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Cloud Architecture

Foundations sized to the workload you actually have. We design AWS environments that stay affordable at your current scale and do not need rebuilding at ten times it.

Most cloud bills are not a pricing problem, they are an architecture problem. Over-provisioned instances running at four percent utilisation, data crossing availability zones for no reason, a managed service chosen because it was on the front page of the console. The cost follows the design, so that is where we start.


We design against the Well-Architected pillars without treating them as a checklist. Account structure, network boundaries, and identity get decided first because they are the expensive things to change later. Everything after that is comparatively cheap to revise.


The output is infrastructure as code in your repositories, in your accounts, with a diagram your team can read. No managed console clicking, no undocumented resources, and nothing that requires us to stay involved.

What this includes

  • /Multi-account structure and landing zone setup
  • /Network design, VPCs, subnets, and traffic boundaries
  • /IAM, least privilege, and secrets management
  • /Data storage, backup, and disaster recovery planning
  • /Cost modelling and rightsizing against real usage
  • /Infrastructure as code with Terraform

When teams call us

  • /A cloud bill growing faster than the product is
  • /Moving off a single account that has become a liability
  • /Compliance or data-residency requirements arriving late
  • /A migration from on-premise or another provider
  • /Architecture review before a funding round or audit
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CI/CD Pipelines

Deployment should be the least interesting part of your week. We build pipelines that make shipping routine and rolling back a single click.

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Containerization

The same environment on a laptop, in CI, and in production. We containerise services so that "works on my machine" stops being a category of bug.

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Monitoring

Know before your users tell you. We wire observability and on-call practice so problems surface early and get resolved without heroics.

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Tiffany & Co. - Virtual Sales Platform

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Common questions

What does your cloud architecture service include?+

We design AWS environments covering account structure, networking, IAM, data, backup, disaster recovery, cost modelling, and infrastructure as code.

Can you review our existing AWS architecture?+

Yes. We can assess your current setup for reliability, security, scalability, cost, and operational risk, then provide a prioritised improvement plan.

Do you build everything as infrastructure as code?+

Yes. We prefer infrastructure to be defined and versioned in code using Terraform, so environments are repeatable, reviewable, and easier for your team to own.

Can you help reduce our AWS costs?+

Yes. We look at architecture, utilisation, data transfer, service selection, and rightsizing to reduce waste without compromising reliability.

Can you help with cloud migrations?+

Yes. We can plan and execute migrations from on-premise infrastructure, another cloud provider, or an existing AWS setup that needs restructuring.

Do you only work with AWS?+

AWS is our primary cloud platform and where we have the deepest experience. We can also work with Azure and GCP where appropriate, but we are transparent when another specialist would be a better fit.

Need help with cloud architecture?

Whether it is a rebuild or extra hands, the first call is 30 minutes.

Book a 30-min call