Services that build resilient platforms
We deliver specialized expertise across eight core service areas. Each engagement is customized to your architecture, team maturity, and business stage.
Cloud Foundation Design
Multi-cloud-ready infrastructure architecture and landing zones
What we deliver
- • AWS/Azure/GCP landing zone design
- • Multi-account strategy and organization structure
- • Network architecture and security group design
- • Compliance framework mapping (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
- • Cost allocation and billing strategy
- • Infrastructure-as-code scaffolding (Terraform/CloudFormation)
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 6-8 week engagement
- ✓ Documented architecture design
- ✓ Implementation playbook
- ✓ Team training and handoff
- ✓ Operational runbooks
Ideal for: Pre-launch companies establishing their first cloud environment, orgs planning multi-region expansion, enterprises modernizing legacy infrastructure.
Platform Engineering
Internal developer platforms, self-service infrastructure, and autonomous team workflows
What we deliver
- • Internal Developer Platform (IDP) architecture
- • Self-service environment provisioning
- • Developer portal and documentation automation
- • GitOps workflow design and implementation
- • Standards and guardrails as code
- • Cost and resource quotas automation
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 8-12 week engagement
- ✓ MVP platform in production
- ✓ Developer adoption training
- ✓ Platform steward handbook
- ✓ Ongoing platform support (optional)
Ideal for: Growth-stage companies scaling teams, orgs with 10+ engineering teams, companies aiming to reduce developer toil and accelerate ship velocity.
DevOps & Delivery Automation
CI/CD pipeline design, environment strategy, and deployment automation
What we deliver
- • CI/CD pipeline architecture (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- • Deployment strategy (blue-green, canary, rolling)
- • Environment promotion workflows
- • Release automation and safety checks
- • Database migration tooling
- • Artifact management and registry strategy
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 4-10 week engagement
- ✓ Fully automated CI/CD pipelines
- ✓ Deployment runbooks and procedures
- ✓ Team training and rollout
- ✓ Metrics dashboard for deployment health
Ideal for: Teams deploying multiple times per week, organizations with high deployment friction, companies needing safer, faster release cycles.
Kubernetes & Container Operations
EKS/AKS/GKE cluster architecture, container best practices, and workload management
What we deliver
- • Kubernetes cluster architecture and sizing
- • Node group strategy and auto-scaling
- • Container security and image scanning
- • Ingress and service mesh design (Istio, Linkerd)
- • Persistent storage and database operators
- • Cluster upgrades and patch management
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 6-12 week engagement
- ✓ Production-ready cluster(s)
- ✓ Container and workload standards
- ✓ Operational playbooks
- ✓ Engineering team onboarding
Ideal for: Companies adopting Kubernetes for the first time, organizations migrating legacy workloads to containers, teams needing cluster optimization and multi-region strategy.
Observability & Reliability Engineering
Observability architecture, alert design, SLO definition, and incident response readiness
What we deliver
- • Observability strategy (metrics, logs, traces)
- • Alert rationalization and tuning
- • SLO/SLI definition and tracking
- • Incident response procedures and runbooks
- • On-call rotation design and tooling
- • Post-mortem and blameless review culture
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 8-14 week engagement
- ✓ Observability architecture documented
- ✓ Dashboards and alerting configured
- ✓ Incident response playbooks
- ✓ On-call team training
Ideal for: Organizations with alert fatigue, companies adopting new observability tools, teams struggling with MTTR, orgs improving on-call experience.
Cloud Modernization & Migration
Legacy to cloud migration, application refactoring, and phased cutover strategies
What we deliver
- • Current-state assessment and workload analysis
- • Migration wave planning and prioritization
- • Rehost, replatform, and refactor guidance
- • Network connectivity and hybrid bridge design
- • Data migration strategy and tooling
- • Cutover planning and validation testing
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 10-20 week engagement (varies by scope)
- ✓ Migration roadmap with timeline and cost
- ✓ Detailed wave-by-wave execution plan
- ✓ Team training and knowledge transfer
- ✓ Post-migration optimization
Ideal for: Organizations running on-premises or in legacy hosting, companies consolidating multiple data centers, enterprises modernizing aging applications.
Security Automation & Governance
Infrastructure security, compliance automation, access controls, and policy as code
What we deliver
- • Identity and access management (IAM) design
- • Policy as code (OPA, Kyverno, AWS CloudTrail)
- • Secret management and rotation automation
- • Compliance scanning and remediation
- • Network security and DDoS protection
- • Audit logging and forensics capability
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ 6-10 week engagement
- ✓ Security architecture and policy documentation
- ✓ Automated compliance checks and reporting
- ✓ Team training and audit readiness
- ✓ Security runbooks and incident response
Ideal for: Regulated industries (healthcare, fintech, legal), organizations preparing for SOC 2 audits, companies managing complex access control requirements.
Fractional Platform Leadership
Ongoing strategic guidance, incident support, and platform evolution for mature teams
What we deliver
- • Part-time platform engineering leadership
- • Strategic roadmap planning and prioritization
- • Architecture review and technical decision support
- • On-call escalation and incident investigation
- • Team mentoring and hiring guidance
- • Cost optimization and capacity planning
Engagement outcomes
- ✓ Ongoing monthly engagement
- ✓ Dedicated senior engineer or architect
- ✓ Flexible scope (4-16 hours per week)
- ✓ Platform roadmap and strategy alignment
- ✓ Incident support and escalation
Ideal for: Growth-stage companies without a VP of Infrastructure, teams needing strategic platform guidance without full-time hires, orgs building platform teams organically.
How engagements work
Discovery Workshop
We spend time understanding your architecture, team structure, business goals, and constraints. We identify immediate risks and opportunities.
Architecture & Planning
We design a solution that's tailored to your needs, documented clearly, and validated with your stakeholders before execution begins.
Delivery & Implementation
Senior engineers work hands-on with your team to build, test, and deploy the solution with minimal disruption to your operations.
Enablement & Handoff
We train your teams, document everything, establish operational procedures, and ensure you can own and evolve the platform independently.
Ongoing Support
Optional fractional leadership, incident support, and strategic guidance keep your platform healthy as you scale.
Which service fits your stage?
Let's talk through your challenges and find the right engagement shape and timeline for your team.
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