Cloud

Cloud Architecture

Design & standards

Architecture thatdoesn’t drift.

Lift-and-shift gets you to the cloud; architecture keeps you there without runaway cost and security gaps. OWCER defines landing zones, reference patterns, and ownership models so your environment stays intentional after migration.

Common gaps

When nobody owns the blueprint

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Orphaned resources & shadow IT

Subscriptions multiply, tagging disappears, and teams deploy outside approved patterns—until the next audit or invoice shock.

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Templates that don’t match workloads

Generic landing zones ignore your compliance, data residency, and integration requirements. We design for how you actually operate.

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No path from pilot to production

Serverless MVPs stall when architecture wasn’t designed for scale. Our real estate aggregation engagement shows tiered platform design that survives growth.

Deliverables

What an architecture engagement includes

  • Current-state assessment — inventory, cost hotspots, identity flows, and integration map
  • Target reference architecture — network, identity, data, and ops patterns documented for engineering and audit audiences
  • Standards & guardrails — tagging, RBAC, deployment pipelines, and exception process
  • Roadmap — sequenced remediation aligned to risk and ROI, not a single big-bang rewrite

Talk to a cloud architect

General Services Administration
General Services Administration
Headquarters Air Force
Headquarters Air Force
MUFG
MUFG
GAF
GAF
Department of the Treasury
Department of the Treasury
Headquarters Marine Corps
Headquarters Marine Corps
FEMA
FEMA
Air Force Legal Operations Agency
Air Force Legal Operations Agency
Staples
Staples
Find BAComps
Find BAComps
Emory University
Emory University
Dignari
Dignari
NANT Health
NANT Health
AARP
AARP
GetSlim Wellness
GetSlim Wellness

Sources: multi-cloud adoption per Flexera State of the Cloud; cost overrun and waste figures are illustrative ranges from cloud financial-management literature; OWCER timelines based on typical engagements.