OPA Consulting Services
Open Policy Agent Consulting &
Enterprise Support Services
Open Policy Agent and Gatekeeper consulting for Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI, from platform specialists with teams in India and San Francisco.
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OPA Consulting & Implementation Services
From Gatekeeper rollout to ongoing policy support.
OPA & Gatekeeper Implementation
We deploy OPA and Gatekeeper from scratch, admission controller setup, ConstraintTemplate and Constraint authoring, enforcement vs audit strategy, exception handling, and policy reporting. Production-ready Kubernetes policy enforcement in weeks, not a quarter.
Policy Migration to Rego
Moving off ad-hoc shell scripts, Jenkins gate jobs, hardcoded admission rules, or Pod Security Admission. We handle policy parity mapping, Rego authoring with unit tests using opa test, parallel operation during cutover, and validation that no enforcement gaps open during the switch.
Terraform & CI/CD Policy Gates
OPA's reach goes beyond Kubernetes. We implement Rego policies and conftest checks that validate Terraform plans, container images, and Kubernetes manifests in CI, so misconfiguration is caught at pull request time instead of in production.
OPA Commercial Support
Broken admission controllers block every deployment. We provide extended business-hours support for teams running OPA and Gatekeeper in production, incident response within SLA, managed upgrades, Rego library maintenance, and capacity planning.
Who We Work With
Platform Teams Standardizing Policy
Engineering teams that need one policy layer across Kubernetes clusters, Terraform pipelines, and service-to-service authorization, instead of policy scattered across scripts and YAML.
Teams with Security & Compliance Mandates
Organizations under SOC2, HIPAA, PCI, or FedRAMP pressure that need auditable, version-controlled policy enforcement for Pod Security Standards, image provenance, and configuration baselines.
Teams Beyond Kubernetes-Only Policy
Companies whose policy needs span microservice authorization, Terraform validation, and CI gates, where Kubernetes-only tools leave half the problem unsolved.
With engineering leadership across India and a presence in San Francisco, we support teams operating OPA and Gatekeeper at global scale.
How OPA Consulting Works
A predictable process built for high-quality delivery
Assessment
We audit your current policy enforcement, what's checked, what's missing, what lives in shell scripts or Jenkins jobs, and where the audit trail breaks. You get a written report with specific risk areas and recommendations, whether you hire us or not.
Policy Architecture
Policy hierarchy, enforcement vs audit mode, Rego library structure, bundle distribution strategy, webhook failure-mode design, and the decision between OPA, Gatekeeper, and Kyverno for each layer. Documented so your team can review and challenge it before we build.
Implementation
Deploy OPA and Gatekeeper, author ConstraintTemplates and Rego policies with unit tests, wire up conftest checks in CI, and roll out enforcement progressively from audit mode. We work in your infrastructure, with your team, using your GitOps pipelines.
Knowledge Transfer
Runbooks, Rego authoring guides, opa test walkthroughs, admission-webhook debugging playbooks, and working sessions with your engineers. The goal: your team writes, tests, and maintains policies independently after we leave.
Ongoing Support (optional)
We stay on for production support, Rego library expansion, OPA and Gatekeeper upgrades, compliance audit preparation, and new policy development as your requirements evolve. Engagement scope based on your needs.
Why Procedure for OPA Consulting Services?
We bring senior engineering expertise and production-tested patterns to every engagement. No junior developers learning on your project.
Both OPA and Kyverno in production.: The recommendation you get is based on your stack, your team's skills, and your policy scope, not the tool we happen to prefer.
Rego with tests, not snippets.: Every policy we ship has `opa test` unit tests alongside it, so behavior is verified before it hits admission.
Kubernetes-native from day one.: Every engagement starts from a Kubernetes context and extends outward to Terraform and CI where policy needs it.
Migration experience.: We've moved policy enforcement off shell scripts, Jenkins stages, and hardcoded admission rules into tested, version-controlled Rego.
Part of a unified platform practice.: Observability, policy, service mesh, and Kubernetes from one team that operates the same stack every day.
No handoff to juniors.: The engineer on your assessment call is the engineer writing the Rego.
