PLATFORM ENGINEERING

Platform Engineering – the key to building robust, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure

Our platform engineering services help organizations move from traditional infrastructure setups to scalable platform architectures that give developers a secure and consistent foundation. We know that adopting platform architecture is a major step. Moving away from a traditional infrastructure setup is not only a technology shift, but also a cultural one. That is why Darize helps you build the right teams and develop the necessary skills, so you confidently can take ownership once the project is complete.

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Our PLATFORM ENGINEERING solutions

From ticket queues to self-service

Your developers should be developing, not waiting for infrastructure resources. With our Platform Engineering services, we automate access to the most common infrastructure resources, enabling your developers to access what they need within clearly defined guardrails. By giving developers more autonomy, software development becomes more scalable. Multiple teams can build and operate solutions on the same platform without increasing infrastructure complexity. The result is less waiting time and a faster time to market for new digital solutions.

Platform architecture

We build the platform where your applications will be developed and run on. Typically based on Kubernetes, the platform can operate in the public cloud, on your own infrastructure, or across both. This gives developers a more consistent foundation to work from, even when the underlying infrastructure differs.

Developer experience

A great platform alone is not enough if developers still have to wait every time they need a new environment or other resources. That is why we establish standardized workflows using golden paths, templates, pipelines, and self-service capabilities that make the platform easier and faster to use. Also, we build security, logging, and documentation into those workflows from the outset.

Platform operations

Someone needs to own the platform, keep it updated, run it, and support the developers who use it. That is why we focus on more than the technology. We also help establish the platform team and the operating model needed to run it successfully.

We train your employees and transfer code, infrastructure definitions, and operational knowledge, enabling your team to take ownership of the platform over time.

customer perspective

“Our focus on platform development has enabled us to deliver new IT systems quickly and cost-effectively while ensuring stable and secure operations. In short, we can now deliver more for less, at a faster pace. As a result, the Danish Environmental Portal’s reputation as an efficient IT development and operations organization has been strengthened.”

Nils Høgsted

CEO, Danish Environmental Portal

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The platform is also a product

A development platform is never truly finished. New business needs arise, technologies evolve, and the platform must continuously adapt to the developers who use it.

That is why we apply a Platform as a Product approach. Rather than treating the platform as a completed technology project, we view it as an internal product with developers as its users. Their needs and feedback help shape the ongoing evolution of the platform.

By treating the platform as a product, you reduce the risk of it gradually falling behind or becoming so dependent on a few specialists that no one feels comfortable making changes to it.

Selected Technologies and Tools

Kubernetes – OpenShift, VMware Tanzu / vSphere Kubernetes Service, Talos and Rancher.
Argo CD – GitOps-baseret udrulning.
Helm og Kustomize – pakketering af applikationer.
Prometheus og Grafana – observability.
GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps – CI/CD og genbrugelige pipelines.