Do you only work with AWS and Terraform?

AWS with Terraform and EKS is our primary focus. If part of your stack differs, we will say clearly where we add the most value and where we do not.

Can you improve an existing platform instead of rebuilding it?

Usually yes, and it is often the better path. We prefer incremental improvement over a rewrite whenever the current platform can be evolved safely.

Will our team be able to own it afterward?

That is the point. We build in code, document the patterns, and work alongside your engineers so ownership stays with your team.

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A platform developers can ship on safely.

Cloud Platform Engineering

RTZ Labs designs and builds AWS and Kubernetes platforms – including API gateway and service mesh architecture, Terraform infrastructure as code, GitOps delivery, and cluster networking – so developers can ship safely without operating the platform themselves.

Infrastructure that grew organically eventually slows the whole team down: snowflake environments, risky deployments, and developers spending their week fighting the platform instead of building product. We design and improve the infrastructure platform underneath your product – AWS architecture, EKS, Terraform, GitOps, and CI/CD – so shipping is safe, repeatable, and boring. The aim is to enable your developers, not to hand you another set of tools to operate.

Provider: RTZ Labs
Engagement type: Project engagement
Who it is for: Growing software companies scaling AWS and Kubernetes without a dedicated platform team
Availability: Remote, serving the United States and Canada
Technology scope: Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, AWS, Terraform, Helm, Istio, Envoy, API Gateway, ArgoCD, GitLab CI, Docker
Related expertise: Kubernetes AWS API Gateway Envoy & service mesh

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What you get

Clear deliverables and a practical handover – so your team can keep moving after the engagement.

Platform architecture and standards

Target AWS and Kubernetes architecture, environment strategy, and the guardrails product teams build on.

Infrastructure as code and delivery

Terraform/IaC, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines that make environments reproducible and deployments safe.

Developer paved roads

Templates, patterns, and documentation so shipping a new service is a well-worn path, not a project.

Typical outcomes

Repeatable infrastructure defined in code, not tribal knowledge
Safer, more consistent deployments with clear rollback paths
Paved roads that let product teams ship without breaking production
AWS and Kubernetes architecture ready for the next stage of growth

Problems this solves

The situations teams are usually in when they bring us into cloud platform engineering work.

Infrastructure evolved organically and now carries real technical debt
Deployments are risky and environments drift from one another
API gateway and ingress architecture will not hold at the next traffic level
Adopting or operating a service mesh has stalled
Developers spend their week on infrastructure instead of product
There is no reproducible path from a new service to production

How we work

A predictable flow that reduces risk, keeps stakeholders aligned, and delivers real progress fast.

Map

Inventory current infrastructure, delivery flow, and the friction developers hit today.

Design

Propose target architecture, IaC structure, and delivery patterns with clear trade-offs.

Build

Implement incrementally – no big-bang cutover – so the team keeps shipping throughout.

Enable

Hand over standards, templates, and docs so improvements stick after the engagement.

Good fit if…

Your infrastructure evolved organically and now carries real technical debt
Deployments are risky and environments drift from one another
Developers spend too much time on infrastructure instead of product
You are scaling AWS and Kubernetes and want standards before it gets harder

Not ideal if…

You want a one-off script hand-off with no interest in maintainability
There is no internal owner to partner with on the platform long term

FAQs

Quick answers to common questions about this service.

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