Compliance-first delivery
Cloud architecture that accelerates the business
Most cloud estates grow by accident: accounts created ad hoc, security groups opened “temporarily”, instances sized for a launch that happened two years ago. The result is a platform that is hard to change, hard to audit and more expensive every month. Moving to the cloud is easy; running it well is the hard part.
We start with a landing zone — account or subscription structure, identity, network segmentation, logging and guardrails — and build everything on top of it with Terraform so environments are reproducible and reviewable. Migrations are planned workload by workload (rehost, re-platform or re-architect), with rollback paths and cutover rehearsals. Pipelines and Kubernetes come from our DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practice, and cost is managed continuously using the approach in our FinOps cloud cost optimisation guide.
You end up with a documented, secure-by-default cloud foundation, a clear picture of spend (we often pair engagements with CloudMonitor for multi-cloud cost and inventory visibility), and the option to hand day-to-day operations to our managed IT services team with 24/7 monitoring under an SLA.
- Well-Architected reviews across AWS, Azure & GCP
- Landing zones with identity, logging and guardrails from day one
- Planned, rehearsed migrations with rollback paths
- FinOps: tagging, budgets, rightsizing and commitment planning
- Multi-AZ / multi-region resilience with tested disaster recovery
What's Included
Everything you need, delivered by a senior, security-first team.
Landing Zones
Account/subscription structure, SSO, network topology, central logging and policy guardrails, delivered as Terraform.
Cloud Migration
Discovery, wave planning and per-workload migration (rehost, re-platform, re-architect) with cutover runbooks.
FinOps & Cost
Tagging standards, budgets and alerts, rightsizing and reserved/savings-plan recommendations.
Secure by Design
Least-privilege IAM, encryption at rest and in transit, private networking and CIS-aligned baselines.
Resilience & DR
Auto-scaling, multi-AZ designs, backup policies and documented, rehearsed recovery procedures.
Architecture Docs
Diagrams, decision records and runbooks your own team can maintain after handover.
Cloud infrastructure built to scale, stay secure and stay affordable
Whether you are moving out of a data centre, modernising an existing cloud footprint or trying to bring a runaway bill under control, the fundamentals do not change: a well-architected foundation, security designed in from the start, and cost managed as an engineering discipline rather than a quarterly surprise. We design, build and operate cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, following each provider’s Well-Architected guidance for reliability, security, performance and cost.
When you need a cloud infrastructure partner
- You are planning a migration and need a realistic plan for which workloads to rehost, re-platform or re-architect.
- Your accounts grew organically — shared credentials, flat networks, no tagging — and an audit or enterprise customer is asking hard questions.
- The bill keeps climbing and nobody can say which team, product or environment is driving it.
- You need high availability or disaster recovery that has actually been tested, not just drawn on a diagram.
Our approach
1. Assess
We inventory what you run today, map dependencies, review identity and network design, and analyse spend. The output is a prioritised findings report and a target architecture.
2. Build the landing zone
A secure multi-account (AWS Organizations), management-group (Azure) or folder/project (GCP) structure with centralised logging, guardrail policies, least-privilege IAM, private networking and encryption by default — all defined in infrastructure as code so it is reviewable and repeatable. See our DevOps and infrastructure-as-code services for how we automate it.
3. Migrate in waves
Workloads move in small, rehearsed waves with a rollback plan for each, rather than a single high-risk cutover. Legacy applications that cannot simply be lifted are routed to application modernisation.
4. Operate and optimise
After go-live we can run the environment for you under our managed cloud services, with monitoring, patching, backup and continuous cost reviews.
Migration strategies compared
| Strategy | What changes | Best for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehost (lift and shift) | Infrastructure only | Fast exits from a data centre | Carries existing inefficiencies into the cloud |
| Re-platform | Managed databases, containers, minor code changes | Cutting operational toil quickly | Some testing and refactoring effort |
| Re-architect | Application design (services, serverless, events) | Core products that must scale | Highest effort; best long-term economics |
| Retire / replace | Workload removed or moved to SaaS | Low-value or duplicated systems | Requires business sign-off and data migration |
Cost visibility with FinOps
Cost optimisation is not a one-off clean-up. We implement tagging standards, budgets and anomaly alerts, right-size compute and databases, apply savings plans or committed-use discounts where usage is stable, and tier storage by access pattern. Our practical playbook is in Cloud Cost Optimization: A FinOps Playbook, and our own CloudMonitor multi-cloud cost and inventory dashboard gives teams a single view of spend, security findings and resources across providers.
Common pitfalls we help you avoid
- Migrating before identity, networking and logging foundations exist.
- Single-AZ databases behind “highly available” application tiers.
- Backups that have never been restored.
- Kubernetes clusters sized for peak load all day — see Kubernetes Without the Runaway Bill.
- Regulated data (PHI, cardholder data) placed in un-hardened accounts — read Building HIPAA-Aligned Workloads on AWS.
Deliverables
- Current-state assessment and target architecture diagrams.
- Landing zone and core infrastructure as version-controlled Terraform (or your preferred IaC tool).
- Migration runbooks, cutover and rollback plans.
- Cost allocation model, budgets and optimisation backlog.
- Operational documentation and a handover session for your team.
How a Cloud Engagement Runs
Assess
Inventory current workloads, costs, security posture and constraints; agree target architecture and priorities.
Foundation
Build the landing zone, identity, networking and guardrails in Terraform before any workload moves.
Migrate & Build
Move or build workloads in waves, with testing, cutover rehearsals and rollback plans for each.
Optimise & Operate
Tune cost and performance, hand over docs and runbooks, or continue as your managed operations partner.
Frequently Asked Questions
We design, build and operate infrastructure on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, including hybrid and multi-cloud setups. We recommend a provider based on your workloads, skills and existing contracts, or work within the platform you have already chosen.
Assessments and landing-zone builds are usually scoped as fixed-price engagements with defined deliverables. Migrations are priced per wave once the assessment has sized the workloads, and ongoing operations are a monthly managed-service fee. Cloud provider charges are always billed to your own accounts.
It depends on the number of workloads, how tightly they are coupled and how much re-architecture is needed. A small estate can move within weeks; larger estates are migrated in planned waves over several months. The assessment produces a realistic timeline before you commit.
For most workloads we can keep downtime to a short, scheduled cutover window, and for many it can be close to zero using replication and DNS switching. Each wave has a tested rollback plan so the old environment stays available until the new one is verified.
We put tagging, budgets and anomaly alerts in place, right-size resources, use savings plans or committed-use discounts for stable workloads, tier storage and remove idle resources. Cost is then reviewed regularly rather than once a year.
Book a free consultation. We discuss your goals and constraints, then propose a short assessment that ends with a findings report, target architecture and costed plan.
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