Work With Me

Infrastructure that actually works. On OpenBSD, 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 OpenBSD server in my homelab. That's not a gimmick — it's how I approach every system I touch.

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Services

Firewall & Network Design

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

Linux & OpenBSD

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.

Get in touch

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