Patrick J Dufour

Consulting

I am available for consulting contracts to accelerate delivery of your product to an ever competitive marketplace. I have over twelve years of professional experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle. This includes agile ceremonies, code reviews, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), release engineering, and more.

Typical contracts could cover digital transformation strategy, cloud engineering, cloud security, API integration, or geospatial software.

Digital Transformation Strategy

Generative artificial intelligence, the metaverse, Web3… how do you keep up with all the changes on the Internet these days?

I can help your company build a strategy to take advantage of remarkable advances in cloud and artitifical intelligence without degrading your core business value. I can help your company stay focused on its core profit centers and reduce risk.

I’ve led multiple organizations through large transformations.

Common Tasks

• Creating a strategy for recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding digital talent
• Creating a strategy for migration from a private cloud to a hybrid cloud
• Creating a hedge strategy for experimenting with artificial intelligence

Cloud Engineering

I am available for a range of cloud engineering contracts. I have deep technical expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), GitHub, CircleCI, Google Workspace, and other modern Software as a Service (SaaS) providers.

Common Tasks

• Deploying a company or personal website to GitHub pages
• Automating delivery of a software project, including building, testing, and deployment
• Building development, test, and staging environments to mirror a production environment using Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Cloud Security

I have many years of experience securing Internet-based services. I know how to properly encrypt websites using certificates, route networking within a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and protect your critical data using Zero Trust. I’m avilable to help you reach your compliance goals using best practices.

Common Tasks

• Encrypting a website using Let’s Encrypt
• Setup a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in Amazon Web Services (AWS) with VPC endpoints for secure routing
• Setup Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) keys in AWS to prevent domain hijacks.
• Encrypting of S3 Buckets, EBS Volumes, and other AWS resources using KMS keys to increase defense in depth.

API Integration

Multi-cloud enterprise IT architectures require a zero-trust control plane built on robust Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Your business data needs to be available to your analysts, engineers, and scientists where they do their best work.

Common Tasks

• Providing an API layer in front on an unreliable component to help scale a product
• Sychronizing data between a legacy system and modern system
• Ingesting large volumes of data into a data lake from external sources
• Real-time streaming of data between cloud systems

GIS Software

I have many years of experience building online maps and web-based spatial data infrastructure. For a while, I was a core contributor to the open source GeoNode project that is used all over the world.

Common Tasks

• Creating a geospatial content management system (CMS) for your data
• Adding a simple and fast map to your website
• Creating a web map that visualizes content from an online service
• Indexing a large volume of satellite imagery for further analysis

Contact

I’d love to hear from you and see if I can help. Contact me on LinkedIn!