// about
One engineer, the whole stack.
I'm Chris Woodall. By day I'm an infrastructure engineer and sysadmin who has spent a career running hybrid AWS and on-premises environments — holding multiple AWS certifications, with deep roots in networking, security, and systems going back to the early days of computing. RedCyfer is how I bring that directly to small businesses.
The idea is simple: most small businesses can't justify a full IT team, so they end up stitching together a web designer, a hosting company, a network installer, and a payments consultant — none of whom talk to each other. I'm all of those in one person, which means the parts actually fit together and there's one number to call when they don't.
> How I work
- Direct I'll give honest pushback when an idea isn't worth building
- Maintainable Practical solutions over trendy ones — I have to support them for years
- Transparent You get the reasoning, not just the invoice
- Owned Self-hosted and standards-based where it counts, so you're not locked in
> The background
Hands-on, every day, with the things I'll build for you: AWS across compute, networking, storage, DNS, and email; Linux systems; MikroTik / RouterOS firewalls and routing; commercial firewalls; and the full path from a domain name to a running, secured, monitored service. RedCyfer is a solo operation on purpose — when you hire it, you get the person doing the work.