The DevOps Company – from Switzerland

VSHN offers architecture reviews, CI/CD pipeline engineering, GitOps adoption with Argo CD, Kubernetes migration planning, observability setup with Prometheus and Grafana, and security hardening. Engagements range from a single-day assessment to multi-month transformation programmes. Every engagement starts with a written scope and cost estimate delivered within one business day at CHF 250 per hour, with no commitment required at the scoping stage.

Platform engineering creates a self-service layer between developers and infrastructure. Instead of filing tickets for a database or staging environment, developers provision resources through a portal or Kubernetes API. VSHN builds these platforms using Crossplane for infrastructure abstraction and the VSHN Application Catalog for managed services. The platform enforces your security policies and applies monitoring and backups automatically, reducing provisioning time from days to minutes.

VSHN offers three structured packages. The Application Deployment Review (ADR) is a collaborative workshop with solution architects that assesses your current setup and recommends a target architecture, starting from CHF 1,900 for a single codebase. Application Deployment Engineering (ADE) implements those recommendations -- CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, monitoring, and backups. Custom Application Operations Support (CAOS) provides ongoing 24/7 operational support with quarterly reviews, starting from CHF 800 per month.

BeachOps is the vision that DevOps automation and platform engineering can reach a level where human operators no longer need constant standby. Infrastructure heals itself, deployments roll out automatically, and security patches apply without intervention. The system pages a human only when it genuinely cannot resolve an issue on its own. VSHN makes this real through Kubernetes self-healing, GitOps with Argo CD, automated CI/CD, managed backing services, and Prometheus-based observability with automated remediation runbooks.

VSHN supports AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Exoscale, and cloudscale.ch. For organisations requiring Swiss data residency, Exoscale and cloudscale.ch operate data centres exclusively in Switzerland. VSHN also supports on-premises and hybrid deployments. Managed services through the VSHN Application Catalog include automated backups with up to 100 GB of backup storage and service level agreements up to 99.99% availability on supported infrastructure.

VSHN provides 24/7 coverage through Custom Application Operations Support (CAOS). On-call engineers respond within defined SLA windows -- typically one hour for critical incidents on the Priority plan. Automation handles the first line of response: container restarts, node replacements, certificate renewals, and disk expansion happen without human involvement. Every incident generates a post-mortem that feeds back into automation, progressively reducing the issues that require manual intervention. CAOS starts from CHF 800 per month.

A single senior DevOps engineer in Switzerland costs CHF 140,000 to CHF 180,000 per year in salary alone, before benefits, tooling, and training. That engineer cannot provide 24/7 coverage or cover holidays without a second hire. VSHN's CAOS starts from CHF 800 per month for ongoing operations support, or CHF 250 per hour for consulting engagements. You get a team of CKA-certified engineers with production experience across multiple cloud providers, including cloudscale.ch and Exoscale, without the recruitment and retention overhead.

Through the VSHN Application Catalog and Servala, VSHN offers managed PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, S3-compatible object storage, and Keycloak for identity management. All services include automated daily backups with up to 100 GB of backup storage per environment, and service level agreements up to 99.99% availability. Services run on Swiss infrastructure from cloudscale.ch and Exoscale, with Enterprise Private Cloud and on-premises options available.

Book a consultation for an initial conversation at no cost. A VSHN architect will discuss your goals, current infrastructure, and constraints, then propose a tailored engagement. Typical starting points include an Application Deployment Review (CHF 1,900) for a focused architecture assessment, or a DevOps maturity evaluation to identify the highest-impact improvements. VSHN provides a detailed scope and cost estimate within one business day.

Yes. VSHN operates APPUiO, a managed Kubernetes platform, and the Servala managed services marketplace on cloud-native infrastructure across multiple availability zones. Managed services start from CHF 40 per month for smaller workloads. VSHN engineers also contribute to open-source projects including Crossplane and Project Syn. This production experience across cloudscale.ch, Exoscale, AWS, and Google Cloud directly informs the consulting and architecture guidance VSHN provides.