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Certified Server & Cloud Architect with 15+ years of strong hands-on experience in designing, managing and optimizing IT infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. Expert in AWS, Oracle Cloud (OCI), Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean along with Linux, UNIX, Windows, VMware and OpenStack. Strong experience in Oracle Apps, databases and enterprise IT services. Certified AWS Cloud Architect Professional and Generative AI certified for AWS and Oracle Cloud (OCI), with hands-on experience in AI model deployment, cloud-based AI infrastructure, automation using AI tools and integrating AI services with cloud platforms. Strong experience in application development and production-ready deployments including eCommerce platforms (Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify etc), WordPress, PHP-based applications and custom web solutions. Specialized in end-to-end setup from development to production, including CI/CD pipelines, scaling, security hardening and high availability architecture. Expert in Cloudflare setup, CDN configuration, WAF implementation, firewall security and protection against DDoS and web attacks. Strong experience in production-grade email server setup and deliverability including DKIM, DMARC, SPF, RBL, spam filtering and secure mail flow configuration. Expert in cloud architecture, setup, configuration and high-level infrastructure design for scalable and secure environments. Strong expertise in IT cost optimization, improving performance, reducing cloud billing and ensuring best utilization of resources. Expert in troubleshooting live production issues, server failures and cloud problems with proper RCA and quick resolution. Extensive experience in migrations including servers (Linux/Unix/Windows), websites, applications, databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and mail systems like Zimbra, Exchange, Office 365, cPanel, Plesk and more. Experienced in network security, firewall setup, vulnerability assessment and securing infrastructure against cyber threats. Hands-on experience with DevOps tools like Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus and Grafana for automation and monitoring. Strong experience with hosting panels like cPanel/WHM, Plesk, DirectAdmin, ISPConfig, Webmin, Virtualmin and others. Worked on monitoring and management tools like Nagios, Cacti, Zenoss and other enterprise solutions. Certified RHCE, RHCSA, RHCVA, OpenStack, Oracle Cloud (OCI) Professional and Mirantis Cloud certified. Expert in Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Windows server environment setup, migration and management. I believe in delivering reliable, scalable and production-ready solutions with strong security and proactive support. AS AN ENGINEER, I BELIEVE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT. In addition to this, I look forward to working on your projects in your budget.

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DataForge Analytics

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Lahore, Pakistan

$20 USD per hour

I help startups, enterprises, and growing businesses build secure, scalable, AI-powered software solutions—from modern web and mobile applications to cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, and enterprise integrations. With 7+ years of experience and hundreds of successful projects delivered worldwide, I specialize in designing production-ready applications, cloud-native architectures, AI automation, and business systems that improve performance, security, and operational efficiency. Core Expertise • AI-Powered Applications & Automation (OpenAI, Claude, LangChain) • Full-Stack Development (Laravel, PHP, .NET, Node.js, React, Next.js, Vue) • Mobile App Development (Flutter, React Native, Android & iOS) • Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) • DevOps & CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD) • REST APIs, GraphQL & Third-Party Integrations • Shopify, WordPress & Custom SaaS Development • Microservices & Enterprise Software Architecture • Database Design (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) • Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 & Zoho Email Migrations • Email Deliverability & DNS (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, Cloudflare) • Server Administration (Linux, Windows, Apache, Nginx) Why Clients Hire Me ✔ End-to-end software development—from idea to deployment ✔ AI integration for modern business applications ✔ Production-ready cloud infrastructure & DevOps automation ✔ Secure, scalable, and maintainable code ✔ Expert in complex email migrations and deliverability optimization ✔ Strong communication, fast turnaround, and long-term support Whether you need an AI-powered SaaS platform, enterprise web application, mobile app, cloud migration, DevOps automation, API integration, or secure email infrastructure, I deliver solutions built for reliability, scalability, and business growth. Let's build innovative software that scales with your business.

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Mst Habiba H.

