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THE
ARCHITECT.

Constructing digital infrastructure with the precision of a master builder. 25+ services, 2 Proxmox nodes, 4-node Kubernetes cluster — all defined in code.

Base_Location Australia
Core_Specialization Infrastructure_as_Code
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Structural Integrity

17 function-scoped Terraform workspaces, each owning a bounded set of resources. Isolated blast radius, independent plan/apply cycles.

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Automate Everything

From GitLab CI pipelines with Vault JWT auth and conditional includes, to Flux 4-tier GitOps reconciliation — nothing is manual.

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Precision

Every resource is tagged, every secret is in Vault, every change goes through terraform plan and ansible --check before touching production.

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Resilience

Immutable Talos nodes with no SSH access. Proxmox Backup Server with deduplication. Self-healing infrastructure that survives reboot.

The Forge

My technical inventory and proficiency indices. Tools forged in the heat of production environments.

● STATUS: ALL_SYSTEMS_OPTIMIZED
code
Mastery_Level: 95%

Python

FastAPI Pydantic asyncio
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Mastery_Level: 95%

Terraform

bpg/proxmox 17 Workspaces GitLab State
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Mastery_Level: 90%

Kubernetes

Talos Linux Flux CD Cilium
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Mastery_Level: 90%

Ansible

Playbooks Roles Vault Integration
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Mastery_Level: 95%

Docker

Multi-stage Compose Registry
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Mastery_Level: 85%

TypeScript

Astro React Payload CMS

The
Origin
Story

"Infrastructure as Code is not about automation for its own sake, but about creating reproducible, understandable, and maintainable systems."

It started with a single Proxmox node, a handful of LXC containers, and a determination to never SSH into a box and hand-configure something ever again.

What began as a simple homelab quickly became a proving ground for enterprise-grade practices: Terraform for provisioning, Ansible for configuration, Vault for secrets, GitLab CI for pipelines. Then Kubernetes entered the picture — not as a buzzword, but as a genuine need for container orchestration that didn't involve babysitting Docker Compose files.

Standen Solutions was born from the conviction that infrastructure should be treated with the same rigor as application code. Every Terraform resource has a workspace. Every secret lives in Vault. Every change goes through CI.

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"The goal isn't just to make it work. The goal is to make it work so well that its maintenance becomes a non-event."

— ARCHITECTURAL MANIFESTO, v1.0.4

Today, that single Proxmox node has grown to a dual-node cluster running 25+ services — from Authentik SSO and split-horizon DNS, to an MCP server that lets AI agents query live infrastructure state in natural language.

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