Managed Kubernetes Services: We Run Your Clusters So You Don't Have To

Managed Kubernetes services provide end-to-end operational management of your Kubernetes infrastructure. This includes 24/7 monitoring, incident response, cluster upgrades, security patching, cost optimization, and ongoing maintenance—allowing your team to focus on applications rather than infrastructure operations. We manage AWS EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, and self-managed clusters.

Our Kubernetes consulting services focus on architecture design, implementation, and knowledge transfer—typically project-based engagements. Managed Kubernetes services are ongoing operational partnerships where we continuously run, monitor, secure, and optimize your clusters 24/7. Many clients start with consulting to build their platform, then transition to managed services for ongoing operations.

We provide managed services for all major Kubernetes platforms: Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShift, and self-managed Kubernetes on bare-metal or VMs. We also manage multi-cloud and hybrid Kubernetes environments.

We offer tiered SLAs based on your requirements. Our standard managed services include 99.9% uptime SLA, <15 minute response for critical incidents (P0), <1 hour for high priority (P1), <4 hours for medium (P2), and next business day for low priority (P3). Enterprise plans include 99.99% uptime targets and dedicated support engineers. All SLAs include monthly reporting and quarterly business reviews.

Managed Kubernetes pricing depends on cluster count, size, complexity, and SLA requirements. We offer three tiers: Starter for small environments (1-3 clusters), Professional for growing production environments (4-10 clusters), and Enterprise for mission-critical environments with 24/7 dedicated support. Contact us for a custom quote based on your specific requirements.

Yes. We onboard existing Kubernetes clusters through a comprehensive assessment and standardization process. This includes a cluster health audit, security review, monitoring setup, documentation of current state, and implementation of our operational standards. Onboarding typically takes 2-4 weeks depending on environment complexity.

We follow a proven zero-downtime upgrade methodology: pre-upgrade compatibility testing, backup verification, staged rollout (control plane → node pools → add-ons), canary validation, automated rollback capability, and post-upgrade verification. We maintain clusters within supported Kubernetes versions with quarterly upgrade planning aligned to Kubernetes release lifecycle.

Our managed services include comprehensive observability: Prometheus metrics collection, Grafana dashboards, centralized logging (EFK/Loki), distributed tracing, custom SLO/SLI monitoring, intelligent alerting, and integration with cloud-native tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Cloud Operations). You get full visibility into cluster health, performance, and costs.

Cost optimization is core to our managed services. We typically achieve 40-60% cost reduction through continuous right-sizing, autoscaling optimization (HPA/VPA/Karpenter), spot/preemptible instance strategies, reserved capacity planning, and resource governance. Our FinOps services provide monthly cost reporting and proactive optimization recommendations.

Security is built into our managed services: continuous vulnerability scanning, RBAC and IAM governance, network policy management, secrets rotation, Pod Security Standards enforcement, OPA/Gatekeeper policy automation, runtime security monitoring with Falco, and compliance reporting for SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001.

We integrate with your existing workflows through dedicated Slack or Microsoft Teams channels for real-time communication, a ticketing system for formal requests, scheduled weekly/monthly sync calls, 24/7 emergency hotline for critical incidents, and a customer portal for documentation, runbooks, and reporting. You'll have a dedicated account manager and technical lead assigned to your account.

Absolutely. We operate with full transparency—you retain ownership and access to all clusters, configurations, and data. We work in your cloud accounts with clearly defined IAM roles and permissions. All changes follow documented change management procedures with your approval workflows. You can revoke our access at any time with full knowledge transfer included in offboarding.