Production Kubernetes Architecture, Migration & Operations
Wolk Inc designs and implements production-grade Kubernetes platforms on EKS, GKE, and AKS. From cluster architecture and GitOps workflows to security hardening and full observability — built to the standard your production workloads require.
EKS · GKE · AKS
Managed Kubernetes Platforms
GitOps
Argo CD / Flux by Default
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Zero
Downtime Migration Target
Kubernetes Consulting Deliverables
Production Cluster Architecture
Multi-AZ cluster design on EKS, GKE, or AKS with node pool sizing, instance type selection, managed node groups, and cluster autoscaler or Karpenter configuration for cost-efficient elastic scaling. Includes private endpoint configuration and network policy framework.
GitOps Deployment Workflows
Argo CD or Flux GitOps implementation for declarative, auditable deployment workflows. Application of sets with Helm charts or Kustomize overlays per environment. Includes automated sync policies, drift detection, and rollback automation.
Security Hardening
RBAC policy design, namespace isolation, network policies, pod security standards (restricted profile), OPA/Gatekeeper admission control, image scanning integration, and secret management via External Secrets Operator with AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, or GCP Secret Manager.
Observability Stack
Prometheus + Grafana observability with cluster-level and application-level dashboards, alerting rules tied to SLOs, Loki log aggregation, and OpenTelemetry distributed tracing. Includes runbooks for the most common Kubernetes failure modes.
How a Kubernetes Engagement Works
Discovery & Architecture Review
Wolk Inc reviews your existing infrastructure, workload inventory, and delivery requirements. Output: a written Kubernetes architecture plan and migration sequence.
Cluster Build & Platform Setup
Production cluster provisioned with Terraform or Pulumi. GitOps tooling, RBAC, network policies, and observability stack deployed and configured.
Workload Migration
Existing workloads containerised (if needed) and migrated to the new cluster. Load testing and failure injection before cutover. Zero-downtime migration for production services.
Handoff & Runbooks
Complete runbook documentation, team knowledge transfer sessions, and optional retainer support for ongoing cluster operations and security patching.
Senior Kubernetes Engineers. Documented Delivery.
Kubernetes Consulting Questions
Which managed Kubernetes services does Wolk Inc work with?▾
Wolk Inc delivers Kubernetes consulting on AWS EKS, Google GKE, and Azure AKS. We also work with on-premises Kubernetes using Rancher, Talos Linux, or kubeadm for clients with data sovereignty requirements. The architecture approach is consistent across providers; the provider-specific implementation details differ.
Can Wolk Inc migrate an existing Docker Swarm or VM-based deployment to Kubernetes?▾
Yes. Wolk Inc regularly migrates workloads from Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, bare-metal deployments, and VM-based infrastructure to Kubernetes. We containerise applications that are not yet containerised, design the Kubernetes resource manifests, and run parallel environments with traffic cutover to minimise migration risk.
How does Wolk Inc handle Kubernetes security hardening?▾
Wolk Inc applies a layered security approach: pod security standards (restricted profile), RBAC with least-privilege policies, network policies for namespace isolation, admission controllers via OPA/Gatekeeper for policy enforcement, image scanning via Trivy or Grype in CI, and secret management via External Secrets Operator. For SOC 2 or ISO 27001 requirements, we map the Kubernetes security controls to the relevant framework requirements explicitly.
Does Wolk Inc implement GitOps, and which tool do you recommend?▾
Yes. Wolk Inc implements GitOps as standard on all Kubernetes engagements. We recommend Argo CD for most teams due to its mature UI, multi-cluster support, and application sync health status. Flux is recommended for teams that prefer a controller-only approach without a UI component. Both tools produce equivalent GitOps outcomes — the choice is based on team preference and existing tooling.
What does a Kubernetes consulting engagement with Wolk Inc cost?▾
Kubernetes consulting engagements are scoped to the specific cluster architecture, workload complexity, and migration requirements. A standalone cluster build for a SaaS product (single cloud, 10–30 services) typically runs 4–8 weeks. A full enterprise migration with multi-cluster GitOps and observability stack typically runs 8–16 weeks. Wolk Inc provides a fixed-price proposal after the initial discovery call.