FPT SoftwareFHNCertificationsReference architectures
Talk to NGT
Platform Engineering · 04 of 6

The platform spectrum

Reusable assets, standardised environment, self-service IDP, AI-native platform: where to start and what each gives.

Platform engineering is a spectrum
  1. 1 · Reusable assetsstart from working modules
  2. 2 · Standardised environmentone path per runtime
  3. 3 · Self-service IDPdevelopers serve themselves
  4. 4 · AI-native platformAI inside the same guardrails
01

Platform engineering is a spectrum

You do not need a full platform on day one. Each step stands on its own, and NGT has shipped every one.

  1. 011 · Reusable assets
    • Business and common modules
    • Container-native, event-driven
    • Local-first: Docker and Kind
    Projects start from working modules
  2. 022 · Standardised environment
    • One blessed path for EKS and EC2
    • Portal, single sign-on, one source of truth
    • Scanning and observability by default
    One path per runtime
  3. 033 · Self-service IDP
    • CI/CD, telemetry, infrastructure and cost
    • IaC self-service catalogue
    • Landing-zone-aligned templates
    Developers serve themselves
  4. 044 · AI-native platform
    • AI patterns as templates
    • Models deployed from the portal
    • Agent teams on golden paths
    AI help inside the same guardrails
02

Which step fits you

A rough guide. Most clients begin one step above where they are today.

StepA good fit whenWhat you get
Reusable assetsProjects keep rebuilding authentication, admin, approvals and plumbingNew projects start from tested modules, not from scratch
Standardised environmentTeams deploy the same systems in different ways; audit is inconsistentOne blessed path per runtime, with the same checks and audit
Self-service IDPDevelopers wait on tickets; cost and security are checked lateResources on request, priced and approved inside guardrails
AI-native platformThe IDP works and teams want AI help without losing controlAssistants and agents shipping through the same gates as people
03

Inside a reusable asset factory

Step 1 in detail: what a new project starts from, instead of a blank repository.

  1. 01Business modulesReady to configure, not to build.AuthenticationRBAC engineAdmin consoleApproval workflow
  2. 02Common modulesShared by every project.EncryptionValidationNotificationsFilesBatch scheduling
  3. 03Messaging & dataEvent-driven by default.KafkaRabbitMQRedisPostgreSQLMongoDBMinIO
  4. 04Runtime & deliveryContainer-native and twelve-factor.DockerKubernetesHelmGitHub ActionsArgo CDPrometheus · Grafana · ELK
Zero data loss · local-first with Docker and Kind
SourcesNGT Platform Engineering deck v1.2 (Sep 2026)NGT Platform Engineering Service Offering v1.0 (2025)NGT Service Offering v3.2 (Jul 2026)NGT Service Offering v2.0 (Mar 2025)NGT FinOps Service Offering (Mar 2025)