Taha AlzeinCloud Solution Architect

Cloud architecture consulting

From working prototype to secure, production-grade cloud.

I help startups and engineering teams put the landing zones, Infrastructure as Code and security controls in place, so they can ship quickly without gambling on security, compliance or cost.

Book a consultation What I help with
  • TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture
  • CCZT · Zero Trust
  • CCSK v5 · Cloud Security
10+years bridging software engineering and enterprise cloud
20+years in IT, from networks and data centres to cloud
3certifications in enterprise architecture and cloud security
Azure & AWSlanding zones, governance and automation

Why teams call me

Building the product is not the hard part anymore.

Startups and product teams build impressive software, AI-driven systems included. Moving it from a laptop to an environment that handles real-world traffic securely is where things stall: DevOps, compliance and cloud foundations are rarely a team's core skill.

That gap is where I work. I have spent over ten years between software engineering and enterprise cloud, and I currently lead cloud architecture for a large-scale enterprise estate. I know what it takes to make systems solid, compliant and cost-efficient, and how to get there without slowing engineers down.

Who I work with

  • Startups and scale-ups getting ready for real traffic
  • Teams shipping AI-driven products that need a secure home
  • Organisations standardising Azure governance and landing zones
  • CTOs and tech leads who want an independent second opinion

Services

Where I can help

Advisory or hands-on, on Microsoft Azure and AWS. Every engagement starts with a conversation about where you are now.

01

Cloud architecture review

An independent look at your Azure or AWS setup: availability, environment isolation, security posture and spend, with a prioritised list of what to fix first.

02

Landing zones & governance

Subscriptions, policy, identity and networking designed with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework, so new workloads start compliant instead of being cleaned up later.

03

Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD

Terraform and pipelines that manage state and configuration at scale, so environments are reproducible and configuration drift stops.

04

Cloud security & Zero Trust

Identity and access management, segmentation and strictly isolated environments, grounded in CCSK and CCZT practice.

05

Prototype to production

For startups and AI teams: take what runs locally and give it separate dev, staging and production environments that can take real traffic.

06

Cost optimisation

Find where the cloud bill goes and right-size it, without trading away reliability or security.

How it works

Start with one conversation

  1. Book a call

    Choose a slot below and add a line about your stack and what you want to solve.

  2. Talk it through

    We go through your setup on a video call, and you leave with concrete next steps.

  3. Agree the scope

    If you want more help, we agree what it looks like: a one-off review, an architecture design, or hands-on work alongside your team.

Experience

Twenty years from server rooms to cloud estates

A background in both traditional infrastructure and modern application development, so the advice holds up for the people who run the platform and the people who build on it.

  1. 2022 – now

    Cloud Solutions Architect

    Lead the enterprise cloud architecture strategy: global governance, compliance and landing zones through the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework. Architect highly available, strictly isolated dev, staging and production environments, and the Infrastructure as Code pipelines that manage them at scale.

  2. 2021 – 2022

    Cloud Engineer

    Cloud infrastructure engineering in Aarhus, Denmark.

  3. 2015 – 2017

    Software Developer & Project Lead

    Kanda

    Designed, built and deployed custom software for international clients in gamification, digital healthcare and virtual reality. Led delivery for clients in the Middle East and Turkey.

  4. 2005 – 2012

    IT Director, Network Administrator, IT Manager Assistant

    Pluto Group · Tahhan Inc. · MAF Carrefour

    Ran infrastructure end to end in Syria and the UAE: servers, networks, security, backups and disaster recovery, plus IT teams, budgets and supplier contracts. IT and project management training at Carrefour International HQ in Dubai.

Certifications

  • Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge v5 (CCSK)Cloud Security Alliance · 2025
  • Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT)Cloud Security Alliance · 2025
  • TOGAF® Enterprise ArchitectureThe Open Group
  • MCSE, MCSE Messaging, MCSA, MCPMicrosoft · 2007 – 2008

Education

  • BEng, Computer Software EngineeringVIA University College, Denmark · 2018 – 2020
  • HND, Computing and Business ApplicationsSV University, Syria (Edexcel) · 2008 – 2010

Toolbox

  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • Azure CAF
  • Landing zones
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD
  • Zero Trust
  • IAM
  • C# / .NET
  • Java (Spring)
  • Python
  • SQL & MongoDB

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