MSP Partner

Specialist AWS depth

inside your delivery

Non-competing. Per-engagement. Senior engineers only.

Cloud-native application development, data services, and specialist managed-services backup for engagements that need AWS-native depth or sector context. Non-competing engagement model.

The reality

What this page is and is not

This page is for MSPs evaluating a specialist subcontracted partner for engagements that need AWS-native depth, data engineering, or sector context in Energy, Transport and Logistics, or Maritime.

We don't yet have a published MSP-partner case study; the pattern below is drawn from our direct mid-market engagements where the work would translate to subcontracted delivery inside your book of work.

We aren't a generalist MSP and we don't compete with full-service MSPs for end-customer relationships. The model is co-delivery: we supply the engineering depth or sector context, you retain the customer relationship.

Where the complexity shows up

Where the complexity shows up

MSPs running broad books of work face two recurring tensions on a subset of engagements.

Some of your engagements require AWS-native depth that sits outside your core team capacity.

Data engineering, complex serverless re-architectures, specialist application modernisation. Hiring for these full-time across the breadth of your customer book rarely makes commercial sense; finding a specialist subcontracted partner who can step in for the engagement that needs it is more practical.

Some engagements require sector context that you don't have in-house.

Energy, Transport and Logistics, and Maritime each have their own data shapes, regulatory frameworks, and operational cadences. A subcontracted partner with that sector context can short-circuit weeks of discovery for you.

How we think about MSP partnerships

How we think about MSP partnerships

We work as a per-engagement specialist subcontractor or co-delivery partner. You hold the customer relationship; we supply the engineering depth or the sector context for the specific engagement. Your team learns alongside ours where skills transfer is in scope.

Non-competing model. We won't approach your end customer for a follow-on engagement outside the MSP relationship. You keep the customer relationship; we stay in the depth-partner role.

Explicit joint-delivery framework. Roles, escalation paths, billing arrangement, IP ownership, and engagement boundary are all defined up front, so you and your end customer both know who's responsible for what.

What we bring

What we bring to MSP partnerships

Per-engagement specialist cover

AWS-native engineering depth available to you on a per-engagement basis. No retainer required; you bring us in for the engagement that needs the depth and the relationship resets when the engagement closes.

Sector context

Direct working experience in Energy, Transport and Logistics, and Maritime. Where your end customer sits in one of those sectors, we bring the data shapes, regulatory context, and operational cadence the engagement needs.

Non-competing engagement model

We won't approach your end customer for a follow-on engagement outside the MSP relationship. You retain the customer; we stay in the specialist role.

Explicit joint-delivery framework

Roles, escalation, billing, IP ownership, and boundaries written into the engagement contract up front. Reduces friction for you, your end customer, and us.

How we work with MSP partners

How we work with MSP partners

A typical engagement starts with a scoping conversation between your delivery lead and a senior D55 engineer. The conversation covers the shape of the engagement, the sector context, the engineering boundary between your delivery and our specialist work, and the commercial model.

Delivery cadence is set by your standard project rhythm; we fit into your reporting and review structure rather than imposing our own.

Services

Services we partner on

Modern data services on AWS

Central data platform implementation, AI and analytics, data engineering for engagements that need depth beyond your standard team.
See the Data Services product page →

Cloud-Native Application Development

Application re-architecture, serverless rebuilds, AWS migrations where your engagement needs AWS-native depth.
See the Cloud-Native Application Development product page →

Specialist Managed Services backup

24/7 specialist coverage for AWS workloads that sit outside your core managed-services scope, on a per-engagement basis.
See the Managed Services product page →
Where we've done this

Where we've done this

Direct D55 engagements that demonstrate the kind of work you might subcontract

Re-architecture from a single Windows server to a serverless AWS platform on Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge.

GCP-to-AWS migration plus C# microservices on Amazon EKS, with DynamoDB and Redis.

Legacy on-premises modernised to event-driven AWS on ECS, joint upskilling build with the in-house team.

Central data platform on AWS with intelligent data pipelines on Step Functions and Lambda.

No MSP-partner-themed case study is yet published. The work shape on each of these direct engagements translates to subcontracted delivery inside your book of work.

START A CONVERSATION

Let's explore the possible together

A short scoping call between your delivery lead and a senior D55 engineer to set the engagement shape, boundary, and commercial model.
solutions@d55.co.uk
+44 161 399 0257

Jonathan Rothwell,
CEO, D55