Azure Architecture
I design Azure platforms that are secure by default and ready to scale, from the landing zone up: subscription structure, network segmentation, policy guardrails, identity, and the operating model that keeps it governable as it grows.
Problems I help solve
What I deliver
Landing Zones
Management group hierarchy, subscription design, and platform foundations aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework.
- What I deliver
- A management group and subscription topology, platform and workload separation, and an identity and connectivity baseline, deployed as code.
- Business outcome
- New workloads inherit security and governance instead of reinventing them.
- Azure Landing Zones
- Bicep
- Management Groups
Network Segmentation
Hub and spoke topology, Azure Firewall, private endpoints, and segmentation tiers.
- What I deliver
- A hub and spoke design, firewall and routing rules, private endpoints for PaaS, and documented segmentation tiers.
- Business outcome
- A breach in one workload stays contained.
- Azure Firewall
- Private Endpoints
- VNet peering
Azure Firewall
Policy and Guardrails
Azure Policy as code and a least-privilege RBAC model.
- What I deliver
- Policy initiatives for security and cost, a least-privilege RBAC model, and deny and audit guardrails at the right scope.
- Business outcome
- Standards enforced automatically, and cloud spend reduced by 25% through right-sized, governed architecture.
- Azure Policy
- RBAC
- Defender for Cloud
Operating Model
Naming, tagging, ownership, RACI, and runbooks.
- What I deliver
- Naming and tagging standards, ownership and RACI, and platform runbooks and handover.
- Business outcome
- The platform stays governable after I leave, run by your own team.
- Azure CLI
- PowerShell
- Bicep
PowerShellCloud Migration and Modernization
Rehost, refactor, and modernize workloads onto Azure.
- What I deliver
- A migration assessment and wave plan, then rehost, refactor, or re-platform onto current Azure services.
- Business outcome
- Legacy estates moved to a secure, current platform.
- Azure Migrate
- App Service
- Containers
Compute and Workload Architecture
Right-sized compute across VMs, AKS, and App Services with scaling and resilience.
- What I deliver
- Compute selection, autoscaling, and resilience patterns matched to each workload's profile.
- Business outcome
- Workloads that perform and scale without overspend.
- AKS
- Azure VMs
- App Service
Resilience and Disaster Recovery
High availability, availability sets, and Azure Site Recovery.
- What I deliver
- An availability and DR design with replication, failover runbooks, and tested recovery objectives.
- Business outcome
- Business-critical systems that stay up.
- Azure Site Recovery
- Availability Zones
Cost Optimization and FinOps
Right-sizing, governance, and spend control.
- What I deliver
- A FinOps baseline with right-sizing, budgets, tagging, and policy-enforced cost guardrails.
- Business outcome
- Cloud spend reduced by 25% through governed architecture.
- Azure Cost Management
- Azure Policy
Outcomes
Modernized enterprises onto Azure, EMS, and Microsoft 365 across 100+ organizations
Reduced cloud spend by 25% through better architecture
High-availability hub-and-spoke architecture for 10+ enterprise clients
Technology stack
- Azure Landing Zones
- Azure Policy
- RBAC
- Azure Firewall
- Private Endpoints
- Bicep
- PowerShell
- Defender for Cloud
Typical deliverables
- Landing zone and subscription architecture
- Network and segmentation design
- Policy and RBAC baseline
- Platform operating model and handover documentation
Reference architecture
Related case studies
Consolidating a fragmented Azure estate
A Gulf-region financial services group
Azure had grown across disconnected subscriptions. I designed a landing zone and migration path that brought the whole estate under one governable model.
One governable cloud estate, built on a proper landing zone
A secure Azure landing zone
A Gulf-region public sector body
A secure foundation was needed before scaling on Azure. I designed a landing zone with segmentation, policy, and identity built in from the start.
A secure foundation new workloads can safely build on
Let me turn complexity into a system you can run.
Securing a Microsoft environment, planning a migration, or getting ready for Copilot. I help you make the call with clarity, then build it to last.