Taliferro • Cloud Architecture • AWS • Azure • GCP

Stop paying for cloud complexity you don’t need.

Most cloud problems aren’t caused by scale. They’re caused by unclear architecture, unmanaged growth, and systems that accrete faster than teams can reason about them. We design cloud architectures that stay understandable as they grow.

Cost-aware by default
Failure-tolerant design
Clear ownership boundaries
Built to evolve
cloud spend
Without reducing capability.
system clarity
Fewer “nobody knows” components.
Stableunder load
Designed for failure, not hope.
Cloud Architecture Consulting
Architecture diagram, service map, or infrastructure flow.

Fast self-check

  • Do cloud costs spike unexpectedly?
  • Does no one fully understand the system?
  • Do deployments feel risky?
  • Does scaling introduce fragility?
The real issue

Cloud failures are architectural, not technical.

Teams don’t fail because they picked the wrong cloud provider. They fail because responsibilities blur, scaling assumptions go unchallenged, and costs are treated as an accounting problem instead of a design constraint.

  • Services multiply without boundaries
  • Costs lag decisions by months
  • Resilience depends on luck
  • Knowledge concentrates in one or two people
Cloud Architecture Advice
Intentional cloud architecture
What this engagement looks like

Cloud architecture consulting, defined.

Cloud architecture consulting is not a report or a slide deck. It’s a focused engagement to make your system easier to understand, safer to change, and cheaper to operate.

  • Architecture review and system mapping
  • Boundary and ownership analysis
  • Failure domain and risk assessment
  • Cost drivers made explicit
  • A prioritized action plan your team can execute

You keep control. We bring clarity.

What you get at the end

  • A clear picture of how the system actually works
  • Known failure points and how they propagate
  • Where cost and complexity are leaking in
  • What to fix first—and what can wait
Common use cases

Teams bring us in when:

Cloud spend keeps climbing

Costs rise without a clear reason because architecture decisions and scaling assumptions were never made explicit.

Deployments feel risky

Changes ripple unpredictably through shared services and tightly coupled components.

No one fully understands the system

Knowledge is siloed, documentation is outdated, and decisions depend on a few key people.

Reliability depends on luck

Failures cascade because boundaries and failure domains were never designed intentionally.

Growth introduces fragility

Scaling traffic, teams, or data volume makes the system harder—not easier—to operate.

You’re planning a major change

Migrations, re-platforming, or compliance pressure require architectural clarity before execution.

How we design

Architecture that stays legible under pressure.

1) Map reality

We diagram what actually exists — not what the docs claim.

2) Define boundaries

Clear ownership, clear failure domains, clear costs.

3) Design for failure

Systems assume components will fail — and recover cleanly.

4) Optimize last

Cost and performance tuning after structure is correct.

Credibility

What teams see after cleanup.

Experience includes work with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Wipro.

Lower spend

Architectural fixes remove waste permanently.

Faster changes

Clear boundaries reduce coordination overhead.

Calmer operations

Incidents become contained, not cascading.

Related insights

Common cloud failure patterns.

FAQ

Common questions before a cloud review.

We already have cloud engineers. What do you add?

We bring an outside architectural lens. Most teams know how to build in the cloud. The hard part is keeping the system legible as it grows—clear boundaries, predictable failure domains, and cost treated as a design constraint.

Do you work with AWS, Azure, and GCP?

Yes. The provider matters, but the architecture matters more. We focus on boundaries, flow, reliability, and cost control—then choose the simplest cloud-native building blocks that fit.

How do you reduce cloud spend without cutting capability?

Most waste comes from architecture drift: over-provisioned services, duplicated tooling, runaway data and storage patterns, and unbounded scaling assumptions. We fix the structure first, then optimize the right levers.

What do you need from us to get started?

A rough spend range, your biggest operational pain, and any upcoming deadlines or scale events. Screenshots and notes are fine. We’ll map what exists and identify what to fix first.

How fast can we see impact?

Teams usually see quick wins once boundaries and costs are made explicit. Larger changes depend on risk tolerance, deployment constraints, and how much of the system is shared. We’ll propose a sequence that reduces risk while improving reliability.

Next step

Want a cloud architecture you can reason about?

Book a short call. We’ll identify where cost, fragility, or confusion is entering the system.

What to send us

To make the call useful, send whatever you already have. Even partial info helps.

  • Which cloud provider(s) you’re using (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Rough monthly cloud spend (a range is fine)
  • The biggest issue slowing you down right now
  • Any upcoming scale, migration, or deadline pressure

Don’t worry about formatting. Screenshots, notes, or a quick paragraph all work.