// CLOUD AND DEVOPS
Cloud and DevOps
Routine, predictable releases and infrastructure your team understands.
If a release still depends on one person, a checklist and a long evening, our cloud and DevOps specialists can help. They join your team, build the pipelines and infrastructure you need and show your developers how to maintain them. Within the first couple of months, releases become a normal part of the working day rather than an event that requires people to stay late.
What your team gains
In many growing companies, knowledge of the infrastructure rests with one person. They set up the servers and know which configuration settings matter, and their absence becomes a risk. Because deployments are stressful, they happen infrequently, so each one carries more change and becomes more stressful still.
Our specialists break that cycle. They automate the build and deployment steps so that releases become frequent and routine. They define the infrastructure as code, so that it can be reviewed, reproduced and understood by more than one person, and they make sure members of your team can operate it without them.
- CI/CD pipelines that build, test and deploy on every merge
- Infrastructure as code, held in your repository and reviewed like any other change
- Consistent environments, so that a change that works in staging can be relied on in production
- Monitoring and alerts that identify problems before your customers do
Establishing a reliable release process
A good release process is one the team rarely needs to think about. Code is merged, tests run, the change is deployed to a staging environment and checked, and it then goes live. If something is wrong, rolling back is a single step rather than an urgent effort late at night.
Reaching that point is usually a series of small changes rather than a single large project. We begin by automating the most error-prone parts of your current process and continue from there. Each step makes the next one easier, and your team sees the benefit immediately.
Cloud infrastructure suited to your size
Cloud platforms make it easy to build something far more complex than a business needs. A common result is a small team operating a setup designed for a much larger organisation, with costs to match and limited understanding of what each service does.
We take the opposite approach. Simplicity by Design guides our work: the simplest setup that does the job reliably. That may mean fewer services, a managed option in place of something you currently run yourselves, or switching off resources that are no longer used. We explain the trade-offs in plain language so that you can make an informed decision.
We measure our DevOps work by how well your team operates without us. Our specialists document as they go, pair with your developers on pipeline and infrastructure changes and ensure that nothing important depends on them alone. When the engagement ends, your team owns and understands what has been built.
// FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which cloud providers do you work with?
Our people have experience across the common cloud platforms. Tell us which one you use and we will propose someone who has built and operated production systems on it. We will not recommend a move unless there is a clear reason for one.
Can you help us reduce our cloud costs?
Often, yes. Simplifying infrastructure usually makes it less expensive as well as easier to operate. We review what you are paying for against what you are using and give you an honest view of what is worth changing.
Do you provide on-call or production support?
Our people can take part in your on-call rotation while they are on your team, on terms agreed in advance. The broader aim is to reduce incidents so that on-call duty is needed less often.
Only one person understands our servers. Where would you start?
With that person. We work with them to document what they know and turn the highest-risk manual steps into scripts or pipeline stages first. This reduces the dependence on one individual and allows them to take leave without being called on.
// RELATED SERVICES
Software engineering
Engineers who deliver your features and leave your codebase in better condition.
Quality and testing
Testers who find problems early and establish a process that continues to find them.
How it works
A clear, straightforward process from the first conversation to a specialist working within your team.