3 Hops Tech At 3 Hops Tech, businesses turn cloud visions into reality. Whether you're migrating, optimizing, securing infrastructure, or just starting out, the goal is clarity and confidence in your cloud strategy.
Led by Shane Schlabach, an AWS & Azure Solutions Architect with 12+ years of experience designing, migrating, and automating enterprise cloud environments. Learn more →
6+ AWS & Azure certifications
Proven delivery methodology
Work directly with your architect
Understand your goals, current setup, and pain points.
Design a clear roadmap with milestones and priorities.
Implement infrastructure, automation, and security controls.
Monitor, optimize, and iterate as your needs evolve.
Get a secure, scalable AWS or Azure environment — built new or modernized from what's already there.
Move off on-premise or another cloud platform with minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.
Close security gaps and meet compliance requirements with practical, enforceable controls.
Right-size resources and cut wasted spend without sacrificing performance.
Automate delivery and bring infrastructure under version control — without rebuilding what's already in production.
Catch problems before they become incidents, with monitoring and support built into the environment.
Bringing an existing AWS environment under Terraform management — importing previously unmanaged resources into version-controlled infrastructure as code.
Migrated multiple Linux services from EC2 to Docker containers running on ECS, cutting operational overhead and standardizing deployments.
Implemented auto-scaling across multiple production services, improving resilience and keeping costs aligned with actual demand.
Building an Azure environment from the ground up using Bicep, establishing repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure from day one.
Set up private endpoints and secure internal connectivity in Azure, removing public exposure for internal services.
Most infrastructure doesn't start life in Terraform — it starts as a console click, a legacy script, or a manual fix under pressure. Here's how to bring it under management without recreating it.
How to eliminate passwords from Azure SQL connection strings entirely using Microsoft Entra authentication and managed identity — including SSMS connection options and how to verify it's actually working.
Storing Jenkins build artifacts on the controller or agent works well — until it doesn't. A better option is to save artifacts to S3, allowing for built-in AWS-provided data redundancy, storage cost management with lifecycle policies, and the ability to deploy directly from S3 to your servers.
Tell me what you’re building and what you need help with — ping me anytime!