Cloud migration and modernization
Move from the data center or between clouds with a plan for every workload.
- AWS, Google Cloud and Azure landing zones
- Rehost, replatform and refactor plans
- Cutover with rollback
About Cloud at Hand
Senior cloud engineering, without the big-firm overhead
We are a Bay Area consultancy built by practitioners. Our team has run cloud migrations for large enterprises in banking, healthcare and utilities, and has managed SRE organizations that keep production systems up around the clock.
We design the platform, automate it with infrastructure as code, wire in observability and security, and train your engineers to own it. When we leave, you have a working platform and the people to run it.
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Reliability first
SLOs, error budgets and on-call practices from the first week, not bolted on later.
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Everything as code
Terraform, GitOps and policy as code, so every environment can be rebuilt and audited.
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Security and compliance built in
Controls mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST and HIPAA, with evidence collected automatically.
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Cost you can see
FinOps tagging, budgets and rightsizing so cloud spend tracks business value.
Services
What we do
Six practice areas, delivered as fixed-scope projects or as an ongoing managed service.
Kubernetes and platform engineering
Production-grade EKS and GKE platforms with self-service for developers.
- Cluster design, upgrades and multi-tenancy
- Custom operators and autoscaling on custom metrics
- Internal developer platforms
Site reliability engineering
Keep services fast and available as traffic grows.
- SLOs, alerting and incident response
- Load shedding and admission control
- Performance and capacity testing
DevSecOps and compliance
Ship quickly with security checks in every pipeline.
- CI/CD with scanning and signing
- Secrets management with HashiCorp Vault
- SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST and HIPAA readiness
GenAI and ML infrastructure
Take AI from prototype to a governed production service.
- RAG with vector databases
- AI agents, MCP and AI gateways
- GPU fleets and model serving on Vertex AI or Kubernetes
Data, HPC and FinOps
Run data and compute-heavy workloads at a cost you can predict.
- Data pipelines and analytics platforms
- HPC and EDA clusters with Slurm or LSF
- Cloud cost reviews and savings plans
Approach
How an engagement runs
Most projects follow four phases. You see working results within the first month.
Weeks 1–2
Assess
We review architecture, costs, reliability and security posture, then agree on goals and success measures.
Weeks 2–4
Design
A target architecture, a migration or build plan, and a risk register signed off by your team.
Months 1–4
Build
We deliver in short iterations with infrastructure as code, pipelines, observability and runbooks.
Ongoing
Operate and hand over
We pair with your engineers until they own it, or we stay on as your managed SRE team.
Industries
Where our experience comes from
Regulated and high-uptime industries, where reliability and compliance can't be an afterthought.
Financial services
Banking and fintech platforms with strict audit and uptime needs.
Healthcare and life sciences
HIPAA-aligned cloud environments and data platforms.
Energy and utilities
Large-scale migrations of critical operational systems.
Software and SaaS
Multi-tenant platforms, databases and developer tooling.
Semiconductors and EDA
HPC clusters, schedulers and burst compute in the cloud.
Government and public sector
NIST-aligned controls and secure cloud foundations.
Retail and e-commerce
Peak-traffic readiness, autoscaling and cost control.
Telecommunications
Observability and reliability for always-on networks.
Leadership
Meet our CEO
Anand Darla
Founder and CEO
Anand is a cloud infrastructure and platform architect with more than 15 years of experience. He has led SRE organizations, built Kubernetes platforms and custom operators, and run large AWS migrations for enterprises in banking, healthcare and utilities. His recent work includes GPU fleets, model serving and production GenAI systems with RAG, AI agents and AI gateways. He founded Cloud at Hand to give growing companies senior-level cloud engineering they can count on.
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
FAQ
Common questions
Which clouds do you work with?
AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, plus hybrid setups with on-premises data centers. We are certified on AWS and Google Cloud.
How do engagements start?
With a free 45-minute assessment call. If there is a fit, we propose a fixed-scope assessment of two weeks, then a build plan with clear milestones and pricing.
Can you work alongside our existing team?
Yes. Most clients want their engineers to own the platform afterwards, so we pair with them, document as we go and hand over runbooks.
Do you offer ongoing support?
Yes. We offer managed SRE and platform support with agreed response times, monthly reliability and cost reviews, and upgrade planning.
Where are you based?
We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area and work with clients across the United States, on site or remotely.
Contact
Let's talk about your cloud
Tell us what you're working on. We reply within one business day.