Azure & Platform Engineering Consultancy
Helping businesses design, improve and operate reliable cloud platforms — from focused technical reviews through to end-to-end delivery.
End-to-End Cloud Delivery
Design → Build → Deploy → Handover
From initial architecture through to production deployment, we can take ownership of complete Azure and platform engineering projects. Engagements can scale beyond a single engineer where additional specialist delivery capacity is required.
- ✓ Complete platform design & architecture
- ✓ Infrastructure as code implementation
- ✓ CI/CD pipeline setup
- ✓ Production deployment & operations handover
Focused Consultancy Services
Focused Review → Implementation → Ongoing Support
Azure Cost Optimisation
Identify unnecessary Azure expenditure and opportunities to redesign workloads for better cost efficiency without compromising reliability.
- ✓ Infrastructure audit & cost analysis
- ✓ Tagging and governance review
- ✓ Prioritised optimisation roadmap
DevOps & Release Review
Review CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes and engineering workflows to identify bottlenecks, reliability issues and opportunities for automation.
- ✓ CI/CD pipeline review
- ✓ Deployment risk assessment
- ✓ Automation & tooling recommendations
Platform Architecture Review
Independent review of Azure and platform architecture, with practical recommendations covering scalability, reliability, security, maintainability and cost.
- ✓ System design & scalability review
- ✓ Security & reliability assessment
- ✓ Technical decision validation
Recent Outcomes
High-volume analytics on a tight budget
Designed and built a data analytics platform collecting over 1 million data entries per day and running for only £100 per month total costs.
Why Work With Us
SJ Telford is a specialist platform engineering consultancy led by Simon Telford, working with trusted engineers where additional delivery capacity or specialist expertise is required.
Senior Engineering Expertise
Principal-level technical leadership and engineering expertise without requiring another permanent senior hire.
Hands-On Delivery
We don't stop at architecture diagrams and recommendations. Where appropriate, we can implement, deploy and support the solution.
Scale When Required
Engagements can range from a focused technical review through to larger delivery projects, using trusted specialist engineers where additional capacity or expertise is required.