Your cloud bill arrived and it is 40% higher than last quarter. Or you are planning a migration from on-premises and the list of services to evaluate feels endless. Maybe you set up your AWS account two years ago with a single account, no tagging strategy, and IAM policies that give everyone admin access — and now your security team is asking uncomfortable questions. Cloud architecture decisions made under time pressure tend to haunt you for years.
I have designed cloud architectures on AWS, Azure, and GCP for systems ranging from early-stage startups to high-traffic production platforms. I know which services are worth their complexity and which ones you should avoid. I know the cost traps that do not show up until your first real traffic spike. And I know how to set up a cloud foundation — multi-account structure, networking, security, and cost controls — that your team can build on confidently instead of working around.
Common Cloud Challenges
Your AWS or Azure bill is climbing every month and you cannot explain why. Data transfer charges you did not anticipate, NAT gateway fees, idle resources nobody remembers provisioning, and no cost allocation strategy to figure out which team or service is responsible.
Everything runs in a single AWS account or Azure subscription. Production and staging share resources. There is no billing isolation, no security boundary between environments, and your infrastructure-as-code keeps stepping on itself because everything is in one flat namespace.
IAM policies are too broad, S3 buckets might be public, encryption is inconsistent, and there is no centralized logging for security events. Your team knows the security posture is not great, but nobody has time to do a proper audit and fix it.
You have a migration mandate but the application has dependencies on local file systems, Windows services, specific network configurations, and databases that cannot have downtime. The lift-and-shift vs re-architect decision is paralyzing your team.
You picked a managed service that seemed perfect but its limitations are now blocking your product. Or you built something custom that a managed service handles better. Cloud service selection requires understanding edge cases that do not show up in the marketing page.
Your production database has no cross-region backup. RTO and RPO targets exist in a document nobody has read. The DR plan has never been tested, and nobody is confident it would actually work if a region went down.
How We Help
I review your current cloud setup — account structure, networking, security posture, and cost patterns — and give you a prioritized list of what to fix, what to improve, and what is actually fine as-is.
Whether you are moving from on-premises or re-architecting between cloud providers, I help you plan the migration phases, identify risks, choose the right migration strategy for each workload, and avoid the traps that cause migration projects to stall.
I dig into your cloud billing data, identify the biggest waste, and help you implement right-sizing, reserved capacity, spot instances, and architectural changes that reduce your bill by 30-50% without degrading performance.
I assess your IAM policies, network security, encryption practices, and logging setup against cloud security best practices and your compliance requirements. You get actionable findings, not a 200-page report.
Real Scenarios
Your single-account setup is becoming unmanageable. We design an AWS Organizations structure with proper account isolation, centralized billing, cross-account access patterns, and a landing zone that your team can extend.
You have legacy workloads running on-premises and need a migration plan that accounts for dependencies, downtime constraints, and team capabilities. We create a phased migration roadmap that moves workloads without disrupting the business.
Your cloud bill has surprises every month. We analyze your spending patterns, identify waste, and implement a cost optimization strategy that includes right-sizing, scheduling, and commitment-based discounts.
Your business requires a disaster recovery plan that can survive a regional outage. We design the DR architecture, set up data replication, configure failover routing, and run a tabletop exercise to validate the plan works.
Who This Is For
You need a cloud strategy that supports business growth without costs spiraling out of control. You want an experienced architect's input on infrastructure decisions that affect the entire engineering organization.
You are responsible for the cloud foundation and need help with account structure, networking design, security guardrails, and tooling decisions that your development teams will build on.
You have a migration deadline and need practical guidance on which workloads to move first, how to handle data migration, and how to set up the target architecture without breaking existing integrations.
Your cloud setup was built quickly and it works, but now you need it to be production-grade. You need security, cost controls, monitoring, and a structure that can grow with your business.
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