Drydock.
— Kubernetes Cluster Starter
Build & launch a new vessel. Production-grade Kubernetes on your cloud — hardened, documented, ready to receive applications.
Bearing 034° · SaaS Hosting & Cloud Consulting
Your software,
our watch.
B34 Systems is a small practice that brings watch-standing discipline to cloud infrastructure — managing the systems that growing businesses depend on, with the warmth of a team that answers the phone.
HQ44°47′N · 106°57′W
OPS24 / 7 / 365
BRG034° · True
EST2019
— Uptime
99.9%
The uptime target we design and operate every managed system to hit.
— Response
15min
Our committed time to first human reply on a Sev-1 page.
— On Watch
24/7
Monitoring and response coverage, day or night.
— In Practice
USCG
Founded by a U.S. Coast Guard Veteran.
How we
sail.
Three ways to work with B34, organized around the kind of help you actually need. Each has its own scope, pace, and pricing model. All carry the same standard of care — and the same named principal.
— Track 01
Charters.
Fixed-scope voyages.
Productized one-time engagements with a defined deliverable, set fee, and a clear date the work ends. For when you know what you need.
— Track 02
Watches.
Someone's always on deck.
Ongoing managed services with a named principal. Monthly engagement, month-to-month commitment. For when "set up once" isn't the goal.
— Track 03
Expeditions.
Strategic projects.
Multi-month engagements for businesses making a major architectural move. Bigger commitments, bigger outcomes.
01
Charters.
Productized engagements with a defined start, a defined end, and a deliverable you can point to. Each charter has a fixed fee, a written scope, and a documented handover at completion. No retainers. No scope creep.
Harbor.
— Cloud Landing Zone
Your safe home port. A complete cloud foundation — networking, identity, security baselines, cost controls — done right from day one.
Shipping Lanes.
— CI/CD Pipeline
Code from commit to production on rails. We design and deliver your build, test, and deployment pipelines with the gates your team needs.
Crow's Nest.
— Observability Stack
Logs, metrics, traces, dashboards. You see what's happening before your customers do — and we leave you with documentation so the next team can read it.
Cargo Hold.
— Containerize & Migrate
We take an existing application and lift it onto modern container infrastructure. Documented, tested, no surprise downtime.
Ballast.
— Cost Optimization Audit
Trim the weight. A two-week deep dive into your cloud spend, with a written report of where the money goes and a prioritized list of what to cut.
Hull Inspection.
— Security Audit
We examine your cloud security posture against a documented standard and deliver findings with remediation steps in plain language.
Lifeboat.
— Disaster Recovery
Design, document, and exercise your backup and recovery posture. When something fails, the path back is known and rehearsed.
02
Watches.
Someone is always on deck. Monthly managed services with a named principal who knows your stack and answers the phone. The watch never ends; the contract is month-to-month.
Helm
Watch.
Watch.
— Managed Kubernetes · Three Tiers
We run your Kubernetes clusters so your team doesn't have to. Hardening, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, on-call. Three tiers, depending on what's at stake.
— Tier 01
Deckhand.
A single non-production cluster, business-hours coverage, monthly review. For teams just starting with managed Kubernetes.
— Tier 02 · Most chosen
Bosun.
Production clusters, extended coverage, quarterly architecture review, documented on-call handover with your team.
— Tier 03
Captain.
Multi-cluster, 24/7 dedicated principal engineer, monthly working sessions. A named engineer on staff, effectively for you.
Lighthouse.
— Observability + On-Call
We watch your dashboards so you don't have to. Pages route to a human in under a minute. Every Sev-1 gets a documented postmortem.
Trade Winds.
— FinOps-as-a-Service
Continuous cost optimization. Monthly spend review, RI & savings-plan management, plain-English reports of what we saved you.
Armory.
— Security Patching
We track CVE disclosures, test patches in staging, and deploy on a documented schedule. Your auditors will appreciate it.
Anchor.
— Backup & DR Management
Daily encrypted backups, monthly recovery drills, documented runbook. The thing nobody thinks about — until they need it.
03
Expeditions.
Major architectural moves. We chart the course, plan the crossing, and stand the watch through the entire engagement. Bigger commitment. Bigger outcome.
01
Flagship.
— Platform Engineering / IDP
We build your engineering team's most-loved tool: the internal developer platform that lets them ship faster, safer, and increasingly without us.
02
Crossing.
— Cloud Migration
A complete move from one cloud, datacenter, or architecture to another. We chart the course, plan cutover, and stand the watch through the entire crossing.
03
Fleet.
— Multi-Cluster Architecture
For businesses that have outgrown a single-region deployment. We design, build, and operate the fleet — across regions, accounts, and clouds.
Custodimus Dum Dormitis
— We keep watch while you sleep
Someone is always
on the bridge.
B34 runs a true 24/7/365 watch, staffed entirely by in-house, U.S.-based engineers. The watch handover is documented. Sev-1 pages route to a human in under a minute. We never outsource the bridge.
00–06
Mid-watch.
Overnight coverage. In-house engineers on watch while you sleep.
06–12
Forenoon.
Full team on. Deploy windows and scheduled changes.
12–18
Afternoon.
Client calls, architecture review, project work.
18–24
Evening.
Logs reviewed, systems checked. Watch standing.
— Founder · Principal
Jeremy
Bush.
Bush.
— USCG · 2003–2008
About the practice
Founded by someone
who's actually stood
the watch.
Jeremy Bush founded B34 Systems after twenty years of building, scaling, and quietly looking after software systems for businesses that depended on them. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 2003 to 2008 — five years that, more than any technology certification, taught him what operational discipline actually looks like in practice.
In the two decades since, Jeremy has worked closely with the kinds of small and mid-sized organizations B34 was built to serve: non-profits, restaurants, medical education providers, and other businesses where the IT budget can't dominate the operating budget — but the infrastructure still has to work, every minute, every day.
B34 carries that ethic forward. A small practice. A named principal on every account. The discipline of a service background and the warmth of a team that picks up the phone.
— Service
U.S. Coast Guard, 2003–2008
— Practice
20+ years in cloud, software & data
— Sectors
Non-profit · Restaurant · MedEd · SMB
Book a discovery call
Let's talk about
what's not working.
Tell us what you're running and where it hurts. We'll reply from a real human — usually the same business day.
Direct · jeremy@b34systems.com
Phone · (307) 400-5218
Hours · Mon–Fri 8a–5p MT · Watch standing 24/7/365.