DevOps & Infrastructure Consulting
DevOps & Infrastructure Consulting for Production Systems
AscendPrime Systems helps engineering teams reduce cloud spend, modernize CI/CD, and improve production reliability through three focused consulting offers.
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Cloud Cost & Reliability Audit
A focused technical assessment for teams that need an independent view of their infrastructure, reliability, scalability, or operational risks.
A three-day fixed-fee audit starting at $3,500, with a prioritized savings and risk register, 30/60/90-day action plan, and 45-minute executive readout. Multi-account or multi-cloud environments quoted separately.
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- Cloud cost and resource utilization
- Production reliability and operational risk
- Messaging, data infrastructure, and delivery pipelines
Services
Cloud Cost & Reliability Audit
Three-day fixed-fee audit starting at $3,500. Multi-account or multi-cloud environments quoted separately.
- Starting at $3,500
- Prioritized savings and risk register
- 30/60/90-day action plan
- 45-minute executive readout
Fractional Platform & DevOps Lead
Starting at $6,500/month for up to 30 hours. Three-month minimum, then 30 days' notice. Includes a weekly leadership sync and monthly written report. Hours are capped monthly. Additional hours available at an agreed rate. Higher tiers up to 60 hours/month available by scope.
- Starting at $6,500/mo · up to 30 hours
- Higher tiers up to 60 hours/month by scope
- Weekly leadership sync · monthly written report
- 3-month minimum, then 30 days' notice
- CI/CD modernization and DevSecOps
- Hours capped monthly; additional hours at an agreed rate
Messaging & Event Streaming Reliability
Retainers start at $5,000/month; fixed-scope projects starting at $15,000. Retainer hours are capped monthly. Additional hours available at an agreed rate.
- Starting at $5,000/mo
- Fixed-scope projects starting at $15,000
- Kafka, ActiveMQ Artemis, Redis
- Diagnosis, tuning, upgrades, and migrations
- Automation, monitoring, and runbooks
- Hours capped monthly; additional hours at an agreed rate
Consulting Engagements
Engagement model
Cloud Cost & Reliability Audit
Starting at $3,500
3 days · fixed-fee engagement
Prioritized savings and risk register, 30/60/90-day action plan, and 45-minute executive readout. Multi-account or multi-cloud environments quoted separately.
Engagement model
Fractional Platform & DevOps Lead
Starting at $6,500/month
Up to 30 hours · 3-month minimum, then 30 days' notice
Higher tiers up to 60 hours/month by scope. Includes weekly leadership sync and monthly written report. Hours are capped monthly. Additional hours available at an agreed rate.
Engagement model
Messaging & Event Streaming Reliability
Retainers starting at $5,000/month
Fixed-scope projects starting at $15,000
Kafka, ActiveMQ Artemis, and Redis diagnosis and tuning, upgrades and migrations, automation, monitoring, and runbooks. Hours are capped monthly. Additional hours available at an agreed rate for retainers.
Process
Discover
Understand the system, business constraints, and problem.
Assess
Review architecture, reliability, scalability, and operational risks.
Recommend
Create a practical roadmap with prioritized actions.
Execute
Support implementation where needed.
Pricing
The Cloud Cost & Reliability Audit starts at $3,500 for a three-day fixed-fee engagement. Fractional Platform & DevOps leadership starts at $6,500 per month for up to 30 hours. Messaging & Event Streaming retainers start at $5,000 per month, and fixed-scope projects starting at $15,000.
Every engagement begins with a short discovery call. Final scope and pricing depend on your environment.
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