metis

Consulting

Consulting for the network your business runs on

Metis combines strategic advisory with hands-on network engineering. Our services cover the full life of a network, from the first architecture decision to the day the change is in production.

Advisory that is written to be built

Many consulting engagements end with a document. Ours end with a network that works the way the document said it would. We scope each engagement around a decision you need to make or a change you need to deliver, agree on the acceptance criteria up front, and stay until the result is in production and understood. There is no hardware in the proposal and no NOC waiting behind it.

Our services

Six engagements, each scoped, led, and delivered by a senior network engineer. Start with the one that matches the decision in front of you; every one of them begins with a free 30-minute scoping call.

  • Network Assessment

    An independent, evidence-based review of your network: architecture, security posture, resilience, performance, and operations.

    Best for
    Organizations that need a clear, defensible picture of where the network stands before committing to a refresh, a migration, or a budget cycle, or after inheriting a network through acquisition or turnover.
    You receive
    • Findings report with every issue rated by risk
    • Prioritized recommendations with effort and dependencies
    • Executive summary for leadership
    Network Assessment

  • Strategy & Roadmap

    A multi-year network strategy tied to your business plans: target architecture, sequencing, budget envelope, and the decision points along the way.

    Best for
    Leadership teams aligning the network with cloud and security strategy, and planning investment around growth, a new facility, an acquisition, or a refresh cycle that has to be funded over several years.
    You receive
    • Target architecture and guiding principles
    • Phased roadmap with dependencies
    • Budget envelope and decision points
    Strategy & Roadmap

  • Architecture & Design

    High-level and detailed designs for campus, data center, WAN, wireless, and cloud connectivity, with every trade-off documented.

    Best for
    Teams preparing a refresh, a new site or data center, a segmentation or SASE program, or a change in WAN or cloud connectivity, and those whose design needs a senior pressure-test.
    You receive
    • High-level design with options and trade-offs
    • Detailed design ready for implementation
    • Bill of materials and configuration standards
    Architecture & Design

  • Implementation & Migration

    Change planning, cutover runbooks, validation, and hands-on engineering to move from design to production without surprises.

    Best for
    Organizations delivering a significant change with a small or stretched team, a short change window, a low tolerance for disruption, and a plan that has to be right the first time.
    You receive
    • Migration plan and cutover runbooks
    • Test and validation plan with results
    • Hands-on engineering during change windows
    Implementation & Migration

  • Troubleshooting & Incident Review

    Structured investigation of persistent or intermittent problems, and independent post-incident reviews with findings you can act on.

    Best for
    Teams facing a problem that keeps coming back and has resisted the usual fixes, or leadership that needs a major outage explained independently.
    You receive
    • Root cause analysis backed by evidence
    • Remediation plan and interim mitigations
    • Post-incident report with process recommendations
    Troubleshooting & Incident Review

  • Advisory Retainer

    Ongoing access to a senior network architect for design authority, vendor conversations, and planning, without a full-time hire.

    Best for
    Organizations that need senior network judgment regularly, with vendors presenting proposals and projects touching the network, but cannot justify, or cannot find, a full-time architect.
    You receive
    • A named senior architect and agreed monthly capacity
    • Design authority and review of changes
    • A seat in vendor and planning conversations
    Advisory Retainer

Not sure where to start?

Most relationships with Metis begin with a Network Assessment. It is fixed in scope and fixed in fee, it produces a clear picture of where the network stands, and it gives both of us the evidence to decide what should happen next. Either way, the first step is a free 30-minute scoping call.

Start with an assessment

  • A defined scope

    We agree on the questions that matter and the boundaries of the environment before any work begins.

  • Evidence, not opinion

    Findings come from configuration review, monitoring data, and interviews, and are validated with your team before they are written up.

  • A plan you can act on

    Recommendations are sequenced and rated by risk and effort, so the next decision is an easy one to make.

A technician installing fiber optic cabling between equipment racks at the NCTC data center in Lafayette, Tennessee

The same discipline in every engagement

Whether the work is a short assessment or a multi-site migration, it moves through the same four phases: understand the business and the environment, architect the path forward with the trade-offs made explicit, implement with deliberate change planning and validation, and enable your team to own the result.

The depth changes with the engagement. The discipline does not.

How we work

Start with a 30-minute scoping call.

Tell us where you’re headed and what’s in the way. A senior engineer will call to understand your situation, not to pitch.

  1. We read your message and reply to arrange the call at a time that suits you.
  2. A senior engineer joins the call to understand your environment and what you are trying to achieve.
  3. If there is a fit, you receive a written proposal with scope, deliverables, and price. If there is not, we say so and point you in a better direction.
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