Skip to content
SERVICECloud & Infrastructure

Cloud Architecture& DevOpsInfrastructure the software can rely on.

Environments, pipelines, monitoring, backups and security engineered as part of the system — not bolted on at release.

KAPAT designs and operates the infrastructure beneath business applications: cloud architecture, environment separation, automated deployment, observability, backup and recovery, and the security practices that protect data and access. The aim is software that can be changed safely and run responsibly by a small team.

All Services

Illustrative Engineering Flow

APPLICATION
ASSESS
ARCHITECT
PROVISION
PIPELINE
OBSERVE
PROTECT
RUN PLATFORM
Service Type
Cloud architecture and operations engineering
Typical Scope
Environments · CI/CD · Monitoring · Backups
Platforms
AWS · Azure · Google Cloud · Hybrid
Key Concerns
Repeatability · Visibility · Security · Cost
Approach
Infrastructure as code, automated delivery

When This Service Fits

When how the software runs matters as much as what it does.

An application is only as dependable as the infrastructure and processes around it. Cloud architecture and DevOps engineering are needed whenever a system must be deployed repeatedly, observed in production, recovered after failure and protected from unauthorised access — which is to say, for any system a business relies on.

Common scenarios — not every organisation has all of these.

  • 01A new application needs a properly structured cloud environment before its first release.
  • 02Deployments are manual, undocumented and depend on one person who knows the steps.
  • 03There is no separation between development, testing and production, so changes are tested on live users.
  • 04Nobody knows the system has a problem until a customer or colleague reports it.
  • 05Backups exist in theory but have never been restored, or do not exist at all.
  • 06Cloud costs have grown without anyone being sure what is running or why.
  • 07Credentials, keys and configuration are shared informally or stored in code.
  • 08The application must move from a single server or on-premise hosting to the cloud.
  • 09A SaaS product or growing platform needs infrastructure that scales without rebuilding.
  • 10Customers, partners or auditors have asked how the system is hosted, secured and recovered.

Decision Support

Decisions that shape the platform.

Infrastructure choices are consequential and not always easy to reverse. A few decisions deserve deliberate attention before provisioning begins.

Hosting model

  • Public cloud, on-premise or hybrid, based on data, policy and connectivity
  • Managed services versus self-managed components
  • Containers, serverless or virtual machines for each workload
  • Single region or multi-region, based on users and resilience needs
  • Provider selection on fit, existing skills and cost structure

Operating model

  • Who deploys, who is alerted and who responds
  • How environments are promoted from development to production
  • How configuration and secrets are managed across environments
  • What is monitored and what constitutes an incident
  • How infrastructure changes are reviewed and applied
  • Who owns cost and capacity decisions over time

Questions to settle first

  • What data the system holds and where it may be stored
  • How much downtime or data loss the business could tolerate
  • Expected load now and over the next few years
  • Which existing systems the platform must reach
  • What compliance or contractual obligations apply to hosting
  • The size and skills of the team that will operate it

These are typical considerations, not a template. Recovery objectives, availability expectations and security controls are defined per project according to the business need; KAPAT engineers towards them but does not offer general uptime guarantees or service-level commitments outside a specific agreement.

Typical Software Opportunities

What KAPAT engineers in cloud and DevOps.

Representative areas of infrastructure and operations engineering, shown as capability areas rather than as a list of completed projects or certified partnerships.

01

Cloud Architecture

Structure of compute, storage, networking, identity and managed services for an application, designed for the workload, data and growth expected.

Potential capability

02

Environments & Infrastructure as Code

Repeatable development, staging and production environments defined in code, so they can be rebuilt, reviewed and kept consistent.

Potential capability

03

CI/CD Pipelines

Automated build, test and deployment flows with database migration handling, approvals where needed and rollback paths.

Potential capability

04

Monitoring & Observability

Logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting so the team sees problems before users do and can diagnose them quickly.

Potential capability

05

Backup, Recovery & Resilience

Backup schedules, tested restores, redundancy and documented recovery procedures matched to defined recovery objectives.

