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Cloud architecture that doesn't punish you on the bill.
AWS, GCP and Azure. Architecture, migration, cost optimization, ongoing operations. We pick the cloud that fits - not the cloud we resell.
What's covered
From architecture to monthly cost review.
We don't sell hours; we sell the right answer. Most cloud bills have room to drop without losing reliability.
Architecture + migration
Greenfield design or lift-and-shift to cloud. IaC (Terraform / Pulumi) baked in from day one.
Cost optimization
Find where you're overspending. Reserved instances, right-sizing, savings plans, spot mixing.
Reliability + monitoring
SLOs, alerting that actually pages the right person, runbooks for the rest.
FinOps + reporting
Monthly cost breakdown by team / service / customer. No more spreadsheets.
Why it matters
A cloud account is a blast radius, not just a hosting bill.
Most SMB cloud accounts grow by accident: one engineer spins up a server, another opens a security group to debug, a third hardcodes a key into a repo. None of it gets cleaned up. The result is an account that is expensive, fragile, and wide open - and nobody can tell you which of those three is the worst problem. These are the failures we see when we open a new client account for the first time.
- Root or admin keys with no MFA, often shared in a chat thread or committed to git.
- Security groups open to 0.0.0.0/0 on SSH, RDP, or a database port - a direct path in.
- Backups that were never tested, so the first real restore happens during an outage.
- Idle and oversized instances quietly burning a large share of the monthly bill.
- No tagging, so nobody can answer 'which team or customer does this resource belong to?'
What we deliver
Concrete artifacts, not a slide deck.
Every cloud engagement ends with things you can hand to an auditor, a new hire, or your next provider. You own all of it.
Architecture diagram + decision record
A current-state and target-state diagram, plus a short written record of why each major choice was made (region, managed service vs self-hosted, single vs multi-account).
Infrastructure as code
Your environment captured in Terraform or Pulumi, version-controlled in your repo. Rebuilding a region or spinning up staging becomes a command, not a memory test.
Security baseline
MFA enforced, least-privilege IAM, secrets moved to a vault or parameter store, security groups locked to known sources, encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging turned on.
Tested backup + recovery runbook
Automated backups with a written, rehearsed restore procedure and a stated recovery objective (RTO/RPO) - so a failed disk is an inconvenience, not a crisis.
Cost report you can read
Spend broken down by team, service, and environment, with the specific right-sizing and reserved-capacity moves that cut the bill, and the savings each one delivered.
Monitoring + alerting
SLOs on the things that matter, alerts that page the right person (and stay quiet otherwise), and runbooks for the common failures so on-call is not guesswork.
How an engagement runs
Four phases, each with a deliverable and a date.
A typical migration or hardening project for a moderately complex shop runs 8-16 weeks. You see progress every week, not just at the end.
Week 1: Assess
Read-only access to your accounts. We inventory what exists, map dependencies, flag the security and cost problems, and confirm scope. Deliverable: current-state diagram + findings list with severity.
Weeks 2-3: Design + plan
Target architecture, region and service choices, migration or remediation sequence, downtime windows, rollback plan. Deliverable: target diagram, IaC skeleton, and a step-by-step runbook you sign off on.
Weeks 3-12: Build + migrate
We implement in stages behind IaC, validate each cutover against the rollback plan, and keep the old path live until the new one is proven. Deliverable: working environment, migrated workloads, security baseline applied.
Weeks 12-16: Optimize + hand over
Right-sizing, reserved capacity, monitoring, and backup testing. Deliverable: cost report with realized savings, tested recovery runbook, and a handover doc - or a retainer if you want us to keep running it.
Cloud services FAQ
Which cloud should I pick?
Can you fix our high AWS bill?
Do you handle migrations from on-prem?
What about Kubernetes?
Do you support ongoing operations?
Pricing
Cloud services pricing
Transparent pricing - scoped to your engagement.
Review
Fixed monthly
Starting from
- Monthly cost and security posture review
- Written recommendations
- One working session a month
Managed
Or 12% of cloud spend
- Everything in Review, plus:
- Infrastructure-as-code ownership
- Patching + backup verification
- Business-hours incident support
- Billed as the greater of the retainer or 12% of cloud spend
Platform
Or 12% of cloud spend
- Everything in Managed, plus:
- Architecture ownership
- Multi-account governance
- 24x7 on-call
- Quarterly DR test
- Billed as the greater of the retainer or 12% of cloud spend
Further reading
Read more about cloud security
Cloud Security Posture for AWS, Azure, and GCP — A Pragmatic SMB Guide
Cloud Pentesting: AWS, Azure, GCP — Lessons from Real Engagements
Cloud for BFSI: RBI Guidelines and Real Risk Reduction
When Cloud Services Fail: The Real Lessons from SaaS Outages
SaaS outages like the recent ChatGPT downtime are a stark reminder that even widely adopted external services are single points of failure, necessitating robust third-party risk management and resilient operational planning for any organization. This isn't just an AI issue; it's fundamental business continuity.
Cloud Data Breaches: Third-Party Risk Is Your Risk
When third-party cloud providers face a data breach, your sensitive information is often exposed. Learn how to secure your data even when it's out of your direct control.
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