Systems & software · The Poconos
Roy Hubbard
I'm a systems and software engineer in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Since 2007 I've built and looked after the servers, networks, and software that organizations rely on, first in New York City's datacenters and now from here in the Poconos.
I work with local businesses and companies anywhere, and I do the work a municipality needs: one person who can handle both halves, the systems underneath and the software on top.
If it runs code, moves data, or has to stay online, it's probably something I can help with.
What I do
Two halves of the same job.
I keep computer systems running, and I build the software that runs on them. Most jobs lean one way; many need both. Hiring one person for the whole thing means no gap between whoever runs your systems and whoever writes your software, and one person accountable when something breaks.
Systems & infrastructure
Servers, networks, cloud accounts, backups, monitoring. I design new systems, untangle inherited ones, move workloads between datacenters and cloud providers, and do the unglamorous upkeep that keeps small problems from becoming outages. On one migration that meant cutting a client's cloud bill by about $12,000 a month and making their deploys minutes faster.
- Cloud and on‑premises servers: AWS, Kubernetes, Linux
- Migrations, consolidation, and cloud cost reduction
- Monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery
- Security hardening and routine updates
Software development
I also write the software itself: web applications, internal tools, automation, and the glue between systems that don't talk to each other. I've shipped production code in Python, TypeScript, Go, and Perl.
- Web applications and internal tools
- Automation and system integrations
- Payments, authentication, and data pipelines
- Modernizing legacy code
If you're not sure which side your problem lives on, describe it in your own words. Call or email me and I'll tell you what's involved.
Background
How I got here.
The short version: I've kept systems online for nearly twenty years, from single servers to fleets in the thousands. I started in 2007 on the datacenter floors of New York City, racking servers and keeping mail and DNS alive at one of the city's oldest independent hosting companies. Since then I've built platform tooling at Weight Watchers and modernized infrastructure for companies moving to the cloud.
Since 2021 I've worked independently for startups and established firms. Today I run Bitnexus, my platform engineering consultancy, and live in East Stroudsburg.
Away from the keyboard I'm usually behind a camera. I keep twenty years of photographs at royhubbard.photo.
- 2007 NYC datacenter floors: systems administration, hosting, DNS, mail
- 2011-2017 Managed hosting and automation at scale: 2,000+ servers
- 2017-2021 Platform architecture at Weight Watchers
- 2021-now Independent consultant; founder of Bitnexus
For the formal version, view my resume or download the PDF.
Contact
Call or write.
I'm based in East Stroudsburg and work with clients across Monroe County and the Poconos, and remotely for anyone else. Leave a message and I'll call back within a business day. There's no charge to talk through what you're dealing with and whether I'm the right fit.