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AWS DevOps Help for Bootstrapped SaaS Founders

Your AWS bill is bleeding.
Your deploys break at 2am.
I fix both — without a $200k hire.

I help bootstrapped and seed-stage SaaS teams cut AWS waste, stabilize deployments, and ship without 2am pages — at a price that fits a startup budget.

Start with a $299 AWS audit — fully credited toward any project or retainer.
60%Faster Deployments (reduced from 3–4 hrs to under 1 hr)
30%Cloud Savings (identified and removed unused EC2 & RDS resources)
99.9%Target Uptime (achieved through autoscaling + observability improvements)
Get $299 AWS Audit
Same-day reply · IST/EST overlap available · Currently taking 2 new clients
Adarsh Singh
Adarsh Singh
AWS DEVOPS · FREELANCE
📍 Indore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
4+
Years Hands-On
<4h
Reply Time
$299
Entry Audit
EST/GMT
Overlap
Available · 2 client slots open
AWSTerraformK8s DockerJenkinsGrafana
// 3-Minute Walkthrough
See real work, not just claims

Instead of certifications, I record short walkthroughs of real systems I've built. Watch me explain the architecture in plain English — then decide if we're a fit.

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Walkthrough — coming this week
A 3-minute screen-share covering a real CI/CD pipeline, AWS architecture, and Grafana dashboard from a production environment.
✓ Real architecture, not slides ✓ No marketing fluff ✓ Sent in 30 seconds via email if requested
// Who This Is For
Built for Bootstrapped SaaS, not Series B Enterprise

If you're a founder or small engineering team running on AWS, watching your bill grow faster than revenue, or losing sleep over deployments — that's exactly what I fix.

Bootstrapped & Seed-Stage SaaS • 2–20 Engineer Teams • AWS-Native Startups • $5k–$50k/mo AWS Bill
What you get — and what you don't
✓ What I deliver
  • Direct work — you talk to the engineer, not a sales manager
  • Fixed-price audits and milestones — no surprise hourly bills
  • All work via PRs you review, code you own forever
  • Loom walkthrough handoff with documentation
  • Same-day reply during IST/EST/GMT overlap hours
✗ What I'm not (yet)
  • AWS-certified — pursuing Solutions Architect Associate (Q3 2026)
  • 24/7 on-call — available evenings (IST) with overlap for US/UK timezones
  • The right fit for SOC2 / HIPAA enterprise compliance work
  • A 50-person agency — solo, so I'm selective about scope

I'd rather tell you upfront what I'm not, than sell you something that won't fit. If the boxes on the left match what you need, let's talk.

// Services & Pricing
Start with the $299 audit — scale up when you trust the work

Fixed-price tiers built for bootstrapped budgets. No surprise hourly bills. The audit fee is fully credited toward any project or retainer.

Typical engagements: $299 audit → $1.5k–$2.5k project → $1.5k/mo retainer
Audit-First Engagement • Fixed Pricing • Milestone-Based • Code You Own
Start Here
AWS Cost & Reliability Audit
$299
Delivered in 5 business days. Fee credited toward any project.
Most clients identify $500+/mo in savings during the audit alone

  • Read-only review of your AWS account & pipelines
  • Top 5 cost-savings opportunities, ranked by $ impact
  • Top 3 reliability risks (single points of failure, missing alerts)
  • Written report (PDF) + 30-min walkthrough call
  • Action plan you can hand to any engineer to implement
  • If we don't find $300+/mo of savings or one critical risk, audit is free
Deployment Automation Project
$1,250
Stop manual deploys. Ship reliably from day one.
Typical delivery: 7–10 days, milestone-based

  • GitHub Actions or Jenkins pipeline
  • Automated build + deploy to AWS (ECS, EC2, or S3+CloudFront)
  • Basic CloudWatch alerts on deploy failures
  • Documentation + Loom walkthrough
  • 1 revision round + 1 week post-delivery support
Reliability & Scaling Package
$2,500
For teams ready to scale beyond a single VM.
Typical delivery: 2–3 weeks, milestone-based

  • Containerization of your app (Docker)
  • ECS or EKS deployment with autoscaling
  • CI/CD pipeline with staging + prod environments
  • Prometheus + Grafana monitoring with one SLO dashboard
  • Documentation + Loom walkthrough
  • 2 weeks post-delivery support

*All prices in USD. Final scope confirmed after the 15-min discovery call.

