01
Database Reliability Review
Use this when
A PostgreSQL, Aurora/RDS, or cloud data environment faces growth, migration, recovery, availability, or operational-readiness risk.
What I do
I review architecture, workload separation, failure assumptions, recovery objectives, observability, capacity, change controls, and ownership.
What you receive
- Architecture and operational-risk findings
- Prioritized risk register
- Recommended remediation roadmap
- Validation and verification plan
- Technical findings review
Boundary
The review does not include 24×7 operations, production guarantees, or implementation unless separately agreed.
02
Performance Qualification
Use this when
A critical workload is slow or unstable and the team needs to compare remedies before changing production.
What I do
I establish a reproducible baseline, inspect the relevant evidence, define candidate remedies, test them against acceptance criteria, and document tradeoffs.
What you receive
- Baseline and measurement method
- Candidate-remediation comparison
- Ranked recommendation with tradeoffs
- Change and rollback plan
- Verification evidence package
Boundary
Recommendations do not grant production authority. Representative workload, review, ownership, and a controlled change window remain required.
03
DBRE Readiness
Use this when
Incidents repeat, database knowledge is tribal, or evidence, runbooks, approvals, and automation operate as disconnected activities.
What I do
I map the reliability lifecycle, clarify ownership, define evidence and review gates, improve runbooks, and identify safe automation opportunities.
What you receive
- DBRE ownership and escalation model
- Incident and evidence workflow
- Runbook set and review checklist
- Change and approval controls
- Prioritized automation backlog
Boundary
This is an operating-model engagement, not a managed DBA service or outsourced on-call rotation.
Starting point
The first conversation is a fit check, not a sales performance.
We clarify the affected system, business impact, constraints, evidence already available, and the decision the work must support.