Designing systems that don't break when they grow.
Business-aligned architecture, reliability engineering, and operational design for organizations that outgrow default solutions.
About
I'm Eli Brody, a systems architect and business systems designer specializing in resilient, scalable, and governance-aware operational platforms. I focus on aligning technology, process, and organizational structure into cohesive systems engineered for long-term stability and controlled growth.
I'm the founder of Bit by Bit Consulting, where I lead the design of infrastructure and operational environments that integrate identity, security, automation, and business logic into unified, policy-driven platforms.
My work transforms fragile or organically grown operations into engineered platforms that can be maintained programmatically, governed deliberately, and scaled without destabilizing core functions.
Focus Areas
Architecture & Platform Design
Unified infrastructure platforms built on declarative configuration and infrastructure-as-code principles.
Site Reliability & Operations
Failure-aware design, automated recovery, and deterministic workflows with explicit reliability targets.
Security & Governance
Identity-first architecture, role-based access, privilege segmentation, and defense-in-depth.
Automation & Delivery
Version-controlled pipelines for provisioning, configuration, and deployment with full auditability.
Observability & Control
Operational telemetry as a foundational design principle—monitoring, tracing, and behavioral auditing.
Business Design & Planning
Translating strategy into executable systems where organizational structure and technical boundaries reinforce each other.
Selected Work
Multi-Site Clustered Infrastructure Platform
High-availability environment with controlled failover and distributed storage across geographically separated locations. Declarative configuration ensuring reproducibility and workload mobility with strict access boundaries.
Identity-Centered Security Architecture
Security architecture using identity as the primary control plane. Integrated RBAC, conditional access enforcement, and privilege segmentation into core infrastructure workflows.
Automation & Configuration Enforcement Pipelines
CI/CD-driven change control replacing manual administration. Version-controlled workflows with automated enforcement ensuring alignment between intended and actual system behavior.
Organic Environment Modernization
Transformation of manually maintained environments into structured, policy-driven platforms with explicit configuration, automated workflows, and documented change control.
Governance-Aligned Infrastructure Mapping
Environments mirroring organizational and ownership structures to enforce legal, operational, and security boundaries through technical segmentation.
Stack & Tooling
Infrastructure
- Kubernetes
- Linux systems
- Hybrid cloud / on-prem
- Distributed storage
- Overlay networking
Automation
- Git-based CI/CD
- Infrastructure-as-code
- Declarative config
- Automated provisioning
- Scripted remediation
Security & Ops
- Zero-trust / identity-first
- RBAC & conditional access
- Metrics & tracing
- Log aggregation
- Drift detection
Approach
Infrastructure and operations are evolving platforms, not static deployments. Systems should be reasoned about, validated, and evolved deliberately. Change is managed as a controlled process, not an emergency response.
- — Systems thinking
- — Deterministic design
- — Documentation as first-class artifact
- — Reproducibility over convenience
- — Engineered reliability over reactive maintenance
- — Governance-aware architecture
Contact
For consulting inquiries or to discuss a project, send a message.