AWS Consulting Service
AWS DevOps Services
CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability stacks built by senior AWS engineers, delivered as code in your repository, with zero manual deploy steps when we're done.
What is AWS DevOps?
Deterministic builds. Automated deploys. Auditable infrastructure.
AWS DevOps services cover the full lifecycle of software delivery on AWS CI/CD pipeline design, infrastructure as code with Terraform or AWS CDK, containerized deployments to ECS or EKS, blue/green and canary release strategies, secrets management with AWS Secrets Manager, and observability with CloudWatch, Datadog, or Grafana. The goal is deterministic builds, environment promotion without manual steps, and rollback in minutes rather than hours. Forged Concepts replaces fragile, manual deployment processes with automated, version-controlled pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline for delivery and Terraform or AWS CDK for infrastructure. Every change is a pull request. Every environment is reproducible from scratch. Every deploy is auditable and reversible. Staffed entirely by senior engineers: the person writing your Terraform is the person on your call, and the person on your call is the person on-call if something goes wrong.
< 10 min
Deploy time, git push to production ECS
4–8 wk
Typical full IaC + pipeline engagement
Zero
Manual steps in a production deploy
Instant
Rollback on failed blue/green health check
What we deliver
Everything your pipeline and infrastructure need to ship reliably.
- CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / CodePipeline) automated from git push to production with parallel test stages, artifact management, and environment-specific approval gates.
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform / AWS CDK) every AWS resource version-controlled, peer-reviewed, and reproducible from scratch across dev, staging, and production.
- Containerized builds + blue/green & canary deploys Docker pipelines to ECR with automatic rollback on failed health checks or CloudWatch alarms.
- Container orchestration (ECS Fargate / EKS) managed task scheduling with no EC2 instance management, or full Kubernetes API compatibility when your workloads require it.
- Observability (CloudWatch / Datadog / Grafana / X-Ray) dashboards, metric alarms, and distributed tracing so you know what your system is doing before customers notice a problem.
- Secrets & config management (Secrets Manager / Parameter Store) no hardcoded credentials, no secrets committed to git, rotation automated and auditable.
How we work
Four steps from audit to handoff.
Assess current pipeline & deploy process
We map your deployment process end-to-end: source control, build steps, test coverage, deploy mechanism, rollback procedure (if any), and monitoring. We identify the bottlenecks and failure modes before writing a line of code.
Design IaC foundation & pipeline architecture
We document the target-state architecture: which CI/CD tool, what IaC approach, how environments are structured, how secrets flow, what rollback looks like, and what the observability layer covers.
Implement & test in staging environment
We build the pipeline, IaC modules, and observability stack. All code lands in your repository via pull requests. We validate every stage in staging before any change touches production.
Cutover, runbooks, and team handoff
We deliver documentation and runbooks alongside the code, walk your team through the architecture in a recorded session, and execute the production cutover. You own it completely from day one.
Who this is for
The signals that mean you need DevOps help.
Deployments take 30+ minutes and involve someone SSHing into a server.
No CI/CD pipeline deploys are manual scripts or developer laptops.
Terraform exists but only one person understands it, and that person is leaving.
No rollback plan when a deploy breaks production.
You find out about outages when customers email.
Every new environment requires manual console clicks and tribal knowledge.
Containers exist locally but "it works on my machine" doesn't ship to ECS.
If two or more of these describe your current state, a DevOps engagement will pay for itself in the first incident it prevents.
FAQ
Common questions about AWS DevOps services.
What is the difference between GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline?
GitHub Actions runs CI/CD directly from your GitHub repository. It's developer-familiar, easy to debug, and integrates with any registry or cloud. AWS CodePipeline is AWS-native, pairs naturally with CodeBuild and CodeDeploy, and fits better in environments where everything must stay inside the AWS account boundary. Forged Concepts implements whichever fits your team's workflow and compliance requirements or migrates you from one to the other.
What is the difference between Terraform and AWS CDK?
Terraform uses HCL (a declarative language) to describe infrastructure, supports multi-cloud, and has a mature ecosystem of modules. AWS CDK uses real programming languages (TypeScript, Python, Go) to generate CloudFormation, which makes it natural for teams with strong software engineering backgrounds. Both produce auditable IaC. Forged Concepts recommends Terraform for most environments and CDK for teams with deep TypeScript or Python expertise.
What is a blue/green deployment?
Blue/green deployment maintains two identical environments: blue (live) and green (new version). Traffic is switched from blue to green after the new version passes health checks. If anything is wrong, traffic flips back to blue in seconds. This eliminates downtime during deploys and makes rollback instant rather than a manual operation.
How long does it take to set up a CI/CD pipeline?
A basic CI/CD pipeline for a single service can be functional in 1–2 weeks. Full infrastructure-as-code coverage, multi-environment promotion, secrets management, and observability integration typically takes 4–8 weeks depending on environment complexity and number of services.
Do you use managed or self-hosted CI/CD runners?
It depends on your compliance and cost requirements. GitHub-hosted runners are the lowest overhead for most teams. Self-hosted runners on EC2 or ECS give you network access to private VPC resources and are often required for HIPAA or PCI environments where builds must not leave your AWS account.
Can you help migrate from Jenkins or CircleCI?
Yes. Forged Concepts has migrated teams from Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines, and manual deploy scripts to GitHub Actions or CodePipeline. The migration typically preserves existing test coverage while improving build times and reducing maintenance overhead.
What is infrastructure as code (IaC)?
Infrastructure as code means your AWS resources (VPCs, EC2 instances, RDS databases, IAM roles, S3 buckets) are defined in version-controlled files rather than clicked through the AWS console. Every change is a pull request. Rollback is a git revert. Drift (console changes that don't match code) is detected automatically. Terraform and AWS CDK are the two primary IaC tools Forged Concepts uses.
What observability tools do you implement?
Forged Concepts implements CloudWatch for native AWS metrics and log aggregation, Datadog for teams that need APM, distributed tracing, and cross-cloud dashboards, and Grafana with Prometheus for open-source-first environments. AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing is included on all containerized and Lambda deployments.
Ready when you are
Need senior AWS expertise without building a full internal team?
Forged Concepts helps growing companies improve AWS performance, control cloud costs, modernize infrastructure, and build with confidence. If your team needs stronger cloud architecture, better operations, or a clearer path forward on AWS, let's talk.