Freelance software architect – cloud architecture and modernisation

Architecture that fits your organisation

An architecture is only as good as its feasibility. The most elegant target architecture doesn’t help if your team can’t operate it or if getting there means two years of standstill. That’s why I look at technology, teams and business goals together – and develop solutions that can be reached step by step.

My background as a developer helps: I know the reality in the code and which decisions hold up in daily work versus those that only look good on a whiteboard.

Architecture review

In a review I analyse your system from several angles: structure and dependencies, data storage, scalability, security, operations and development process. I talk to the people who build and run the system, because the most important insights are rarely in the code alone.

The result isn’t a hundred-page document but a clear assessment with prioritised recommendations: what’s critical, what gives quick wins, what can wait? Important decisions are captured as Architecture Decision Records so they stay traceable.

Cloud architecture

Whether Google Cloud or AWS: I design cloud architectures that are secure, observable and cost-efficient. That includes Kubernetes where it makes sense and managed services where they reduce operational effort. I describe infrastructure as code with Terraform so environments are reproducible and changes are traceable.

I pay particular attention to cost: the right services, proper sizing and transparency about consumption often reduce cloud spending noticeably without compromising stability.

Modernising legacy systems

Many companies depend on systems that have grown over years – often in .NET or Java. A complete rewrite is risky, expensive and usually takes longer than planned. So I rely on incremental modernisation following the strangler pattern: using domain-driven design we identify sensible seams, extract parts deliberately and move them piece by piece into a modern architecture – while the existing system keeps running and your business never stops.