Accelerate secure and scalable Azure adoption with EPAM’s Azure Centre of Excellence (CoE) Implementation program.
This engagement is designed for CIOs, cloud leaders, enterprise architects, and platform engineering teams who need a
unified cloud operating model, consistent governance, standardized deployment patterns, and a predictable path to
enterprise-scale Azure adoption.
Organizations adopting Azure often struggle with fragmented governance, inconsistent landing zone implementations,
manual deployments, unclear responsibilities, limited automation, and slow onboarding. EPAM’s CoE Implementation
addresses these challenges by establishing a structured, Azure-aligned operating model supported by repeatable platform
components, policy guardrails, and engineering best practices. The result is a scalable, compliant, and cost‑optimized
Azure ecosystem that enables teams to build and deploy securely and efficiently.
What You Will Receive
- Azure Cloud Operating Model (COM): Roles, RACI, governance principles, decision flows, and organizational alignment.
- Azure Landing Zone Implementation: Standards-based IaC templates, policy-as-code, network & identity patterns, and deployment automation.
- Guardrails & Best Practices: Security baselines, FinOps controls, tagging frameworks, regulatory alignment, and architecture standards.
- Technical Documentation: Reusable artifacts including blueprints, configuration templates, and CoE Charter.
- Prioritized 12-Month Roadmap: A clear execution plan with outcomes, sequencing, and measurable KPIs.
- Enablement & Knowledge Transfer: Workshops, capability uplift, and coaching for Cloud, DevOps, and Platform teams.
Typical Implementation
Stage 1 — Discovery & Current State Assessment
- Assess governance maturity, landing zone implementation, identity & network patterns, DevOps pipelines, and security posture.
- Evaluate cloud skills, operational readiness, and existing automation capabilities.
- Define success criteria, OKRs/KPIs, scope, and architectural guardrails.
Stage 2 — Azure Operating Model & CoE Foundations
- Define Azure roles, RACI, governance forums, compliance processes, and decision workflows.
- Create or refine the Azure Cloud Operating Model and CoE Charter.
- Design standards for resource organization, tagging, cost management, and policy enforcement.
Stage 3 — Landing Zone Engineering & Automation
- Implement or enhance enterprise‑scale Azure Landing Zones using Infrastructure as Code.
- Deploy policy sets, blueprints, and automated guardrails for security, identity, networking, and FinOps.
- Introduce reusable CI/CD patterns and deployment orchestrations.
Stage 4 — Enablement, Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
- Deliver engineering artifacts: IaC templates, policy libraries, architecture standards, and operating guides.
- Conduct hands‑on sessions for platform engineers, architects, and operations teams.
- Perform final backlog creation and define the next phases of CoE evolution.
Key Outcomes
- A unified, Azure-aligned Cloud Operating Model adopted across teams.
- Standardized, automated, and secure Azure landing zone deployments.
- Improved operational resilience and governance consistency.
- Faster onboarding of workloads and reduced operational overhead.
- Accelerated cloud adoption supported by reusable automation and clear processes.
This engagement establishes the foundation for ongoing Azure CoE evolution, enabling your organization to innovate faster,
operate securely, and scale cloud adoption with confidence.