Aperture Digital Solutions · Sydney

We build software products, and we build and fix the cloud platforms they run on.

Aperture makes its own products, starting with FairPro, a contract management platform now in development. We also take on hands-on cloud and DevOps engineering for other teams: setting up AWS properly the first time, and finishing the migrations, upgrades and pipeline rebuilds that have stalled.

Products

Software we build and run ourselves

In development

FairPro

Contract lifecycle management for legal teams and contract administrators: one clear workflow for drafting, approvals, signatures, deadlines and reporting, with data kept in Australia.

Visit fairpro.com.au

Engineering services

Cloud and DevOps engineering, done hands-on

Not advice and a slide deck. We work out what’s needed, then build it or fix it in your accounts and repos, and hand it over so your team owns it.

Two ways we usually help

For founders and CTOs

Production-ready AWS, without a full-time hire

You’re launching a product and need infrastructure you won’t have to rebuild in a year.

  • AWS accounts, networking and a security baseline set up properly
  • Everything defined in Terraform, so it’s repeatable and reviewable
  • CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring and alerts
  • A handover runbook so your team can run it

For engineering managers

Your stuck project, finished

A migration, upgrade or pipeline rebuild has stalled and your team is busy shipping features.

  • Find out why it stalled, and what it will really take to finish
  • AWS migrations, Terraform and EKS upgrades, pipeline moves
  • A plan with a clear end, delivered without disrupting your releases
  • Your team left able to maintain what was built

Not sure where to start?

Cost and reliability review

An audit of your AWS spend, resilience and security, with savings and risks ranked so you know what to fix first.

from $5,000 ex GST · fixed fee, 1–2 weeks

Work we take on

These are the projects that tend to stall while a team is busy shipping features. We scope them, do the work and hand it over to your team.

  • Terraform upgrades and moves to a multi-account, shared-VPC AWS setup
  • EKS upgrades and cluster consolidation, including blue-green cluster upgrades
  • Home-grown infrastructure code replaced with Terraform
  • Pipeline moves, such as AWS CodePipeline or Bamboo to GitHub Actions or Jenkins
  • Lower AWS and tooling bills through scheduling, autoscaling and right-sized observability

Background

Built on carrier-grade systems

Our engineering background started in carrier-grade telco systems: real-time charging platforms, Diameter integrations and services that couldn’t go down.

That’s why we look at the whole system, from the network up to the deploy button. If you run an MVNO, an IoT platform, a messaging or voice service, or a billing system, we already speak your language.

How it works

We take on a small number of engagements at a time, so each one gets senior attention from start to finish.

  1. 01

    A free 30-minute call

    You tell us what you need or what’s stuck. We tell you honestly whether we can help.

  2. 02

    A fixed quote

    Scope, deliverables and price agreed in writing before any work starts.

  3. 03

    Hands-on delivery

    Senior, hands-on engineering in your accounts and repos, with regular updates.

  4. 04

    A clean handover

    Everything in code, documented, and walked through with your team so you own it.

Tools we work with every day

  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Datadog
  • Python

Tell us what you need, or what’s stuck

A free 30-minute call is enough to work out whether we can help and what it would take. No preparation needed.