Software development as a service
Senior developers who join your team for as long as you need them. No recruitment fees and no months spent getting up to speed.
Cloud and DevOps
Cloud infrastructure you can stop worrying about
We design, automate and look after Azure and AWS environments for companies that can't afford downtime or surprise invoices. That includes the setups that grew one click at a time and that nobody now wants to touch.
Sound familiar?
Signs your cloud needs attention
Most of these start small and get expensive quietly. If a couple ring true, it is worth an hour of our time.
- Releases happen late on a Friday and everyone holds their breath.
- The cloud bill went up again and nobody can explain the jump.
- Only one person really knows how production is set up, and they are always busy.
- Servers were configured by hand and nobody wrote down how.
- You heard about the last outage from a customer.
- A regulator or investor asked about backups and access, and the honest answer was “we think so”.
What we do
Calm, predictable infrastructure
We can build a new environment properly from the start or take over one that already exists. The goal is the same: fewer surprises, and infrastructure your own team understands.
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Cloud architecture
Networks, identity and environments on Azure or AWS, set up so development, testing and production are properly separated and every permission is granted on purpose.
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Migrations
Moving applications off ageing servers, or from one cloud to another, in planned stages with a way back at every step so the business keeps running while it happens.
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CI/CD and automation
Pipelines that build, test and deploy every change the same way, so a release becomes routine instead of an event. Infrastructure is written as code, reviewed like code and easy to rebuild.
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Containers and hosting
Docker and Kubernetes where they genuinely help, and simpler options such as App Service or serverless functions where they don't. We would rather you run less than more.
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Monitoring and incidents
Dashboards, logs and alerts that reach the right person before your customers notice anything, plus short runbooks that say exactly what to do next.
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Cost reviews
A careful look through every line of the invoice. Resizing, reserved capacity, cheaper storage tiers and switching off the things nobody has used in months.
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Security and compliance
Hardening reviews led by a certified ethical hacker, proper secrets management, access kept to what each person needs, backups you have actually tested restoring, and the technical evidence regulated firms are asked for under CySEC rules, GDPR and the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
How it works
A typical cloud engagement
We start by looking before we touch anything. Most clients see useful changes within the first few weeks.
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Cloud review
We go through your accounts, architecture, pipelines and invoices, and talk to the people who run them. You get a short report ranking risks and savings by effort.
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Quick wins
We fix what is cheap to fix and expensive to ignore. That usually means the obvious security gaps and the resources sitting idle.
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Automate
We move your infrastructure into code, build the deployment pipelines and set up monitoring, one service at a time so nothing breaks at once.
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Run or hand over
Your team takes over with documentation and a proper walkthrough, or we stay on for monthly support with response times agreed in advance.
For technical readersPlatforms, tools and practices we use for cloud work
Cloud platforms and hosting
Automation
Monitoring and security
Practices
Separate subscriptions or accounts for each environment. Everything in version control, with changes reviewed and applied by pipelines rather than by hand. SSO and MFA for every person, managed identities for every service, and no passwords stored in code. Backups with scheduled restore tests, written recovery targets, and tagging so every cost has an owner.
More on how we work across all projects is on our technology and standards page.
Questions
Common questions
Anything else? Email info@avientiq.com and one of our engineers will reply.
Azure or AWS, which should we use?
Usually whichever your team and your existing tools already lean towards. Both are excellent. Companies built around Microsoft products tend to be happier on Azure, and some startup and data tooling is a little richer on AWS. We work with both, so our advice is about fit rather than habit.
Can you reduce our cloud bill?
In most reviews we find something worth switching off, resizing or buying on better terms. How much depends on how the setup grew. We share the findings before you commit to any changes, so you can judge the value for yourself.
Do you offer ongoing support?
Yes. Once the setup work is done we can monitor your environment, apply updates and respond to incidents on a monthly arrangement. The scope and response times are agreed in writing before we start.
Can you help with DORA or CySEC requirements?
We help with the technical side: access controls, logging, backup and recovery testing, incident procedures and the documentation that shows they work. We are engineers, not lawyers, so we work alongside your compliance team or advisers on how the rules apply to you.
Related services
Often paired with this
Data engineering and AI
Pipelines, lakehouses and reporting on Databricks and Python, so your numbers are right and your AI plans have something solid underneath.
Digital consulting
An honest outside view of your technology. Architecture reviews, roadmaps and due diligence, written for the people who approve the budget.
Next step
Tell us what you're working on
Send a few lines about your project or the problem in front of you. We'll come back with honest questions, a rough plan and a sense of cost. No sales pitch unless you ask for one.