Enterprise Security Gateways
We implement hardened security gateways that enforce authentication, authorization, and policy at the enterprise perimeter. Full DataPower & APIC deployments are configured, tested, and operational in your environment.
Healthcare • Financial Services • High-Security Platforms
Hands-On Engineering for Critical Infrastructure
We design, build, and operate enterprise security gateways, automation pipelines, and cloud platforms for large, regulated organizations. From architecture through production: we deliver working systems, not just recommendations.
20+
Years of enterprise delivery
50%
Reduction in deployment cycle time
80%
Less manual security intervention
IBM DataPower & API Connect
RedHat OpenShift
Ansible & Jenkins
Python & Django
AWS • Azure • GCP
Security Architecture
What We Build & Deliver
From security gateways to cloud pipelines, we design, implement, and hand off production-ready systems.
Cloud & Container Platforms
We migrate services to container platforms, build resilient CI/CD pipelines, and operate OpenShift environments. You get running production systems, not migration plans that stop at the handoff slide.
Automation & CI/CD Engineering
We write the Ansible playbooks, Jenkins pipelines, and Python frameworks that eliminate manual toil. Production-proven automation, peer-reviewed, and built to scale across large and complex environments.
Architecture & Technical Roadmaps
We translate complex technical requirements into concrete implementation plans, technology roadmaps, and team requirements. Executive-ready documentation backed by hands-on implementation experience.
Custom Software Development
We build production-grade software tailored to your operational environment. REST APIs, automation frameworks, management tooling, and browser-native utilities. Designed for regulated industries: air-gap deployable, data-sovereign, and built to enterprise standards from day one.
Delivered Outcomes
Measured impact from systems we've built and operations we've optimized.
Gateway Fleet Management
Built custom Python frameworks to monitor, manage, and maintain large IBM DataPower estates across healthcare and financial services environments at global scale.
Containerization & Migration
Migrated from monolithic releases to OpenShift containers with Ansible-driven APIC/DataPower automation at a global health insurer and retail pharmacy.
Security Automation
Built a Django/DRF API to automate encryption updates across DataPower environments for an international financial services firm, eliminating manual governance cycles.
Integration Acceleration
Delivered a low-code DataPower service framework that cut complex API integration timelines from six months to three weeks, applied across financial services integrations.
Work With Us
Two ways to engage, both designed for speed and predictability.
One-Hour Technical Session
A direct conversation with a hands-on practitioner. Bring your architectural challenge, active incident, or evaluation criteria, and we will dig in directly.
Two-Week Discovery Plan
$5,000 flat rate • 2 weeks. Stakeholder interviews, current-state review, and a practical implementation plan with budget, timeline, and risk register. Fixed scope. The implementation is quoted and contracted separately.
What to Expect on Day One
We align on access requirements at engagement start. Client onboarding may include laptop provisioning, VPN/Citrix, SSO, least-privilege accounts, and non-production environments, depending on scope. We also support secure, contractor-provided workstations for advisory engagements, subject to client policy.
Proven Delivery
Real problems. Real systems built. Measurable outcomes.
IT Modernization & Cloud Migration
Client: Global health insurer & retail pharmacy.
Problem: Monolithic releases and manual deployment processes blocked operational responsiveness.
What we built: Containerized services on OpenShift; Ansible-driven APIC/DataPower config automation; Python framework monitoring 300+ appliances.
Outcome: 50% reduction in deployment cycle time. Improved uptime through automated health monitoring.
Security Automation & API Integration
Client: International financial services firm.
Problem: Manual encryption governance and slow API integration timelines across a complex banking environment.
What we built: Django/DRF API to automate encryption updates; low-code DataPower service framework for rapid API integration.
Outcome: 80% reduction in manual security intervention. Integration timelines cut from 6 months to 3 weeks.
Enterprise System Interoperability
Client: National automotive dealer services.
Problem: Fragmented systems with fragile, undocumented data flows creating latent service risk.
What we built: Defined integration requirements; introduced cloud-based monitoring for proactive health visibility across critical data flows.
Outcome: Eliminated undetected service failures. Continuous uptime through proactive monitoring and alerting.
Tools We Build & Maintain
Production-grade tools we've built in-house, commercially supported and actively maintained.
WebUtils
Privacy-first browser utilities that run entirely offline with no backend, no accounts, and no telemetry.
MAST - DataPower Operations
Automation-first management for IBM DataPower estates: backup, deploy, promote, and govern at scale.
Delve - Data Search & Analytics
Pipeline-based data ingestion and search for operations teams. Lightweight, Docker-ready, air-gap deployable.
SIEMatic
On-premises security analytics with agent/indexer architecture, interactive search, and modular alert pipelines.
LogSieve - In-Browser Log Exploration
Analyze logs entirely in the browser. Nothing leaves your device, and it is built for air-gapped and regulated environments.
Ansible Dev Sandbox
Enterprise-grade Ansible role testing with container isolation, Molecule scenarios, and no committed ansible.cfg.
Adapt
A FastAPI server that turns a directory into APIs, UIs, and streaming endpoints, with auth, RBAC, and an admin interface built in.
PKI Workbench
Private CA management for root and intermediate CAs, end-entity issuance, certificate profiles, and REST API integration.
Project Armory
An auditable Kubernetes platform for deploying AI agents in regulated enterprises, with Keycloak OIDC, OpenBao secrets and PKI, TLS everywhere, and provisioning via Ansible and OpenTofu.
Trailhead
Parses a codebase into a queryable property graph in SQLite, with tree-sitter parsing across 14 languages and semantic search over your own code.
How We Ship
Phase-gated, SOW-backed delivery with predictable scope and auditable outcomes at every stage.
I. Kickoff
Objective: Align scope, success metrics, and delivery plan.
Deliverables: Project Plan with Schedule, WBS, Testing, Training, and Transition tracks.
II. Design
Objective: Define requirements and produce the solution blueprint.
Deliverables: Requirements doc, Site/Solution Design, Established Metrics baseline.
III. Build
Objective: Code, integrate, and test against acceptance criteria.
Deliverables: Completed code, Detailed Testing Plan, Lab & Beta Testing Report.
IV. Deploy
Objective: Production deployment with 24×7 hypercare support.
Deliverables: Running production system; documented rollback plan; incident support.
V. Enable
Objective: Transfer knowledge and build team proficiency.
Deliverables: Training per approved plan; runbooks and operational documentation.
VI. Closure
Objective: Formal completion and sign-off.
Deliverables: Documentation archive; Closure Report; Requirements Checklist.
Security & Change Governance
- Isolated testing environments; production data masked where required.
- Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing with 30/60/90-day SLAs by severity.
- Formal change management with approvals, rollback plans, and full audit trails.
Who We Are
Senior technology practitioners with 20+ years delivering critical systems across Healthcare and Financial Services. We're hands-on from architecture design to production deployment, and we do not hand off to junior resources.
Industries we serve: Healthcare, Financial Services, Public Sector, Upper Mid-Market.
At a Glance
- Headquarters: USA (remote-first)
- Engagements: Projects, advisory retainers, staff augmentation
- Focus: Security gateways, automation, cloud modernization
- Delivery style: Hands-on, SOW-backed, phase-gated
The Team
Brian Kearney is a senior technology practitioner across cloud infrastructure, automation engineering, secure API design, and enterprise integration. Comfortable from C-suite to command line.
Clifford Bressette is an IBM DataPower specialist and Python engineer with 13+ years designing and operating DataPower environments, including automation, performance tuning, and production reliability at scale.
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