Taha AlzeinSoftware Engineer - Cloud Solution Architect

Cloud architecture consulting

Your prototype works. Production is a different problem.

I am a cloud architect who also writes code. I fix what teams put off until it hurts: landing zones, infrastructure as code, identity, environment isolation and the monthly bill.

  • TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture
  • CCZT · Zero Trust
  • CCSK v5 · Cloud Security

The usual story

Shipping the product was the easy part.

A team builds something that works in a demo. Sometimes it is an AI system, sometimes a SaaS app. Then it needs real traffic, real data and an auditor. Nobody on the team owns that part, so it gets bolted on: one shared subscription, infrastructure code nobody reviews, admin rights for everyone.

Getting into the cloud is the easy part. Keeping governance, security and cost under control once many people are creating resources is where it goes wrong. That is the work I do.

Every control has a price. Stricter isolation means more environments to pay for and maintain. Tighter policy slows the first deployment. I will tell you what each one costs and where I would draw the line. You make the call.

Who I work with

  • Start-ups about to put real customers on a prototype
  • Teams running AI workloads with no environment strategy
  • Organisations whose Azure subscriptions grew without a plan
  • CTOs who want a second opinion from someone not selling a platform

What I fix

Problems I am usually called for

Typical situations, not a client list. Each one comes with what I would do and what it costs you, because every fix has a price.

Everything runs in one subscription

Dev, staging and production share an account, or several teams share one. A bad deploy or a leaked credential reaches everything.

What I do
A landing zone on the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework: separate environments, policy, identity and networking.
What it costs
More subscriptions to pay for and manage, and a slower first setup.

Infrastructure code only one person understands

Nobody has the full picture, modules are copy-pasted, and the console no longer matches the code.

What I do
Shared version control, clear module boundaries and a pipeline that applies the changes, so the code is the source of truth.
What it costs
Engineers lose the console shortcut. Every change goes through review.

Nobody can say who has access to what

Admin rights were handed out to get things moving, and nobody remembers why.

What I do
An identity-first review: roles, least privilege and isolation between environments, based on CCSK and CCZT practice.
What it costs
Tighter access means more access requests at first. I help you decide which controls are worth that friction.

The prototype has to take real customers

It runs locally or in one fragile environment, and the first customer security questionnaire is on its way.

What I do
Separate dev, staging and production, an automated deploy, and the controls that questionnaire will ask about.
What it costs
Production costs more than a prototype. We decide where redundancy is worth paying for.

The cloud bill keeps growing

Nobody can say what the spend is for, and resources nobody owns keep running.

What I do
Find what is idle or oversized, put an owner on every resource, and recommend what to cut.
What it costs
Cutting cost often cuts redundancy or headroom. I show you the trade before you take it.

Approach

One call, then you decide

  1. Book a session

    Pick a slot. Two lines on your stack and what hurts is enough.

  2. Talk it through

    We go through the setup on video. You leave with a ranked list of what to fix and what to leave alone.

  3. Decide the scope

    If you want more: a one-off review, an architecture design, or hands-on work alongside your team. If not, that is fine too.

Who you are talking to

I lead cloud architecture for a large enterprise estate, and I have spent more than ten years between software engineering and cloud. I write code as well as diagrams, so what I recommend has to be buildable.

I work with teams in Denmark and abroad, mostly online. Advisory or hands-on, depending on what you need.

Full background on LinkedIn ↗

Book a session

Pick a time

Online, on Cal Video. Add two lines on your stack and the problem when you book. It saves us the first ten minutes.

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Advisory only, or hands-on?

Both. A call is advisory. If you want more, we agree a scope: a review, an architecture design, or hands-on work alongside your team.

What do I get after the first call?

A ranked list of what to fix and what to leave alone. No obligation to continue.

Will you keep what I show you confidential?

Yes. I treat your environment as confidential and I am happy to sign an NDA before we go into detail.