Services

Most ByteHazel services are delivered as fixed-scope packs, audits, baselines, reviews, or implementation projects. Emergency troubleshooting, custom development, complex migrations, and production incident response are quoted separately after review.

AWS CloudWatch Observability Pack

A fixed-scope monitoring engagement for teams that need clearer dashboards, alarms, and handover notes without starting a large observability program.

Who it is for

  • Small SaaS teams running workloads on AWS
  • Technical founders who need better production visibility
  • Operations teams inheriting under-monitored AWS environments

What problem it solves

  • No shared dashboard for important services
  • Alerts arrive late or not at all
  • Teams lack a monitoring handover and next-step plan

What is included

  • CloudWatch dashboard review and design
  • Alarm baseline and notification recommendations
  • Service visibility checklist
  • Monitoring handover notes
  • Improvement recommendations

What is not included

  • 24/7 monitoring operations
  • Incident response coverage
  • Custom application instrumentation development

Deliverables

  • CloudWatch dashboards
  • Alarms and notifications
  • Service visibility checklist
  • Monitoring handover notes
  • Improvement recommendations

AWS Cost Optimization & Safe Cleanup

A fixed-scope AWS review focused on cost visibility, cleanup risk, and practical savings opportunities for small teams.

Who it is for

  • Teams with rising AWS bills and no clear breakdown
  • Founders who suspect unused infrastructure is still running
  • Operations owners who need cleanup guidance before deleting resources

What problem it solves

  • No safe method to separate waste from active workloads
  • Fear of deleting the wrong resource
  • Savings opportunities exist but are not documented

What is included

  • AWS cost review
  • Unused resource findings
  • Safe cleanup plan
  • Risk notes before deletion
  • Savings recommendations

What is not included

  • Direct deletion of production resources without approval
  • FinOps tooling rollout across multiple business units
  • Guaranteed savings commitments

Deliverables

  • Cost review summary
  • Unused resource findings
  • Safe cleanup plan
  • Risk notes before deletion
  • Savings recommendations

AWS Secure Landing Zone

A practical baseline engagement for small teams that need better IAM hygiene, logging coverage, and account-level guardrails.

Who it is for

  • Small businesses preparing for growth on AWS
  • Teams inheriting a loosely governed AWS account
  • Founders who need a safer cloud baseline before scaling

What problem it solves

  • IAM access is overly broad or undocumented
  • Logging and audit coverage are incomplete
  • Security responsibilities are not clear at the account baseline level

What is included

  • IAM and access baseline review
  • CloudTrail and logging review
  • Account security checklist
  • Practical guardrails
  • Security recommendations

What is not included

  • Full compliance program design
  • Penetration testing
  • Managed SOC or 24/7 security operations

Deliverables

  • IAM and access baseline
  • CloudTrail and logging review notes
  • Account security checklist
  • Practical guardrails
  • Security recommendations

AWS EKS / Kubernetes Delivery

A scoped Kubernetes engagement for AWS teams that need readiness validation, architecture notes, and delivery guidance without broad platform promises.

Who it is for

  • Teams evaluating or deploying EKS
  • Founders needing a realistic Kubernetes readiness review
  • DevOps teams that need runbook-quality delivery notes

What problem it solves

  • Kubernetes setup exists but lacks production-readiness review
  • Architecture decisions are undocumented
  • Monitoring and operational notes are incomplete

What is included

  • EKS readiness review
  • Architecture checklist
  • Deployment and runbook notes
  • Monitoring recommendations
  • Production-readiness report

What is not included

  • Open-ended platform engineering support
  • Large-scale migration programs
  • Guaranteed uptime or SRE retainers

Deliverables

  • EKS readiness review
  • Architecture checklist
  • Deployment and runbook notes
  • Monitoring recommendations
  • Production-readiness report