Services
Alex Hsieh（謝明宏）works with engineering teams and technology leaders who need practical guidance on cloud infrastructure, reliability engineering, and AI-augmented operations. Every engagement is grounded in production experience — not slide decks.
Consulting
Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture
- Multi-cloud and hybrid architecture reviews
- Kubernetes cluster design and platform engineering
- Cost optimization and resource governance
- Security posture assessment for cloud-native workloads
DevOps & SRE Advisory
- CI/CD pipeline design and developer experience improvement
- Observability stack selection and implementation (metrics, logs, traces)
- Incident management process design and blameless postmortem facilitation
- SLO/SLI definition and error budget policies
AI Automation Strategy
- Assessment of automation candidates in day-two operations
- LLM integration patterns for diagnostics and runbook execution
- Tooling evaluation: build vs. buy for AI-augmented infrastructure
- Guardrail design so AI automation does not introduce new failure modes
Speaking
Alex delivers conference talks and internal tech talks on:
- SRE culture and practice
- Kubernetes and cloud-native operations
- AI for infrastructure engineering
- DevOps beyond tooling: organizational patterns that work
Talks are available in English and Mandarin (Traditional). Formats include keynotes, conference sessions, and workshops.
How Engagements Work
- Discovery call — Understand context, constraints, and goals.
- Scope proposal — Written proposal with deliverables, timeline, and investment.
- Execution — Working sessions, deliverables, and documentation tailored to the team.
- Follow-up — Check-in after 30 days to address questions and measure impact.
Alex takes a limited number of engagements per quarter to ensure depth and availability.
Start the conversation: Contact Alex with a brief description of your needs and timeline.