Technology services built for regulated environments
Beyond our AI consulting practice, Symbatek delivers cloud architecture, cybersecurity, and application modernization services to commercial and government clients. All of our work is grounded in the same principle: technology must be secure, compliant, and built to govern.
Cloud Architecture & Modernization for Regulated Environments
Symbatek designs and governs cloud architectures for organizations where security, compliance, and mission continuity are non-negotiable. Our cloud practice is not commodity migration work — it is regulated-environment architecture built by practitioners who have designed and operated some of the most complex, compliance-critical cloud platforms in the country.
There is a direct line between your cloud architecture and your AI readiness. You cannot deploy governed AI on a cloud foundation that was not designed for it. Symbatek designs the architecture first — so that when your organization is ready to adopt AI, the platform is already built to support it safely.
What sets our cloud practice apart?
Our principal architect has designed and governed cloud environments across twelve state agencies ($108M+ program), led the FedRAMP High and CJIS-compliant Azure Government Cloud transformation of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, directed modernization strategy for more than 3,500 applications at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and led the $52M+ international cloud and infrastructure divestiture at Ally Financial across 18 countries and 41 sites.
This is not a team that has passed a cloud certification exam. This is a team that has architected, governed, and operated regulated cloud environments at scale — and can do the same for your organization.
Cloud architecture services
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Cloud strategy, workload assessment, and architecture roadmap
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AWS and Azure GovCloud design — FedRAMP High/Moderate, CJIS, FTI, HIPAA compliant
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Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI)
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Architecture Review Board (ARB) governance — standards, blueprints, and decision frameworks
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Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Ansible, Puppet
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Zero Trust Architecture design and implementation (NIST SP 800-207)
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Identity and Access Management — Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD, federation with AWS and Azure
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Network architecture — Juniper, Cisco, Fortinet, Azure VWAN, ExpressRoute / DirectConnect
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Disaster recovery design, implementation, and annual DR testing
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Cloud cost management and FinOps optimization
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MLOps and AIOps platform architecture — the cloud layer beneath your AI systems
Application modernization
Legacy applications are one of the most common barriers to AI adoption — and to regulatory compliance. Symbatek guides organizations through full application portfolio modernization using a proven, risk-tiered approach:
Refactor / Re-architect
Redesign applications for cloud-native performance. Example: Fraud, waste & abuse analytics platform rebuilt on AWS GovCloud with CloudFront, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, and QuickSight.
Re-platform
Lift and reshape — move to managed cloud services without a full rewrite. Example: State child protection system modernized to Azure GovCloud with AKS, Azure DevOps, and 99.99% availability.
Repurchase
Move from custom-built to SaaS or managed solutions. Example: ERP modernization to MS Dynamics 365 Finance and CRM on Azure GovCloud.
Rehost
Lift and shift into cloud with compliance controls applied. Example: State law enforcement management system migrated to Azure GovCloud Linux VMs with CJIS-aligned controls.
Relocate
Hypervisor-level migration preserving existing architecture. Example: Datacenter migration using AWS Outpost and private cloud consolidation.
Containerize
Migrate applications to containers for cloud-native deployment. Example: App2Container and Google Anthos implementations; AKS and EKS platform builds for enterprise DevSecOps pipelines.
Compliance environments we architect for
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FedRAMP High and Moderate (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government)
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Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) — law enforcement and public safety
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Federal Tax Information — IRS Publication 1075 (FTI)
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HIPAA / Protected Health Information (healthcare cloud environments)
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NIST 800-53 security controls implementation and validation
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DoD IL2 / IL4 compliant environments
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Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP 800-207)
The cloud-to-AI connection
Every AI system runs on a cloud platform. Whether that is a language model, a machine learning pipeline, an agentic workflow, or a predictive analytics system — the security, compliance, and governance of the underlying cloud environment determines whether the AI can be safely deployed and defensibly operated.
Symbatek clients who begin with a cloud architecture engagement have a measurable advantage when they are ready to move into AI: their data is classified, their identities are governed, their audit logging is in place, and their compliance controls are already validated. The path from cloud architecture to SecureAI Launchpad™ is shorter, cheaper, and lower-risk when the foundation is built right.
Cybersecurity
Symbatek brings enterprise security architecture experience across some of the most compliance-demanding environments in government and industry. We help organizations build security into the fabric of their technology — not bolt it on afterward.
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Zero Trust Architecture design and implementation (NIST SP 800-207)
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Identity and Access Management — Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD
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Network security architecture — Juniper, Cisco, Fortinet, F5
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PKI infrastructure design and refresh
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SIEM, logging, and monitoring (Datadog, Dynatrace, Azure Sentinel)
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Compliance alignment — NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, CJIS, FTI, HIPAA, PCI
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AI security architecture — securing LLM, GenAI, and agentic AI workloads
As AI systems become enterprise infrastructure, securing them requires the same rigor as securing any mission-critical system. Our AI security practice is integrated with our AI governance work, not separated from it.
Application Modernization & Microservices
We help organizations modernize legacy applications and infrastructure — moving from monolithic architectures to containerized, cloud-native platforms that are faster, cheaper to operate, and easier to secure.
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Application portfolio assessment and modernization roadmap
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Containerization — Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE), Google Anthos
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Microservices architecture design and migration
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DevSecOps pipeline implementation — GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline
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Mainframe modernization and legacy migration strategy
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API design, API Gateway, and integration architecture
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MLOps and AIOps platform design and implementation
Our modernization work is grounded in compliance. Every architecture we design considers the regulatory obligations of the environment — whether that's a state agency, a healthcare system, or a commercial enterprise.