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Solutions for every layer of your infrastructure

Engage us for one area or the whole stack. Every solution is delivered as code, documented, and built in your own cloud accounts.

DevOps & CI/CD

Reliable, automated delivery from commit to production.

We design and build pipelines that test, secure and deploy every change consistently, then add GitOps so your environments always match what’s in source control.

What’s included

  • CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
  • GitOps with Argo CD or Flux
  • Branching, release and environment promotion strategies
  • Automated testing, code quality and security scanning in the pipeline
  • Moving legacy build servers to modern platforms

Common tools

  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jenkins
  • Tekton
  • Argo CD

Cloud architecture

Foundations designed for security, scale and cost.

Good architecture is mostly decisions made early: how accounts are split, how networks connect, how identity flows and how things fail. We make those decisions with you and document why.

What’s included

  • Landing zones and multi-account or multi-subscription structure
  • Network design, hybrid connectivity and VPN
  • High availability and multi-region design
  • Architecture reviews against well-architected best practices
  • Reference architectures and decision records

Common tools

  • AWS Organizations
  • Azure landing zones
  • Google Cloud resource hierarchy
  • Transit Gateway
  • Virtual WAN

Infrastructure automation

Replace manual work with repeatable code.

If it’s built by clicking through a console, it can’t be reviewed, repeated or recovered. We turn your infrastructure and operational tasks into code anyone on your team can run.

What’s included

  • Infrastructure as code with Terraform, OpenTofu, Bicep or CloudFormation
  • Configuration management with Ansible
  • Bringing existing hand-built resources under code
  • Self-service templates for common requests
  • Scripting and workflow automation in PowerShell, Python and Bash

Common tools

  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Ansible
  • Bicep
  • CloudFormation
  • PowerShell
  • Python

Containers & Kubernetes

Container platforms that are secure and easy to operate.

We build and run Kubernetes the boring way: sensible defaults, clear access controls, automated deployments and upgrades that don’t keep you up at night.

What’s included

  • Cluster design and builds on OpenShift, EKS, AKS and GKE
  • Containerizing existing applications
  • Role-based access control and multi-team tenancy
  • Helm charts, operators and GitOps deployment
  • Storage, ingress and upgrade planning

Common tools

  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Amazon EKS
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Docker
  • Helm

Migration & modernization

Move to the cloud, or between clouds, without the drama.

We assess what you have, decide what should move and how, then migrate in planned waves with rollback paths so the business keeps running throughout.

What’s included

  • Discovery and migration readiness assessment
  • Rehost, replatform or refactor recommendations for each workload
  • Data centre to cloud and cloud-to-cloud migrations
  • Modernizing legacy applications onto containers or managed services
  • DNS, email and identity cutovers

Common tools

  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • VMware
  • Amazon Route 53
  • Cloudflare

Security & identity

Access that’s simple for users and tight for attackers.

Most cloud incidents start with identity and misconfiguration. We put guardrails in place so the secure way is also the easy way.

What’s included

  • Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID and SAML or OIDC applications
  • Least-privilege roles and access reviews
  • Secrets and certificate management
  • Policy as code and cloud guardrails
  • Governance for AI tools and assistants that access your systems

Common tools

  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • AWS IAM Identity Center
  • Azure Policy
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Azure Key Vault
  • AWS Secrets Manager

Monitoring & reliability

Know about problems before your users do.

We set up monitoring, logging and alerting that focus on what matters to your users, with dashboards and runbooks your team will actually use.

What’s included

  • Metrics, logs and alerting design
  • Dashboards for platform and application health
  • Service level objectives and alert tuning
  • Incident runbooks and on-call readiness

Common tools

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Azure Monitor
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry

Backup & disaster recovery

Recovery you’ve tested, not just planned.

Backups only matter if you can restore them. We design backup and disaster recovery around realistic recovery targets, then test them.

What’s included

  • Backup strategy and retention design
  • Disaster recovery plans with defined recovery time and recovery point objectives
  • Cross-region and hybrid recovery
  • Recovery testing and documentation
  • Retiring legacy backup infrastructure safely

Common tools

  • AWS Backup
  • Azure Backup
  • Velero
  • Cohesity
  • Veeam

Cloud cost optimization

Spend less on cloud without slowing down.

We find what’s idle, oversized or forgotten, then put tagging, budgets and automation in place so the savings stick.

What’s included

  • Cost review with a list of quick wins
  • Rightsizing and scheduling non-production environments
  • Reserved capacity and savings plan guidance
  • Tagging standards, budgets and alerts
  • Cleaning up orphaned storage and resources

Common tools

  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • Azure Cost Management
  • Google Cloud Billing
  • Kubecost

Platforms we work with

Public cloud, private cloud and everything in between. If you run something that isn’t listed, ask us.

Public cloud

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud (GCP)
  • Cloudflare

Private and hybrid cloud

  • VMware vSphere
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Proxmox VE
  • On-premises data centres
  • Hybrid connectivity

Identity and productivity

  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Workspace
  • Okta
  • Atlassian Cloud

DevOps and automation

  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Argo CD

Operating systems

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows Server

Observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Datadog
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Azure Monitor

Product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners. Listing a platform describes our experience with it and does not imply a partnership or endorsement.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us what you’re running and what isn’t working. We’ll help you figure out which of these matters most.

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