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Smerdoff Technologies / Kubernetes

Kubernetes Consulting Services for Scalable Deployments

Kubernetes solves real scaling problems — and creates new ones when a cluster is set up without a clear ownership plan. We help startups and enterprises design, migrate to, and run production Kubernetes without the trial-and-error that usually shows up as a 2am page.

KubernetesEKSGKEAKSDockerTerraform
10–30%
of a full build is what a lean first version costs on a modern stack — validate before you scale
MVP cost research
~3×
higher conversion for a 1-second site vs a 5-second one — the stack you build on decides this
Web design research

Why teams bring in Kubernetes consultants instead of figuring it out solo

Kubernetes has a steep learning curve, and mistakes made early — networking, RBAC, resource limits — get expensive to unwind later.

Right-sized from day one

We tell you honestly if Kubernetes is overkill for your current scale, and design a cluster sized for where you're actually headed.

Production-ready, not just running

Autoscaling, health checks, resource limits, and observability configured before launch — not discovered missing during an incident.

Managed Kubernetes expertise

Hands-on experience with EKS, GKE, and AKS, so you get the managed control plane without losing control over cost or configuration.

Security and access baked in

RBAC, network policies, and secrets management set up correctly from the start, not bolted on after a security review flags gaps.

Built for your team to own

Documentation, runbooks, and IaC (Terraform) so your engineers can operate the cluster independently once we hand it off.

What a Kubernetes engagement typically includes

Scoped to your infrastructure and team size — not a one-size-fits-all cluster template.

Cluster setup & architecture

Production-ready cluster design covering networking, node pools, autoscaling, and multi-environment separation.

Migration to Kubernetes

Moving workloads from VMs, Docker Compose, or another orchestrator with a staged rollout plan and rollback path.

Managed K8s (EKS/GKE/AKS)

Setup and tuning of managed control planes, IAM integration, and cloud-native networking on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

CI/CD for Kubernetes

GitOps or pipeline-driven deployments so shipping to the cluster is routine, not a manual, risky process.

Cost & performance optimization

Right-sizing nodes and workloads, cutting idle spend, and fixing autoscaling that overreacts or underreacts.

FAQ

Often serverless or a simpler container platform is genuinely enough — we'll tell you if that's the case. Kubernetes earns its complexity when you have multiple services, need fine-grained scaling control, or are already running at a scale where the operational overhead pays for itself.

Yes. We design and build clusters with autoscaling, monitoring, RBAC, and CI/CD from the start, and hand off documentation so your team isn't dependent on us to operate it.

Yes, all three. Most clients run managed Kubernetes rather than self-hosted control planes, and we tailor the setup to whichever cloud you're already on.

It depends on current infrastructure and target scale — a first cluster setup for a small team costs less than a multi-cluster migration for an existing production system. We give a fixed estimate after a free infrastructure review rather than a generic range.

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Get a free infrastructure review

Tell us what you're running today and where it needs to scale — we'll review your infrastructure and scope a Kubernetes approach that fits.