Services — Gaia Media | Computer Systems Design

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01 — Systems Architecture and Design

Formal System Design Documents covering every layer: hardware specification, network topology, storage architecture, and compute planning. Includes logical and physical diagrams, component specifications with vendor evaluation, security boundary definitions, failure mode analysis, and HA/DR design with quantified RTO and RPO objectives.

Requirements analysis and constraint modeling
Logical and physical architecture diagrams
Vendor-neutral hardware evaluation
Capacity planning and growth projections

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02 — Integrated Systems Engineering

Middleware, API layers, message fabrics, and event-driven architectures that unify heterogeneous platforms. Integration audits, OpenAPI specifications, event stream architecture, ETL/ELT pipeline engineering, and legacy protocol adaptation with formal interface contracts validated under realistic load.

Integration audit and bottleneck analysis
API design with OpenAPI 3.1 specifications
Message queue and event stream architecture
ETL/ELT pipeline engineering

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03 — Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineering

Platform-agnostic across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Infrastructure-as-Code via Terraform, Pulumi, and CloudFormation. Kubernetes production configuration, CI/CD pipeline architecture, observability stack design, and cost optimization with FinOps governance.

IaC provisioning and automated testing
Container orchestration with Kubernetes or ECS
CI/CD pipeline with security scanning
Observability: logging, metrics, tracing

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04 — Cybersecurity Architecture

Threat modeling with STRIDE and attack trees. Zero-trust network architecture with microsegmentation. IAM, SSO, MFA, and privileged access management. SIEM architecture with detection engineering. Incident response planning and tabletop facilitation. Compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

Threat modeling and risk assessment
Zero-trust network design
IAM and access management architecture
SIEM and security monitoring

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05 — Technical Advisory

Vendor-neutral strategic guidance grounded in engineering reality. Architecture assessment and modernization planning, technology investment prioritization, M&A technical due diligence covering architecture quality and security posture, and digital transformation roadmapping with phased implementation plans.

Architecture modernization planning
Technology investment analysis
M&A technical due diligence
Board-level technology briefings

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06 — Managed Operations

Ongoing operational management with contractual SLAs: 24/7 monitoring, patch management, backup verification, performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident response with root cause analysis. Technology training programs that build internal capability.

24/7 monitoring and alerting
Patch management and vulnerability remediation
Backup verification and DR testing
Incident response and root cause analysis