// CLOUD / CLOUD-NATIVE PLATFORMS
A Kubernetes platform your client's developers can actually use.
Clients want to modernise onto containers and Kubernetes but cannot hire the platform engineers to get there. We design and build the production platform, GitOps, CI/CD, policy and observability included, then hand it over with golden paths so their developers ship safely. Delivered under your brand.
Start a platform conversationEveryone wants Kubernetes. Almost nobody can staff it.
Containers and Kubernetes are now the default for new applications, and the vast majority of organisations already run them in production. The blocker is not appetite, it is people: platform and cloud-native skills are among the hardest roles to fill, and a raw cluster handed to an app team becomes a liability fast. That is the gap your clients keep hitting, and the reason a built-and-handed-over platform lands better than another job advert.
What we deploy.
Production Kubernetes Build
A hardened cluster on Amazon EKS, Azure AKS or Google GKE, with separate dev, staging and production environments wired the same way. Built with Terraform so the whole platform is reproducible, then handed over.
GitOps & CI/CD
Argo CD or Flux as the single source of truth: the cluster state lives in Git, and every change ships through a reviewed pull request. Paired with build pipelines so your client's developers go from commit to running pod without touching kubectl.
Containerisation & App Migration
Legacy apps refactored or replatformed into containers, with Docker images, Helm charts and sensible defaults. We move the workloads that are worth moving and leave the ones that are not, then document the path.
Service Mesh & Ingress
Istio or Cilium for east-west traffic, with mTLS between services, traffic policy, and progressive delivery. Ingress and certificates configured once, the right way, so secure-by-default is the starting point.
Platform Observability & Policy
Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry for metrics, logs and traces from day one. Kyverno or OPA guardrails built straight into the cluster so unsafe deployments are blocked before they land, not audited after.
Internal Developer Platform
A Backstage portal with golden paths: templated, self-service routes to spin up a service, a database or a pipeline without filing a ticket. Your client's developers move fast on rails your team helped lay.
The numbers behind the shift.
How the options compare.
What your client gets from an in-house build, a generic reseller, or our team under your brand.
Kubernetes, answered straight.
01 Should we run managed Kubernetes like EKS, AKS or GKE, or self-manage?
For almost every client, managed Kubernetes is the right call. EKS, AKS and GKE take the control plane, etcd and upgrades off your plate, which is exactly the part most teams have no business running by hand. We build on the managed service that fits the client's cloud, then spend the effort where it actually matters: the pipelines, policy and developer experience on top.
02 What does GitOps actually buy us?
GitOps makes Git the single source of truth for the cluster, so what is deployed always matches what is committed. Argo CD or Flux reconciles the live state back to the repo, which means changes are reviewed in a pull request, audited automatically, and rolled back with a git revert. Practically, it gives your client safer, faster, far more frequent deployments without a release engineer babysitting each one.
03 Who runs the platform after you hand it over?
Belico designs, builds and configures the platform, then hands it over to whoever is going to operate it. Usually that is your client's own developers, who self-serve through the golden paths and pipelines we set up. If running Kubernetes is a service you want to offer, we hand it to your team instead, with the runbooks and IaC to back it. Either way, Belico builds it and steps back. We do not run your cluster on an open-ended retainer.
04 How do you secure the cluster?
Security is built into the platform, not added afterwards. Kyverno or OPA policies block privileged containers, missing limits and unsigned images at admission time. mTLS through the service mesh encrypts traffic between services. We harden RBAC, scan images in the pipeline, and lock down the supply chain so what runs in production is what passed the gates. The guardrails ship with the cluster, so they hold after handover.
05 Do we need multi-cloud Kubernetes, or is one cloud enough?
Most clients are well served by one cloud, and Kubernetes keeps that decision reversible because the workloads stay portable. We build genuine depth on whichever of EKS, AKS or GKE the client runs. Where there is a real reason for multi-cloud, regulatory, resilience or an acquisition, we design for it deliberately rather than bolting it on, because multi-cloud adds operational weight that has to earn its place.
06 Will our client still need a platform team afterwards?
That is the point of the golden paths: to shrink how much platform expertise day-to-day shipping needs. A Backstage portal with self-service templates means developers provision services and pipelines without a dedicated platform team gatekeeping every request. Clients keep a small group to steward the platform, but they do not need to hire the scarce platform engineers they could not find in the first place. That skills gap is why most of them call you.
Tell us what your clients need.
A tri-cloud migration. A 200-site SD-WAN rollout. A security architecture before NIS2 hits. An AI system your client is asking about next quarter. We scope it, staff it, and deliver it under your brand. One conversation tells us if we are the right team.