Experienced capability alongside client teams
Cloud Scale Consulting Ltd provides embedded cloud, platform and DevOps expertise to help teams solve defined technical and operational problems. The examples below show selected engagements where experienced practitioners have added capacity, brought subject-matter expertise and helped develop more resilient, scalable and maintainable solutions.
They are selected examples, not an exhaustive client list. References to organisations do not imply an endorsement or current relationship.
The Book Depository (an Amazon Company)
AWS optimisation and operational resilience for a high-traffic e-commerce platform
Cloud Scale worked alongside the systems administration and DevOps team through peak trading periods to improve the cost, security, deployment automation and operational manageability of a substantial AWS estate.
The work included right-sizing infrastructure, improving deployment and infrastructure-management practices, and moving MySQL workloads onto resilient, high-performance self-managed AWS EC2 infrastructure. AWS RDS and early Aurora were evaluated as alternatives; the EC2-based design was retained because it offered the stronger performance/cost fit at that time.
Outcome: approximately 60% reduction in monthly AWS infrastructure costs, alongside improved operational readiness and delivery support.
Learning with Experts
AWS redesign, delivery automation and in-house enablement
Cloud Scale helped redesign AWS infrastructure for stronger security, scalability and maintainability, while working closely with in-house engineers so they could operate and evolve the improved approach.
The engagement included Terraform infrastructure as code, blue/green deployment capability, secure VPN connectivity and practical knowledge transfer.
Focus: a more reliable AWS foundation and delivery approach that the internal team could continue to develop.
Gobsmack
Reusable cloud foundations for a white-label consumer platform
Cloud Scale built greenfield AWS foundations for white-label consumer loyalty products, working to the client team’s technical direction while supporting the transition from legacy-platform management.
The work combined Terraform infrastructure as code, Ansible provisioning and deployment automation, Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, support for platform-management insourcing and migration planning for a next-generation solution.
Focus: repeatable infrastructure and delivery foundations that could support ongoing product and client growth.
RBS/NatWest
Network-service automation and in-house DevOps adoption
Cloud Scale helped define the DevOps strategy, platform approach and working practices for automating internal network services. The work brought developers and network-engineering teams together around automation tooling intended to improve responsiveness, reduce cost and lower the human-error risk associated with high-impact change.
It also established policies and procedures to support targeted in-house development and continued adoption of the network-automation tooling.
Focus: safer, more repeatable network-service change and sustainable internal ownership.
Public-facing central government departments
Live-service cloud and DevOps capability in a secure, regulated environment
Cloud Scale provided cloud and DevOps expertise to public-facing central government digital teams, supporting a live public service through its move from early delivery into live-service maturity.
The work included cloud-environment optimisation, support to multiple delivery teams, later platform maintenance leadership and work supporting legacy-process decommissioning. It also contributed foundation work for a future shared-platform direction without presuming that migration was completed within the engagement.
Focus: practical live-service support, resilient platform operations and engineering capability in a high-assurance setting.