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Hi, I’m Mst Habiba Hassan, I am a Senior Full-Stack Developer with more than 10 years of experience. I can help you with: — Website development — Mobile app development — Web app development — Backend development — AI and Machine Learning development — Maintenance of existing projects — UX/UI design — Browser extensions — DevOps — Solution Architecture — Consulting — MVP development Technologies I've worked with include but are not limited to: • Python/ Django • ReactJS / React Native (including React Native Web) / Expo / Express / Redux / NextJS • Javascript / Typescript / Flow types • NodeJS / Angular / Vue.js • MongoDB / SQL (MySQL / MariaDB / PostgreSQL) / Redis • OAuth2 / Keycloak / Auth0 / Cognito • Kubernetes / Helm / Docker / Ansible / Terraform / Amplify / Firebase • AWS / Azure / GCP / on premises • RESTful / GraphQL / OpenTracing / AMQP (RabbitMQ) In my opinion, the key to a successful project is clear communication, so I will make sure that both the objective and the terms of the project are clear to both of us and will always be available to you throughout our project. If you feel that we are a match - send me an invitation to the interview.

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Syndell Inc

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Syndell comes with an incredible team of Web and Mobile Application Developers who can customize the perfect solutions to transform your business as per your vision. We combine creativity and programming to create robust solutions for our clients. We specialize in, ✔️ Custom Mobile Apps (Android & iOS) ✔️ Custom Built Websites (Using WordPress, Shopify, Laravel and any PHP based framework) ✔️ Interactive Web apps ✔️ Effective Digital Marketing (Search + Social + PPC) ✔️ Social Media Integration: Facebook/Twitter/ Google/Instagram & LinkedIn ✔️ CRM Software and SaaS Design We use state-of-the-art technologies to design exclusive solutions tailored to your business needs. We focus on creating maximum value for both you and your business. Rather than switching between freelancers frequently, you get help from a full-service digital agency who handles every aspect of your requirements. Our agile team brings diverse experience and expertise to create long-term relationships. Get in touch with us today with any project needs and we will provide you with the best quote for creating high quality products.

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Thomas S.

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

$30 USD per hour

Senior Software & Cloud Engineer with strong AWS skills and a focus on security. I have a strong computer science background. I have strong knowledge of advanced Terraform concepts.

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How to hire a great freelance Cloud Custodian Expert

A Cloud Custodian expert is a cloud governance specialist who uses the open-source Cloud Custodian (c7n) policy engine to automate compliance, security, cost optimization, and resource management across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments. Hiring a Cloud Custodian expert gives your organization rules-as-code policies that continuously detect misconfigurations, enforce tagging, terminate idle resources, and remediate security violations without manual intervention. These specialists translate your governance, regulatory, and FinOps requirements into YAML-based policies that run at scale across hundreds or thousands of cloud accounts.

What a Cloud Custodian expert delivers

Cloud Custodian freelancers write, test, and deploy policies that define exactly how cloud resources should behave. Instead of building custom Lambda functions or scheduled scripts for every governance rule, a Cloud Custodian consultant codifies the rule once in a YAML policy and lets the c7n engine handle execution, filtering, and actions. This rules-as-code approach is auditable, version-controlled, and portable across cloud providers.

Typical commercial outcomes include lower monthly cloud spend through automated cleanup of unused resources, fewer audit findings through continuous compliance enforcement, and faster incident response when security events trigger automated remediation. A skilled Cloud Custodian engineer also reduces the operational burden on platform and SRE teams by replacing ticket-driven cleanup with self-healing policies.

Core services and deliverables

Authoring c7n policies in YAML for resource filters, actions, and modes (pull, periodic, cloudtrail, config-rule, phd, ec2-instance-state).

Tag governance: enforcing required tags, propagating tags from parent resources, and quarantining or stopping untagged assets.

Cost optimization policies: identifying idle EC2, RDS, Redshift, and EBS volumes, unattached EIPs, old snapshots, underutilized load balancers, and orphaned NAT gateways.

Security and compliance enforcement: detecting public S3 buckets, open security groups, unencrypted volumes, IAM policy violations, and unrotated keys.

