Cloud Consulting
Independent cloud consulting — strategy, provider selection, architecture, cost models and migration roadmaps.
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Division
Service area
Cloud Architecture, Migration & Operations
Engagement
Project · Team · Managed
Overview
Cloud consulting helps organisations make the big decisions well: which workloads to move, which provider or providers to use, how to structure accounts and networks, how to control cost and security, and in what order to proceed. Our consultants are practising cloud engineers who design what they would be willing to build and operate.
Common use cases
- Cloud strategyDirection for cloud adoption across the organisation.
- Provider selectionComparing AWS, Azure and Google Cloud objectively.
- Architecture reviewAssessing existing cloud environments.
- Cost reviewIdentifying optimisation opportunities.
Quick answers
Cloud Consulting at a glance
The essentials in brief. Every project is scoped individually — ask us for specifics.
- What is cloud consulting?
- Independent cloud consulting — strategy, provider selection, architecture, cost models and migration roadmaps.
- Who is it for?
- Typically companies migrating to the cloud, teams whose releases are slow or risky, and organisations that need stronger reliability, security or cost control.
- What does Shivacha provide?
- Workload assessment
- Provider comparison
- Reference architecture
- Cost modelling
- Security & compliance design
- Roadmap
- Which technologies are used?
- Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloudflare — chosen to fit your stack and constraints.
- How does the process work?
- Discovery & assessment → Landing zone → Migration waves → Optimisation → Managed operations.
- What affects the cost?
- Number of applications and environments
- Compliance and data-residency requirements
- Availability and recovery objectives
- Existing automation and IaC maturity
- Multi-cloud or hybrid scope
- Ongoing managed-service needs
- How long does it take?
- Assessments take 2–4 weeks; platform builds and migrations are usually delivered in 2–6 month phases.
- How do I get started?
- Share a short brief in the form below, book a 30-minute call or message us on WhatsApp. A senior engineer replies within one business day; NDA on request.
Capabilities
What we deliver
Workload assessment
Suitability and migration approach per workload.
Provider comparison
Services, pricing, contracts and skills.
Reference architecture
Target landing zone and patterns.
Cost modelling
Projected run costs and savings.
Security & compliance design
Controls and data residency.
Roadmap
Sequenced migration and modernisation plan.
Architecture
Engineered right from day one
The layers we typically design for cloud architecture, migration & operations, adapted to your stack and partners.
- Right migration strategyNot everything should be refactored; not everything should be lifted.
- Data residencyRegion choices aligned with regulatory and customer requirements.
- Cost governanceTagging, budgets and alerts from day one.
- Tested recoveryDisaster recovery exercised, not just documented.
Delivery
How an engagement runs
- 1
Discovery & assessment
Inventory, dependencies, performance baselines and cost model.
- 2
Landing zone
Account structure, network, identity and guardrails as code.
- 3
Migration waves
Rehost, replatform or refactor per workload with rollback plans.
- 4
Optimisation
Rightsizing, reserved capacity and architecture improvements.
- 5
Managed operations
Ongoing monitoring, patching, backups and incident response.
Security
Security built into delivery
Controls we apply by default on this kind of work — not a separate phase at the end.
Infrastructure as code
Every change reviewed, versioned and reproducible.
Identity & network
Least-privilege IAM, private networking and zero-trust access.
Secrets & encryption
Central secrets management and encryption by default.
Monitoring
Alerting, audit logs and incident runbooks from day one.
Technology
Tools we use for this
Related services
Often combined with
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Cloud Engineering Team
Cloud architects and engineers for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
Work & insights
Related thinking
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Learn moreFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Are your recommendations vendor-neutral?
Yes. We do not claim provider partnerships that would bias our recommendations.
How long does a cloud assessment take?
Typically two to six weeks, depending on estate size.
Which cloud should we choose?
It depends on your workloads, existing licences and contracts, team skills, data residency and specific managed services you need. We provide a neutral comparison and recommendation.
Can you reduce our cloud bill?
Usually. Common savings come from rightsizing, scheduling non-production environments, storage lifecycle policies, commitment discounts and architectural changes. We quantify opportunities after an assessment rather than promising percentages up front.
Next step
Discuss Enterprise Deployment.
Tell us about your cloud consulting requirements — goals, timeline and constraints. We will reply with questions, an approach and next steps.
- Senior engineer reads every enquiry
- Reply within one business day
- NDA on request
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