Austin, Texas

Kirk Montague

Technical Solutions Automation Linux & Cloud Infrastructure

I work at the intersection of technology and business — implementing systems, automating repetitive processes, troubleshooting infrastructure, training users, and translating technical problems into practical solutions.

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Customer-facing technology professional with hands-on experience across automation, SaaS implementation, Linux, Docker, cloud hosting, identity, Microsoft 365, APIs, DNS, and technical consulting.
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What I Do

Technology that solves actual problems.

IMPLEMENTATION

Technical Solutions

Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot business platforms, cloud services, identity tools, Windows and macOS endpoints, office networking, collaboration tools, and end-user AV equipment. Support users from implementation through onboarding, training, and day-to-day troubleshooting.

AUTOMATION

Workflow Engineering

Identify repetitive business processes and replace them with dependable automated workflows using SaaS configuration, n8n, APIs, webhooks, conditional logic, scripting, and AI-assisted development — reducing manual work while improving communication and consistency.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Linux & Cloud

Build and operate Linux servers, Dockerized applications, remote-support infrastructure, monitoring, secure remote access, web hosting, and cloud services.

CUSTOMERS

Technical Communication

Explain complicated technology in normal language, train users, troubleshoot issues, and connect technical decisions to business value.

Impact

Built for production, not tutorials.

10+
Clients supported across business and personal IT environments
3
1Password Business deployments
2+ Hours
Recurring manual work eliminated every week through automation
4K+
Visitors supported by a production web application
Selected Work

Featured projects.

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Production Web Application

Great Hills Holiday Lights Contest

Full-stack neighborhood contest platform with geofenced entries, SMS verification, multi-stage voting, sponsor management, administrator tooling, Cloudflare R2 photo storage, and anti-abuse controls.

Node.js Express PostgreSQL Leaflet Cloudflare R2
Business Automation

Automated Newsletter Pipeline

Replaced a recurring 40+ minute manual workflow with an unattended n8n pipeline that validates inbound email, extracts HTML, prevents duplicate sends, creates a Brevo campaign, and distributes it automatically.

n8n IMAP JavaScript Brevo API Automation
Infrastructure

Linux Homelab & Monitoring

Ubuntu-based self-hosted infrastructure using Docker, secure remote access, monitoring, automated health alerts, webhooks, and local AI experimentation.

Ubuntu Docker Tailscale Netdata Ollama
Technology

Tools I've worked with.

Infrastructure

Linux / Ubuntu Docker SSH DigitalOcean Vultr Netlify Render Cloudflare Tailscale

Business & Identity

1Password Microsoft 365 Google Workspace MFA / TOTP DNS SPF / DKIM / DMARC MeshCentral WordPress

Collaboration & Endpoint

Windows macOS Slack Zoom OBS Studio PC Hardware Wi-Fi / Networking AV Troubleshooting

Automation & Development

n8n APIs Webhooks Git / GitHub Node.js Express PostgreSQL JavaScript PHP HTML / CSS

AI

ChatGPT Claude Claude Code Codex Grok / xAI Ollama Local Models
Let's Connect

Technology should make work easier.

I'm based in Austin and interested in technical solutions, implementation, infrastructure, automation, customer-facing technology, and technology consulting opportunities.

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