I can build it, run it, and keep improving it.

An agency usually spreads architecture, delivery, and operations across different people. That can be useful when the work needs a bench. It also creates handoffs and makes it harder to identify who owns the production result.

Ongoing Platform Engineering is a narrower offer. I remain directly accountable for the AWS infrastructure and application I operate. I investigate incidents, maintain the platform, ship changes, make architecture and vendor decisions, and report the work in writing. There is no claim that I am managing your people or acting as a broad organizational executive.

I write and ship the code. The monthly scope includes hands-on work across Terraform, AWS, Next.js, Payload CMS, PostgreSQL, integrations, deployment pipelines, observability, and the operating surfaces staff use.

At Fine's Gallery, I designed and built the platform and continue to operate, maintain, and extend it after cutover. That includes infrastructure, application code, integrations, production investigation, and new roadmap work. Architecture is part of the job because the same person is accountable for what happens when the decision reaches production.

Yes. I can remain the primary technical operator, or work beside an internal engineer or agency. You do not need to assemble an AWS and application team just to own the platform. If other engineers are involved, the statement of work makes incident, deploy, maintenance, review, and roadmap responsibilities explicit.

The rule is simple: no duplicated responsibility and no gaps. One named person owns each operating surface, and the client can see the division in writing before the engagement starts.

$10K per month, with a 3-month minimum and monthly billing in advance. The statement of work defines reserved engineering capacity, coverage windows, severity levels, response targets, included operating work, and the boundaries around larger feature builds.

If you already have a stable platform, the engagement can begin with an operating baseline. If the system first needs a major rebuild or migration, start with a $15K Platform Architecture Sprint and scope the build separately. Large new modules do not consume the maintenance and incident capacity by surprise; they become fixed-scope Platform Builds.

Naples, Florida. Conti Digital LLC is a US entity. Engagements are remote-first, with on-site work for kickoff or critical-path moments when it is the best use of time. The anchor client is a luxury retailer in Bonita Springs; engagements have also reached as far as a national-scale regulated registry.

I can operate the AWS organization and accounts, Terraform, CI/CD, application runtime, databases, queues, scheduled jobs, observability, backups, secrets, third-party integrations, and the application code itself. The exact surface depends on the platform and the access the client approves.

The operating plan names what I monitor, what alerts me, what I can change without additional approval, what requires owner approval, and what response targets apply. Client-owned credentials and accounts let me do the work without making the client dependent on infrastructure I control.

AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02) and Associate (SAA-C03), both current, both linked from the site footer to public Credly badges.

Anchor reference: Fine's Gallery, a luxury marble and stonework retailer in Bonita Springs, where I continue to operate, maintain, and extend the custom AWS commerce platform after cutover.

Recent confidential reference (architecture-only, client name protected): a national-scale energy-sector certificate registry where I served as Lead Architect for six months, designing the authoritative double-entry ledger and sovereign AWS target architecture.

No. This is solo, hands-on platform operation, not a staffed managed-service provider or network operations center. Coverage windows, severity levels, response targets, escalation, and planned capacity are written into the statement of work. If the system requires round-the-clock staffed coverage or multiple simultaneous workstreams, I will say that directly and help define the provider profile you need.