Paul R.

☁️ I’m a hands-on Azure and AWS Cloud Architect and Cloud Engineer with over 20 years of infrastructure experience. I design, build, migrate, troubleshoot and optimise Azure and AWS environments, with particular expertise in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, networking, security and Microsoft cloud technologies. Whether you need an Azure Cloud Engineer, AWS Cloud Engineer, senior Cloud Architect, or someone to review and remediate an existing environment, I can work from architecture and design right through to hands-on implementation. I’ve worked with organisations of all sizes, both as a consultant and previously as the founding director of a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Cloud Service Provider (CSP). 》》》 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 《《《 ✅ Cloud Architecture & Engineering Azure and AWS architecture, infrastructure design, implementation and optimisation. I’m equally comfortable designing a new environment or getting hands-on with an existing one. ✅ Terraform & Infrastructure as Code Building, reviewing and improving infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, helping make environments more repeatable, maintainable and easier to manage. ✅ Cloud Migration Planning and delivering migrations into Azure and AWS, including servers, applications, identity, networking and supporting infrastructure. ✅ Cloud Infrastructure Reviews Reviewing existing environments for cost, security, resilience, performance and architecture issues — then helping implement the improvements rather than simply producing a report. ✅ Troubleshooting & Remediation I have extensive experience diagnosing complex infrastructure problems across cloud, networking, Microsoft, virtualisation and security technologies. ✅ Ongoing Cloud Management For the right clients, I’m happy to remain involved after the initial project to provide ongoing cloud architecture, infrastructure management and senior technical support. 》》》 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦-𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 & 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 《《《 🛠️ As an Azure Cloud Engineer and AWS Cloud Engineer, I work hands-on with production environments as well as designing the architecture behind them. ☁️ Azure & AWS Cloud architecture, compute, storage, networking, identity, security, migration, resilience and optimisation. ⚙️ Terraform & Automation Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, Azure DevOps and CI/CD. 🔐 Security & Identity Cloud security, network security, Entra ID, Active Directory, IAM, Intune, VPNs and firewalls. 🖥️ Microsoft & Virtual Infrastructure Microsoft 365, Windows Server, Azure Virtual Desktop, Remote Desktop, Hyper-V and Veeam. 🔎 Complex Troubleshooting One of my strengths is being able to work across cloud, infrastructure, networking and Microsoft technologies to identify the real cause of difficult problems rather than looking at each component in isolation. 》》》 𝗟𝗘𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 《《《 If you have an Azure, AWS or wider infrastructure project — or an existing environment that simply isn’t working as well as it should — send me a message with a brief outline of the problem. I’m happy to discuss the environment, what you’re trying to achieve, and the most sensible way to approach it.