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Greenfield cloud-native build

A new product built cloud-native from day one — containers on managed Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and automated delivery from the first commit.

Overview

A greenfield application — no legacy estate to carry, and a chance to build it the right way. The aim was a scalable, portable runtime with delivery automated from the start, rather than a hand-built environment that would slow every release.

The build followed the cloud-native progression from application to container to orchestrated platform: containerize the app, run it on managed Kubernetes, and define everything around it as code.

The challenge

No existing platform or environment to build on
Needed a scalable, portable runtime that wasn't tied to one provider
Manual deployments would have slowed iteration on a fast-moving product
Security had to be present from day zero, not retrofitted before launch

Our approach

Containerized the application and ran it on managed Kubernetes — Amazon EKS on AWS, Azure AKS on Azure
Defined all infrastructure as code with Terraform so every environment is reproducible and reviewable
Wired CI/CD pipelines for automated, tested deployments in place of manual, error-prone releases
Baked secure-by-design defaults — private subnets, least-privilege IAM, and encryption — into the platform

Results & business impact

The application is portable across clouds because it runs in containers on Kubernetes
Environments are reproducible and version-controlled rather than hand-built
Releases are automated and tested, not hand-cranked
Security was designed into the foundation rather than added at the end

Tools & technology

Kubernetes Amazon EKS Azure AKS Containers Terraform CI/CD Least-privilege IAM Encryption