Landing zone design
Account structure, network topology, and baseline security controls for new workloads.
Platform architecture is the set of rules that stop every project team from designing their own network, identity model, and logging standard. We design landing zones and reference patterns that scale without multiplying support burden.
Identity and access
Role models, privileged access workflows, and federation patterns across environments.
Observability baseline
Logging, metrics, and tracing standards so incidents are diagnosable across services.
Resilience patterns
Backup, multi-AZ, and recovery expectations matched to service criticality tiers.
Platform architecture sets the guardrails that every application team inherits — landing zones, identity patterns, network segmentation, and observability standards. Poor platform choices multiply cost and risk across hundreds of workloads.
We design for operability: the platform team must be able to patch, monitor, and recover without heroic effort. Reference architectures include implementation guides, not just diagrams.
“Our landing zone went from ad-hoc subscriptions to a governed model with automated guardrails. Application teams deploy faster with fewer security exceptions.”
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in a landing zone design?
Account/subscription structure, identity integration, network topology, logging and monitoring baseline, backup policies, and guardrails enforced through policy-as-code where appropriate.
How do you balance standardisation with team autonomy?
We define paved-road patterns for common needs and exception processes for genuine edge cases — with security and architecture review, not informal workarounds.
Do you design for multi-cloud?
Yes. We focus on portable patterns where they reduce risk and accept provider-specific services where they deliver clear operational advantage — documented explicitly.
How does platform architecture relate to security?
Security controls are embedded in the platform layer (encryption defaults, network segmentation, IAM baselines) so applications inherit protection rather than reinventing it.
Can you review an existing landing zone?
We perform gap assessments against well-architected and your regulatory requirements, prioritised by exposure and effort — often a 2-week fixed scope.
What tooling do you typically recommend?
Tooling follows your operational model. We favour solutions your team can support — Terraform/Bicep/CloudFormation for IaC, centralised logging, and CMDB integration where it exists.