Off-hours scheduling for non-production EC2, RDS, and ASG resources to reduce runtime cost.

Mailer setup for notifications via SES, SendGrid, Slack, Microsoft Teams, SQS, and Splunk.

Multi-account orchestration with c7n-org for AWS Organizations, Azure subscriptions, and GCP projects.

Integration with AWS Config, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Azure Policy, and GCP Security Command Center.

CI/CD pipelines for policy linting, dry-run validation, and automated deployment via GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.

Custom reporting dashboards in CloudWatch, Grafana, or Splunk to track policy hits and remediation actions.

Tools and technologies

A qualified Cloud Custodian specialist works fluently across the cloud-native and DevOps stack. Expect strong command of:

Cloud Custodian (c7n), c7n-org, c7n-mailer, and c7n-policystream.

AWS services: Lambda, EventBridge, CloudTrail, Config, IAM, Security Hub, Organizations, S3, EC2, RDS.

Azure services: Resource Graph, Policy, Functions, Event Grid, Log Analytics.

Google Cloud: Cloud Functions, Cloud Asset Inventory, Pub/Sub, IAM.

Infrastructure as code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, and AWS CDK for deploying policy infrastructure.

Python for custom filters, actions, and resource-type extensions to c7n.

Git, YAML, JMESPath for policy filter expressions, and JSON for IAM policy authoring.

Observability tools: Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch.

Industries and use cases

Cloud Custodian is widely adopted in regulated and cost-sensitive industries where governance at scale is mandatory. Common use cases include financial services firms enforcing PCI-DSS and SOC 2 controls, healthcare organizations meeting HIPAA encryption and access requirements, SaaS companies running FinOps programs to control AWS spend, government and public sector teams enforcing FedRAMP baselines, and large enterprises managing hundreds of AWS accounts under a landing zone or Control Tower setup. Startups also use c7n to apply guardrails early, before cloud sprawl becomes expensive.

How to evaluate Cloud Custodian candidates

Strong candidates combine deep AWS, Azure, or GCP knowledge with hands-on policy authoring experience and a security or FinOps background. Look for these signals on a freelancer's profile:

Public GitHub contributions, sample c7n policies, or blog posts demonstrating real policy work.

Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Administrator, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.

Experience with multi-account governance frameworks: AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations, Azure Management Groups.

Familiarity with adjacent governance tools such as AWS Config rules, Service Control Policies, OPA, and Terraform Sentinel.

A track record of measurable cost savings or audit improvements in past engagements.

Sample interview questions you can copy and use:

Walk me through a Cloud Custodian policy you have written that combines a filter, an action, and a notification mode.

How would you deploy and run c7n policies across 200 AWS accounts in an Organization, and what trade-offs exist between pull mode and event-driven mode?

How do you handle policy testing, dry runs, and rollback when a remediation action could disrupt production workloads?

What approach do you take to enforce tag compliance on existing resources without breaking running services?

How would you integrate Cloud Custodian findings with Security Hub or a SIEM, and what schema considerations matter?

Why hire Cloud Custodian experts on Freelancer.com

Freelancer.com gives you direct access to a global pool of cloud engineers, DevOps consultants, and security specialists with verified Cloud Custodian experience. You can compare portfolios, certifications, ratings, and past client reviews in one place, then post a project on Freelancer.com and receive competitive bids from freelancers who match your stack and timeline. Clients set their own budgets, and Milestone Payments hold funds securely until policy work is delivered and tested. Whether you need a short engagement to draft a tagging policy set or a long-term consultant to run your FinOps automation program, freelancers on Freelancer.com cover every time zone and specialization.

Ready to automate your cloud governance with rules-as-code? Post a project on Freelancer.com today and connect with skilled Cloud Custodian experts ready to deliver policies, pipelines, and remediation across your AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

What are the steps to hiring a freelance Cloud Custodian expert?

