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DevOps Excellence

Streamline your deployment pipeline, automate infrastructure, and scale with confidence.

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Where we stand out? Experience. 

Expertise Across Diverse Industries

We bring unparalleled experience from working with a range of clients, from innovative startups to Fortune 5 enterprises. Our team of skilled professionals is equipped to handle the unique challenges of any business size and industry, ensuring that your technology strategy is both robust and future-proof.

Comprehensive Cloud and DevOps Solutions

Experience plays a crucial role in navigating the complexities of growth and change, ensuring that infrastructure not only supports current operations but also scales seamlessly with future demands. We work with companies in their infancy to Fortune 5 - all with the goal of a strong, efficient infrastructure, built for their future.

Strategic Engineering Models

We offer a range of engineering engagement models, from fractional to full-time, to suit your business needs. Our team assists you in navigating the complexities of cloud-native solution design and DevOps optimization, ensuring seamless integration and enhanced operational efficiency. 

Services

We Offer Experienced Engineers and Leaders to Organizations | Fractional to Full Time

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Cloud, DevOps, and Kubernetes

CirrusNorth provides Cloud and DevOps consulting to optimize technology infrastructure. We ensure seamless cloud integration, build scalable and secure architectures, and offer tailored solutions for businesses of all sizes. Our expertise in DevOps enables rapid deployment and continuous delivery, enhancing efficiency and competitiveness. We work closely with clients to automate processes and drive growth.

MCP Solutions

MCP adoption has exploded since its release in December 2024, but most enterprises are not prepared for the risks. Many teams are connecting mission critical systems to unvetted third party servers hosted anonymously on the internet. CirrusNorth has helped companies develop solutions to secure and audit MCP usage with MCP gateways, MCP hosting support, MCP memory management, and MCP agentic workflows. 

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Cloud Cost Optimization

CirrusNorth can save your organization 15-30% on it's cloud spend at no upfront cost.  We will provide a free assessment of your cloud spend then we will work with stakeholders to implement savings.  We only invoice you once your realized savings are greater than the invoice.

Compliance

Security and compliance should never slow your engineering teams down. CirrusNorth helps organizations meet and maintain the most important standards, including SOC 2, HiTrust, and ISO 27001. Our approach blends hands-on DevOps expertise with practical compliance coaching so your teams stay focused on delivery while we guide the process.

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Leadership and Advisory

Not every organization needs a full-time technology executive, but every organization benefits from experienced guidance. Our fractional leadership services provide the strategic support you need without the overhead of a permanent hire.

We help with:

  • Hiring and building high-performing engineering teams

  • Technology roadmapping and long-term planning

  • Budgeting and cost optimization that align with business goals

  • Advisory support for critical decisions and board-level conversations

Partners & Community

We Build Close Relationships with Partners - From Startup Incubators to National Staffing Providers

AWS Partner

AWS Services Partner

Amazon services partner offering DevOps, Kubernetes, Cost Optimizations solutions, and more to our customers.

We are proudly listed as the

#2 listed Kubernetes consulting partner

#3 listed Terraform implementation partner

Brooksource Ambassadors

As a Brooksource Ambassadors, we partner to help enterprise clients navigate their most complex technology challenges. Large-scale migrations, platform modernizations, and compliance-driven transformations require both deep technical expertise and a trusted delivery model.

 

 

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Beta

Beta MN

Through our partnership with Beta MN, we help emerging startups scale with confidence. Many early-stage companies cannot justify a full-time infrastructure or DevOps team, yet they still face the same challenges around reliability, security, and cost control.

Our fractional infrastructure expertise gives founders access to seasoned cloud and DevOps leadership exactly when they need it. We provide guidance on architecture, roadmapping, and cost optimization while ensuring systems are secure and audit ready. This approach allows startups to focus on building their product while knowing their platform can scale as fast as their growth.

Communiful

We are proud to support Communiful and the Minneapolis startup ecosystem. CirrusNorth engages with founders, builders, and innovators. We share our expertise in cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure to help early-stage teams avoid common pitfalls and accelerate their growth.

We provide mentorship, workshops, and open discussions. By volunteering out time we can help startups turn their ideas into amazing solutions.

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Testimonials

“Working with CirrusNorth has been a game-changer for our business. Their expertise in cloud architecture and DevOps automation streamlined our operations, reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Their team's dedication to excellence and strategic foresight is truly unmatched.”
Ervin Howell, VP Product, Deckow-Crist

About

Midwest

Our Company

CirrusNorth is a Midwest-based cloud and DevOps consultancy that brings top U.S.-based talent to solve customers’ most complex infrastructure challenges. We specialize in cloud architecture, DevOps automation, MCP solutions, innovative cost optimization strategies, and security and compliance frameworks including SOC 2, HiTrust, and ISO 27001.

Our team has supported organizations ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 5 enterprises. We provide fractional leadership and advisory support to guide hiring, roadmapping, planning, and budgeting, as well as hands-on expertise for large-scale migrations and platform modernizations in partnership with firms like Brooksource.

Our Team

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Adam Johnson

Adam has a 20+ year tenure in tech; working as an application developer, a product leader, a devops engineer, a cloud platform leader, a manager and as an executive.  He’s worked in companies of all sizes, ranging from startups to global scale enterprises.  In all environments Adam operates with both candor and humility; he has a real knack for hearing problems and proposing solutions. 

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Parker Smits

Parker has a proven track record in managing high complexity migrations.  Parker solves these complex problems through zero-dependency approaches and providing incremental value along the way. He consistently delivers more with less by focusing on solutions that solve more than one problem.  This approach multiplies teams productivity.

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John VanDeWeghe

With over a decade of experience guiding companies from startups to Fortune 5 enterprises, John applies his full-lifecycle expertise to architecting resilient solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. He turns complex infrastructure into a seamless foundation, clearing the way for developers to innovate without distraction.