Cloud
Cloud architects who design well-architected systems, lead migrations and bring spend under control with FinOps practices.
Who you get on day one
Cloud architects who land zones, lead migrations and use AI to keep spend and posture in check.
- AWS Solutions Architect Pro
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect
- FinOps Certified Practitioner
- Operates AI right-sizing and forecasting tools
- Uses LLMs to accelerate well-architected reviews
Strategies & playbooks for Cloud
Concrete plays our consultants run to resolve the complex problems we see most often in this discipline.
Accounts spawn ad-hoc. no guardrails, no cost visibility, no compliance baseline.
Stand up a multi-account landing zone (AWS Control Tower / GCP Org / Azure LZ) with SCPs, baseline networking and centralized logging.
Every new workload starts compliant, observable and cost-tagged.
Cloud bill grows 30% YoY with nobody accountable.
Mandate cost allocation tags via policy-as-code, build per-team showback dashboards, run weekly waste reviews.
20 to 40% cost reduction within two quarters; teams self-optimize.
Lift-and-shift everything = expensive without value.
Apply 6 R's (rehost/replatform/refactor…) per workload, sequence waves by risk + value, automate cutover playbooks.
Predictable migration with measurable value at each wave.
How AI accelerates Cloud
AI helps right-size, predict spend and accelerate well-architected reviews across hundreds of services.
ML on usage data proposes instance and storage downsizing with confidence intervals.
LLMs ingest architecture diagrams and Terraform to flag well-architected gaps.
Time-series models forecast monthly spend per team and alert on drift.
Recommended tools we propose as consultants
Curated stack our consultants bring on day one. chosen for fit with your scale, team and existing investment.
- AWSBroadest service catalog and partner ecosystem.
- AzureBest fit for Microsoft estates and regulated EU workloads.
- GCPStrong data + ML offering with generous free tier.
- VantageMulti-cloud cost visibility with anomaly detection.
- CloudabilityEnterprise FinOps with chargeback workflows.
- Terraform + OPAPolicy-as-code on every change.
- Wiz / Prisma CloudPosture management across accounts.
What this discipline really is
Cloud engineering is the discipline of designing and operating systems on AWS, Azure or GCP so they’re secure, resilient, observable and cost-efficient. The cloud doesn’t make systems good by default. architecture and FinOps do.
Key areas inside Cloud
Multi-account org, SCPs, identity federation, network baseline, logging baseline.
Lift, reshape or refactor. chosen per workload with a real business case.
Multi-AZ/region, tested DR, chaos engineering, Well-Architected reviews.
Tagging, allocation, savings plans, rightsizing and unit economics tied to product KPIs.
Identity, encryption, network segmentation and continuous compliance evidence.
Maturity model. where are you today?
Single account, console-managed, no tagging, surprise bills.
Multi-account, some IaC, basic tagging, monthly cost reviews.
Landing zone, full IaC, tagging enforced, savings plans, DR tested.
Continuous Well-Architected, FinOps embedded, unit economics per feature.
Best practices we apply
- Adopt a landing zone before scale. retrofitting governance is painful.
- Tag everything from day one; without tags FinOps is impossible.
- Right-size monthly; commit (savings plans / CUDs) quarterly.
- Test DR at least twice a year. untested DR isn’t DR.
- Use managed services where they save engineering hours, even at a premium.
Common pitfalls & how we fix them
Outcomes you can expect
- 20 to 40% cloud cost reduction
- Zero-downtime migrations
- Audit-ready architecture
- Resilient multi-region designs
Engagement models
KPIs we commit to
Tools & technologies
What you get
- Landing zone with org policies and guardrails
- Migration plan (lift, reshape or refactor)
- Reference architectures (Well-Architected aligned)
- FinOps dashboard and savings plan
- DR/BCP design with tested runbooks
- Compliance evidence pack
How we deliver
- 1DiscoveryWorkshops to scope outcomes, constraints, success metrics and risks.
- 2MatchRanked consultants with score, availability and pre-vetted skills.
- 3Pre-onboardingStack simulation aligns the consultant with your conventions before day one.
- 4DeliveryTwo-week cadence with transparent metrics, demos and async updates.
- 5Knowledge transferDocumentation, runbooks and pairing so capability stays in-house.
Roles available on the bench
| Role | Level | Indicative rate |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Engineer | Mid - Senior | From €550/day |
| Cloud Architect | Senior | From €800/day |
| FinOps Specialist | Senior | From €700/day |
Rates are indicative; final pricing depends on seniority, location and engagement length.
Common stack overlap
Certifications on the bench
- AWS Solutions Architect Pro
- Azure Solutions Architect
- GCP Professional Architect
- FinOps Certified Practitioner
Retail. multi-region migration & FinOps
On-prem datacentre EOL with 8-month deadline; cloud bill estimate exceeded budget by 60%.
Landing zones, refactored compute to containers + serverless, FinOps tagging and savings plans.
Migration completed in 7 months, cloud spend 32% under original estimate.