Independent DevOps Contractor · UK

Ship software
without the plumbing headaches.

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Awltux Ltd is an IT contracting company run by Chris Holman, a DevOps & platform engineering specialist. I join product teams across the UK as a contractor to build reliable delivery pipelines, tame infrastructure, and give developers back their time.

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●  Open to contracts Base · Scotland / Remote GitHub · @awltux
100%
DevOps & platform focus
1:1
Contractor working directly with your team
A-Z
From kick-off to handover
UK
Remote-first, across time zones
// Specialisations

DevOps, delivered as a contractor

Bringing hands-on engineering to teams that need momentum — not just advice.

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CI/CD & Release Engineering

Fast, reliable and repeatable pipelines that take code from commit to production with confidence.

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Infrastructure as Code

Immutable, version-controlled infrastructure that is reproducible, reviewable and auditable.

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Containerisation & Orchestration

Packaging and running workloads in containers and orchestration platforms — consistently.

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Cloud & Platform Engineering

Well-architected cloud foundations and self-service platforms that scale with the business.

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Automation & Configuration

Removing toil with careful, reviewed automation for provisioning, configuration and operations.

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Observability & Reliability

Monitoring, logging and alerting that give teams real signal — so problems surface before users do.

// Toolbox

Hands-on with the modern DevOps stack

A working toolkit I use day-to-day across contracts. Stack details always follow the needs of your team.

⇥Linux & Shell ⇥Docker ⇥Kubernetes ⇥Terraform ⇥Ansible ⇥GitHub Actions / CI ⇥GitOps ⇥ZFS & storage ⇥Immutable infrastructure ⇥Cloud (AWS / GCP / Azure) ⇥Observability ⇥Scripting & tooling
// Engagement

How a contract runs

A clear, low-friction way of working whether you engage Awltux directly or through your own umbrella.

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Discovery

A short call to understand your stack, your goals and the outcomes that matter.

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Contract & paperwork

Clean, straightforward contracting terms. Umbrella-friendly. No admin drama.

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Delivery

Hands-on engineering embedded with your team, shipping value from day one.

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Handover

Documented, repeatable work your team owns and can run without me.

// About

Awltux Ltd — Chris Holman

Awltux Ltd is my professional services company. Under it I contract as a DevOps & platform engineer, and from it I build and maintain open-source tooling that reflects how I like to work.

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Engineer first, consultant never in the wayI write the code, run the pipelines and feel the operational pain with you.
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Reliability by defaultAutomation, testing and observability are built in — not bolted on.
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Leave things better than foundDocumented, simple systems your team can operate long after I've gone.
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Curiosity across the stackFrom Linux internals and storage to CI and deployment — the whole path matters.
“Good infrastructure should be boring: repeatable, reviewable and reliable — so your engineers can spend their energy building product, not fighting the platform.”
— Chris Holman, Awltux Ltd

Interests & open source

Alongside client work I enjoy building things in the open — exploring immutable infrastructure, bootable ZFS snapshots, self-hosting and tooling that makes developers more productive. Explore the repos on GitHub:

// Tools

Useful utilities

Small, focused tools I build and maintain for day-to-day DevOps and development work. Free to use, no sign-up required.

Browse the utility toolbox

Convert, encode, transform and debug your way through common sysadmin and CI/CD tasks — from the browser, whenever you need them.

Have a platform to unblock?

Let's talk about your delivery pipeline, cloud estate or reliability goals. Reach out on LinkedIn and I'll get back to you — usually the same day.

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Awltux Ltd · DevOps & IT Contracting