Milestone-based, paid in stages
Every project breaks into 2–3 milestones with written acceptance criteria. You only pay for the next milestone after the previous one is signed off. If milestone 1 doesn't pass, you don't pay for milestone 2 — full stop.

// RETAINERS & ADD-ONS

Monthly DevOps Retainer
Ongoing CI/CD maintenance, AWS cost monitoring, incident support, and architecture guidance. ~10 hrs/week of dedicated time. Cancel anytime with 14 days notice.
$1,500/mo
Terraform Module
Reusable, documented Terraform module for a specific AWS service or architecture pattern. Delivered in 5 days.
$299
Hourly Consulting
Bug fixes, pipeline debugging, architecture review, quick questions — billed in 30-min blocks. For existing clients only after one engagement.
$85/hr
// Real Engagements
Work I've actually shipped

These are real projects from my full-time DevOps roles, anonymized at the company level. References from former managers are available on request.

B2B SaaS · Past Employer Engagement
Eliminated Manual Deployment Bottlenecks
Problem: Deployments took 3–4 hours and required senior engineering time, blocking the rest of the team's releases.
What I built: Automated Docker builds + a GitHub Actions pipeline with staging gates, automated tests, and one-click rollback. Wrote runbook for the on-call engineer.
Result: Deploy time dropped to under 1 hour. Team shipped daily afterward.
60%
Faster Deployments (3–4 hrs → under 1 hr)
FinTech Platform · Past Employer Engagement
Stabilized Production Under Traffic Spikes
Problem: Frequent database connection drops and silent EKS node failures during peak traffic windows.
What I built: Re-tuned EKS HPA + cluster autoscaler, added connection pooling, set up Prometheus alerts on node health and DB connection saturation.
Result: Hit 99.9% uptime target through next quarter. No incidents during peak load.
99.9%
Uptime Target Hit (autoscaling + observability)
E-Commerce API · Past Employer Engagement
AWS Cost Optimization
Problem: Cloud bill was outpacing revenue growth — unused EC2 instances, oversized RDS, no S3 lifecycle policies.
What I built: Rightsized EC2 + RDS, moved non-prod workloads to spot instances, configured S3 lifecycle rules for old artifacts and logs.
Result: ~30% reduction in monthly AWS spend. Savings sustained over the next 6 months.
30%
Cloud Savings (rightsizing + lifecycle policies)

Honest disclosure: I haven't yet completed an independent freelance project at this scale — these are from my full-time engineering roles. I'm offering the $299 audit to start small, prove the work, and earn the larger engagement.

// Featured Work
Production Systems

Real DevOps infrastructure, pipelines, and monitoring systems.

AWS DevSecOps Pipeline
Reduced deployment time by 60% and improved release reliability
AWSDockerCI/CDSecurity
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End-to-End DevOps on AWS
Eliminated manual release risks through automated Docker & CI/CD deployments
AWSGitHub ActionsDocker
View Project →
Monitoring Stack (Terraform)
Real-time monitoring with dashboards, alerts & logging
TerraformPrometheusGrafanaAWS
View Project →
Terraform AWS EKS Module
Reusable Terraform module for spinning up an EKS cluster with sane defaults
TerraformAWSEKS
View Project →
// Work History
Real Experience

Hands-on experience across internships and full-time roles working with AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, and CI/CD systems supporting real-world applications.

