Hey all,

American in the Philippines here, trying to build a location independent career. Not looking for a handout**,** just someone who's already living this life and wouldn't mind being a sounding board.

Quick background so you know I'm real:

• 9 years in IT (cloud, infrastructure, networking)
• AWS Solutions Architect + Cisco CCNA certified
• Currently freelancing and building a small cloud venture with a partner

My problem isn't the tech side, it's landing steady remote income as a non-local. APAC boards mostly want citizens/PR, and the US remote market is rough right now. I know the skills are there. I'm missing the playbook that people who've actually done this already have.

Would love help with:

• How you landed your first stable remote income
• Which platforms/networks actually work
• Practical stuff: visas, banking, getting paid across borders
• Mistakes to avoid

I'm hardworking and coachable, and I'm glad to trade AI/Automation/cloud/technical help in return. If this is you (or someone you know), drop a reply or DM. Thanks for reading.

Need an elite, plug-and-play cloud engineering contractor to take the infrastructure weight off your team or agency? Let’s talk.

Hi Everyone,

I am an Enterprise-grade Infrastructure & Cloud Architect and CCNA-certified networking expert with over 9 years of hands-on freelance and production experience. I hold the AWS Certified Solutions Architect (SAA-C03) designation and specialize in providing seamless, highly reliable contract engineering for tech startups, agency subcontracts, and growing businesses.

If your agency has overflow infrastructure work, or your internal team is struggling with messy deployments, cloud cost leaks, or security drift, I step in to deliver immediate technical ROI without the overhead of a full-time hire.

🛠️ Core Contract Capabilities:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): I architect modular, reusable, and completely DRY Terraform configurations to provision secure multi-tenant VPC environments and compute clusters repeatably, cutting setup times from days to under 10 minutes.
• FinOps & Cost Remediation: I build custom "AWS Resource Reaper" automation frameworks using Python (Boto3) to cleanly identify, flag, and destroy orphaned blocks or unencrypted assets, immediately slashing bleeding cloud bills.
• Ironclad Hybrid Networking: Backed by my classical CCNA routing foundation, I build bulletproof cloud boundaries using public/private subnet isolation, Transit Gateway hub-and-spoke topologies, and encrypted VPN infrastructure.
• Secure Serverless AI Pipelines: I design and deploy proprietary "Sovereign AI" agentic workflows natively inside your AWS perimeter using Python and AWS Bedrock to cut operational data processing times by up to 40% while preserving absolute privacy.

🤝 Why Project Managers & Agencies Hire Me:

• SLA & Performance Obsessed: I maintain a strict ~99.9% uptime standard across multi-tenant production environments using event-driven CloudWatch and SNS proactive alerting workflows.
• Compliance-Aware: Deep domain experience engineering automated data routing pipelines that strictly align with regulatory standards like HIPAA.
• Zero Friction Integration: I code cleanly, document thoroughly, handle asynchronous communication flawlessly, and commit directly to your GitHub/GitLab repositories.

💼 Availability & Pricing:

• Contract Rate: $75/hr (Introductory freelance rate for new clients).
• Project-Based Billing: Fully open to fixed-price milestone contracts (e.g., flat-rate pricing for standard migration paths, security audits, or VPC configurations).
• Timezone & Location: Fully remote. I offer exceptional timezone flexibility, allowing me to seamlessly support North American business schedules or provide strategic overnight engineering coverage for global teams.

Let's clear your technical backlog. Please reach out if you're interested.

Location/Timezone: US Citizen currently in Asia (UTC+8). Your grueling graveyard shift is my bright and sunny daytime. I can cover your US overnight escalation gaps, critical alerts, or heavy maintenance windows with zero daytime fatigue.

Looking For: 1099 or C2C Remote Contract. I maintain a US tax profile and a US bank account, making onboarding seamless. Ready to start ASAP.

The Summary

• Experience: 10 years total IT infrastructure, with 6 years specifically inside multi-tenant MSP environments. I know how PSA/RMM ecosystems work, I understand SLA panic, and I don't need to be trained on how to handle multi-client chaos.
• Certs: Active CCNA & AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA).

Technical Stack

• Core Networking & SysAdmin: Enterprise routing, switching, advanced firewall configurations, complex multi-tenant segmentation, Active Directory, and system administration.
• Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): AWS ecosystem (VPC, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Bedrock serverless pipelines). Proficient in building modular, decoupled Terraform structures for automated, clean environment provisioning.
• Automation: Python for building custom infrastructure utilities, administrative cleanup scripts, and backend serverless logic.
• Domain Context: Extensive background handling infrastructure, security perimeters, and migrations within highly regulated environments (including healthcare-aligned systems).

What I Bring to Your Team

I am a true Tier 3 / escalation resource. You don’t have to worry about an overnight tier 1 tech accidentally wiping a routing table or freezing up when a major server goes down at 2:00 AM EST. I can operate completely autonomously to keep your infrastructure stable while your US mainland team sleeps.

Rate: Open to competitive hourly contract rates based on scope (Targeting $50+/hr but flexible for the right long-term partnership or immediate start).

If your after-hours coverage is currently a scheduling nightmare or handled by burned-out daytime staff, shoot me a PM. Let's hop on a Zoom/Teams call and get this locked down.