DevOps & Cloud Automation Services

Ship faster. Run cheaper. Stay up. We design and operate production cloud infrastructure — CI/CD, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and full observability — with senior engineers in the room from day one.

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THE SHIFT

Why DevOps Has Become Non-Negotiable

Cloud has become the default. Outages cost more. Engineers ship more often. Compliance demands more rigor. Here's why DevOps and cloud automation have moved from optional to non-negotiable in the last 24 months:

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Velocity Is the New Moat

Top teams deploy multiple times a day. Monthly releases lose to weekly. Weekly loses to daily. DevOps is how that velocity is delivered without breaking production.

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Cloud Costs Compound Fast

Rightsizing, reserved capacity, and architecture choices made early save 30 to 50 percent on the cloud bill. Bad choices made early compound for years.

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Reliability Is a Product Feature

Customers and procurement teams now ask about uptime, SLAs, and incident response. Reliability is no longer back-office — it's a competitive feature.

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Security Has Shifted Left

SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and ISO audits demand evidence in code — secrets management, IAM policies, image scanning. DevSecOps is the only practical path.

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Talent Is Scarce and Expensive

Senior DevOps engineers are among the hardest hires in tech. Specialist outsourced teams now ship in weeks what in-house hiring takes quarters.

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Click-Ops Is a Liability

Cloud consoles built by hand can't be audited, reproduced, or recovered. Infrastructure as Code has become the default for any serious production stack.

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THE GAP

Why Most Teams Underinvest in DevOps — and Pay for It Later

Teams underinvest in DevOps for predictable reasons. Founders prioritize features over infrastructure. Engineering leads patch problems in production rather than fixing them at the platform layer. Budgets are framed as "velocity" rather than "sustainable velocity." Vendors are cheap on hosting and expensive on incident response. Twelve months later, the team is firefighting outages, fighting cloud bills, and rebuilding pipelines from scratch — at three to five times the cost of doing it right the first time. That's where ZAPTA's DevOps & Cloud Automation engagements come in — senior cloud engineers, battle-tested playbooks, and a focus on delivering production-grade systems, not slide-deck strategies.

Who we help most

  • Vector founders before they hire their first DevOps engineer
  • Vector engineering leads modernizing a stack that has outgrown its setup
  • Vector CTOs preparing for SOC 2 or HIPAA audits
  • Vector procurement teams who need a credible cloud operating model before signing a long-term cloud contract
HOW WE HELP

How ZAPTA delivers support & managed services

Different stacks need different depth. Pick the engagement type that matches your stage:

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CI/CD & Release Automation

You ship manually or with brittle scripts and every deploy is risky. We design and build automated pipelines — commit to production, with testing, security scans, and rollback baked in. Output: production-ready CI/CD across all your services, with documented runbooks.

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Cloud Infrastructure & Kubernetes

You need production-grade cloud — AWS, GCP, or Azure — with autoscaling, HA, and zero click-ops. We design, build, and operate Kubernetes-native infrastructure managed as code. Output: full IaC repo, running clusters, and a documented architecture your team can extend.

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SRE, Observability & Cost Optimization

Your stack is live but slow, expensive, or unreliable. We add observability, SLOs, on-call practices, and FinOps controls to bring cost and reliability under control. Output: instrumented systems, optimized cloud bill, and runbooks for production incidents.

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DevSecOps & Compliance Readiness

You're heading into a SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO audit and your environment isn't ready. We implement secrets management, IAM hardening, policy-as-code, image scanning, and audit logging. Output: audit-ready environment with evidence captured in code, not slides.

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ENGAGEMENT MODELS

Flexible Ways to Work With ZAPTA on DevOps

Most DevOps engagements are bounded projects with clear deliverables. But we offer flexibility on format and ongoing operation depending on how you want to work:

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DIAGNOSTIC

Signs You Need DevOps & Cloud Help

If any of these sound familiar, modernizing your DevOps is likely your highest-leverage next move:

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Releases take hours or days, and your team is afraid to deploy on Fridays.

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Your AWS, GCP, or Azure bill keeps climbing and nobody can explain exactly why.

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Production goes down and there is no clear playbook for incident response.

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You have no real CI/CD — code is deployed manually by one or two engineers.

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Your cloud infrastructure was clicked together in the console and can't be reproduced.

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You want to move to Kubernetes but the migration path isn't obvious or safe.

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Security and compliance audits are coming and your environment isn't ready.

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Services

What a ZAPTA DevOps Engagement Covers

Every engagement is tailored to your stack and stage, but most cover the following core capabilities — adapted depending on whether the engagement is CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, SRE, or compliance-focused:

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Cloud Architecture Design

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Production-grade AWS, GCP, or Azure architecture covering compute, storage, networking, and security — designed for scale, cost, and uptime from day one.