4+ Years · AWS · Kubernetes · CI/CD · Production Systems

DevOps Engineer

Mobilions Lab Pvt. Ltd.
Jul 2025 — Present
Owns CI/CD reliability and AWS production infrastructure
  • Cut production deployment time from 3+ hours to under 1 hour by rebuilding the Jenkins + GitHub Actions pipeline
  • Operate AWS production workloads (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM) and own the IAM access model
  • Tuned EKS HPA + cluster autoscaler to handle traffic spikes without manual intervention
  • Built the Prometheus + Grafana + CloudWatch observability stack including SLO dashboards
  • Lead post-incident reviews and update runbooks after every production issue
AWS Jenkins Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana GitHub Actions

DevOps Engineer

WebKorps Service Pvt. Ltd.
Jul 2024 — Jul 2025
Built and maintained production CI/CD pipelines
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines for multi-service deployments to AWS, including staging gates and rollback paths
  • Containerized legacy services with Docker and migrated workloads onto Kubernetes
  • Owned AWS service configuration and scaling decisions for production environments
  • Drove down manual release work — engineers shipped via PR merge, not Slack ping
  • On-call rotation: triaged production incidents and led root-cause analysis
AWS Docker Kubernetes CI/CD

DevOps Engineer

Taurus Pvt. LLP
Jun 2023 — Jul 2024
Kept production infrastructure stable and on-call ready
  • Monitored cloud infrastructure performance and triaged operational issues
  • Operated AWS environments — EC2, VPC networking, EBS/S3 storage
  • Reduced mean-time-to-resolution by improving alerting and runbooks
  • Handled incident response rotation alongside the senior engineer
AWS Monitoring Networking

DevOps Intern

PR Digital Marketing
Jun 2022 — May 2023
First DevOps role — built the foundation in a real production environment
  • Built initial CI/CD pipelines for deployment workflows
  • Containerized services with Docker and ran them on basic Kubernetes setups
  • Configured AWS infrastructure — EC2, S3, basic VPC
  • Wrote shell scripts to automate repetitive deployment and backup tasks
AWS Docker CI/CD Shell
// Writing
DevOps Notes

Long-form, code-first write-ups from real production work. Each post links to the GitHub repo so you can verify everything yourself.

AWS · Terraform · Monitoring · May 2026
How I built a production AWS monitoring stack on Terraform — for under $10/month
Prometheus + Grafana + Loki + Telegram alerts running on a single t2.micro, fully provisioned by Terraform. Includes the full code, real screenshots from production, and the cost math behind a 70–90% reduction vs Datadog.
read article →
Terraform · Mar 2026
How I structure Terraform modules for teams that actually reuse them
The folder structure, naming conventions and documentation approach that makes IaC maintainable long-term.
read article →
Coming soon
EKS upgrades without downtime: the checklist I use every time
A step-by-step write-up covering node group rolling updates, HPA settings, and how to verify zero downtime — with real kubectl output.
in progress
// Common Questions
Things you're probably thinking right now
Are you AWS-certified?
Honest answer: not yet. I'm sitting the AWS Solutions Architect Associate in Q3 2026. Until then, I share Loom walkthroughs of real AWS environments I've built — you can verify the work directly instead of trusting a badge. The audit fee gives you a low-risk way to see the work for yourself.
What timezone do you work in? Will I be talking to you at 3am?
I'm based in Indore, India (IST, UTC+5:30). I work with US/UK clients during my evenings: 7 PM–11 PM IST overlaps with US ET mornings (8:30 AM–12:30 PM) and UK afternoons (2:30 PM–6:30 PM). I respond to all messages within 4 business hours. For urgent issues during a retainer, faster response is part of the agreement.
What if the work doesn't deliver?
Every project breaks into 2–3 milestones with written acceptance criteria signed off before kickoff. You only pay for milestone N+1 after milestone N is approved. If milestone 1 doesn't pass, you don't pay for milestone 2. The audit has its own guarantee: if I don't find $300+/mo of savings or one critical reliability risk, the audit is free.
Why not hire a full-time DevOps engineer instead?
A senior DevOps engineer in the US/UK costs $150k–$250k base salary plus benefits, equity, and 6+ weeks to recruit. If you're a bootstrapped or seed-stage SaaS with under 20 engineers, you probably don't need 40 hrs/week of DevOps — you need someone who can fix the top 5 issues, document the system, and stay on retainer for the long tail.
Why not use a bigger DevOps agency?
Agencies typically charge 2–3× more, route you through a project manager, and put junior engineers on the actual work. With me, you talk directly to the engineer doing the work. Tradeoff: I'm one person, so my capacity is limited and I'm selective about what I take on.
How fast can you start?
The audit can usually start within 3–5 business days of signing. Project work typically kicks off 1–2 weeks after the audit, depending on your access provisioning. I currently have 2 client slots open.
Do you sign NDAs / DPAs?
Yes — I'll sign your standard NDA before any read-only access. For UK/EU clients, I'm happy to sign a basic Data Processing Agreement covering GDPR. I never share client work or names without explicit permission.
What happens after the 15-min call?
If we're a fit, I send a 1-page proposal: scope, milestones, price, timeline. You sign, pay milestone 1, and we start. No 5-page MSA, no procurement back-and-forth. For audits and projects under $5k, payment via Stripe / Wise / direct transfer. Net-15 invoicing for retainers.
// About Me
Hi, I'm Adarsh
Adarsh Singh

