orchestration
Kubernetes
Managed container orchestration for services that need independent scale and fast, safe releases.
How we use it
Kubernetes is our default for production multi-service estates. We run managed only: AWS EKS, Azure AKS, or GCP GKE. Declarative deploys, horizontal scale, and self-healing — without you owning the control plane.
How we run clusters
- Infrastructure as code — manifests in git, Helm or Kustomize for packaging
- Auto-scaling — HPA on real metrics
- Traffic and safety — network policies, RBAC, image scanning; service mesh only when it pays for itself
- Storage — managed databases for state; PVs only where they belong
Typical patterns
- Microservices — scale services independently
- Blue-green / progressive delivery — zero-downtime releases
- Multi-cloud shape — same workload model on EKS, AKS, or GKE
- Batch — CronJobs for backups and reports
- Cost — bin packing, right-sizing, spot nodes for burst
Our standards
Managed control plane only. Everything above it is code. Releases measured in minutes, not an out-of-hours window. The 45-minute deploy at 2am is exactly what this platform is meant to kill.
Related services
- Cloud Migration — containerise and move legacy workloads
- Kubernetes & DevOps — day-two ops, monitoring, cost
FAQs
Q: Is Kubernetes overkill for a small team? Sometimes. A handful of quiet services may not need it. When release speed and reliability matter, even small teams benefit — we pick k3s or full managed EKS/AKS based on growth, not fashion.
Q: Where does data live? Managed databases (RDS, Cloud SQL) for primary state. StatefulSets and volumes for caches and queues when needed.
Q: What is the ops load? On managed Kubernetes the cloud runs the control plane. Your team (or our retainer) owns deploys, secrets, upgrades, and alerts — roughly one platform-minded person per large service estate, not a ten-person NOC.
Using Kubernetes in production?
Tell us what you run today. We will say whether Kubernetes fits, what we would change, and what it would take — no deck.