CloudOps & Managed Operations

24/7 AWS operations, without the body-shop overhead.

Someone answers when your infrastructure breaks at 3am — and most months, nothing breaks at all. Honest framing: this is a launching offering, not a 200-engineer NOC. We provide founder-reviewed runbooks, tiered support packages, and structured monitoring for HealthTech, EdTech, SaaS, and FinTech scale-ups already running on AWS. Built to ISO 27001 standards.

ISO 27001:2022 CertifiedFounder-Reviewed RunbooksTiered Support Packages
HAZERCLOUD · CLOUDOPSLaunching Offering

Operations by tier.

MonitorCloudWatch
APMX-Ray + Datadog
LogsOpenSearch
AlertsPagerDuty
RunbooksSSM Documents
PatchingPatch Manager
BackupAWS Backup
DRMulti-region
What We Operate

Six CloudOps capabilities, tier-aware.

Operations work scaled to your maturity. Standard tier covers monitoring, alerting, and patch management. Pro tier adds incident response and managed security ops. Enterprise tier includes 24/7 on-call coverage with documented playbooks.

01 · MONITORING

Production observability

CloudWatch dashboards configured for your specific workload patterns. Custom metrics, synthetic checks, log aggregation. Alerts route to your existing channels. Not generic dashboards — instrumentation tailored to what your application actually does.

CloudWatchX-RayDatadogOpenSearch
02 · INCIDENT RESPONSE

Documented runbook playbooks

Every alert maps to a runbook. Every runbook has been founder-reviewed before activation. Pro and Enterprise tiers include first-line response with documented escalation paths. Incident post-mortems for every Sev 1.

PagerDutySSM RunEventBridgeIncident Manager
03 · PATCH & CONFIGURATION

Automated patching cycles

Systems Manager Patch Manager configured for your maintenance windows. Configuration drift detection via Config rules. Compliance reporting against your selected framework. Automated remediation for common drift scenarios.

SSM PatchConfigSystems ManagerInspector
04 · BACKUP & DR

Tested recovery procedures

AWS Backup centralized policies. Cross-region replication for critical workloads. RTO/RPO targets defined and validated quarterly. Documented disaster recovery procedures, tested in non-production. Not theoretical — actually exercised.

AWS BackupDRSS3 Cross-RegionRoute 53
05 · SECURITY OPS

Continuous posture monitoring

GuardDuty findings reviewed and triaged. Security Hub aggregation across accounts. CloudTrail analysis for anomalous activity. Automated response for known attack patterns. Quarterly posture reports for audit cycles.

GuardDutySecurity HubCloudTrailDetective
06 · COST & CAPACITY

Continuous FinOps discipline

Monthly cost review against budget. Reserved Instance and Savings Plan optimization. Compute Optimizer recommendations triaged and applied. Capacity forecasting tied to business metrics. Cost is operated, not just monitored.

Cost ExplorerBudgetsCompute OptimizerTrusted Advisor
Support Tiers

Three tiers of managed operations.

Different operational maturity needs different support depth. Standard tier for established workloads needing baseline monitoring. Pro tier for compliance-aware ops. Enterprise tier for 24/7 incident response with documented playbooks.

Who It's For

Who CloudOps is right for.

CloudOps is for established workloads that need operational discipline. Honest framing: this is a launching offering, building gradually with deliberate quality over scale.

Strong fit

If you are…

  • Running production AWS workloads that have stabilized past initial launch
  • A HealthTech, EdTech, regulated SaaS, or FinTech where audit cycles repeat annually
  • Tired of internal team burnout from after-hours alerts and weekend patching
  • Looking for ops discipline without hiring a full-time SRE team
  • Subject to compliance frameworks requiring documented operational procedures
  • Wanting founder-reviewed runbooks rather than templated procedures
Not a fit

If you are…

  • Pre-launch with no production AWS footprint to operate yet
  • Looking for a 200-engineer NOC with formal redundancy at every layer
  • Needing tier-1 telco-style 99.999% SLAs (we're honest about our scale)
  • Running primarily on Azure or GCP with no AWS roadmap
  • Looking for cheapest-possible body-shop SRE staffing (different model entirely)
Engagement Options

Three tiers, one standard.

Scope depends on workload complexity, account count, and incident expectations. Every engagement starts with a free discovery call — we share full pricing before any commitment.

Standard

Baseline operations

Per workload · 6-month minimum
  • Business-hours ops support
  • Monitoring & alerting
  • Patch management cadence
  • Monthly cost review
  • Quarterly founder check-in
Pro

Compliance ops

Per workload · 6-month minimum
  • Extended-hours response
  • Security posture monitoring
  • Audit evidence maintained
  • Documented runbook playbooks
  • Monthly founder review
Enterprise

24/7 operations

Per workload · 12-month minimum
  • 24/7 on-call coverage
  • SLA-backed response
  • Quarterly DR exercises
  • Founder accessible for Sev 1
  • Custom workload runbooks

All tiers include AWS Cost Explorer integration, ISO 27001-aligned operational procedures, and quarterly capacity reviews. Pricing in USD or AUD on request.

Site Reliability Engineering

Reliability run to explicit targets.

