Cirrus Software Solutions

Container Solutions: Design, Development and Migration

Cirrus specialises in designing and managing microservices at scale within containerised environments, made possible by our extensive expertise of Docker and Kubernetes ecosystems. We assist customers in migrating applications and services to containers which result in cloud-based systems with enhanced availability, reliability, and reduce support burden

Features

• Containerisation Specialists: Proficient in Docker and Kubernetes ecosystems
• Legacy System Transformation: We modernise legacy systems to containerised microservices.
• Scalable, High-Availability Systems: Our expertise lies in implementing elastic solutions
• Security-First Approach: Our designs adhere to NCSC and CIS secure-by-design
• Certified Professionals: Our team includes Solutions Architects, Engineers, and Developers
• Agile Value Delivery: an approach, delivering value incrementally and early
• Security-Cleared Workforce: We specialise in SC and DV roles.
• Well-Architected Practices: Our approach aligns with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Serverless: solutions on AWS, Azure, GCP containers services.

Benefits

• High Performance, scalability and availability at scale
• Efficient Deployment and Management: Improved application deployment, management, and scalability
• Enhanced Security: Isolation and patch management contribute to improved security
• onsistent Environments: Deliver higher quality with standardised environments
• Faster Deployment with Continuous Pipelines: Improve deployment speed and quality.
• Cost Savings: Lower operational, infrastructure, and support costs
• Secure-by-Design Approach: Greater resilience and reduced security and compliance risk
• Proven Track Record: Deliver secure, high-performance, mission-critical systems for HMG

£525 to £1,600 a unit a day

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at hello@cirrussoftwaresolutions.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

744807862886175

Contact

Mel Gladwin
+447475471553
hello@cirrussoftwaresolutions.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: We work in a flexible, transparent, and Agile way aligned with the Government Digital Service (GDS). In close collaboration with your team the business requirements, high level deliverables and outcomes will be identified. We will conduct discovery activities in which interviews with key stakeholders and service users will be conducted. Technical design reviews will be performed, story boarding, transition plan, testing and cloud implementation strategies will be formed. These will include assess appetite for risk, identifying acceptance criteria, design and build technologies as well as deployment methodology. These will be reviewed and as part of the continuous improvement strategy throughout the course of the project.; Following Agile principles, the service delivery will occur over a series of short iterations (sprints). The plan for delivery will be reviewed in collaboration with the customer and updated at each iteration. Full visibility of progress will be provided using Agile planning tools. Every iteration will have a show and tell session to obtain feedback as well as retrospective session to identify improvements and successes. We will review service design to ensure that security concerns, cost management, performance implications, operations management and service resiliency are addressed.
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Throughout the delivery life cycle, we will perform knowledge transfer, continual training and upskilling sessions to ensure your organisation has the ability to use the cloud based software and services. ; Where possible and appropriate, we will operate training techniques such as paired programming, pairing your resources with our experts to work through specific cloud features, management, and incidents to provide hands on experience delivering changes.; Furthermore, technical operational support documentation will be completed throughout delivery, quality assured by the customer.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: We will assess the current environments and services. Review existing infrastructure, applications, and data to understand the organisations needs and challenges ensuring that we aligned to a customer's business requirements and cloud strategy. Robust, cost-effective roadmaps for migration will be produced which will consider external dependencies and take steps to mitigate risk. ; Where possible, to minimise downtime during workload and data migration, appropriate tooling will be selected, and automations established to ensure repeatable, reliable, and testable processes with reduced operational overhead.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: Quality Assurance (QA) plays a central role in our work and permeates all aspects of successful project delivery. We begin with shift-left testing, incorporating QA practices from the start. Our team bring a wealth of experience in unit testing, test-driven development, continuous integration (CI) with pre-commit hooks and linting, and continuous deployment (CD) with automated testing across multiple branches. Additionally, we tailor integration testing strategies to each project’s unique requirements. Our direct QA experience allows us to create effective test strategies and capture both functional and non-functional requirements. From a delivery perspective, QA ensures we partner with you the customer for success, emphasising feedback, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: No service constraints.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: The service is overseen by the Delivery Lead who governs the day-to-day service and acts as your primary contact. They make sure deliveries are progressed at the expected rate, and of the correct quality as well as managing dependencies and providing accurate reporting. A Technical Account Manager is provided to assist in strategic and design requirements, purchase order oversight, and overall management of the programme on behalf of Cirrus. The cost will be based on our SFIA Rate Card.; Service levels will be confirmed during on-boarding. Services level agreements (SLAs) and operational level agreements (OLAs) will be established. These will be reviewed and maintained in accordance with service delivery.; Default support levels: ; Response within 1 hour during standard business hours; Target Resolution time of 1 business days.; ; Greater levels of support can be provided.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  As a growing cloud SME, we uphold our responsibility to act conscientiously and minimise our environmental footprint. Whenever feasible, we strive to decrease carbon emissions linked to operations and business travel. In cases where emission reduction isn't feasible, we take steps to offset them. At a project level, we emphasise well-designed infrastructure and software to help our customers achieve sustainable technology transformation wherever possible. We work to facilitate efficient maintenance whilst simultaneously empowering the business they support to operate effectively.

