GCP Automation · Internal Tools · Data Pipelines
DARK
OPS
Built in the dark. Shipped with precision.
What I build.
GCP-native solutions for small and mid-sized teams that are done paying for tools they've outgrown.
Workflow
Automation
End-to-end process automation on GCP — lead routing, approval flows, scheduled jobs, and event-driven triggers that remove manual work entirely.
See examplesData
Pipelines
ETL pipelines that turn messy, human-maintained spreadsheets and exports into clean, queryable data in BigQuery or Cloud Storage.
See examplesInternal
Tools
Custom dashboards, admin panels, and workflow UIs built on your own data — purpose-built for your team and owned by you, not a SaaS vendor.
See examplesAPI
Integrations
Durable integration layers that connect your CRM, booking system, email platform, and any other tool through a single, maintainable architecture.
See examplesReal figures from a single client's automation stack — one deployment, twelve months of data.
3,979
hrs / year
Manual work eliminated annually at steady state
$198,960
/ year
Labor cost replaced by automation at a loaded $50/hr rate
1.91
FTE
Full-time-equivalent headcount absorbed by 19 workflows
86,396
tasks
Individual automated actions executed in the trailing 12 months
These numbers use aggressive time estimates. A conservative read would reduce them by roughly half — still a strong case for automation.
Infrastructure that
disappears into the work.
Small and mid-sized businesses deserve automation that actually fits — not enterprise tools configured halfway, not another SaaS subscription that creates more work than it saves.
I build custom GCP automations, internal tools, and data pipelines for teams in e-commerce, real estate, healthcare administration, marketing, and hospitality. The work is hands-on and close — no outsourcing, no PM layer.
What I can build for you
Lead routing from form → CRM → Slack
Capture, qualify, and route inbound leads automatically. No manual copy-paste. No missed follow-ups.
ETL pipelines for messy spreadsheet data
Transform and load irregular, human-maintained data into clean, queryable structures on GCP — BigQuery, Cloud Storage, or downstream dashboards.
Internal tools that replace 4 SaaS subscriptions
Custom dashboards, admin panels, and workflow UIs built on your existing data — cheaper, faster, and owned by you.
API integrations between tools that don't talk
Connect your booking system, CRM, email platform, and anything else through a durable integration layer built to last.
Focused cloud
engineering.
Hands-on GCP infrastructure consulting built around security, automation, and clean architecture. Every engagement starts with understanding your stack and ends with documentation you can actually use. No bloated teams, no enterprise overhead.
Quick Start
Production-ready in days, not weeks
$2,500
- GCP project setup with security best practices
- IAM configuration and least-privilege audit
- CI/CD pipeline for automated deployments
- Monitoring, alerting, and logging foundations
- Full documentation and handoff session
Infrastructure Build
Your entire cloud, engineered right
from $7,500
- Full GCP organization setup with Cloud Identity
- Multi-environment architecture (dev / staging / prod)
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
- Comprehensive security hardening and org policies
- Monitoring dashboards and incident alerting
- Runbooks and knowledge transfer sessions
Cloud Migration
Move fast without breaking things
from $15,000
- Migration assessment and architecture planning
- Lift-and-shift or re-architecture from AWS / Azure / on-prem
- Kubernetes (GKE) or serverless (Cloud Run) design
- Data pipeline and storage architecture
- Performance testing and cost optimization
- 30-day post-migration support included
Managed Services
Your GCP team on retainer
10 hrs/mo support, monthly monitoring review, status report
20 hrs/mo, proactive optimization, weekly check-ins
40 hrs/mo, dedicated Slack channel, SLA response times
Ad-hoc
Need a one-off architecture review or troubleshooting session? Hourly consulting is available at $150/hr.
Get in touchEvery project includes documentation, security hardening, and a knowledge transfer session — because infrastructure that only one person understands isn't infrastructure, it's a liability.
Let's scope your projectThe person
behind the work.
"I build things that work silently in the background — infrastructure you stop thinking about because it just works."
Dark Ops is a sole proprietorship built at the intersection of systems thinking and craft. I build GCP automations, internal tools, and data pipelines for businesses that are ready to stop doing things manually.
I study Economics at the University of Utah, which is really just a degree in "how do incentives, constraints, and information produce outcomes" — turns out that's surprisingly useful when designing automation for real businesses.
Every project comes back to the same standard: doing things properly, even when no one is watching. Especially when no one is watching.
Background
Cloud Automation
Deep hands-on experience with GCP, Python, SQL, and Google Workspace — building automations and data pipelines for real business problems.
- Google Cloud Platform
- Python & SQL
- Google Workspace
- Workflow & API Automation
- Data Pipelines & ETL
Education
Economics, University of Utah
Currently studying quantitative reasoning, systems modeling, and incentive design. Applied daily to every automation architecture decision.
Approach
Hands-on, no PM layer
You work directly with me from scoping through delivery. No account managers, no offshore handoff, no one who hasn't read your codebase.
Let's build
something.
Whether you have a defined project or just a problem that needs solving, I'm easy to reach. I respond within 48 hours.