I BUILD;
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DEVOPS PRACTICE EST. 2000

BUILT-IN-ENGLAND

Hi, I'm Craig Stewart.

I help companies build and operate reliable, scalable infrastructure platforms.

As a DevOps and IT Operations specialist with 20+ years of experience, I specialize in system administration, data centre operations, infrastructure automation, and cloud platform engineering. I don't run platforms for clients — I help them build the skills and systems to do it themselves.

My expertise spans the full spectrum of IT operations: from hardware support and system administration to modern DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure as code, monitoring and observability, and cloud-native architectures.

📧 craig@cjscomputing.co.uk

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Craig Stewart

DEVOPS & IT OPERATIONS

DEVOPS STRATEGY & CI/CD PIPELINES — Transform delivery with automation and collaboration

Strategy, CI/CD, Automation

Transform the way your teams build, test, and deploy. With 9 years of DevOps experience, I help businesses design DevOps strategies that reduce delivery bottlenecks and strengthen collaboration between development and operations. I design and implement CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, build, and deployment processes — ensuring your updates move safely from code to production with minimal human intervention. You'll get smoother releases, fewer deployment failures, and a culture of continuous improvement.

DevOps Strategy and CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps strategy and collaboration

CI/CD Pipeline Automation

Automated CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management — Make changes safer, repeatable, and scalable

Terraform, Ansible, Automation Scripts

Make critical system changes safer and repeatable. I help teams replace manual changes with automation scripts that reduce errors, save time, and create consistent environments. I build and refine configuration management frameworks that help your team scale confidently while maintaining control. It's automation with balance — flexible enough to adapt, structured enough to stay stable. The result? Less firefighting, more predictability, and infrastructure that scales without chaos.

Configuration Management and Infrastructure Automation

Infrastructure as code and automation

Infrastructure Automation

Systems Administration & Platform Design — Build systems that scale without breaking

Linux, VMs, Containers, Architecture

Ensure your infrastructure runs smoothly and securely. From physical servers to virtual machines and containers, I manage and optimize large-scale systems to keep performance steady and costs under control. I help businesses design new platforms or extend existing ones, focusing on stability, integration, and future-proof architecture. Whether you're building from scratch or scaling what already works, the goal is systems that grow with you — without breaking what's already there.

Systems Administration and Platform Design

Systems administration and design

Server Infrastructure Management

Monitoring & Alerting Systems — Stay ahead of downtime and performance issues

Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

Stay ahead of downtime and performance issues. I design monitoring setups that give you visibility into your infrastructure and alert you to issues before they impact users. Good monitoring doesn't just collect data — it prevents incidents. From metrics and logs to distributed tracing, you'll understand system behavior, troubleshoot issues quickly, and catch problems before they become outages. You can't fix what you can't see.

Monitoring and Alerting Systems

Real-time monitoring and alerting

Monitoring Dashboards and Metrics

Networking & Open Source Solutions — Keep everything connected, protected, and flexible

Firewalls, Load Balancers, Open Source Tools

Keep everything connected and protected. I assist in planning and configuring secure network setups, including firewalls, load balancers, and proxies — ensuring smooth communication across your systems and services. I help organizations choose, customize, and maintain open-source tools that fit their needs — balancing flexibility, security, and long-term sustainability. Leverage the power of open source with confidence, backed by expertise that ensures your tools work together seamlessly.

Networking Solutions and Architecture

Network architecture and securityspan >

Open Source Tooling and Solutions

Open source tools and customization

Agile Practice Integration & Team Development — Build stronger teams that deliver with confidence

Agile, Mentorship, Team Building

Make technical delivery align with business goals. With nearly 15 years working in Agile environments, I help teams embed DevOps principles into agile workflows, improving collaboration and reducing delivery delays. I offer mentoring for engineers at all levels, helping them grow their technical and communication skills. When teams understand the "why" behind what they do, they build better systems. Build stronger, more capable teams that deliver with confidence.

Agile Practice Integration

Agile workflows and collaboration

Engineering Mentorship and Team Development

Engineering mentorship and growth

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Photograph of the Aqua Tower, Chicago, 2018.

Porsche

Photograph of Porsche RAUWELT Edition.

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Branding for my old design studio called.

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The mymind guy — Our mascot and logo for mymind.com.

LA

Drone photograph of the famous skatepark at Venice Beach in LA.

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Business cards for my old design studio called.

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House of van Schneider, 2023, Badge.

Mars 2020

Poster designed for the official NASA Mars 2020 mission.

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Sneaker sculpture made out of metal mesh.

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