Cloud delivery is moving too slowly
Specialist platform and DevOps skills are difficult to recruit, while delivery deadlines continue moving.
Cloud & Platform Engineering
Reliable delivery capacity for business-critical platforms
Nameless provides founder-led cloud, DevOps and platform-engineering capability to enterprises and established consultancies. Engage a specialist, deploy a managed delivery pod or establish recurring platform support without carrying the cost and delay of building every capability internally.
- Regulated financial platforms
- Government cloud modernisation
- Blockchain and distributed infrastructure
- AWS and Azure
- Kubernetes and Terraform
- Observability and reliability
Delivery capacity
Nameless gives enterprises and established consultancies reliable cloud, DevOps and platform-engineering delivery capacity without the cost and delay of building the team internally.
Delivery problems
Where Nameless adds delivery capacity
Infrastructure has become fragmented
Cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD, access, monitoring and operational practices have evolved without a unified platform model.
Production risk is increasing
Teams are releasing frequently but lack consistent observability, service objectives, recovery processes and operational ownership.
Permanent hiring is not always justified
The organisation needs senior capacity for a defined programme, but not another large permanent department.
Capabilities
Cloud and platform delivery from assessment to operation
Delivery can start with a focused assessment, move into implementation, or continue as recurring platform support.
AWS and Azure architecture
Cloud foundations and landing zones
Kubernetes and container platforms
Terraform and infrastructure as code
GitHub Actions and delivery automation
Argo CD and GitOps
Grafana, Prometheus and CloudWatch
Reliability and operational readiness
Hybrid-cloud integration
Technical documentation and knowledge transfer
Cloud foundations
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Landing zones
- Hybrid-cloud integration
Platform automation
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Argo CD
Operate and improve
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- CloudWatch
- Reliability practices
Engagement models
Flexible delivery models
01
Specialist capacity
A vetted senior or mid-level cloud, DevOps or platform engineer joins an existing client or consulting team.
02
Managed delivery pod
A small Nameless team owns an agreed delivery backlog with senior technical oversight and clear reporting.
03
Managed platform service
Recurring DevOps, infrastructure and observability support for organisations requiring ongoing improvement and operational assistance.
Commercial offers
Start with a clearly defined engagement
Choose a fixed assessment, a dedicated delivery pod or recurring platform support. Larger programmes and specialist requirements are scoped separately.
Prices exclude VAT, cloud consumption, third-party licences, travel and work outside the agreed scope.
Cloud and Platform Assessment
R145,000fixed
Duration: 3 weeks
A structured review for organisations that need a credible current-state view and prioritised improvement plan before committing to a larger programme.
Include
- Architecture and infrastructure review
- Cloud configuration review
- CI/CD and delivery-maturity assessment
- Identity and access review
- Observability and operational-readiness assessment
- Reliability and disaster-recovery review
- Cost and platform-risk analysis
- Prioritised 90-day improvement roadmap
- Executive findings presentation
Platform Engineering Delivery Pod
R360,000per month
Term: Minimum 3-month engagement
Dedicated platform delivery capacity for programmes that need implementation momentum and senior technical oversight.
Core team
- One senior platform engineer
- One mid-level cloud or DevOps engineer
- Shared principal architect oversight
- Shared delivery management
Typical scope
- Terraform and infrastructure automation
- AWS or Azure platform implementation
- Kubernetes and container platforms
- CI/CD and GitOps
- Observability
- Reliability improvements
- Documentation and handover
Additional specialists and major out-of-scope work are quoted separately.
Discuss a delivery podManaged DevOps and Observability
R145,000per month
A shared managed service for organisations that need consistent DevOps, infrastructure and observability support without a full internal platform team.
Include
- Up to 60 engineering hours per month
- CI/CD maintenance and improvements
- Infrastructure-as-code changes
- Cloud and Kubernetes operational support
- Monitoring, dashboards and alerting
- Monthly reliability review
- Platform backlog management
- Monthly operational report
- Business-hours incident support
Twenty-four-hour support, major migrations and large implementation programmes are scoped separately.
Discuss managed supportFounder experience
Founder experience in demanding environments
Nameless engagements are supported by experience across regulated banking platforms, government cloud modernisation and globally distributed blockchain infrastructure.
Financial services
Regulated financial platform delivery
Controlled delivery, production reliability and observability for business-critical financial platforms.
Relevant technologies
AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Grafana, Prometheus
Public sector
Government Azure modernisation
Incremental Azure modernisation and API-led integration in a governed legacy environment.
Relevant technologies
Microsoft Azure, Azure API Management, API integration, DevOps
Distributed infrastructure
Blockchain and mainnet infrastructure reliability
Continuous mainnet and testnet reliability across multi-cloud and geographically distributed infrastructure.
Relevant technologies
Linux, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, DigitalOcean, Hetzner
Disclosure
These case studies describe selected professional experience of Nameless founder Leon Africa and do not necessarily represent contracts held directly by Nameless.
Discovery session
Need reliable delivery for a business-critical platform?
Discuss specialist capacity, a managed delivery pod, recurring platform support or a fixed Cloud and Platform Assessment.