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Platform engineering

Create an Azure platform that gives application teams governed self-service.

We design and build platform and application landing zones, reusable infrastructure modules, subscription vending, guardrails, connectivity, management services, and release automation.

Scope this Azure workSee technical scope

Landing zone topology

Platform engineering technical model
Tenant rootmanagement groups · policy scope

Platform landing zone

Identity
Connectivity
Management

Application landing zones

Productionworkload subscription
Non-productionworkload subscription
Datagoverned services
Inherited policy, diagnostics, identity, and network controls
Reference pattern, adapted during design.
Structure
Landing zonesPlatform services and application subscriptions have distinct boundaries.
Provisioning
Terraform or BicepLanguage and module strategy follow customer standards.
Consumption
Self-serviceApproved requests create repeatable subscriptions and services.

Platform scope

The platform separates shared foundations from workload ownership.

Boundaries follow the Azure landing-zone architecture and the customer's organization model.

01

Tenant hierarchy

Define management groups, subscription placement, naming, tagging, quotas, and lifecycle rules.

  • Management groups
  • Azure subscriptions
02

Identity and guardrails

Implement Microsoft Entra groups, Azure RBAC, Privileged Identity Management, managed identities, Policy assignments, and exemptions.

  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Azure RBAC
  • PIM
  • Azure Policy
03

Connectivity

Build hub-spoke or Virtual WAN foundations, DNS, ingress, egress, Private Link, and hybrid connections as scoped.

  • Azure Virtual WAN
  • Azure Firewall
  • Azure Private DNS
04

Management and security

Centralize monitoring, logs, update configuration, backup policy, Defender for Cloud, and security integrations.

Platform lifecycle

Platform capabilities are versioned and released as internal products.

Application teams consume stable interfaces while platform teams retain lifecycle control.

  1. 01

    Define the contract

    Name supported subscription classes, request inputs, defaults, guardrails, ownership, and exceptions.

  2. 02

    Build modules

    Implement Terraform or Bicep modules, tests, examples, versioning, and state-management rules.

  3. 03

    Automate vending

    Connect approved requests to CI/CD workflows for subscription creation, placement, access, policy, network, and management registration.

  4. 04

    Release and maintain

    Publish changes, test upgrades, track module consumers, resolve drift, and retire obsolete versions.

Platform components

Core Azure controls are assembled behind stable interfaces.

Equivalent options are selected only where they fit the customer's toolchain.

Organization

  • Management groups
  • Subscriptions
  • Azure Resource Manager
  • Azure Policy

Identity

  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Azure RBAC
  • Privileged Identity Management
  • Managed identities

Network

  • Hub-spoke
  • Azure Virtual WAN
  • Azure Firewall
  • Private Link
  • Azure DNS Private Resolver

Engineering

  • Terraform
  • Bicep
  • Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
  • Azure Verified Modules where suitable

Platform assets

The platform is delivered as code, interfaces, and service materials.

Repositories and ownership remain with the customer unless another arrangement is agreed.

  1. 01

    Platform architecture

    Hierarchy, subscription classes, network topology, identity boundaries, management design, controls, and exceptions.

  2. 02

    Infrastructure modules

    Versioned Terraform or Bicep, automated checks, examples, release workflow, and state conventions.

  3. 03

    Subscription vending

    Request schema, approval integration, provisioning workflow, status handling, and lifecycle actions.

  4. 04

    Consumer catalogue

    Supported capabilities, input parameters, defaults, quotas, support ownership, and change notices.

Platform fit

Platform engineering works best with a named product owner and consumer teams.

A foundation build can start small and expand as validated use cases emerge.

Questions to answer before scoping

  1. Which subscription classes need vending?
  2. Who owns module releases after handover?
  3. Which controls require exemptions?
Bring us the current estate

Best suited to

  • New Azure foundations
  • Landing-zone remediation
  • Subscription and environment automation

Needed to begin

  • Tenant and identity stakeholders available
  • Network and security constraints documented
  • Repository and pipeline standards selected

Customer responsibilities

  • Own platform priorities and exceptions
  • Provide tenant permissions through approved controls
  • Nominate application teams for acceptance

Not included by default

  • Application migration unless separately scoped
  • Enterprise identity redesign outside Azure needs
  • Perpetual module maintenance without a service agreement