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DevOps & Infrastructure
CI/CD PipelinesCloud InfrastructureInfrastructure as Code

DevOps Consulting Services

Cloud Infrastructure and CI/CD Done Right

90%
Deployment Time Reduction
Typical client result
99.9%
Uptime Target
SLA-grade infrastructure
<5min
Deploy Cycles
From commit to production
$0
Surprise Invoices
Fixed-fee engagements
What Is DevOps Consulting?

DevOps consulting is a professional service where infrastructure engineers design, implement, and optimize your cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and deployment workflows. The goal's simple: eliminate manual deployment friction, cut downtime, and give your engineering team a reliable, repeatable path from code commit to production. It closes the gap between moving fast and staying stable.

Waar projecten falen

Deployments need a 12-step manual checklist and one person who knows the magic order That's a single point of failure. That person takes PTO and releases stop for a week.
Cloud costs climb every month and nobody knows which services are driving the bill You're burning runway on idle resources and oversized instances with no visibility into why.
No staging environment means every deploy goes straight to production Bugs reach users first. Rollbacks are manual and terrifying.
Infrastructure gets configured through the cloud console with no version control One misconfigured security group and your entire stack is exposed — or unreachable.
The CI pipeline takes 45 minutes and developers context-switch while waiting Slow feedback loops compound into slower iteration cycles and missed deadlines.
Monitoring's an afterthought You find out about outages from customer support tickets. Revenue loss and reputation damage from incidents that could've been caught in seconds.

Compliance

Infrastructure as Code

Every server, network rule, and service configuration lives in version-controlled Terraform or Pulumi. No more ClickOps — your infrastructure is auditable, reproducible, and reviewable in pull requests.

CI/CD Pipeline Architecture

We build pipelines in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or whatever tool your team's already using. Tests run, artifacts build, and deploys happen automatically. Commits to main reach production in minutes, not hours.

Cloud Security Hardening

IAM policies, network segmentation, secrets management, and least-privilege access — configured from day one. We close the gaps before attackers find them.

Cost Optimization Audits

We go through your cloud spend line by line, right-size instances, cut waste, and put reserved capacity strategies in place. Most clients save 30–50% on their monthly cloud bills.

Observability & Monitoring

Structured logging, distributed tracing, and alerting through Datadog, Grafana, or CloudWatch. You'll know about problems before your users do.

Secrets & Access Management

Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or environment-level encryption for every API key, database credential, and token. No more secrets in .env files committed to repos.

Wat we bouwen

Multi-Environment Setup

Isolated development, staging, and production environments with automated promotion gates between each.

Zero-Downtime Deployments

Blue-green or canary deployment strategies that eliminate maintenance windows entirely.

Auto-Scaling Configuration

Infrastructure that scales up with traffic automatically and scales back down during quiet hours to save money.

Disaster Recovery Planning

Automated backups, cross-region replication, and documented runbooks for every failure scenario.

Container Orchestration

Docker containerization with Kubernetes or ECS for consistent, portable deployments across any environment.

Developer Experience Tooling

Local development environments that mirror production, pre-commit hooks, and self-service deployment dashboards.

Ons proces

01

Infrastructure Audit

We map your current architecture and identify bottlenecks, security gaps, and cost waste. You get a detailed report with prioritized recommendations.
Week 1
02

Architecture Design

We design the target infrastructure, CI/CD pipeline topology, and monitoring strategy. Every decision gets documented and reviewed with your team.
Week 2
03

Pipeline & IaC Build

We write Terraform modules, build CI/CD pipelines, configure environments, and set up secrets management. All code lives in your repos.
Weeks 3–5
04

Migration & Testing

We migrate workloads to the new infrastructure, run load tests, verify failover procedures, and validate every pipeline stage end-to-end.
Week 6
05

Handoff & Documentation

Your team gets runbooks, architecture diagrams, and a walkthrough session. We stay available for 30 days post-launch to handle anything that comes up.
Week 7
AWSGoogle CloudTerraformDockerGitHub ActionsVercelKubernetesDatadog

Veelgestelde vragen

How long does a DevOps consulting engagement typically take?

Most engagements run 5–7 weeks from audit to handoff. A single-application CI/CD pipeline can be done in 2–3 weeks. Complex multi-service architectures with migration requirements take 8–12 weeks. We scope everything upfront so there are no timeline surprises.

Do you work with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure?

Yes. We've got production experience across all three major cloud providers. Most of our clients run on AWS or Google Cloud, but we work with Azure, DigitalOcean, and hybrid setups regularly. We recommend the provider that fits your workload and budget — we don't push a single vendor.

Will we own all the infrastructure code after the engagement?

Absolutely. Every Terraform module, pipeline configuration, Dockerfile, and script lives in your repositories from day one. We don't use proprietary tools or lock you into ongoing contracts. When we hand off, your team has full ownership and the documentation to maintain everything independently.

Can you work alongside our existing engineering team?

That's the preferred model. We embed with your team through shared Slack channels, joint PR reviews, and paired working sessions. Knowledge transfer happens throughout the engagement — not as a one-time dump at the end. Your engineers learn the new systems as they're built.

What if we already have a CI/CD pipeline but it's slow and unreliable?

Pipeline optimization is one of our most common engagements. We audit your existing pipeline and find the bottlenecks — unnecessary test runs, missing caching, sequential steps that should run in parallel. The typical result is a 60–90% reduction in pipeline duration without losing test coverage.

How do you handle secrets and sensitive credentials?

We implement dedicated secrets management using AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, or environment-level encryption depending on your stack. Secrets are never stored in code, environment files, or CI/CD configuration. Access is audited, rotated automatically, and scoped to the minimum required permissions.

DevOps Consulting from $8,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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