Linux-only infrastructure consulting, cloud/platform engineering, and emergency hardening

Agent Bubbles LLC

I'm the guy you call when things go wrong...

and things have probably gone wrong.

20 years of Linux infrastructure experience. I work Linux only - no Microsoft. Deep background as a Linux Sysadmin, DevOps, and Platform Engineer across cloud and on-prem environments. I specialize in emergency hardening and insurance audit compliance. No bureaucracy. Just direct access, decisive action, and results.

Email cobra@agentbubbles.net What I do
  • Based in Utah, USA. Flexible hours to meet any need.
  • Linux only. No Microsoft stack work.
  • Best fit for companies needing quick results, minimal commitment, and direct help.
  • Clear deliverables, practical fixes, and follow-up options.
Rapid response
Compliance-ready
Linux-first

When it’s urgent

Lock down exposed Linux systems, stabilise incidents, and get you to a defensible security posture quickly, without a six-week procurement saga or endless meetings about planning to fix it later.

Common outcomes

  • Emergency hardening, access control, and incident response
  • Cloud and platform engineering across Linux-first environments
  • Audit evidence gathering and remediation plans
  • Backups, recovery testing, networking, and monitoring sanity checks
  • Practical documentation your insurer can accept

Services

Fast, direct engagement for teams that need traction immediately.

Emergency hardening

Stop the bleeding: patching priorities, exposed ports, identity and access clean-up, and sane defaults you can live with.

Insurance audit compliance

Translate security requirements into real controls, with evidence and remediation steps that hold up under scrutiny.

Infrastructure clean-up

Cut risk and toil: backups, monitoring, logging, networking, and the "why is this running" inventory you wish you already had.

Direct advisory

Short calls, high signal: you bring the situation, I bring options, trade-offs, and a plan you can execute. I would rather fix the thing and make it resilient than sit in endless meetings talking about fixing it.

Rates

Negotiable based on the type of work. Project work is billed at a discount to emergency work.

Emergency

$400/hr

2 hour minimum

  • Incident stabilisation
  • Immediate hardening
  • Time-critical compliance support

Project

Negotiable

Discounted vs emergency work

  • Defined scope and deliverables
  • Roadmaps and remediation plans
  • Documentation and handoff

About

I work with organisations that need quick results, minimal commitment, and direct help. My background includes Linux sysadmin, DevOps, platform engineering, cloud operations, networking, large VMware environments, petabyte-scale storage, large distributed databases, and OpenStack at serious scale.

I have run roughly 1300-hypervisor OpenStack clusters, managed large VMware deployments, handled petabytes of storage, and supported large distributed database environments. I like fixing things, making them more resilient, and leaving them in a better state than I found them.

Based in Utah, USA. Flexible hours to meet any need, including nights and weekends when required. Linux only. No Microsoft consulting.

A straightforward engagement

  1. Brief intake: what’s broken, what’s exposed, what’s due.
  2. Priority list: the few things that actually matter first.
  3. Execute: fixes, hardening, evidence, and documentation.
  4. Handoff: what changed, what remains, and next steps.

Contact

For emergencies, include a brief summary of what’s happening, your environment (cloud/on-prem), and how quickly you need movement.

Location
Utah, USA

If you are dealing with a live incident, put URGENT in the subject line.