I'm a DevOps engineer with 4+ years of hands-on production experience across AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. I've worked at four companies running real workloads — not tutorials, not labs.

I'm now opening up nights and weekends for freelance work with bootstrapped and seed-stage SaaS teams. My focus: cut your AWS bill, stabilize your deployments, and document everything so the next engineer can pick it up cold.

My approach is simple — every change goes through a PR you review, every system gets a Loom walkthrough, and every engagement is milestone-based. If something breaks, I fix it. If a milestone misses, you don't pay for the next one.

Working toward: AWS Solutions Architect Associate (Q3 2026), then Terraform Associate.

AWSTerraform Kubernetes (EKS)Docker GitHub ActionsJenkins PrometheusGrafana
// Tools I use daily in production
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudFront) 4 yrs
Terraform / Infrastructure as Code 3 yrs
Kubernetes (EKS, HPA, autoscaling) 3 yrs
CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) 4 yrs
Docker & Containerization 4 yrs
Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch 2 yrs
Bash / Python automation 4 yrs
// Engagement Model
How we'll actually work together

Same process whether it's a $299 audit or a $2,500 project. Predictable, written down, and easy to exit.

STEP 01
15-min discovery call
You tell me what's broken. I tell you whether I can help and roughly what it costs. No pitch, no follow-up sequence.
STEP 02
$299 audit (5 days)
Read-only access to AWS + GitHub. I deliver a written report with top 5 cost wins + top 3 reliability risks. Fee credits to any project.
STEP 03
Project kickoff
1-page proposal with milestones + acceptance criteria. You sign, pay milestone 1, I start. No 5-page MSA, no procurement loop.
STEP 04
Build via PRs
Every change goes through a pull request you review. Daily async update on Slack. Weekly 30-min sync if you want one.
STEP 05
Loom handoff
15-min recorded walkthrough of everything I built + a Markdown runbook. So your team owns it cold once I'm out.
STEP 06
Post-delivery support
1–2 weeks free support after handoff. Or roll into a $1,500/mo retainer for ongoing maintenance + cost monitoring.
RESPONSE TIME
Within 4 business hours
Faster on retainers
TIMEZONE OVERLAP
7–11 PM IST
US ET mornings · UK afternoons
PAYMENT
Stripe / Wise / Wire
Milestone-based
EXIT TERMS
14 days notice
All code & access stays with you
Start with a 15-Minute Call
Tell me what's broken. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help. If we're not a fit, I'll point you to someone who is. No pitch, no follow-up sequence.
  • AWS cost & reliability questions
  • Pipeline / deployment debugging
  • Whether you need a hire vs. a freelancer

Tell me what's broken.

15-minute call. No slides, no sales script.
If I can help, I'll tell you. If I can't, I'll point you to someone who can.

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