SYNAPIST
WHAT WE DO

Three service lines.
Principals-led practice.
Zero hand-off risk.

Synapist is a principals-led practice. The senior practitioners who scope your engagement are the same people who design and deliver it — no junior teams, no signal loss, no bait-and-switch. We operate across three independent but deeply interconnected service lines, grounded in frameworks and standards before any platform is named.

SERVICE LINE 01 · FOUNDATION

Enterprise Architecture

Before any platform is selected or any DevOps pipeline is built, the operating model must be right. Synapist designs the architectural foundation that enterprise transformation depends on — operating model clarity, CSDM-aligned data architecture, integration strategy, and governance frameworks that scale.

We work within TOGAF and ITIL 4 frameworks, use ArchiMate and BPMN for architecture modelling, and establish Architecture Review Boards that enable team autonomy without sacrificing systemic integrity.

TOGAF · ITIL 4 · CSDM · ArchiMate · BPMN · COBIT · Zero Trust
TYPICAL OUTPUTS
Architecture
Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) — versioned, structured, durable
Strategy
Multi-year technology roadmap with Wardley Map analysis
Assessment
CSDM gap analysis and data governance baseline
Governance
Architecture Review Board (ARB) framework and operating procedures
TYPICAL OUTPUTS
CI/CD Reference Architecture
End-to-end pipeline design for your platform and team topology
IDP Design
Internal Developer Platform blueprint with self-service provisioning
DevSecOps Runbook
Security gates, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checkpoints embedded in pipeline
Maturity Assessment
DevOps maturity baseline with phased improvement roadmap
SERVICE LINE 02 · DELIVERY ENGINE

DevOps as a Service

DevOps is not a tool and not a phase — it is the engineering discipline that determines how reliably and safely an enterprise builds and ships software. Synapist offers DevOps as a standalone service: CI/CD pipeline architecture, Internal Developer Platform (IDP) design, DevSecOps integration, and GitOps operating models.

It is also the methodology by which every Synapist platform implementation is delivered. When we implement ServiceNow, Salesforce, or Azure, we do it with full DevOps rigour — automated testing, configuration-as-code, and deployment pipelines from day one. No manual config. No one-time setups that become unmaintainable.

CI/CD · IDP · DevSecOps · GitOps · ArgoCD · Platform Engineering · DORA Metrics
SERVICE LINE 03 · ACCELERATOR

AI & Automation as a Service

AI at enterprise scale is not a chatbot deployment — it is a strategic architecture decision that touches data governance, operating model design, vendor selection, and risk management. Synapist defines the AI adoption strategy and builds the automation layer that accelerates outcomes across every other service line.

We design AI architectures aligned with the NIST AI RMF, deploy GenAI and agentic capabilities on ServiceNow (Now Assist, Virtual Agent, Predictive Intelligence), and build workflow automation that reduces manual processing and accelerates platform ROI.

NIST AI RMF · GenAI · Now Assist · Virtual Agent · Predictive Intelligence · LLM Strategy · Agentic AI
TYPICAL OUTPUTS
AI Readiness Assessment
Organisational, data, and governance readiness evaluation
GenAI Governance Framework
Policy, risk controls, and human-in-the-loop design aligned with NIST AI RMF
Automation Map
Process automation opportunity analysis with ROI prioritisation
AI Architecture Blueprint
Reference architecture for LLM integration, grounding, and enterprise deployment
PLATFORMS · THE REALISATION LAYER

Where strategy meets execution.

When a platform is required, Synapist implements on ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Azure. Every platform engagement is delivered with DevOps engineering rigour — configuration-as-code, automated testing, deployment pipelines — and AI-powered automation from day one.

Platform selection always follows architecture. We are vendor-independent at the strategy layer, and deeply expert at the platform layer.

ServiceNow
ITSM · ITOM · ITAM · HRSD · CSM · FSM · IRM/GRC · SecOps · ITBM/SPM · Now Assist · AI Agents
Salesforce
CRM Architecture · Sales Cloud · Service Cloud · Data Cloud · Flow Automation · Integration
Azure
Cloud Architecture · Azure DevOps · AKS · API Management · Integration Services · AI Foundry
WHY IT MATTERS

Principals-led practice.

Large consulting firms deploy senior partners to sell and junior staff to deliver. The result is signal loss between strategy and execution, cost overrun, and architectural decisions made by practitioners without sufficient enterprise context.

Synapist operates differently. Every engagement is led by a senior principal — the practitioner who scopes the work is the practitioner who delivers it. No hand-off. No translation layer. No surprises at the delivery stage.

20+
Years of combined enterprise architecture experience
10+
Named enterprise clients across banking, energy, government, and technology
3
Independent service lines — one principals-led team across all of them
START THE CONVERSATION

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Reach out to explore how Synapist can support your next enterprise architecture, DevOps, or AI engagement.

Contact the Practice
principal@synapist.com