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Infrastructure as Code

All infrastructure expressed in Terraform or Pulumi — version-controlled, reviewable, and reproducible across environments.

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CI/CD Pipelines

Automated build, test, and deploy pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or your preferred tooling. Includes security scanning, test gates, and rollback.

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Kubernetes & Containers

Containerization with Docker, deployment to managed Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS), GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux, and autoscaling configured for your workload.

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Observability & SRE

Metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, SLOs, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic. Runbooks and on-call practices included.

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Secrets & IAM Hardening

HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager for credentials. IAM policies designed on least-privilege principles. Audit logging captured by default.

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DevSecOps & Compliance

Container image scanning, IaC policy enforcement, vulnerability management, and audit logging that supports SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and ISO audits.

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Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Rightsizing, reserved instances, savings plans, cost-allocation tagging, and FinOps dashboards. Typical clients see 25 to 40 percent cloud bill reduction.

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Disaster Recovery & Backup

Backup strategy, RPO and RTO targets, cross-region replication, and tested recovery runbooks. DR drills run regularly under retainer.

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Cloud & Data Migration

Phased migration from on-prem, legacy hosting, or competing clouds — with rollback safety, parallel-run periods, and zero-downtime cutover plans.

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Documentation & Runbooks

Architecture diagrams, incident runbooks, decision records, and onboarding docs handed over in Notion, Confluence, or your preferred system.

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Team Training & Handover

Hands-on training for your engineers on the pipelines, IaC, and observability stack we deliver — so your team owns it long after we leave.

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PROCESS

How our support process works

Every DevOps engagement follows a clear three-phase lifecycle. Audits and quick wins complete in days. CI/CD setups complete in 2 to 4 weeks. Full cloud builds and Kubernetes migrations run 6 to 12 weeks end-to-end.

PHASE 1

Audit & Architecture

  • » Kickoff call to align on goals, stack, and success criteria
  • » Full audit of your existing cloud, CI/CD, security, and cost posture. Stakeholder interviews with engineering, product, and security leads
  • » Target architecture designed collaboratively with senior cloud engineers.

Days 1 to 5 — discovery, audit, and target architecture design.

PHASE 2

Build & Automate

  • » CI/CD pipelines built with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or your preferred tooling.
  • » Kubernetes clusters configured with autoscaling, ingress, and GitOps deploy.
  • » Observability stack instrumented — metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts.

Weeks 2 to 8 — Infrastructure as Code, pipelines, and observability.

PHASE 3

Harden & Hand Over

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  • » Security scans and compliance evidence captured in code and documented.
  • » Runbooks for incident response, on-call rotation, and recovery procedures finalized.
  • » Team training on the pipelines, IaC, and observability stack we delivered.
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Final 1 to 2 weeks — testing, runbooks, training, and handover.

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STACK

Tools We Use to Build and Operate DevOps

Modern DevOps uses battle-tested tools. Our stack combines proven cloud platforms with the leading automation, observability, and security tools — chosen for production-grade reliability and team adoption.

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WORK

Real Software Projects We've Shipped

Real scenarios where founders and engineering teams brought us in to modernize, optimize, or operate their cloud and DevOps:

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DELIVERABLES

What You Walk Out With

Every DevOps engagement ends with a defined set of artifacts your team owns long-term — designed to be useful whether you continue with ZAPTA on retainer or take everything in-house:

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Cloud architecture document — designed for scale, cost, and uptime, with rationale for every choice.

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Full Infrastructure as Code repo — Terraform or Pulumi, version-controlled in GitHub or GitLab.

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CI/CD pipelines — automated build, test, deploy with security scanning and rollback.

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Kubernetes clusters — configured with autoscaling, ingress, GitOps, and HA where relevant.

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Observability stack — metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alert rules ready for production use.

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Secrets management and IAM policies — credentials secured, least-privilege enforced, audit logging on.

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DevSecOps controls — image scanning, IaC policy enforcement, and vulnerability management integrated.

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FinOps dashboards — cost-allocation tagging and visibility into cloud spend by service and team.

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Backup, DR plan, and recovery runbooks — tested and documented, not just sketched out.

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Compliance evidence — captured in code and logs to support SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, or ISO audits.

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Documentation in Notion, Confluence, or your system — architecture diagrams, runbooks, and onboarding guides.

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WHY ZAPTA

Why teams choose ZAPTA for discovery

Many companies offer managed services. Here's what makes ZAPTA a specialist support and managed-services partner:

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Senior Engineers Only

Every engagement is led by senior cloud engineers, SREs, and platform specialists who operate production systems every day — not junior engineers reading from a playbook.

