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Platform Engineering Consulting for Java Teams

One consistent path from commit to production for every Java service: pipelines, environments, observability and access. We review what you run today and prove the agreed approach on one reference service before it spreads.

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Results from systems we have built and improved

80%
lower infrastructure cost on hotel availability searchDatabase queries moved to an in-memory data gridHotel search case study
1,000,000,000
financial transactions in under an hourFastPost accounting platform · developed for LegerityFastPost case study
Nearly 10 years
of FastPost built and evolved by our team under production loadLegerity accounting platform · from 2013FastPost case study
For
Java teams whose release process differs per service, or whose operating costs keep growing.
Review
Usually 2 to 4 weeks for the agreed scope, ending with a working reference service.
Pricing
A fixed fee covering the review and the agreed reference implementation for one service.
Rollout
Wider adoption across services and teams, scoped and priced once the reference works.
Platform scope

What the Stratoflow platform review covers

Six areas that decide how easily your teams build, release and run Java services.

  • Build and release

    Reproducible builds, dependency checks and deployment controls that fit your review and release process.

  • Environments

    Repeatable configuration for development, testing and production, with ownership and costs made explicit.

  • Infrastructure choices

    Compare managed containers, virtual machines and Kubernetes against workload needs, operating skills and costs.

  • Observability

    Logs, metrics and traces that help, including JVM memory, garbage collection and thread pools, with alerts someone can act on.

  • Identity and secrets

    Agree how services authenticate, where credentials live and who can deploy or change infrastructure.

  • Reusable templates

    A reference Java service with agreed pipeline, deployment and monitoring defaults, plus instructions for adopting them.

What you receive

A design your team can test before wider adoption

The first engagement covers the review and one reference service, not a full rollout.

  • Review and reference implementation

    Current-state findings, a target design, cost assumptions and rollout priorities. The agreed templates are validated on one Java service, and the results of that trial are written down.

  • Wider implementation

    A separate proposal defines which services and teams adopt the platform, migration work, acceptance criteria and handover. Existing deployment constraints inform the rollout sequence.

  • Stratoflow was a great partner, challenging as well as supporting our customer projects for the best outcome. They have a great pool of talent within the business - all very capable technologists, as well as being business-savvy and suitable for consultancy engagements.
    Chris GoodallManaging Consultant, CG Consultancy (UK) Limited
Delivery process

How a platform engagement runs

The work moves in phases, and each one is agreed with you before it starts.

  1. Agree the scope

    First, we review your teams, services and delivery problems, choose one reference service with you and agree the fee.

  2. Review the current platform

    Next, we inspect pipelines, environments, deployment setup, monitoring and recent incidents to find the most useful fixes.

  3. Design and validate

    Then we build the agreed path on the reference service and check build, deployment, monitoring and recovery with your team.

  4. Plan adoption

    Finally, we hand over templates and guidance and propose the next phase, with its scope and a ballpark, for you to approve.

Practical questions

Questions about platform engineering

Do we need Kubernetes?

That depends on the workload and the team responsible for operating it. We compare Kubernetes with managed container services and virtual machines, including delivery needs, resilience requirements, skills and costs.

Is implementation included?

The initial fixed-fee scope includes an agreed reference implementation, typically one Java service. Adopting it across other services and teams is priced separately after the review.

Can you improve our existing tools?

Yes. The starting point is the tools and operating model your teams already use. We recommend replacements only where they address an identified limitation and justify the migration effort.

Which cloud platforms do you work with?

AWS and Azure are common environments. We can assess Google Cloud or dedicated hosting where that is your starting point. The design records provider dependencies and portability tradeoffs.

Do your platform engineering services include running the platform?

Not by default. The engagement ends with templates, guidance and a rollout proposal for your team. If you want us to keep running the Java applications on it, managed support is a separate agreement.

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