Teams adopting containers across several services
Create a consistent orchestration, deployment, networking, observability, policy, and operating foundation.
Cluster architecture, workload migration, networking, policy, observability, upgrades, and managed operation
Kubernetes services
Rokad designs, implements, migrates, secures, and operates Kubernetes platforms for containerised workloads with explicit reliability, cost, and ownership controls.
Designed for / 01
A focused delivery model for the organisations that need it.
Kubernetes is valuable when workload scale, portability, delivery, isolation, platform standardisation, or operational requirements justify its complexity. Rokad assesses suitability, designs clusters and platform services, migrates workloads, and establishes secure long-term operation.
Organisations stabilising an existing Kubernetes estate
Improve upgrades, security, resource management, availability, cost, telemetry, and ownership.
Platforms requiring controlled workload portability
Standardise workload contracts across cloud, hybrid, edge, or dedicated environments where justified.
Challenges / 02
The problems this service is built to solve.
Kubernetes was adopted before operating requirements were defined
Clusters exist without clear tenancy, reliability, upgrade, cost, security, support, or developer-experience models.
Workload configuration is inconsistent
Resources, probes, disruption, autoscaling, secrets, policies, logging, and deployment practices vary by team.
Cluster upgrades carry excessive risk
Version dependencies, add-ons, APIs, workloads, nodes, and maintenance procedures lack evidence and rehearsal.
Capabilities / 03
What Rokad can deliver.
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Kubernetes suitability, workload, platform, and cost assessment
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Managed, self-managed, cloud, hybrid, edge, and multi-cluster architecture
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Cluster provisioning, networking, ingress, DNS, storage, identity, and secrets
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Workload packaging, policies, resource controls, autoscaling, and disruption
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GitOps, CI/CD, environments, progressive delivery, and developer workflows
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Metrics, logs, traces, events, security, backup, recovery, and incident response
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Version upgrades, capacity, reliability, cost, governance, and managed operation
Platform expertise
Platform-specific implementation services.
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Amazon EKS engineering services
Rokad designs, builds, migrates, secures, upgrades, and operates Amazon EKS platforms for production container workloads on AWS.
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Azure Kubernetes Service engineering
Rokad designs, builds, migrates, secures, upgrades, and operates Azure Kubernetes Service platforms for production container workloads.
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Google Kubernetes Engine services
Rokad designs, builds, migrates, secures, upgrades, and operates Google Kubernetes Engine platforms for production container workloads.
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Red Hat OpenShift engineering services
Rokad designs, builds, migrates, extends, secures, upgrades, and operates Red Hat OpenShift platforms across cloud, hybrid, and dedicated environments.
Solution components / 04
The system behind the visible product.
Cluster foundation
Control plane, nodes, networks, storage, identity, DNS, ingress, secrets, add-ons, and lifecycle.
Workload contract
Images, configuration, resources, probes, policies, autoscaling, disruption, dependencies, and deployment behaviour.
Platform services
Delivery, observability, policy, certificates, registries, service networking, backup, developer access, and templates.
Cluster operation
Upgrades, capacity, incidents, security, cost, reliability, disaster recovery, support, and ownership.
Use cases / 05
Where this capability creates practical leverage.
Container platform implementation
Establish production and non-production clusters, shared services, delivery, telemetry, policy, and operating procedures.
Workload migration to Kubernetes
Adapt applications, configuration, storage, networking, health, deployment, and support for orchestrated operation.
Kubernetes reliability programme
Improve resource controls, availability, disruption, autoscaling, observability, upgrades, backup, and recovery.
Multi-tenant internal platform
Provide teams with governed namespaces, templates, quotas, access, delivery, telemetry, and support boundaries.
Architecture and integration / 06
Designed to fit the wider technology environment.
Cluster topology
Choose account, region, environment, tenant, workload, and failure-domain boundaries based on isolation and operations.
