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Work With Me

Infrastructure that actually works. On FreeBSD, Linux, or wherever the job takes it.

I'm Blake Ridgway — a Site Reliability Engineer based in Enid, Oklahoma with experience across cloud infrastructure, on-prem networks, security hardening, and automation. I've built policy-as-code firewall frameworks, managed Kubernetes workloads at a fintech startup, designed WAN monitoring systems, and I'm currently running SRE on Azure at a cloud-native shop.

This site runs on a self-hosted FreeBSD server in my homelab. That's not a gimmick — it's how I approach every system I touch.

View my full resume →

Services

Firewall & Network Design

pf, iptables, VLANs, VPNs, BGP/OSPF, network segmentation, zero trust architecture.

Linux & FreeBSD

System hardening, service configuration, performance tuning, and ongoing administration.

DevOps & IaC

Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps with Argo CD.

Network Security

Policy-as-code firewalls, IDS/IPS, geo-blocking, security posture audits and hardening.

Server Builds

Bare-metal provisioning, PXE boot, homelab and small business server deployments.

General Sysadmin

Monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios), incident response, runbooks, and day-to-day ops.

Availability: Open to contracts and consulting engagements — fully remote, any US timezone. Pricing by project or hourly — contact me for details.

Stay updated

Occasional posts on FreeBSD, homelab builds, and infrastructure work. No spam.

Get in touch

Tell me about your project or problem. I'll respond within one business day.

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