About Sereia Consulting

Sereia Consulting is a single-member LLC specializing in Linux infrastructure consulting. We partner with companies to design, deploy, and manage enterprise-grade computing environments that form the foundation of their technical operations.

Our Approach

We believe great infrastructure is invisible — it simply works. Our engagements focus on building systems that are:

Reliable — Architected for high availability with proper redundancy, monitoring, and failover capabilities.

Secure — Designed with security as a fundamental requirement, not an afterthought, implementing defense-in-depth strategies throughout the stack.

Scalable — Built to grow with your business, avoiding technical debt and allowing for expansion without major redesigns.

Maintainable — Documented thoroughly and configured logically, enabling your team to understand and manage the systems we build.

Technical Philosophy

We maintain vendor neutrality and recommend solutions based on technical merit, cost-effectiveness, and long-term viability. Our recommendations consider the total cost of ownership, including hardware, software, maintenance, and your team’s time.

When evaluating technologies, we prioritize:

• Proven stability over bleeding-edge features
• Open standards over proprietary lock-in
• Operational simplicity over unnecessary complexity
• Performance appropriate to your actual requirements

Working With Us

Our engagements typically include:

Assessment & Planning — Understanding your current environment, requirements, and constraints to develop appropriate solutions.

Design & Architecture — Creating detailed technical designs that address your needs while considering budget, timeline, and operational capabilities.

Implementation & Deployment — Hands-on work building and configuring systems, managing vendor relationships, and coordinating installations.

Documentation & Training — Providing comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer to ensure your team can effectively manage the infrastructure.

Ongoing Support — Available for retainer-based maintenance, troubleshooting, and expansion projects as your needs evolve.

Principal

Daniel Gregory brings over a decade of experience in enterprise infrastructure operations, platform and reliability engineering, and technical leadership. His expertise spans the full spectrum from startup operations through enterprise-scale infrastructure, including experience managing distributed engineering teams and complex multi-site deployments.

Leadership & Technical Management — Proven track record leading cross-functional engineering teams, driving complex migrations from on-premises to cloud platforms, and managing critical infrastructure supporting demanding production environments. Experienced in comprehensive technical modernization, vendor negotiations, and leading technical initiatives aligned with business objectives.

Cloud Architecture — Google Cloud Certified Professional Architect with hands-on experience deploying production GCP infrastructure including GKE clusters, CloudSQL databases, Cloud DNS, PubSub messaging, and cloud-native architectures. Expert in infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.

Network Infrastructure — Deep expertise in enterprise and telecommunications networking, including deployment and management of Juniper SRX security gateways, HA IPSec tunnel implementations, network monitoring platforms, and high-throughput network infrastructure. Extensive experience administering routers, switches, wireless systems, and multi-site network architectures.

Semiconductor Industry — Extensive experience supporting fabless semiconductor companies, with expertise supporting EDA tools (Cadence, Mentor Graphics, PADS) and the specialized infrastructure requirements of chip design workflows. Understanding of the unique performance, security, and tool integration needs of semiconductor design environments.

Enterprise Systems — Comprehensive experience with identity management, security compliance (ISO 27001), configuration management (Saltstack, Ansible), centralized logging, monitoring systems, and container platforms. MBA-educated with strong business acumen for aligning technical initiatives with organizational goals.

Daniel’s consulting experience includes supporting semiconductor companies and technology firms with complex infrastructure requirements, datacenter buildouts, network deployments, and security implementations.

Interested in working together? Get in touch to discuss your project.