Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization
Move, build and run on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud with security and cost control designed in.
MBE certified (Minority Business Enterprise)
Overview
About Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization
Cloud pays off when applications are designed or reshaped for it. Desmata plans and carries out migrations, builds cloud-native applications, and sets up the pipelines and guardrails that keep environments consistent and secure. Architecture is sized to your workloads and your budget, not to a vendor's reference diagram.
We treat infrastructure as code. Environments are defined in Terraform or a native tool, deployed through CI/CD, and checked by automated policy, so changes are reviewed and repeatable. Security checks sit in the pipeline from the first commit, which is the practical core of DevSecOps.
Many organizations will run in more than one place, and we design for that. Hybrid and multi-cloud architectures are planned with clear cost ownership, so growth does not produce a surprise bill.
Start with a conversation
Tell us what you are working on. A member of the Desmata team will reply by email or phone.
Call us on +1 (214) 407-8089Outcomes
What you get
A migration plan you can defend
Each application is assessed and assigned a path: rehost, replatform, refactor, replace, retire or retain. You see the sequence, the risks and a realistic cost picture.
Environments that match every time
Infrastructure as code removes manual drift between development, test and production.
Security built into delivery
Scanning, secrets management and policy checks run in the pipeline, so issues are caught before release.
Cloud spend you can explain
Tagging, budgets and right-sizing tie cost to teams and products.
Capabilities
What we do, in detail
Cloud-native application design
Applications that scale and recover without heroics.
- Microservices and serverless patterns where they fit
- Containers on Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
- Resilience design: multi-zone, backup and disaster recovery
- Design reviews against AWS, Azure and Google Cloud architecture frameworks
Migration and modernization
Staged moves that protect operations.
- Discovery and dependency mapping
- Landing zone design with network, identity and logging
- Database and storage migration with cutover rehearsals
- Decommissioning plans for retired systems
Infrastructure as code, DevSecOps and CI/CD
Delivery pipelines that are fast and safe.
- Terraform modules and policy as code
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or Azure DevOps
- Container and dependency scanning, secrets management
- GitOps deployment with Argo CD
Secure data lake and warehouse environments
Storage and analytics foundations with access controls.
- Lake and warehouse design on S3, Azure Data Lake Storage, BigQuery or Snowflake
- Encryption, key management and fine-grained access
- Data retention and lifecycle policies
- Private networking for sensitive data
Hybrid, multi-cloud and cost optimization
Architecture that stays affordable as it grows.
- Hybrid connectivity and workload placement
- FinOps practices: tagging, showback and budgets
- Right-sizing, reserved capacity and storage tiering
- Observability across providers
Approach
How an engagement runs
Step 1: Assess
We inventory applications, data and dependencies, and rate each for cloud fit, risk and effort.
Step 2: Design the foundation
Accounts, networking, identity, logging and guardrails are defined before the first workload moves.
Step 3: Migrate or build in waves
Workloads move in small groups, with rehearsed cutovers and rollback plans.
Step 4: Automate and secure
Pipelines, policy checks and monitoring are put in place, so the new environment stays consistent.
Step 5: Operate and optimize
We track cost, performance and reliability, and tune the environment. Your team can take over or we can run it with you.
Technologies and standards
What we work with
Tools, platforms, frameworks and standards our teams work with and design for. Standards are context for the work, not certifications held by Desmata.
Cloud platforms
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
Infrastructure as code
- Terraform
- OpenTofu
- Pulumi
- AWS CloudFormation
- Azure Bicep
- Ansible
Containers and delivery
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- Argo CD
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
Security and observability
- HashiCorp Vault
- AWS IAM
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Datadog
- OpenTelemetry
Data
- Amazon S3
- Azure Data Lake Storage
- Snowflake
- Google BigQuery
- Amazon Redshift
Engagement models
Ways to work with us
Cloud assessment and roadmap
A time-boxed review that ends in a prioritized migration plan with cost estimates.
Migration or build project
A defined set of workloads moved or built by a Desmata team.
Managed platform team
Cloud and DevOps engineers who run your platform backlog on a continuing basis.
Staff augmentation
Cloud architects or engineers added to your own team.
Technology and talent
Technology and talent together
Cloud skills are scarce and hard to judge in an interview. We screen for hands-on experience with the platforms above, and place people on contract, contract-to-hire or permanent roles.
Roles we can also staff
- Cloud architect
- Cloud engineer (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- DevOps engineer
- Site reliability engineer
- Platform engineer
- Kubernetes administrator
- Cloud security engineer
- FinOps analyst
- Data platform engineer
- Linux systems administrator
Need the people as well as the plan?
The engineers who design the work and the specialists who join your team come from one firm.
Why Desmata
Why Desmata
Fit to your workloads
We recommend the platform and pattern that suit each application, including leaving some workloads where they are.
Platform skills on tap
Our recruiters can add cloud and DevOps engineers to a migration without a separate vendor search.
Cost and reliability as targets
We set measurable goals, such as deployment frequency, recovery objectives and unit cost, and track them after go-live.
Flexible delivery models
Onshore leadership with nearshore or offshore capacity helps cover build work and out-of-hours operations.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which cloud should we use?
It depends on your existing licenses, data location, compliance needs and team skills. We work with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and recommend based on those factors, not on a preferred vendor.
Do we have to move everything?
No. Some applications gain little from migration, and some are best retired. Our assessment assigns each workload a path and shows the cost and risk of each choice.
How do you control cloud costs?
We set up tagging and budgets from the start, right-size resources, and review usage regularly. Cost ownership is assigned to teams so that spending is visible to the people who drive it.
Can you support regulated workloads?
We design environments with controls that align to frameworks such as NIST 800-53, HIPAA and SOC 2, including encryption, logging and access control. Your compliance team and any independent assessor remain responsible for formal attestations.
Plan the move before you make it
Tell us what you run today and what is driving the change. We will come back with the questions we would answer in an assessment and the team it would take.
MBE certified (Minority Business Enterprise)