Cloud Consulting Services
Understand what you run in the cloud, then decide what it should become.
Cloud consulting services review the cloud set-up you already have and agree where it should go next. NetOfficials looks at your accounts, workloads and bills with you, then writes a target design and a ranked list of changes that your team can act on, or that we can carry out. If Microsoft Azure is already in use, see our Azure development services.
- Building software since
- 2011
- Approved before the build
- Written scope
- Tracked in Jira
- Sprint demos
- Confirmed in the contract
- Your IP
What Is Included in Our Cloud Consulting Services
A consulting engagement produces decisions and documents first. Building comes after you have agreed them.
Current State Review
A walk through your accounts, services and workloads to see what is running and why.
Target Design
A written picture of where the set-up should end up, with the reasons behind each choice.
Access and Security Review
Look at who can reach what, how secrets are kept and where the gaps are.
Spend Review
Trace what each part of the bill pays for, and which items look out of proportion.
Ranked Change List
Findings sorted by effort and value so your team knows what to tackle first.
Written Recommendations
A report you can share with your own engineers, finance team and leadership.
Who Our Cloud Consulting Services Suit
Reviews are most useful at a decision point. These are the three we see most often.
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Teams that inherited a set-up
Make sense of what you were handed
Learn what the previous team built, which parts matter and which can go.
- Inventory of accounts and services
- Notes on undocumented dependencies
- Safe order for clean up work
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Companies weighing a move
Check the plan before you commit
Test a migration idea or a provider choice against how your systems really behave.
- Fit check for each workload
- Options with trade-offs written down
- Hand-off into a migration plan
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Growing product teams
Fix the set-up that outgrew its design
Revisit choices made when the product was small and the traffic was light.
- Review of hot spots and weak points
- Plan for deployment and monitoring
- Dedicated team for follow-on work
Review First or Start Building Straight Away?
Some cloud work needs a clear map before anyone changes anything. Other work is already well defined. We say which applies after a first conversation.
A review first is usually the better choice when
- Nobody can list everything running in your accounts
- Several people hold different views of the right design
- The bill has grown and nobody can explain it
- A large move or rebuild is being considered
| Consideration | Review first | Build straight away |
|---|---|---|
| What you learn early | A written picture of the current state | How the first build behaves |
| Risk of rework | Assumptions are checked before building | Wrong assumptions surface mid-build |
| Time before visible change | Longer, as decisions come first | Shorter, as work starts at once |
| Fit for a clear, small task | Extra step that may not be needed | Direct and sensible |
| Shared understanding | Written for engineers and managers alike | Often held by a few people |
| Best for | Unclear or inherited set-ups | Well understood and well bounded work |
How We Deliver Your Cloud Consulting
Every project moves from a written scope to agreed review points, so you always know what is happening and what comes next.
Discovery
Goals, constraints, accounts and the people who know the system, written into a scope you approve.
Signed scopeFact Finding
Read-only access, interviews and configuration review to build an accurate picture.
Current state notesAnalysis
Findings grouped by theme and weighed against what you want from the platform.
Findings reportTarget Design
A proposed design with options and trade-offs, discussed with you before it is final.
Agreed designRoadmap
A ranked list of changes with owners, ready for your team or ours to carry out.
Change plan
What Affects the Cost of Cloud Consulting
Review effort follows the size and tidiness of what we are asked to look at. These factors shape the scope we write after the first call.
Number of accounts
Many accounts or subscriptions mean more to read and more owners to talk to.
Variety of workloads
A handful of similar services is quicker to review than a mix of old and new systems.
State of the documentation
Missing diagrams and notes mean more fact finding through interviews and inspection.
Depth of security review
A light check of access differs a lot from a full review of every network path.
People to involve
More teams and stakeholders add workshops and rounds of feedback.
Form of the deliverables
A short summary costs less effort than detailed design documents and a full roadmap.
Why Choose NetOfficials for Cloud Consulting
The working terms below are part of every engagement, not extras.
One Cross-Functional Team
Design, development, testing and DevOps run through a single team, so decisions stay connected.
Senior From Day One
The senior engineer who scopes your work stays involved while it is delivered.
You Own Everything
IP assignment is confirmed in the contract, and you receive the full source code and documentation at handover.
Mutual NDA
We sign a mutual NDA before you share the details of your project.
Your Working Hours
We agree a communication window that suits your time zone at the start.
Visible Progress
Work is tracked in Jira, with a demo and your feedback at the end of every sprint.
Platforms We Review and Advise On
We recommend technology for your project and your team's future, not for our convenience. Three questions guide every choice.
Will it handle your load?
We size the design for your expected users, data and growth, so it does not need rebuilding when the business grows.
Will it fit your systems?
We check how the stack connects with the tools, databases and partners you already rely on before we commit to it.
Can you support it later?
We favour well-supported technology with a wide talent pool, so your own team or any future partner can maintain it.
Technologies we work with
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Python
Go
Node.js
Java
.NET
PostgreSQLFlexible Ways to Work With Us
Pick the model that fits where your project is today. You can move between them as it grows.
Project Delivery
We deliver an agreed scope, timeline and price.
- Written discovery scope
- Milestone reviews
- Best for a clear first release
- For ongoing work
Dedicated Team
A team that works only on your project, led by a named delivery lead.
- Cross-functional team
- Sprint demos and planning in Jira
- Scale the team up or down
Team Extension
Specialists who join your existing team, tools and processes.
- Works in your process and tools
- Agreed overlap hours
- Best for adding a missing skill
More From Our Cloud Services Practice
This service is part of our cloud services practice. These pages cover the services most often needed alongside it.
Cloud Consulting FAQs
What does a cloud consultant actually do?
A cloud consultant studies how your systems run, compares that with what you need, and recommends changes. The main output is a written design and a ranked plan, not new infrastructure.
Do you need access to our accounts?
Usually we ask for read-only access so we can inspect real configuration. We agree exactly what access is needed, and who grants it, in the written scope.
Can you work with a cloud we have not named yet?
Yes. We can compare options against your workloads and write the trade-offs down. You decide, and the decision is yours rather than ours.
Will you carry out the changes too?
We can, or your own team can. The change plan is written so either route works, and we agree which in discovery.
Will the review disrupt our systems?
A review is mostly reading and conversation. We agree up front what we will touch, and anything that would change a live system is raised with you first.
What do we have at the end?
You have a findings report, an agreed target design and a ranked change plan. The documents are yours to share with anyone in your business.
Ready to Review Your Cloud Set-Up?
Share a few details. A senior engineer reads every brief and replies with questions and a suggested next step.
- We review your briefAnd reply with questions
- We sign a mutual NDABefore you share the details
- You get a written scopeTeam, timeline and model, before any commitment