery planning.
Technologies and disciplines
Cloud and infrastructure
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, Packer, Vault and Consul.
Software and developer tooling
Go, Java/Spring Boot, Python/FastAPI/Flask, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Angular, AST-based refactoring, OpenRewrite, Gradle and Bazel.
Observability and data
Grafana, Prometheus, LGTM, Alloy, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, New Relic, ELK/EFK, Fluent Bit, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and Kafka.
Systems and delivery
Linux, DNS, TLS, Active Directory/Kerberos, distributed storage, backups, recovery, GitOps, Argo CD, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
How an engagement works
Bring a production problem, a delivery bottleneck or a platform capability your business needs. Scope can cover assessment and technical advice, hands-on implementation, contract engineering or ongoing operational improvement. Responsibilities, deliverables and working arrangements are agreed around your systems and team.
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