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Production Outcomes Over Slides

We measure engagements by uptime, deploy frequency, MTTR, and cost saved — not by deck pages produced. DevOps exists to ship and stay up.

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AI-Enabled Delivery

Modern AI tooling compresses log analysis, IaC generation, and incident triage into hours instead of days — letting us deliver more in less time without burning your budget.

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Honest Recommendations

We will tell you not to migrate to Kubernetes, to stay on a managed service, or to delay an audit when that's the right call. We are not here to sell you complexity.

INDUSTRIES

Industries we serve

DevOps is industry-agnostic in tooling — but the constraints, compliance, and operational risk are not. Senior engineers with industry-specific experience matter.

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Fintech
Secure software for banking, payments, and finance.
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Real Estate & Construction
Smarter property and construction management software.
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Healthcare
Digital healthcare solutions for better patient care.
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Technology
Build scalable software and AI-powered products.
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Education
Modern EdTech platforms for smarter learning.
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Retail
Smart retail solutions that drive growth and sales.
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Insurance
Automate claims, policies, and compliance
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Compliance & Governance
Simplify compliance, audits, and risk management.
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Transportation & Logistics
Optimize logistics and supply chain operations.
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Intelligent software for modern energy operations.
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OTHER SERVICES

Beyond support — full-stack services

DevOps is one part of the product lifecycle. ZAPTA is a complete technology company — we ship every part of what your product needs under one roof.

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Custom Software Development
Full-stack web, SaaS, and enterprise applications built and deployed on the cloud platforms we operate.
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LLM-powered SaaS, RAG systems, copilots, and generative AI products with DevOps-grade observability and cost controls.
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AI MVP Development
Production-ready AI MVPs shipped in 4 to 8 weeks — deployed on the cloud infrastructure we build.
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Discovery Workshop
Product, technical, AI, and modernization workshops that scope the right next move before engineering begins.
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Mobile App Development
Native and cross-platform iOS and Android apps with backend infrastructure designed for scale.
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Software QA
Manual, automated, and performance QA integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines we build.
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Rebuild, re-platform, and re-engineer legacy systems with cloud-native architecture from day one.
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Support & Managed Services
Ongoing application maintenance and improvement that pairs with DevOps retainer for full-stack stewardship.

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QUESTIONS

DevOps & Cloud Automation FAQs

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It depends on scope. Audits and quick wins typically complete in 3 to 5 working days. CI/CD pipeline setups complete in 2 to 4 weeks. Full cloud infrastructure builds and Kubernetes migrations run 6 to 12 weeks end-to-end. We confirm a firm timeline during scoping.

DevOps pricing depends on stack complexity, compliance needs, and scope. We offer fixed-cost engagements with transparent upfront pricing — no billing surprises. Most projects are scoped per engagement and quoted within 24 hours of an intro call. Retainers are billed monthly.

No. Every DevOps engagement is standalone. You walk out with full ownership of the architecture, code, and runbooks. You can take everything in-house, hire another vendor, or continue with us on retainer — it's your call, with no implied commitment.

All three major providers — AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure — plus specialist platforms like DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, and Vercel. We pick the right provider per project based on workload, budget, compliance, and existing investments.

Yes. Cloud cost optimization is one of our most popular engagements. We run a FinOps audit, rightsize resources, apply reserved instances and savings plans, and add cost-allocation tagging. Most clients see a 25 to 40 percent reduction in cloud spend with no performance impact.

Yes. We design and execute Kubernetes migrations on EKS, GKE, AKS, or self-managed clusters — including containerization, autoscaling, GitOps deployment, and observability. Zero-downtime migration is the default approach.

Yes. DevSecOps and compliance are core to our practice. We implement secrets management, audit logging, image scanning, IAM hardening, and policy as code to support SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and other audits. Compliance evidence is captured in code, not slides.

Yes. Our DevOps retainers include SLA-backed on-call coverage with rotating senior engineers. We respond to production incidents within minutes, run post-incident reviews, and feed learnings into runbooks and platform improvements.

Yes. Audits, rescue work, and modernization are common engagements. We assess your current setup, identify risk, security, and cost issues, and ship fixes with minimal disruption. Many clients start with a fixed-scope audit, then move into a build engagement.

Yes. We design SLOs, error budgets, observability, on-call practices, and incident response following Google SRE principles — and operate them under retainer for clients who need long-term reliability ownership.

Typically within 1 to 2 weeks of contract signing. For urgent timelines — incident response, audit deadlines, launch windows — we can often start within 2 to 4 business days. We confirm a firm start date during scoping.

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