About PatTechLLC

Who We Are

PatTechLLC is a boutique consulting firm specializing in AIX and Linux infrastructure, virtualization, security, and enterprise-grade systems engineering. Founded and led by Christian J. Patterson, PatTechLLC brings more than 20 years of UNIX/Linux engineering, 12 years of network engineering, and multiple years of DevSecOps, automation, and project management expertise to organizations that need reliability, modernization, and deep technical leadership.

We support clients across industries—including government, healthcare, telecommunications, finance, and enterprise retail—designing and maintaining systems that must perform flawlessly, scale intelligently, and remain secure under demanding workloads.

Whether it’s building a hardened AIX environment, automating a large-scale Linux deployment, tuning performance across multi-node clusters, or leading complex datacenter and cloud migrations, PatTechLLC delivers solutions anchored in real-world experience and a commitment to operational excellence.

About Christian Patterson

Senior AIX/Linux Infrastructure Architect & DevSecOps Engineer
Founder, PatTechLLC
 

For more than two decades, Christian has been trusted by Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, and multi-national enterprises to design, secure, and operate mission-critical infrastructure. His background spans:

  • UNIX/AIX/Linux system administration & engineering
  • Virtualization (PowerVM, VIO, LPAR/DLPAR, micro-partitioning)
  • DevOps & DevSecOps workflow design
  • Enterprise application hosting (Tomcat/TomEE, Apache, WebSphere, MQ-Series)
  • Cloud deployment (Azure, containers, Kubernetes, PCS clusters)
  • Storage & SAN (EMC, IBM V7000, XIV, Pure Flash Array)
  • Security hardening, compliance & Zero Trust MFA solutions
  • High-availability & performance tuning for large-scale systems
  • Network engineering (802.3ad LACP, 802.1q VLANs)

Christian’s career began in the U.S. Navy as a UNIX system administrator onboard the USS Dallas SSN 700, evolving into roles across IBM, SAIC, DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, Brown Brothers Harriman, Meijer, and dozens of other enterprise-level organizations.

His consulting work has served household names including:

  • Verizon
  • Bank of America
  • Chase
  • AIG
  • Tenet Health
  • Comerica
  • Essilor
  • Aqua America
  • Beacon Health Options

Today, Christian also serves in a federal DevSecOps role supporting Time and Attendance systems used by over 100,000 users—designing secure pipelines, implementing Zero Trust authentication, managing code deployment workflows, optimizing performance, and leading large application migrations.

His approach is straightforward: simplify complexity, automate wherever possible, secure everything, and document what matters.

Our Mission

To help organizations stabilize, modernize, secure, and scale their infrastructure using practical engineering, disciplined processes, and deep experience across enterprise UNIX/Linux systems.

What We Do

AIX & Linux Consulting

Architecture, administration, upgrades, migrations, troubleshooting, performance tuning, PowerVM, VIO, HACMP/PowerHA.

DevSecOps & Automation

CI/CD pipelines, Ansible automation, deployment workflows, build/release processes, containerization, cloud integration.

Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture

On-premise, hybrid, and Azure cloud solutions; Tomcat/TomEE; Apache; multi-node systems; HA/DR design.

Security & Compliance

Zero Trust frameworks, MFA/IdP integration, patching, hardening, SOX/PCI/HIPAA compliance, vulnerability remediation.

Datacenter & Enterprise Projects

Datacenter relocations, SAN design, storage optimization, standardized OS rollouts, enterprise documentation.

Performance & Availability Engineering

Clustered applications, load balancing, tuning, troubleshooting complex distributed systems.

Our Values

  • Reliability – Mission-critical environments demand predictable, stable solutions.
  • Security First – Hardening, Zero Trust principles, and compliance form the baseline.
  • Documentation & Process – Engineering is only complete when it’s repeatable.
  • Customer Partnership – We solve problems collaboratively and communicate with clarity.
  • Efficiency – Automate the repetitive; optimize the essential.