Technologies We Deploy & Support
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Core | Open Policy Agent (latest stable), OPA Gatekeeper, Rego |
| Kubernetes Integration | Admission webhooks, ConstraintTemplate and Constraint CRDs, Gatekeeper audit, exempted namespaces |
| Policy Authoring | Rego with opa test unit tests, policy libraries, decision logging, metadata annotations |
| IaC & CI Validation | conftest for Terraform plans, Kubernetes manifests, Dockerfiles, and Helm charts in pull-request checks |
| Distribution | Policy bundles via OCI registries or HTTPS, OPAL for real-time policy updates |
| Platform | Kubernetes, EKS, GKE, AKS, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps-first rollouts |
| Observability | Prometheus (admission latency, violation counts), Grafana dashboards, decision log pipelines |
| Compliance Baselines | Pod Security Standards, CIS Kubernetes Benchmark, SOC2 and HIPAA control mappings |
| Alternatives We Know | Kyverno, CEL-based Validating Admission Policies, Pod Security Admission (when they're the better fit) |
Use Cases
Real-world applications we help teams build and scale
Advisory Consulting
Architecture reviews, policy assessments, and strategic guidance on OPA vs Kyverno vs Pod Security Admission decisions
Hands-On Implementation
OPA and Gatekeeper deployment, Rego authoring, policy migration, and CI integration alongside your engineering team
Ongoing Production Support
Continuous policy optimization, incident response, upgrades, and compliance support as your platform grows
Why Choose Procedure for OPA Consulting Services
Outcomes from recent engagements
Companies choose Procedure because:
Testimonials
Trusted by Engineering Leaders
“What started with one engineer nearly three years ago has grown into a team of five, each fully owning their deliverables. They've taken on critical core roles across teams. We're extremely pleased with the commitment and engagement they bring.”
Why Quality Matters
Poor engineering costs you
Brittle Admission Control
Webhook timeouts and ConstraintTemplate errors block every deployment until someone who understands Rego is available
False-Positive Fatigue
Over-broad policies fire on legitimate changes, teams learn to bypass the system, and real violations get missed
Shadow Policy in CI Scripts
Enforcement logic scattered across shell scripts, Jenkins stages, and Makefiles with no audit trail and no tests
Knowledge Silos
Rego that only one engineer can read creates an on-call single point of failure and slows every policy change
Premium development is an investment in
Not Sure If OPA Is Right for Your Stack?
We'll audit your current policy setup and tell you honestly where the risk is, even if the answer is "OPA is overkill, use Kyverno or Pod Security Admission."
Schedule a CallNo sales pitch. Just an honest conversation.
How Clients Work With Us
Three ways to engage on OPA and Gatekeeper work, from scoped policy reviews to embedded engineers.
Discovery & Policy Review
When you need to know whether your policy layer will pass an audit before someone else finds out it won't, this gives you a clear verdict and a plan. We audit your current enforcement, surface what's hiding in CI scripts and Jenkins stages, map the gaps against your compliance requirements, and hand you a recommendations document covering architecture, Rego library design, and rollout. Fits teams evaluating OPA or trying to understand why their policy layer keeps misbehaving.
Choose this when you need decision-grade clarity before committing budget. 2-week scope. Deliverable: written report and review call.
Policy Engineering Pod
When you want policy-as-code actually shipped, not just scoped, a small team (engineer plus tech lead) owns a defined outcome end to end: Gatekeeper rollout from scratch, migration off shell scripts and hardcoded admission rules to tested Rego, or Terraform and CI policy gates. You get a real end state and clear exit criteria, not an open-ended retainer.
Choose this when you have a concrete milestone and want it owned to completion. Minimum 6 weeks. Project-based with weekly checkpoints.
Dedicated Platform Engineer
When policy and admission control are a standing part of your platform, not a one-off project, a senior engineer embeds and carries it with you. They join your standups, work in your tools, and report to your engineering leadership, so Rego, Gatekeeper, and cluster policy keep moving without you hiring for a niche skill set. Fits teams running policy work across multiple clusters or business units.
Choose this when the work is ongoing and you need sustained senior capacity, not a fixed deliverable. Minimum 3 months. Monthly engagement.
Ready to Discuss Your
OPA Consulting Services Project?
Talk directly with engineers, not sales. We'll audit your current policy setup and give honest next steps - even if the answer is 'OPA is overkill, use Kyverno or Pod Security Admission.'
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OPA Consulting FAQ
OPA consulting provides expert guidance on designing, implementing, and operating Open Policy Agent and Gatekeeper in production. You'd need it when your team lacks Rego experience, when policy enforcement today lives in shell scripts or Jenkins gates with no audit trail, when you're rolling out Pod Security Standards or image verification at scale, or when admission webhooks are slowing deploys and nobody can debug why. Most engagements combine policy architecture, hands-on implementation, and Rego upskilling so your team operates the policy layer confidently after we leave.