Accelerate Your Business with DevOps, Kubernetes, and CI/CD

Welcome! I'm Al West, a DevOps Consultant and Cloud Visionary with over 30 years of experience helping organisations, from startups to government agencies and FTSE 500 companies, achieve faster, more reliable software delivery.

What I Do

DevOps Transformation

• Establish end-to-end CI/CD pipelines that reduce deployment times and minimise risk.
• Automate critical workflows using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.
• Implement robust monitoring and observability for continuous feedback and system health insights.

Kubernetes & Containerisation

• Design and deploy production-ready Kubernetes clusters (including K3S on bare metal or air-gapped environments).
• Develop custom Helm charts, Docker images, and on-prem container registries (Harbor) for secure, efficient image management.
• Optimise container networking, storage, and orchestration strategies to ensure high availability and scalability.

Air-Gapped & Secure Deployments

• Harden systems for government and defence sectors, ensuring compliance with strict security requirements.
• Configure fully offline clusters using private registries, offline package management, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Apply DevSecOps best practices to protect your infrastructure and data at every stage of the software lifecycle.

How I Work

Collaborative Approach

I partner closely with your internal teams to tailor each solution to your unique business goals and workflows.

Infrastructure as Code

By automating infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, I create repeatable, version-controlled environments that reduce errors and accelerate delivery.