Potential capability

06

Security & Access Engineering

Identity and access management, secrets handling, network controls, encryption, patching and audit logging as ongoing practice.

Potential capability

Engineering Approach

How cloud and DevOps work is delivered.

Infrastructure is engineered with the same discipline as the application: understand the requirement, design the structure, build it in code, verify it, and operate it with visibility. Nothing is configured by hand that would need to be done twice.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Understand the application, data, load, constraints and the team that will operate it.

  2. 02

    Architect

    Design services, networking, identity, environments and recovery approach.

  3. 03

    Provision

    Build environments as code with configuration and secrets management.

  4. 04

    Automate

    Establish build, test and deployment pipelines with rollback.

  5. 05

    Observe

    Implement logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting.

  6. 06

    Protect

    Backups, restore tests, hardening, access review and audit logging.

  7. 07

    Operate & Improve

    Run, review cost and capacity, patch, and refine as the system evolves.

Architecture

Architecture principles for cloud platforms.

Good infrastructure is unremarkable in daily use and decisive under pressure: when a release goes wrong, when load spikes, when a disk fails or when an account is compromised. These principles are about being ready for those moments.

Everything as code

Infrastructure, configuration and pipelines are defined in version-controlled code, so environments are reproducible and changes are reviewed like any other.

Separated environments

Development, staging and production are isolated, with production changes arriving only through the pipeline that tested them.

Least privilege throughout

People, services and pipelines have the access they need and no more, with credentials scoped, rotated and never stored in code.

Designed for failure

Components are redundant where the requirement justifies it, state is stored in managed services, and recovery procedures are documented and tested.

Observable by default

Applications emit structured logs and metrics; the platform collects, correlates and alerts on them so diagnosis does not begin with guesswork.

Right-sized and reviewed

Capacity is matched to real load with room to grow, and cost is visible and reviewed rather than discovered on the invoice.

Technology

Technology KAPAT can work with for cloud and DevOps.

Representative categories and widely used technologies. These are capabilities, not a fixed stack, and not a statement of what was used on any particular project or a claim of partnership status.

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudDigitalOcean and similar providersHybrid and on-premise virtualisation

Compute & Orchestration

DockerKubernetesManaged container servicesServerless functionsVirtual machines and auto-scaling

Infrastructure as Code & Delivery

TerraformPulumiCloudFormation and BicepGitHub ActionsGitLab CIAzure DevOps Pipelines

Data & Storage

Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL ServerRedisObject storageBackup and snapshot servicesCDN

Observability & Security

Prometheus and GrafanaCloudWatch, Azure Monitor and Google Cloud OperationsOpenTelemetrySentry and error trackingSecrets managersWAF, identity and access management

Technology stacks and providers are selected per project for fit, longevity, the team that will operate the platform and long-term maintainability — never on the basis of a default preference.

Quality & Engineering Discipline

Engineering quality in cloud and DevOps.

Repeatable environments

Any environment can be rebuilt from code. Configuration drift is detected and corrected rather than accumulated.

Safe releases

Automated testing before deployment, staged rollout where appropriate, database migrations handled deliberately and a tested way back.

Secrets never in code

Credentials, keys and certificates live in a secrets manager, are scoped per environment and rotated.

Backups that restore

Backups are scheduled, encrypted, retained per policy and — most importantly — restored on a regular basis to prove they work.

Alerts that mean something

Monitoring is tuned so alerts indicate real problems and reach the right person, rather than being ignored as noise.

Patched and hardened

Operating systems, dependencies and managed services are kept current; unnecessary exposure is closed; access is logged.

Cost visible

Spend is tagged, reported and reviewed so growth in cost is a decision rather than a surprise.

Documented for the operator

Runbooks, architecture records and recovery procedures so the platform can be operated by the team that owns it.

FAQ

Common questions about cloud architecture & devops.

Cloud Architecture & DevOps

Ready to put the platform on solid ground?

Start with how the system is deployed, observed and recovered today. KAPAT can help define the cloud architecture, pipelines and operating practices that let the software be changed safely and run responsibly.

Discuss Your Project

A direct conversation with the engineers who would build the system — no sales layer in between.

View Services