Hiring a Cloud Custodian specialist works best when you treat the brief as a technical specification rather than a generic job post. The clearer you are about your cloud provider, account structure, and target outcomes, the more accurate the bids will be. The process below walks through how to scope, evaluate, and award the work on Freelancer.com.

Step 1: Post your project on Freelancer.com

Your project brief is the single biggest determinant of bid quality. A precise Cloud Custodian brief filters out generalists and attracts engineers who already understand c7n, multi-account orchestration, and your cloud provider. Head to the post project page , where you fill in the brief, scope, timeline, and budget before publishing the project for freelancers to bid on.

Cloud provider and scope: AWS, Azure, GCP, or multi-cloud, and number of accounts, subscriptions, or projects.

Goals: cost optimization, tag enforcement, security guardrails, compliance framework (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP), or a combination.

Existing tooling: AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Terraform, Config rules, Security Hub, or any current c7n footprint.

Deliverables: policy YAML files, deployment pipeline, mailer configuration, runbook documentation, dashboards.

Timeline, access model (read-only audit vs. write access for remediation), and any change management constraints.

Step 2: Review bids from freelancers

Bids on a Cloud Custodian project should read like mini proposals, not just price quotes. Strong candidates will reference specific c7n filters, actions, or modes that fit your goals, and will ask clarifying questions about your account topology and remediation tolerance. Use the proposal content to gauge depth before shortlisting.

Clarity of approach: do they propose pull mode, event-driven mode, or a mix, and do they justify it?

Relevant questions raised about your AWS Organization, IAM model, or existing guardrails.

Realistic timeline that accounts for policy testing, dry runs, and stakeholder approvals.

Sample policies, GitHub repos, or anonymized past work attached to the bid.

Use Freelancer.com's chat to request a short walkthrough of a past c7n engagement before shortlisting.

Step 3: Evaluate freelancers and award the project

Final selection should combine proposal quality with hard evidence on the freelancer's profile. For Cloud Custodian work, consistency matters more than a single impressive policy — you want someone who has shipped production governance across multiple environments. Weigh portfolio depth, reviews, and verified credentials together.

Portfolio depth and relevance: multiple cloud governance, FinOps, or compliance automation projects, ideally across more than one provider.

Star ratings and the volume of completed projects on Freelancer.com.

Written client reviews specifically mentioning policy quality, communication, and on-time delivery.

Verified payment method, high completion rate, and strong on-time delivery rate.

Award the project to the best-matched candidate and use Freelancer.com's Milestone Payments to release funds as policy sets, pipelines, and documentation are delivered and verified.

What is the difference between Cloud Custodian and AWS Config rules?

AWS Config rules detect and report compliance state for AWS resources, while Cloud Custodian both detects and acts — applying remediation, notifications, tagging, or termination. Cloud Custodian is also multi-cloud and uses a single YAML language across AWS, Azure, and GCP, whereas Config rules are AWS-only.

How long does a typical Cloud Custodian project take?

A focused engagement, such as deploying a starter set of cost and tagging policies across a single account, can be completed in one to two weeks. Multi-account rollouts with c7n-org, mailer integration, and CI/CD pipelines typically run four to eight weeks depending on account count and approval workflows.

Can I hire a Cloud Custodian freelancer for a one-off audit?

Yes. Many Cloud Custodian consultants offer fixed-scope audits where they run read-only policies against your environment, identify cost waste and compliance gaps, and deliver a remediation roadmap. This is a common starting point before committing to a larger automation engagement.

Do I need a Cloud Custodian expert or a general DevOps engineer?

If your goal is governance, FinOps, or compliance automation across many accounts, a dedicated Cloud Custodian expert will move faster because they know the policy DSL, edge cases, and deployment patterns. A general DevOps engineer can maintain existing policies but may take longer to design new ones from scratch.

Does Cloud Custodian work with Kubernetes and on-prem resources?

Cloud Custodian focuses on cloud provider APIs, with primary support for AWS, Azure, and GCP, and growing support for Kubernetes resources through the c7n-kube provider. It is not designed for traditional on-prem infrastructure, where other governance tooling is more appropriate.