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One senior engineer · ~20 years in infrastructure

A principal engineer you can actually reach

DropinAdmin isn't an offshore ticket queue with your name in a spreadsheet. It's a senior US DevOps & SRE practice led by a principal engineer with two decades in the hosting and infrastructure industry — the same person who scopes your architecture, builds it, proves it works, and writes the runbook.

~20 yrs
In hosting & infrastructure
AZ
Architecture to runbook
$1M
E&O & Cyber insured
whoami — dropinadmin
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role    principal DevOps / SRE engineer
origin  ~20 yrs in the hosting industry
stack   Linux · K8s · Terraform · Proxmox · obs
# mission: senior ownership, no triage tiers
status ready when you are_
Why we exist

Consultancy-grade engineering, without the consultancy retainer

Teams that need real DevOps depth usually face two bad options: a commodity support shop that only takes tickets, or a boutique consultancy at $8–15k/mo. DropinAdmin is the third option — a senior US engineer who thinks the problem through and owns it end to end, at a fraction of the retainer.

Thinkers, not ticket-takers

We start by understanding the actual problem and the tradeoffs — then design the right architecture, rather than closing the nearest ticket and moving on.

Direct senior access

You talk to the engineer doing the work. No front-line script readers, no hand-offs to a junior queue, no context lost in translation.

We prove it works

Failover demos, load tests, tested restores — the work is verified under real conditions before it's yours, not declared done and hoped for.

A-to-Z ownership

Architecture, implementation, proof and a documented runbook your team can run. No black boxes, no lock-in — you own the outcome, not just the invoice.

Who you're working with

One deep senior profile — not a padded team page

I started DropinAdmin because small and mid-size teams were priced out of real infrastructure engineering — stuck choosing between an offshore ticket queue and a five-figure retainer. I wanted to give them a senior engineer who takes it from A to Z, direct.
Michael Copeland Founder & Principal Engineer

I've spent roughly two decades in the hosting and infrastructure industry — from the server-rescue and managed-hosting era through to today's cloud-native stack. That arc matters: I've done the unglamorous 2 a.m. recovery work and designed the systems that make it unnecessary.

Day to day that means Kubernetes and Docker, Terraform and Ansible, Proxmox and multi-region HA databases, and observability stacks built to answer real incident questions — not just to look busy. I care about the details that decide whether a system survives a bad day: the mount option, the fencing config, the plan nobody read before the apply.

What you get isn't a vendor relationship routed through an account manager. It's direct access to the engineer who scopes the work, builds it, proves it under load, and hands you a runbook your team can actually use.

  • ~20 years in hosting & infrastructure engineering
  • Cloud-native depth: K8s, Terraform, Proxmox, observability
  • US-based · direct access · no offshore queue
  • End-to-end: architecture → proof → runbook
$1,000,000 Technology E&O & Cyber Liability insured Everspan Indemnity Insurance · AM Best A− (Excellent) Every engagement — no lock-in, cancel any time
Happy clients

Trusted by teams who value reliability

A few words from the people and companies who've partnered with us for backend support, automation and infrastructure peace of mind.

"DropinAdmin aced our cloud migration — quick, secure and smooth. Exceptional service!"

SB
Scott Boxer
@scott_boxer

"They exhibited meticulous attention to detail in managing our VPS. It's rare to find such reliable service. Impressive work."

ES
Ethan S.
CTO

"They delivered a custom API integration that was both scalable and secure. Exceeded expectations."

LG
Leo G.
Director, IT

"DropinAdmin's web optimization services boosted our site's performance and drastically improved our SEO rankings. Their attention to detail and proactive strategies resulted in increased traffic and better user engagement."

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Ken S.
Web Developer

"Our clients love us as much as we love them — and the ratings show it."

DA
DropinAdmin
4.6 average across platforms
Our reputation

Rated highly, everywhere

4.7/5
Verified reviews
4.95/5
Project delivery
4.24/5
Support satisfaction
Work with us

Bring the hard problem

Book a free 15-minute call, or prove the approach first with a one-week Proof-of-Concept Sprint. Either way you're talking to the senior engineer who'll own the work — start to finish.