CONTAINER PLATFORMS
Kubernetes platforms engineered like internal products
Product teams need predictable namespaces, observability, and paved paths: not bespoke clusters per squad. We design and operate container platforms on AWS and Azure for organisations across the Netherlands and beyond, pairing with your engineers so workloads land on Kubernetes or managed services depending on operational maturity and portability needs.
The engine is Kubernetes: design, build, and operate: and we can run it for you 24/7 as a managed container platform.
Container orchestration
Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, OpenShift
Less overhead, portability, consistency
Microservices, refactoring, CI/CD, repeatable deployments
How we deliver a container platform
Designed as an internal product: with paved roads, GitOps, multi-tenancy, and observability built in from day one.
Design
EKS, AKS, or OpenShift: chosen on merit, not slogans. Networking, identity, and tenant isolation are sized to your workloads and security baseline, not a reference architecture poster.
Build
Everything in code. Terraform for the platform; Helm and Argo CD or Flux for workloads. Repeatable, reviewable, and rebuildable from scratch in a controlled time window.
Operate
Observability, paved roads for developers, and an upgrade cadence that keeps the platform on supported versions. Run it yourselves, or hand it to us as a managed container platform.
Engineers who run platforms in production every day
AWS & Azure native
EKS, AKS, OpenShift: certified Kubernetes engineers (CKA, CKAD) who run these clusters daily.
GitOps by default
Argo CD or Flux, Helm charts, and reviewable change history: not snowflake clusters tweaked by hand.
Production-grade security
OPA/Gatekeeper, image scanning, supply-chain controls, and EU-aware design (NIS2, DORA, GDPR).
Our container platforms across the Netherlands
The Factory is a Dutch cloud consultancy based in Rijswijk (Zuid-Holland). We work with organisations across the Randstad (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Eindhoven), and with customers elsewhere in the European Union. Our architects and platform engineers operate in Dutch and English, with experience on AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.
Based in Rijswijk: on-site across the Randstad, remote elsewhere in the EU
NEN 4400-1, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified
Bilingual delivery in Dutch and English
EU data residency, NIS2, DORA, and GDPR factored into the design
Who we work with
Mostly mid-size and enterprise organisations across the Netherlands: in financial services, public sector, healthcare, education, industry, and SaaS. Engagements range from a short cloud assessment to long-running managed cloud operations.
The Factory B.V.
Veraartlaan 12
2288 GM Rijswijk, The Netherlands
info@thefactory.nl
Where container platforms fit in our offering
The same engineers stay on the work.
- Documented decisions. Architecture, trade-offs, and runbooks live in the same repository as the code: reviewable on day one and on day 200.
- Monthly WTF sessions. Engineers walk through customer work, technical deep-dives, experiments, and what didn’t work. What The Faqtory!: our standing internal review.
- Standing learning investment. Active Pluralsight and A Cloud Guru access, certification time, and study agreements where the depth justifies it.
The point isn’t novelty. The point is that two years in, the platform still makes sense to the people running it. Read about our engineering culture