Hire a cloud architect
Decides the shape of the system before it is expensive to change: boundaries, data flow, cost, failure.
Rates last reviewed 2026-08-15. A single role can sit below our blended engagement floor of $55 per hour, because the floor applies to a whole project team rather than to one person.
What this role does here
- Architecture review with findings ordered by severity and by effort
- Migration plans in steps that can be paused halfway
- Cost modelling before the migration, not after the first bill
- Reference designs your own engineers can build against
When you need one
The product works but every change is slow, risky or surprisingly expensive. Or you are about to commit to a platform for the next five years.
A written review with the three decisions that matter most, each with what it costs to do and what it costs to keep postponing.
How the engagement works
The same terms as any other project with us. Nothing on this page is a different contract.
The contract is with our American company, whoever does the work and wherever they sit.
You meet the person before the engagement starts, and they stay on it.
Time and materials with a ceiling you set, or a fixed price for defined scope.
Code, design files and accounts transfer to you. 30 days of defect fixes after handover.
Questions about this role
Is this a document or an implementation?
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The review is a document, deliberately. Implementation is a separate decision and a separate price, and plenty of clients take the document and build it themselves.
Which cloud do you recommend?
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Usually the one you are already on. A migration justified by preference rather than by a number is the most expensive thing on this page.
Need a cloud architect?
Say what the work is and how long it runs. You get a name, a rate and a start date within one business day.