Infrastructure, automation, and systems that don't break.
And I mean IT.

The freelance infrastructure engineer for SMBs and MSPs that need senior-level work without the agency overhead.

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// What I do

Services

Three packaged engagements built around the work I do best — plus hourly availability for everything in between.

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Infrastructure audit & roadmap

A focused review of your current setup with concrete, prioritized recommendations. Ideal first engagement for businesses that have grown organically.

From €1.400 →
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Network automation

Replacing click-ops on network gear with version-controlled, auditable automation. Ansible, Git, staged rollouts, the works.

From €3.500 →
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Monitoring stack setup & cleanup

Prometheus, Grafana, Loki dashboards your team will actually look at — and alerts that fire on real problems, not noise.

From €2.200 →
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// Recent work

Case studies

Engineering write-ups from my own infrastructure — problems, approaches, and lessons I'd carry into client work.

Self-hosted Dutch business web presence
15 min read

Self-hosted Dutch business web presence

Ghost CMS, CloudPanel, Cloudflare, Brevo SMTP, DKIM/DMARC, and the whole "professional web presence on a VPS you control" stack - what I built for I mean IT, hexie.dev, and what I'd build for a client.
Authentik SSO
12 min read

Authentik SSO

How I added Authentik-based SSO to every service in my lab using Traefik forward auth - the three design modes, the two cookie bugs, and what I'd do differently for a client.
Rebuilding a monitoring stack from scratch
10 min read

Rebuilding a monitoring stack from scratch

Why I nuked my working Prometheus + Grafana setup and rebuilt it properly - and the design decisions I'd carry directly to a client engagement.
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// Who's behind this

About

I'm Liviu — a freelance infrastructure and DevOps engineer based in Enschede. Before going independent in 2024, I worked on enterprise server hardware at ZT Systems and ran IT solo at a 300-machine medical facility. I bring that same enterprise-level thinking to small and medium businesses across the Netherlands.

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6+
Years of experience
300
Machines managed solo
NL
Based in Enschede
// Let's work together

Get in touch

Tell me what you're working with and I'll get back to you within one business day.

[email protected] Contact form +31 6 16 89 33 68