Azure infrastructure, AKS, and DevOps, engineered end to end.
CirOps delivers Microsoft Azure infrastructure, Azure Kubernetes Service, DevOps automation, and cloud security, backed by all five Kubernetes certifications and HashiCorp Terraform certification. Part of our cross-cloud practice alongside AWS and GCP.
Azure engagements are scoped to the client's existing environment, workload requirements, and the delivery expertise needed.
4
Azure Certifications
5
Kubernetes Certifications
3 Clouds
AWS · GCP · Azure
Credentials & Delivery
Azure delivery backed by cross-cloud engineering depth.
Our Azure practice is grounded in four Microsoft Azure certifications, all five Kubernetes certifications, and HashiCorp Terraform, the combined credential stack for AKS-native, IaC-first Azure delivery.
What this means for your engagement:
Kubernetes expertise on AKS.
Our engineers hold all five K8s certifications including CKA and CKS. On Azure, this means AKS clusters built and operated to production standards, not configured once and left.
Terraform-first infrastructure.
In-scope Azure infrastructure is provisioned through the agreed Terraform workflow, with review and environment-consistency controls defined for the engagement.
True cross-cloud capability.
AWS Advanced Tier Partner, Google Cloud Select Service Partner, and Microsoft Partner in a single team. If your environment spans multiple clouds, CirOps scopes the platforms and operating responsibilities that the environment requires, including shared IaC, observability, and security controls where agreed.
Azure Delivery Credentials
- AZ-900, AI-900, DP-900, SC-900 - Azure fundamentals track
- All five Kubernetes certifications: KCNA · KCSA · CKA · CKAD · CKS
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate - Azure IaC delivery
- Cross-cloud: AWS Advanced Tier Partner, Google Cloud Select Service Partner, and Microsoft Partner
Azure Service Delivery
The Azure stack, delivered.
The named Azure services below show the areas we build, configure, operate, and optimize. Final scope follows the workload and the delivery expertise it requires.
Compute
Azure VMs · AKS · Azure Container Apps · Azure Functions
VM-based workloads, managed Kubernetes on AKS, serverless containers, and event-driven functions - provisioned, secured, and operated at production scale.
Storage & Data
Azure Blob Storage · Azure SQL · Cosmos DB · Azure Data Factory
Object storage, managed relational databases, globally distributed NoSQL, and data integration pipelines - each tier built for the workload it serves.
Networking
Azure VNet · Azure Load Balancer · Azure CDN · Azure DNS · ExpressRoute
Private networking, load distribution, CDN, DNS, and dedicated connectivity - designed to your topology and traffic patterns.
Security
Microsoft Defender for Cloud · Azure Key Vault · Microsoft Entra ID · Azure Firewall · DDoS Protection
Cloud security posture management, secrets lifecycle, identity governance, application-layer firewall, and DDoS protection - operated as a continuous discipline.
Operations
Azure Monitor · Log Analytics · Application Insights · Azure Policy
Full-stack observability - metrics, logs, distributed traces, and policy enforcement - integrated into unified dashboards and compliance reporting.
DevOps
Azure DevOps · Azure Pipelines · GitHub Actions · Azure Artifacts
CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, and infrastructure automation - designed to reduce manual toil in your Azure release process.
AI/ML Infrastructure
Azure Machine Learning · Azure OpenAI Service · Event Hubs
We provision and operate the Azure infrastructure that runs your AI workloads - training environments, inference endpoints, and event-streaming pipelines. Not model development; the infrastructure models run on.
Credentials
Certified on Azure. Certified on Kubernetes.
Four Azure certifications covering cloud, AI, data, and security fundamentals, combined with all five Kubernetes certifications for production AKS delivery.
Microsoft Azure
Kubernetes, all five certifications
Our team also holds 9 AWS certifications, 2 GCP certifications, and HashiCorp Terraform. Explore Kubernetes Platform Engineering or see the full credential picture on the Trust page.
Azure Engagements
What we deliver on Azure.
Named engagement types with defined scope and methodology, not generic “cloud support” retainers.
AKS Platform Engineering
Production-grade Kubernetes on Azure Kubernetes Service - cluster architecture, node pool strategy, Microsoft Entra Workload ID, network policies, and day-2 operations. Our Kubernetes credentials support the platform discipline applied to the agreed AKS scope.
Explore Kubernetes platform engineering →Azure Landing Zone
Enterprise Azure foundation using Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework - Management Group hierarchy, policy assignment, Subscription vending, centralized logging, and hub-and-spoke networking. Provisioned through Terraform for full reproducibility.
Discuss your Azure foundation →Azure FinOps
Cloud cost governance on Azure - Reserved Instance planning, Azure Savings Plans, rightsizing analysis, Cost Management budget alerts, and tag-based cost attribution. Scoped to Azure billing, usage, and governance requirements.
Explore FinOps consulting →Managed Cloud Security Posture
Recurring Microsoft Defender for Cloud posture operations with triage, remediation, validation, evidence, and reporting. Coverage depends on the enabled Defender plans and agreed workload scope; workload protection modules are not assumed to be included.
Explore Managed Cloud Security Posture →Cloud Architecture Review - Azure
A structured review of your Azure environment: cost efficiency, security posture, reliability architecture, and workload placement. No cost. No commitment. A documented picture of where your Azure environment stands and what to address first.
Request a free Architecture Review →Delivery Standards
What Azure delivery looks like, in practice.
AKS-native
Kubernetes delivery
All five Kubernetes certifications - KCNA, KCSA, CKA, CKAD, CKS - applied to Azure Kubernetes Service workloads at production scale.
Terraform-first
Azure IaC
In-scope Azure infrastructure is provisioned through the agreed Terraform workflow for reproducibility, review, and environment consistency.
Cross-cloud
delivery capability
AWS Advanced Tier Partner, Google Cloud Select Service Partner, and Microsoft Partner. Multi-cloud environments - unified IaC, observability, and security posture - engineered deliberately.
AI-Augmented Operations
AI-assisted Azure delivery.
Our Azure practice integrates AI-assisted tooling into infrastructure delivery, cost management, and incident response, not as a pitch, as an operational standard.
AI-assisted Terraform generation for Azure
AI-assisted Terraform drafts are reviewed against the AzureRM provider schema, architecture decisions, and policy checks before use.
AI-assisted cost anomaly detection on Azure
Azure Cost Management signals can be grouped for engineer review so the cause, priority, and approved response are verified before action.
AI-assisted incident root cause analysis
During Azure Monitor-based incident workflows, AI-assisted analysis can assemble relevant signals while engineers confirm the cause and remediation.
AI-assisted architecture documentation
Architecture documentation can be drafted from agreed sources and then reviewed against the implemented environment before handover.
Technology Stack
The tools behind every Azure engagement.
Our engineers work with the tools your stack already runs on - not a curated shortlist, but the full breadth of the modern cloud-native ecosystem.
Infrastructure and delivery
Terraform
Ansible
Docker
Helm
ArgoCD
Crossplane
GitHub
GitLab
Jenkins
Bitbucket
Git
Jira
Slack
AWS
Oracle Cloud
SigNoz
Observability and security
Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
Datadog
OpenTelemetry
Jaeger
Istio
Cloudflare
Checkov
Trivy
Falco
Kafka
RabbitMQ
Google Cloud
Azure
Common questions
Azure infrastructure, AKS, and cross-cloud delivery. Let's start with your environment.
The no-cost Architecture Review is the right first step - it scopes the work, surfaces the gaps, and gives you a clear action plan. No cost. No commitment. A documented picture of your Azure infrastructure before any engagement begins.