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Texas Kubernetes + AI infrastructure, solved in 90 days

Texas's hardest platform problems — multi-cluster Kubernetes, GPU-orchestrated AI workloads, energy/defense/financial compliance — solved in 90 days with measurable cost, uptime, and compliance outcomes.

40–60%
Cloud Cost Reduction
Faster Deployments
99.9%
Uptime SLA
4
TX Metro Markets Served

Why Texas

Enterprise cloud services
built for Texas's market

Texas hosts one of the most concentrated enterprise technology footprints in the United States. Austin is home to the headquarters of major tech companies and a fast-scaling SaaS corridor. Houston runs the world's energy supply, the largest medical center on Earth, and NASA's Johnson Space Center contractor ecosystem. Dallas–Fort Worth is a Fortune 500 hub with AT&T, American Airlines, and major financial services firms. San Antonio anchors Joint Base San Antonio and USAA's sophisticated digital banking platform.

Each Texas market has distinct infrastructure needs — energy sector regulation, defense compliance, financial audit requirements, and SaaS scale-out demands. THNKBIG serves all four major metros from our Austin headquarters with the same senior engineering team, ensuring consistent delivery regardless of which Texas city you're in.

Key Industries

Texas's enterprise verticals

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Technology & SaaS

Austin's booming SaaS corridor (Oracle, Apple, Tesla, Meta) and Dallas–Fort Worth's enterprise tech hub need platforms that scale from Series A to Fortune 500 without re-architecting. We build for that future from day one.

Energy & Oil & Gas

Houston runs the world's energy supply. ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and the O&G midstream ecosystem need Kubernetes platforms that handle real-time SCADA, OT/IT integration, and NERC-CIP aligned infrastructure.

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Financial Services

Dallas–Fort Worth's banking corridor and San Antonio's USAA demand SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and strict audit trails. We architect compliant, high-throughput Kubernetes platforms for Texas financial services.

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Aerospace & Defense

Houston's Johnson Space Center contractor ecosystem and San Antonio's Joint Base San Antonio need FedRAMP, IL-5, and CMMC-aligned cloud platforms. We've built disconnected, air-gapped Kubernetes deployments on GovCloud and on-premise.

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State & Local Government

Texas state agencies and city governments modernizing on cloud need compliant, cost-efficient platforms. We deliver policy-as-code, audit logging, and encryption from architecture through operations.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences

Houston's Texas Medical Center (54 institutions), Dallas–Fort Worth's health systems, and Austin's Dell Medical School spinouts need HIPAA-grade Kubernetes platforms for clinical and research workloads.

Services

What we deliver in Texas

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Kubernetes Architecture & Build

EKS, AKS, OpenShift, Rancher, upstream Kubernetes — we design and build production-grade clusters with GitOps workflows, multi-tenancy, and enterprise-grade security from day one.

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DevOps & CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Flux, Tekton — we engineer deployment pipelines that go from commit to production in minutes, not days.

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Observability & Monitoring

Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry — full-stack observability with alerting, dashboards, and SLA monitoring.

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Cloud Cost Optimization

Karpenter, right-sizing, Spot instance strategies. Most Texas clients cut cloud spend 40–60% in the first 90 days.

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Security & Compliance

SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP, CMMC — policy-as-code, encryption, network isolation built in.

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Platform Engineering & SRE

We embed as an extension of your engineering team — operating your Kubernetes platform and building internal developer platforms.

Why THNKBIG for Texas

Texas's hardest Kubernetes
and AI infrastructure problems, solved

Every Texas engagement ships in 90 days with measurable outcomes — cost reduction, deployment frequency, uptime, compliance posture — not slide decks. We build the platform, hand over the runbooks, and make ourselves unnecessary.

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Texas-headquartered, US-based capabilities
Operations anchored in Austin. Every engagement uses senior engineers with direct production Kubernetes experience at enterprise scale.
Energy, finance, defense, and SaaS depth
Houston energy, DFW telecom and financial firms, San Antonio defense primes, Austin SaaS corridor — compliance and reliability requirements are core competencies.
40–60% cloud cost cuts in 90 days
Right-sizing, Karpenter, Spot instance strategy, reserved capacity planning. Real savings for Texas enterprises.
AI infrastructure ready
GPU orchestration, KServe model serving, MLOps pipelines — built to handle Texas-scale AI workloads.

FAQ

Common questions from Texas teams

We have offices in multiple Texas cities. Can you serve all of them?
Yes. THNKBIG serves Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio with the same team headquartered in Austin. Each city has unique market characteristics, but our engagement model is uniform — you get one point of contact and consistent senior engineering delivery regardless of which Texas office you're in.
Do you have experience with Texas-specific compliance requirements (NERC-CIP, CMMC, state agencies)?
Yes. We've built Kubernetes platforms aligned with NERC-CIP for Houston energy companies, CMMC and IL-5 for San Antonio defense contractors, and FedRAMP-ready environments across Texas. We also serve Texas state agencies and have experience with DIR procurement vehicles and state-level compliance frameworks.
How quickly can you start a Texas engagement?
Most Texas engagements kick off within 5–10 business days. Because we're headquartered in Austin, local engagements (Austin, San Antonio) can start even faster. We begin with a cloud audit, then move into sprint-based delivery.
Do we need to commit to a long-term contract?
No. We offer month-to-month engagements and fixed-scope projects. Most clients start with a 90-day pilot to validate the engagement before committing further.

Texas Kubernetes & DevOps consulting services

THNKBIG provides Texas kubernetes and devops consulting for companies across Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Our engagements cover the full platform engineering lifecycle: initial architecture, Kubernetes cluster buildout, GitOps pipeline setup, observability, cost optimization, and ongoing operations.

We specialize in enterprise cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and security compliance for regulated Texas industries including energy, financial services, defense and government, healthcare, and SaaS. Every THNKBIG engineer on a Texas engagement is US-based with direct production Kubernetes experience at enterprise scale.

Ready for a Texas kubernetes engagement? Book a free 30-minute strategy session below. We'll audit your current infrastructure and identify where we can reduce costs and accelerate delivery — with no commitment required.

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