AWS & DevOps that makes
deployments boring.
You know that knot in your stomach before a Friday deploy? The Slack channel going quiet while everyone watches for errors? I make that go away. In 2–4 weeks, your team deploys with confidence — not crossed fingers.
I'm Matt — 13+ years shipping production systems. AWS Solutions Architect Professional. I've seen every deployment failure mode, and I know how to prevent them.
30-min call • Free • £15-25k typical engagement
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Deployment Reliability Sprint
Every sprint feels like walking a tightrope? Release day is a cross-your-fingers affair? I'll get your deploys from "please don't break" to "meh, it's Tuesday" in 2–4 weeks.
⚠️ This sound like your team?
- • Deploys require "all hands on deck" (and crossed fingers)
- • Pipelines fail randomly — "just re-run it" is tribal knowledge
- • Rollbacks are slow, scary, or involve SSH-ing into prod
- • You find out about problems from customers, not dashboards
- • Critical steps live in someone's head (and they're on holiday)
- • "Works on staging" doesn't mean much anymore
🎯 What I'll actually deliver (2–4 weeks)
- Pipeline hardening — builds that work the same way, every time
- Rollback strategy — tested procedures anyone on the team can run
- Progressive delivery — blue/green or canary, so bugs hit 1% not 100%
- Release observability — know if a deploy is healthy in minutes, not hours
- Post-deploy verification — smoke tests that catch issues before users do
- Prioritized backlog — what to fix next, so your team can keep improving
£15-25k • 2-4 weeks • Fixed scope • You own everything at handover
Not a fit after week 1? You don't pay for the rest.
Other ways I can help
Not every problem is a deployment problem. Sometimes it's costs, security, or just needing a second pair of eyes.
AWS Health Check
10 days • £8-12k
That AWS bill keeping you up at night? I'll dig into your account, find where the money's going, and fix the scariest security holes — all in 10 days.
- Cost forensics — usually find 15-30% savings
- Security review — the stuff that'll fail your next audit
- 3-5 quick wins implemented, not just a PDF
DevSecOps Fast-Track
4 weeks • £15-25k
Your CI/CD is held together with duct tape and tribal knowledge? In 4 weeks you get proper pipelines with security baked in, Terraform that doesn't scare people, and dashboards that show what matters.
- Secure CI/CD — security scanning in every build
- Terraform landing zones — environments you can trust
- DORA dashboards — know if you're getting faster
Most clients want ongoing support: Fractional Advisor (1-3 days/month) or On-Call Consulting (pay as you go).
Book a Reliability Review30 minutes • Free • No obligation
Hey, I'm Matt.
13+ years in this industry. Started as a web developer in Bath, UK — built payment integrations, shipping systems, the works. Then I got obsessed with the "everything after the code" problem — infrastructure, pipelines, deployments, costs. The stuff that either makes your team fly or keeps you up at night.
I've been Head of Platform at a growing SaaS, led DevOps for Fortune 500s (construction, agriculture), and currently architect infrastructure for one of the world's largest theatre websites. Big migrations (7,000+ engineers to GitHub), gnarly cost problems (30% annual reductions), and a lot of "we need to deploy more often without things breaking."
Fun fact: I founded and exited an e-commerce business before getting into DevOps. That's why I think about business outcomes, not just technical elegance.
Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, GitHub Advanced Security.
Real results, real projects
Anonymized, but the outcomes speak for themselves.
From "deploy day anxiety" to "meh, it's Tuesday"
The mess
Product team on AWS. Every deploy was a fire drill — manual steps, no reliable rollback, fingers crossed. The on-call rotation was a morale killer.
What I did
- Automated the scary manual bits
- Built rollback that actually works
- Dashboard that shows "deploy healthy" or "deploy bad"
The result
- • Deploys went from "event" to "routine"
- • Rollback time: minutes, not hours
- • Post-deploy incidents way down
Fortune 500 Agriculture
Savings Plans, rightsizing across EC2/RDS/S3/EMR/Glue. Built QuickSight dashboards following AWS Well-Architected Framework. Worked directly with AWS TAM.
Global Theatre Platform
BroadwayWorld.com. Built Postfix cluster, CodePipeline CI/CD, CloudFront tuning, Lambda automation. Recently piloted AWS Bedrock for AI-driven search.
Fortune 500 Manufacturing
Azure DevOps → GitHub migration. Self-service Terraform, GitHub Advanced Security, weekly enablement workshops. Built DevSecOps communities of practice.
What people say
Happy to put you in touch with references.
"Matt found £180k in annual savings we'd completely missed. But what impressed me most was how he got the engineering team to actually care about costs — that's the hard part."
"Our deploy frequency went from twice a month to twice a day. More importantly, I stopped getting calls at 2am. Matt's rollback system has saved us at least three times already."
"We were about to hire two more DevOps engineers. Matt came in, automated the painful stuff, and now our existing team handles twice the workload. Best ROI decision we made last year."
Questions I usually get
How do you measure success?
We pick metrics upfront that matter to you — deployment frequency, MTTR, cost savings, whatever. Then we track them weekly. I'm not interested in engagements where you can't tell if things got better.
Will you work with our existing tools?
Absolutely. I'm not here to rip and replace. If your Terraform setup is 80% good, we'll fix the 20% and move on. I'm tool-agnostic (AWS native, GitHub, GitLab, Terraform, Pulumi, whatever).
What about knowledge transfer?
I work alongside your team, not in a silo. By the end of any engagement, your people should be able to maintain and extend everything I built. I'll do workshops and pair sessions as needed.
What's your availability?
I typically take 1-2 active engagements at a time to stay focused. Currently booking 3-4 weeks out. Book a call and we can talk timelines. If I'm not a fit, I'll tell you.
How much does this cost?
Depends on scope. The Deployment Reliability Sprint typically runs £15-25k for a 2-4 week engagement. The AWS Health Check is £8-12k for 10 days. But here's how I think about it: if I can't show you a clear path to 3-5× ROI, I'll tell you upfront. Most clients see payback within the first quarter.
What if it doesn't work out?
If we're not a fit after the first week, you don't pay for the rest. I've only had this happen once (scope changed dramatically). I'd rather have happy clients than unhappy invoices.
Stop dreading deploy day
Book a 30-min reliability review. I'll diagnose your deployment pain points and give you 3-5 actionable fixes — whether we work together or not.
30 minutes • Free • No obligation
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Email: [email protected]
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mateusz-drankowski
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YouTube: youtube.com/@mattdrankowski
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Location: Kraków, Poland