Steven C.

I'm an expert server administrator & cloud architect: 20 years from bare metal to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Linux & WordPress. Here to alleviate your headaches! I pride myself on white-glove, concierge-level support, and I'm fully insured with $1M in liability coverage. 📞 Invite me to your Upwork job to book a free consultation call. I’m not your average tech. As a member of your team, I go above and beyond to provide you with an exceptional experience: ✅ Unparalleled reliability, patience, communication & professionalism ✅ 20 years server/system administration experience ✅ 100% job success across 6,500+ Upwork hours ✅ Exceptional problem-solving skills ✅ Very fast learner of new technologies Here are just a few of the technologies & service providers that I have extensive experience working with: 🛠 Amazon Web Services AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Route53, Lambda, +) 🛠 Google Cloud Platform & Google Suite Administrator 🛠 Azure Cloud Architect & Server Administrator 🛠 DigitalOcean, Linode, GoDaddy, Bluehost, HostGator, Hostinger & many other hosts 🛠 cPanel/WHM, Plesk, Webmin, DirectAdmin, No Panel Servers 🛠 LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) ⚡ Fully insured — $1M professional liability. Anyone touching your critical servers should be! I specialize in server & application security, performance optimization, and on-demand support services. However, the list doesn’t end there. I’ve spent every working day of the past 20 years putting out fires. I’ve dealt with hacked servers & websites, mission-critical technical failures, application failures, and many other issues. It has been my utmost pleasure to take on the challenge of both resolving the technical issues while providing customer service with a smile during the most difficult of times. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 𝟱-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 ❝ Steven is the best freelancer I have ever hired (and I have hired very many in various venues). Whipsmart, committed, and conscientious, I am utterly blown away by the quality of his work, and of his funny, personable manner. Highest possible recommendation. ❞ ❝ Steven is fantastic and goes above and beyond for his clients. We will 100% use him again and recommend him enthusiastically. THANK YOU! ❞ ❝ Steven is amazing. Hire him before he raises his rate. Super helpful and responsive. If you need help with anything related to servers, hosting, migration, performance optimization, WordPress support, security or overall optimization, look no further. ❞ ❝ Steven is a Gem. Simply put, Steven is the most knowledgeable IT person I have ever met. He helped me navigate through a very delicate situation that threatened to shut down my business completely. Without Steven, I probably would have had to close down my business and let my people go. He has a DEEP working knowledge of servers and server admin as well Wordpress and many other tools. He is EXTREMELY Professional and a great communicator. I will hire Steven again. ❞ I can support you with… + Linux & Windows Server Administration + Web & App Development - Next.js, React, Python, PHP & TypeScript + Backend & Data - PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, REST APIs & third-party integrations + Cloud Architecture, Performance & Cost Optimizations + Best-practice performance optimization, server security & on-demand support. + Deployment of elastic cloud server clusters. + Managed migrations & system upgrades. + Mitigation of DDoS attacks & other malicious activity. + PCI Compliance & Resolution of failed vulnerability audits & scans. + Application Support - WordPress, Moodle, Magento, WHMCS, Drupal + Disaster Recovery - Backup plan creation & testing. + Additional Web Host Support - When your hosting provider drops the ball. + Mail Security & Authentication - SPF, DKIM, DMARC Support + DNS Management + Project Management + Customer Support + Marketing - PR, SEM (search engine marketing), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) on Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter/X, and others. Extensive SEO work (on-page & off-page optimization). Re-targeting campaigns (Adroll, Perfect Audience, Google, Facebook, Youtube) Affiliate marketing via directly managed programs & third-party networks (CJ, Shareasale, ClickBank, Pepperjam, and others.) Mail marketing automation (Mailchimp, Infusionsoft, Marketo, Convertkit) and many CRM systems. + Business Management - I've worn many other hats during the management of my business, including work in HR, support, sales, finance, marketing, PR, etc. Being the best in class, excellence requires effort. Simply meeting expectations is not sufficient. Anticipating and satisfying one’s unknown needs is what makes for an incredible consultant. Beyond my technical skills, these are lessons those years have afforded me. I'd love to use this experience to help you out! Invite me to your Upwork job, and let's book a free consultation call. Thanks, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗛. 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 Clarkes.Team