Cloud Engineering
Migration, modernisation and FinOps across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
Cloud engineering is not infrastructure provisioning — it is the discipline of designing, building and operating cloud platforms that are reliable, secure, cost-efficient and capable of supporting the pace of modern software delivery. TDS Global engineers cloud platforms on all three hyperscalers with infrastructure-as-code, security-by-default and operational excellence at every layer.
How we approach cloud engineering.
The gap between 'we're on cloud' and 'we operate cloud well' is where most organisations struggle. We close that gap through intentional architecture: network segmentation designed before workloads are deployed, IAM policies defined as code, cost governance embedded into CI/CD pipelines and disaster recovery tested — not assumed. Our cloud practice operates at the intersection of platform engineering, security and FinOps.
Specific deliverables within this capability.
Cloud Migration
Structured lift-and-shift, replatforming and refactoring migrations using the AWS Migration Acceleration Program, Azure Migrate and GCP Migrate frameworks — with zero data loss commitments.
Cloud-Native Architecture
Microservices, serverless and container-native platform designs that leverage managed services to reduce operational burden and increase reliability.
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, Pulumi and CDK-based infrastructure automation that makes cloud environments reproducible, auditable and version-controlled.
Kubernetes Platform Engineering
Production-grade Kubernetes cluster design, Helm chart management, cluster autoscaling, network policies and multi-cluster operations.
Cloud Security Architecture
IAM design, VPC segmentation, secret management with HashiCorp Vault, security group policies and compliance controls mapped to CIS benchmarks.
FinOps & Cost Engineering
Resource rightsizing, reserved capacity strategy, cost allocation tagging, budget alerting and continuous optimisation recommendations through AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management and GCP Billing.
How we execute every cloud engineering engagement.
Landing Zone Design
We design the cloud account structure, network topology, identity federation and governance guardrails before any workloads are migrated.
Workload Assessment
Every workload is assessed for migration strategy: retire, retain, rehost, replatform or refactor — prioritised by value and risk.
IaC Foundation
All infrastructure is written as code from day one. No console clicks. Full version control, review and deployment automation.
Security Baseline
CIS benchmark controls, network segmentation, IAM least-privilege and secret management are applied before production workloads run.
Operations Handover
Runbooks, alerting, dashboards and incident response playbooks are delivered alongside the infrastructure — not as an afterthought.
How you know we do this well.
These are the specific engineering practices and standards that distinguish our work — not claims, but verifiable commitments baked into every engagement.
We design cloud landing zones before migrating workloads — security and governance are not retrofitted
All infrastructure we deliver is written as code — Terraform, Pulumi or CDK — fully version-controlled
We size cloud commitments based on 90-day utilisation data, not assumptions — clients routinely see 30–50% cost reduction
Our Kubernetes deployments include network policies, pod security standards and resource quotas from initial setup
We run chaos engineering exercises on production-like environments before go-live
Every cloud architecture we deliver is mapped to Well-Architected Framework pillars with documented risk acceptances
What gets delivered.
Measurable engineering outcomes our practice delivers consistently across client engagements.
Cloud migrations completed with zero unplanned downtime and full data integrity
Infrastructure deployment time reduced from weeks to hours through IaC automation
35–55% cloud cost reduction through FinOps practices and rightsizing
99.99% uptime SLAs maintained across production workloads
Security posture improvements verified through third-party penetration testing
Tools & platforms we use.
Bring Cloud Engineering capability into your organisation.
Our practice leads are available to discuss your specific technical challenges and what a scoped engagement would look like.