SRE — Site Reliability Engineering — is the measurement-driven discipline of running systems to defined reliability goals. It is built into our CloudOps tiers, not sold separately: we put numbers on reliability and use them to decide when to ship features and when to harden stability.

SLOs

Service level objectives

We set measurable reliability targets (SLOs) for the user journeys that matter — availability and latency — so "is it healthy?" has a number, not an opinion. Defined at Pro and Enterprise tiers.

Error budgets

Ship vs stabilise

An error budget is how much unreliability you can spend before stability takes priority over new features. We track it and make the trade-off explicit, so reliability calls are data-led, not political. Governed formally at Enterprise tier.

Incident response

Structured on the day

Every alert maps to a founder-reviewed runbook, with defined severities and escalation. Pro tier runs documented procedures in extended hours; Enterprise adds genuine 24/7 first response under SLA.

Post-mortems

Blameless learning

After a Sev 1 we write a blameless post-mortem — what happened, why, and the fix — and feed it back into the runbooks so the same failure does not recur. Every incident makes the system a little more reliable.

Jobin Joseph, Founder & CTO of HAZERCLOUD
Jobin Joseph
Founder & CTO
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Who You'll Actually Work With

This engagement runs through me, personally.

The AWS-certified specialist on your discovery call leads the implementation team on your engagement. No bait-and-switch. No junior-led delivery.

Discovery call: I attend, no exceptions
Architecture sign-off: before any work begins
Weekly review: I'm on every call, every week
Material decisions: go through me first
Deliverable sign-off: my signature, my reputation
30 days post-handoff: direct line to me
Read more about Jobin and the engagement model
Common Questions

Questions buyers ask before we engage.

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How much does this cost?+
Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute scoping call, and we share full pricing before any commitment — no gated discovery. Costs depend on scope; the call gives you a real number, not a range from a website.
Do I need to be technical to work with you?+
No. Many of our clients are founders without a technical background. We explain decisions in plain language, your dedicated engineer is reachable directly, and Jobin (our founder) is on every call. You'll always know what we're doing and why — in words, not acronyms.
You said this is a "launching offering" — what does that mean for us?+
It means we're being honest about scale. We're not a 200-engineer NOC. We're a small AWS-focused team building the operations practice deliberately. Standard and Pro tiers are mature offerings with ISO 27001-aligned procedures. Enterprise 24/7 is built around founder availability for Sev 1 with structured escalation. If you need telco-style redundancy, we're not the right fit — and we'll tell you that on the call.
Can you take over operations of an environment we didn't build?+
Yes — this is common. We'd start with a 1-2 week assessment to understand the current state, document existing procedures, identify gaps, and propose remediation. After remediation, we transition into the chosen support tier. Many clients arrive after a previous partner left them with infrastructure they couldn't operate.
What's the difference between Pro and Enterprise tier?+
Pro tier is extended business-hours coverage (typically 12 hours/day) with documented incident procedures. Enterprise tier is genuine 24/7 with SLA-backed response and founder availability for Sev 1 incidents. Pro suits most regulated SaaS. Enterprise suits FinTech and HealthTech where downtime has direct revenue impact.
Do you provide runbooks, or do we have to write them?+
We write them. Every alert that triggers a response has a documented runbook, founder-reviewed before activation. For workload-specific procedures (custom databases, legacy systems, business-critical jobs), we collaborate with your team to capture institutional knowledge and translate it into structured documentation.
How does this work with our existing internal team?+
We complement, we don't replace. Most engagements have your team handling product features and architecture decisions, while we handle operational execution: monitoring, patching, incident response, compliance evidence. Your team retains ownership; we provide operational discipline.
Can we move between tiers?+
Yes, with notice. Moving up is fast (additional capacity onboarded in 2-4 weeks). Moving down requires a 60-day transition to redocument procedures and adjust automation. Tier changes are planned at quarterly reviews, not reactive.
What happens during a Sev 1 incident?+
For Pro tier: documented runbook execution within extended hours, founder notified for awareness. For Enterprise: 24/7 first response per SLA, founder accessible if escalation is needed, post-incident review within 48 hours, blameless post-mortem documented and shared with your team. Every Sev 1 generates a learning that updates the runbook.
Do you provide SRE services?+
Yes. SRE — Site Reliability Engineering — is the discipline of running systems to explicit reliability targets, and it is built into our CloudOps tiers rather than sold separately. We define SLOs (service level objectives — measurable reliability targets), track error budgets (how much unreliability you can spend before stability takes priority), run structured incident response, and write blameless post-mortems that feed back into the runbooks. Pro tier covers SLOs and incident procedures; Enterprise adds 24/7 response and formal error-budget governance.
SRE vs CloudOps — what is the difference?+
CloudOps is the broad practice of running your AWS environment day to day: monitoring, patching, cost, compliance, and incident response. SRE is a specific, measurement-driven approach within that — it puts numbers on reliability (SLOs and error budgets) and uses them to decide when to ship features versus when to invest in stability. In practice we deliver SRE as part of CloudOps: the same team, with reliability targets made explicit and governed. You do not buy them separately.
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