Stateful workload discipline
Evaluate storage, backup, consistency, recovery, performance, placement, and managed-service alternatives before deployment.
Upgrade as a continuous process
Track versions and APIs, test add-ons and workloads, rehearse node and control-plane changes, and avoid unsupported drift.
Quality and control / 07
Production requirements are part of the build.
Secure by design
Identity, permissions, secrets, data boundaries, dependencies, change controls, and recovery are addressed throughout delivery.
Observable operation
Metrics, logs, traces, quality, cost, failures, and service outcomes are made visible and actionable.
Reproducible delivery
Configuration, tests, infrastructure, pipelines, artefacts, changes, and recovery procedures are versioned and repeatable.
Delivery / 08
A controlled path from requirement to operation.
Discover
Clarify the objective, users, systems, constraints, dependencies, risks, and measurable acceptance criteria.
Architect
Define the target design, interfaces, controls, migration or delivery sequence, and operating model.
Deliver and validate
Implement in controlled increments with testing, review, documentation, observability, and stakeholder validation.
Operate and improve
Establish ownership, service controls, measurement, support, and a prioritised improvement backlog.
Typical deliverables
Kubernetes suitability, workload, and current-state assessment
Cluster, tenancy, networking, storage, identity, and platform architecture
Infrastructure code, cluster configuration, policies, and shared services
Workload manifests, packaging, delivery, autoscaling, and reliability controls
Observability, security, backup, upgrade, and recovery implementation
Runbooks, service model, cost, governance, and handover documentation
Engagement models / 09
Use the delivery structure that matches the work.
Assessment and roadmap
A bounded evidence review, target direction, prioritised risks, and executable next-stage plan.
Fixed-scope delivery
A defined implementation, migration, prototype, procurement, or transformation outcome with acceptance criteria.
Embedded specialists
Specialists working alongside internal product, engineering, data, operations, security, or procurement teams.
Managed lifecycle
Ongoing ownership, maintenance, monitoring, supplier coordination, reliability, security, and improvement.
Related capabilities / 10
Continue through the wider product and technology system.
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Platform engineering
Expose Kubernetes through supported golden paths and platform interfaces.
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DevSecOps
Apply workload, image, policy, identity, secret, and runtime security controls.
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Site reliability engineering
Establish objectives, observability, resilience, capacity, and incident practices.
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Managed technology services
Application, cloud, security, reliability, maintenance, and continuous engineering operations.
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Software development
Custom applications, platforms, integrations, APIs, and software modernisation.
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Data engineering
Data pipelines, platforms, warehouses, analytics engineering, BI, and governance.
FAQ
Kubernetes services
Scope, ownership, assumptions, delivery, security, and long-term operation are clarified before work begins.
01Does our application need Kubernetes?
Does our application need Kubernetes?
Not necessarily. We compare Kubernetes with simpler container, function, platform, and virtual-machine options based on workload count, team capability, scale, isolation, portability, and total operating cost.
02Can Rokad manage an existing Kubernetes cluster?
Can Rokad manage an existing Kubernetes cluster?
Yes. We assess architecture, versions, add-ons, workloads, access, security, resource use, reliability, backup, observability, cost, and operating ownership before handover.
03Can databases run on Kubernetes?
Can databases run on Kubernetes?
They can, but managed database services may provide a better risk and operating profile. We evaluate state, performance, recovery, skills, portability, and cost before recommending placement.
04How are Kubernetes upgrades handled?
How are Kubernetes upgrades handled?
We review compatibility, deprecated APIs, add-ons, node images, policies, workloads, capacity, backups, maintenance sequence, validation, and rollback or recovery before staged upgrades.
Cloud and DevOps
Use Kubernetes where its operating model creates real leverage.
Rokad can assess suitability, design the platform, migrate workloads, and establish secure, reliable long-term operation.
Contact / 05
Bring us the difficult technology problem.
Tell us what you need to build, improve, procure, deploy, or operate. We will respond with a practical next step.