Cloud systems that hold under pressure.
AWS · Terraform · DevOps · AI Integration
Conner Verret
Senior Software Engineer & Cloud Consultant
Building cloud infrastructure
that scales.
Conner Verret is a Senior Software Engineer and Cloud Consultant based in Spokane, Washington, and founder of Verret Value Consulting. With 5+ years at a software consulting firm, he has led infrastructure for enterprise platforms serving 10M+ monthly active users doing 5B+ in annual revenue, rescued production systems from failing vendors, and built greenfield cloud environments from scratch on aggressive timelines.
Conner works as an AI-augmented engineer, leveraging cutting-edge tools to deliver at accelerated speed while providing the human judgment, accountability, and organizational navigation that automation alone cannot replace. He holds multiple AWS certifications spanning architecture, DevOps, security, and networking. Every system he builds is designed for clients to understand, maintain, and evolve after handoff, not black-box solutions that create consultant dependency.
Services
AI & Workflow Engineering
Turn repetitive, manual processes into intelligent automated workflows. From document processing and data extraction to agentic AI systems that reason, decide, and act across your operations. Production-grade implementations with measurable ROI, not science projects.
Cloud Architecture
AWS environments designed for your business, not a reference architecture. Production-ready infrastructure defined entirely in code: repeatable, auditable, and built so your team can manage it after handoff. Every decision documented, every dollar justified.
Application Architecture
Software systems designed for maintainability and growth. Clean service boundaries, sensible data modeling, and architecture decisions that hold up under real-world load. Whether you're starting from scratch or untangling what's already there.
Website Design & Development
Fast, accessible websites built to convert. Modern frameworks, responsive design, and performance optimization so your site loads instantly and ranks well. From single-page marketing sites to full content platforms.
Platform Modernization
Migrate off fragile, aging systems without the big-bang rewrite that never ships. Incremental modernization with zero-downtime execution, whether that means decomposing a monolith, replacing a legacy database, or rebuilding a deployment pipeline.
DevOps & Automation
Ship faster with confidence. Automated pipelines, safe deployment strategies, and build infrastructure that eliminates bottlenecks. Your team stops waiting on manual processes and starts delivering continuously with guardrails that catch problems before customers do.
Security & Compliance
Know where your vulnerabilities are before they become incidents. Security posture built on least-privilege access, network isolation, encryption, and secrets management. Backed by AWS Security and Advanced Networking Specialty certifications.
Strategic Advisory
Senior-level technical leadership without a full-time hire. Architecture reviews, technology selection, team mentoring, and multi-quarter roadmaps that align your engineering investments with business outcomes. Clarity and direction when you need it most.
Case Studies
Enterprise E-Commerce Modernization
EnterpriseA major grocery retailer's e-commerce platform served 10M+ monthly users, but aging Oracle-era infrastructure was creating risk. Fragile deployments, manual processes, and tightly coupled legacy systems meant every release was a gamble at scale.
- Rebuilt the entire production server fleet with zero customer-facing downtime
- Replaced the legacy checkout system, untangling payment processing, order management, and fulfillment into a modern architecture
- Migrated millions of database records from Oracle to PostgreSQL without a single service interruption
- Validated production resilience through chaos testing, maintaining near-perfect availability under active server failures
Platform Rescue & Security Remediation
RescueA SaaS platform serving senior living communities was deteriorating under a failing vendor relationship. No monitoring, no infrastructure-as-code, outdated dependencies, and critical security vulnerabilities left the platform one bad day away from a data breach.
- Migrated the entire platform off the vendor's AWS account and restored production stability
- Uncovered and remediated critical security vulnerabilities including publicly exposed databases and credentials stored in source code
- Upgraded the full application stack across all services with zero downtime
- Delivered a multi-quarter strategic roadmap covering security hardening, architecture modernization, and operational maturity
Greenfield Cloud Infrastructure
StartupA retail technology startup needed production-ready cloud infrastructure from scratch to power automated smoothie kiosks across universities, office buildings, gyms, and hospitals. Tight budget and an aggressive launch timeline.
- Delivered complete production-ready infrastructure in three weeks
- Designed for scale through configuration alone, from a handful of devices to hundreds without re-architecting
- Secured the platform end-to-end with private networking, encrypted databases, and API authentication
- Cost-optimized infrastructure under $300/month per environment with a documented path to production scale
"You've gone above and beyond. I have no complaints."
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