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.
Let's discuss your platform
Whether you need an independent technical review, help solving a specific Azure problem, or a team to deliver a larger cloud project, let's discuss what you need.