Ellis Consulting brings senior-level software engineering, site reliability, and database expertise to organizations that need systems that work — wherever they operate.
Start a conversationBrad Hammond is a senior software and site reliability engineer with over a decade of experience building and automating the systems that keep organizations running. From database reliability to internal AI solutions, the work is always the same: make complex things dependable.
Ellis Consulting operates through two entities — an LLC in the United States and a B.V. in the Netherlands — serving clients on both sides of the Atlantic with the same standard of engineering.
Serving North American clients with software automation, database administration, and reliability engineering. Registered and operating in the US since 2025.
European operations based in Amsterdam, providing the same consulting services to clients across the Netherlands and the broader European market.
Building automation systems that reduce manual work, catch failures early, and let engineering teams focus on what matters. Python-first, cloud-ready.
Designing, maintaining, and optimizing databases for performance and reliability. MSSQL, MySQL, and beyond — schema design to query tuning.
Improving system uptime, observability, and incident response. From CI/CD pipelines to on-call runbooks — engineering resilience into the stack.
Architecting and deploying secure internal LLM solutions for engineering teams. Practical AI that fits within existing infrastructure and compliance requirements.
Platform automation and deployment strategy on Microsoft Azure. Containerized workloads, monitoring, and cost-conscious architecture.
Technical guidance for teams navigating platform migrations, reliability improvements, or building internal tooling from scratch.