Fairwinds EKS Infrastructure Design Assessment

Accelerate your Kubernetes strategy with Fairwinds' EKS Infrastructure Design Assessment.

Price: $20,000
Engagement Length: 3–6 Weeks
Delivery Model: White-Glove, Architecture-as-a-Service

Service Overview

The Fairwinds EKS Infrastructure Design Assessment is a white-glove engagement designed to help organizations plan, optimize, or transform their Kubernetes infrastructure with confidence.

A dedicated, senior Fairwinds engineer partners directly with your team to deeply understand your existing architecture, operational challenges, and business goals. Leveraging years of experience designing, deploying, and operating production-grade Kubernetes environments, Fairwinds delivers actionable architectural guidance and deployment strategies tailored to your organization.

The result is a future-ready Kubernetes foundation that is reliable, scalable, cost-effective, and secure.

Who Is This For

This assessment is ideal for organizations that:

Are planning a new Amazon EKS deployment
Need to scale or optimize an existing Kubernetes environment
Are migrating from legacy platforms or self-managed Kubernetes
Require enterprise-grade security, compliance, and governance
Want a clear Kubernetes roadmap aligned with business objectives
Want to provide validation of infrastructure to new owner/leadership

Key Capabilities

Enterprise-Focused Kubernetes Solutions Architectural guidance designed to support both small teams and large-scale, enterprise environments.

Scalability and Performance Optimization Scalable Kubernetes architectures tuned for single- and multi-cluster performance, following best practices for availability, resiliency, and cost efficiency.

Security and Compliance at Scale Enterprise-grade security architecture for Amazon EKS, integrating identity, access, and network best practices with compliance-focused designs for regulated industries.

GitOps Implementation Streamlined GitOps workflows with version-controlled infrastructure and application delivery, enabling better collaboration across teams of any size.

Transformation Recommendations Tailored recommendations based on best practices and your specific needs, with recommendations informed by years of delivering and maintaining production clusters.

Engagement Process

Timeline: 3–6 Weeks

Multiple Checkpoints

Regular reviews ensure architectural diagrams, assumptions, and recommendations stay aligned with your organization’s needs. Feedback is incorporated throughout the engagement.

Ad-Hoc Stakeholder Meetings

Fairwinds works directly with key stakeholders as needed to:

Understand existing pain points
Validate requirements and constraints
Ensure proposed solutions support your goals

Deliverables

At the conclusion of the engagement, you receive:

Infrastructure Maturity Assessment Written Report

A detailed report of all findings and recommendations

Includes detailed infrastructure diagram of existing state

Description of high risk infrastructure areas

Evaluation of security posture and best practices

Access to Fairwinds Insights Software for the duration of the engagement

Outcomes

By the end of the assessment, your team will have:

Confidence in security, scalability, and operational readiness
A clear understanding of your infrastructure security posture
A clear understanding of your compliance with Kubernetes best-practices

What’s Included

The Fairwinds EKS Infrastructure Design Assessment includes:

Dedicated Senior Kubernetes Engineer
A top-level Fairwinds engineer assigned for the duration of the engagement to ensure continuity, deep context, and high-quality outcomes.
Current-State Architecture Review
Analysis of your existing Kubernetes, cloud, and supporting infrastructure, including tooling, workflows, and operational practices.
Architecture Diagram of Existing Infrastructure
Security & Compliance Guidance
Architectural recommendations for identity, access control, network security, and compliance considerations relevant to your industry.
GitOps & Operational Best Practices
Guidance on GitOps workflows, infrastructure-as-code patterns, and team collaboration models.
Stakeholder Working Sessions
Ad-hoc meetings with key technical and business stakeholders to gather requirements, review progress, and refine recommendations.
Multiple Review Checkpoints
Iterative reviews throughout the engagement to validate designs and adjust direction as needed.
Fairwinds Insights Software
Access to Fairwinds Insights to support visibility, optimization, and ongoing operational improvements.

What’s Not Included

The following are out of scope for this assessment but may be offered as separate services:

Hands-On Implementation or Deployment
This engagement focuses on architecture and planning, not building or deploying infrastructure.
Application Refactoring or Code Changes
Recommendations may be provided, but modifying application code is not included.
Day-to-Day Cluster Operations
Ongoing cluster management, monitoring, or on-call support is not part of this assessment.
Managed Kubernetes or Platform Operations
This service does not include managed EKS operations or SRE services.
Tool Licensing or Third-Party Costs
Any required licenses or cloud costs are the responsibility of the customer.
Formal Compliance Audits or Certifications
While compliance-focused architectures are provided, this assessment does not replace formal audits (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI).

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