Platform Engineering
Internal developer platforms — golden paths, self-service environments, templates and guardrails for product teams.
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Region Bstandby
Async replication · automated failover · backups tested
Observability
Security
Division
Service area
DevOps, Kubernetes & Platform Engineering
Team
Engagement
Project · Team · Managed
Overview
Platform engineering builds an internal product for developers: templates to create new services, golden-path pipelines, self-service environments, built-in observability and security, and a portal to find it all. The goal is to let product teams ship quickly and safely without each becoming infrastructure experts.
Common use cases
- Internal developer platformSelf-service platform for many teams.
- Service templatesStandardised new service creation.
- Preview environmentsPer-branch environments.
- Developer portalCatalogue, docs and ownership.
Quick answers
Platform Engineering at a glance
The essentials in brief. Every project is scoped individually — ask us for specifics.
- What is platform engineering?
- Internal developer platforms — golden paths, self-service environments, templates and guardrails for product teams.
- Who is it for?
- Typically companies migrating to the cloud, teams whose releases are slow or risky, and organisations that need stronger reliability, security or cost control.
- What does Shivacha provide?
- Golden paths
- Service scaffolding
- Self-service infrastructure
- Guardrails
- Developer portal
- Platform metrics
- Which technologies are used?
- Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI — chosen to fit your stack and constraints.
- How does the process work?
- Delivery assessment → Pipeline & platform design → Implementation → Adoption → SRE practice.
- What affects the cost?
- Number of applications and environments
- Compliance and data-residency requirements
- Availability and recovery objectives
- Existing automation and IaC maturity
- Multi-cloud or hybrid scope
- Ongoing managed-service needs
- How long does it take?
- Assessments take 2–4 weeks; platform builds and migrations are usually delivered in 2–6 month phases.
- How do I get started?
- Share a short brief in the form below, book a 30-minute call or message us on WhatsApp. A senior engineer replies within one business day; NDA on request.
Capabilities
What we deliver
Golden paths
Opinionated, supported defaults.
Service scaffolding
Templates with CI/CD and observability.
Self-service infrastructure
Databases, queues and environments on demand.
Guardrails
Security and cost policies built in.
Developer portal
Service catalogue and documentation.
Platform metrics
Adoption and developer experience measurement.
Architecture
Engineered right from day one
The layers we typically design for DevOps, kubernetes & platform engineering, adapted to your stack and partners.
- Paved roads, not gatesSelf-service defaults that make the secure path the easy path.
- Everything as codeInfrastructure, policies and dashboards version-controlled.
- Right-sized KubernetesKubernetes where it pays; simpler platforms where it does not.
- Measured reliabilityError budgets balance feature velocity and stability.
Delivery
How an engagement runs
- 1
Delivery assessment
Lead time, deployment frequency, failure rate and recovery time baselines.
- 2
Pipeline & platform design
Golden paths for build, test, deploy and run.
- 3
Implementation
Pipelines, clusters and infrastructure as code.
- 4
Adoption
Migrate services onto the platform with the teams that own them.
- 5
SRE practice
SLOs, alerting, incident management and post-incident reviews.
Security
Security built into delivery
Controls we apply by default on this kind of work — not a separate phase at the end.
Infrastructure as code
Every change reviewed, versioned and reproducible.
Identity & network
Least-privilege IAM, private networking and zero-trust access.
Secrets & encryption
Central secrets management and encryption by default.
Monitoring
Alerting, audit logs and incident runbooks from day one.
Technology
Tools we use for this
Related services
Often combined with
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DevOps transformation — CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, monitoring and team practices.
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DevOps Team
Engineers for CI/CD, infrastructure as code, containers and delivery automation.
Work & insights
Related thinking
Internal developer platform on Kubernetes with GitOps
How we build paved roads so product teams can create, deploy and operate services without infrastructure tickets.
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Learn moreFAQ
Frequently asked questions
When does platform engineering pay off?
Typically when several teams build and run services and duplicate infrastructure effort.
Build or buy a developer portal?
Open-source portals and commercial products both work; the platform capabilities behind the portal matter more.
Do we need Kubernetes?
Not always. Kubernetes is valuable for many services, multiple teams and portability. For small systems, managed container services or serverless may be simpler and cheaper.
What is platform engineering?
Building an internal product — templates, pipelines, environments and tooling — that lets development teams self-serve infrastructure safely, reducing cognitive load and tickets.
Next step
Discuss Enterprise Deployment.
Tell us about your platform engineering requirements — goals, timeline and constraints. We will reply with questions, an approach and next steps.
- Senior engineer reads every enquiry
- Reply within one business day
- NDA on request
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