What this covers
Most cloud projects fail not because of technology, but because they're designed for the general case rather than the specific one. I design deployments around your operational reality — your compliance requirements, your team's capabilities, and your tolerance for complexity.
Private Cloud
On-premise or co-located infrastructure with full control over data residency and access — suited for regulated sectors.
Hybrid Cloud
Workloads split intelligently between on-premise and public cloud, with a clear operational boundary between them.
Microservices Architecture
Modular, independently deployable backend services designed around clear domain boundaries — so a failure in one part doesn't take down the whole system, and new features don't need a full rewrite. Incremental migration paths from monolithic systems where it makes sense; honest pushback where it doesn't.
Backup & Recovery
Tested, documented recovery procedures — not just a backup job running somewhere that nobody has verified.
Managed Handover
Documentation, runbooks, and training so your team can own what's been built. No artificial dependency.
How I work
Discovery
Understand your current setup, constraints, compliance requirements, and what "done" actually means for your organisation.
Architecture design
Produce a clear design document — not a sales deck. What goes where, why, and what the trade-offs are.
Deployment
Build and configure the environment, with testing at each stage. No big-bang go-lives.
Handover & documentation
Hand off with full documentation, runbooks, and a walkthrough with your team.
A note on scope: I work on one engagement at a time, which means you get full attention — not a junior being supervised from a distance. Projects are scoped clearly upfront. If something is outside my expertise, I'll tell you rather than wing it.