Cloud Infrastructure Best Practices
When your cloud foundation is weak, everything else becomes harder โ from automation to observability to uptime.
At VelocivTech, we treat infrastructure not as a one-time setup, but as a living foundation for your business. Here's how we approach cloud engineering the right way:
โ๏ธ 1. Build Infrastructure as Code from Day 1
We use tools like Terraform, AWS CDK, or Pulumi to define every component of your infrastructure. This ensures:
- Version control of every change
- Easy rollback and cloning of environments
- Automated testing and CI integration
๐ 2. Design with Security by Default
Security isn't a checklist โ it's a mindset:
- Principle of least privilege (IAM roles, access policies)
- Encrypted secrets via AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault
- Network segmentation (VPCs, subnets, security groups)
- CloudTrail logging + audit-ready change tracking
๐ฐ 3. Optimize for Cost Without Sacrificing Performance
Cloud waste is real. We help teams:
- Leverage spot instances, Graviton CPUs, and autoscaling
- Use cost explorer and resource tagging for visibility
- Right-size RDS, Lambda, and ECS/Fargate services
- Archive infrequently accessed data automatically
๐งช 4. Create Safe CI/CD Pipelines
We build GitOps-style pipelines that:
- Run
terraform plan
checks - Scan for secrets
- Enforce approval gates
- Provide preview environments with minimal manual input
๐ 5. Add Observability That Works
We use CloudWatch, Datadog, or open-source stacks (Grafana + Loki) to provide:
- Real-time log aggregation
- Uptime and latency dashboards
- Alerting based on SLOs โ not just status codes
Cloud isn't โset it and forget it.โ
We help companies run lean, stay secure, and scale smoothly โ without burning time or budget on the wrong abstractions.
Want help hardening or scaling your cloud stack? Reach out here.