Overview
-We’re looking for an experienced DevOps consultant to lead a live migration of our production web application from Heroku (AWS-backed) to dedicated Ubuntu servers with a new hosting provider. The goal is a major cost reduction (~80%) while maintaining acceptable uptime and reliability.
-This is a short-term, hands-on engagement with potential follow-on work.
Responsibilities
-Audit our current Heroku setup (API, workers, Redis, background jobs)
-Design a dedicated-server architecture (5 Ubuntu servers total)
-Provision and configure servers, including Redis, API, and worker nodes
-Set up VLAN networking, connectivity, and basic redundancy
-Execute a live production migration with minimal downtime
-Implement monitoring, backups, and recovery procedures
-Document architecture and operational processes
-Work live with our internal developers during migration (Zoom)
Required Experience
-5+ years DevOps / infrastructure experience
-Proven production migrations off Heroku
-Strong Ubuntu/Linux server administration
-Production experience with Redis and background processing
-Comfortable optimizing for cost vs hyperscale uptime
-Clear communicator who can explain trade-offs
-Engagement Details
Contract / consulting role
- Migration window: ~16 hours across 2 days
- Internal devs will participate for documentation and continuity
- Potential follow-on work post-migration
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