  Covid-19 recovery

  We recognise the challenges faced by those who have been left unemployed or whose education was impacted due to COVID-19. As our company expands, we actively create employment opportunities by recruiting for new positions across all levels within the organisation. This commitment to growth and innovation will persist as we continue to transform as an organisation. While the majority of our work involves permanent staff, Cirrus also provides openings for Associate Engineers to join us on short to medium-term projects through partner organisations that specialise in connecting skilled consultants with work opportunities. Cirrus also aim to provide summer intern opportunities to undergraduates and pre-university students, enabling them to gain professional experience in software solution development. Additionally, as a company, we champion smaller organisations that strive to diversify the technical workforce. Through our involvement with WITCH (Women in Tech and Cyber Hub, www.witch.online) , members of the Cirrus team serve as role models for women in technology, inspiring those embarking on their technical careers. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected women, many of whom faced job losses or had to prioritise caregiving responsibilities. Cirrus places a priority on the mental and physical wellbeing of our staff with our Mental Health at Work policy overseen by the Board. Support activities include monthly wellbeing sessions conducted by the Operations team for all staff and flexibility in work arrangements tailored to individual needs. Cirrus staff not engaged in client-site work have the opportunity to work remotely from home.

  Tackling economic inequality

  To tackle economic inequality, we monitor and measure our efforts in increasing the diversity of our supply chain and collaborative partnerships, as well as the employment of people directly at Cirrus. Through our recruitment policies we aim to increase the diversity and inclusion in areas including ethnic group, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion and age to build a workplace that is representative of the community it serves. We offer all employees a week of paid training every year to improve their knowledge and acquire additional technical qualification in our specialist areas. Through our work with WITCH (Women in Tech and Cyber Hub, www.witch.online) Cirrus staff mentor and support mentees looking to work in the tech industry. We are proud to support the WITCH mission, working to improve the accessibility of careers in the tech industry to women. We volunteer with techSPARK UK (techspark.co) promoting and speaking at Founders events/debates, to encourage and empower local tech entrepreneurs. Cirrus also hold certificates in Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus and ensures that all key suppliers meet these standards as a minimum requirement.

  Equal opportunity

  Cirrus are committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in all its dealings with employees, associate workers, job applicants, clients, customers, suppliers, contractors, recruitment agencies and the public. We aim to create a culture and working environment in which all individuals can make the best use of their skills. One that is free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit and competency. We do not discriminate against employees on the basis of disability, age, gender, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. Our recruitment, development and retention practices are carried out based on our Equal Opportunity and Diversity & Inclusion policies We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and taking reasonable steps to ensure slavery and human trafficking are not taking place in any business or organisation that has any sort of a business relationship with Cirrus. Cirrus is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.

  Wellbeing

  The wellbeing of our teams is a top priority. We’ve built a model for managing productivity in a sustainable way, working efficiently within mixed customer-Cirrus teams (both onsite and remotely, and with a blend of permanent and contracted teams) whilst always nurturing the ‘human’ work-element, reinforcing a culture of trust, professionalism, and mutual respect. • Mental-health awareness training for all staff. • Access to mental health services (e.g. 24/7 counselling). • Wellness check-ins for all staff, conducted on a monthly basis as a minimum. • Proactive line management support, checking stress / performance levels and providing support as necessary. Cirrus takes the mental health of all our employees seriously and workplace mental health is a priority for us. Our Board has overall responsibility for employee welfare and operation of wellbeing policies. We have a process and governance structure for tracking and reporting mental health-related issues and preventative actions being given. Those with line management responsibility are alert to identifying and supporting all aspects of mental health in the workplace. Training and awareness activities are done regularly to support everyone at all levels at Cirrus play a role.

Pricing

• Price: £525 to £1,600 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at hello@cirrussoftwaresolutions.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.