Engineering Resources & Guides

Whitepapers, playbooks, and checklists distilled from hundreds of cloud engagements. Download them, adapt them, and put them to work in your organisation.

whitepaper

The Cloud Migration Playbook

Our complete methodology for enterprise cloud migration — from workload discovery and dependency mapping to migration factory execution and post-migration optimisation. Based on proven methodology with zero production incidents.

24 pages
checklist

Kubernetes Security Checklist

A comprehensive security checklist covering cluster hardening, pod security standards, network policies, RBAC configuration, secrets management, and supply chain security for production Kubernetes.

8 pages
playbook

FinOps Implementation Guide

A practical playbook for implementing FinOps across your organisation — from billing visibility and cost attribution to anomaly detection and optimisation cadences. Distilled from real cloud audit engagements.

16 pages
checklist

SOC2 Readiness Assessment

A self-assessment checklist covering all five SOC2 trust service categories — security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. Includes gap identification worksheets and remediation prioritisation.

12 pages
playbook

Platform Engineering Blueprint

A comprehensive playbook for building an Internal Developer Platform — from Backstage setup and golden paths to self-service infrastructure provisioning and developer experience metrics. Based on our platform builds across 15 enterprise organisations.

20 pages
playbook

Incident Management Runbook

Our battle-tested incident management framework — severity classification, escalation procedures, communication templates, post-incident review process, and SLO-based alerting configuration. Used across 50+ SRE engagements.

14 pages
checklist

Cloud Cost Audit Template

The checklist our FinOps engineers use to perform cloud cost audits — covering reserved instance utilization, orphaned resources, right-sizing opportunities, storage lifecycle, and network transfer optimization.

10 pages
whitepaper

Zero Trust Architecture Guide

A practical guide to implementing zero-trust network architecture across cloud and hybrid environments — identity-based access, microsegmentation, continuous verification, and device posture assessment. Covers Azure AD, Okta, and Cloudflare Access integration patterns.

28 pages

How to Use These Resources

Every resource in this library was designed for immediate practical application. Our migration playbook, for example, follows the exact sequence we use with clients — from workload discovery and dependency mapping through to migration factory execution and post-migration validation. Download it, adjust the timelines to match your environment, and start executing.

Security checklists and FinOps guides are structured as living documents. We recommend forking them into your internal documentation system, assigning owners to each section, and tracking completion over sprints. If you need help operationalising any of these resources — or want custom versions tailored to your stack and compliance requirements — reach out.

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