Government-Grade Cloud Architecture. Boutique Firm Pricing.
From Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission compliance platforms to federal government cloud infrastructure — Ali Haidar brings enterprise Azure expertise to organizations of every size.
Azure Cloud Engineering
Integration layer design and build (Logic Apps, Function Apps, APIM, Service Bus), multi-environment pipelines, CI/CD, and observability — built at the federal government level.
Data Engineering & Analytics
End-to-end pipelines in Python, C#, and Apache Spark — compliance ETL, migrations, Power BI dashboards, and business analytics for SMBs.
Web Application Development
Full-stack applications using React, Next.js, and TypeScript — from database to deployed product, including this website.
The Reality
The Same Four Problems Surface in Every Engagement
If any of these sound familiar, your cloud infrastructure has room to perform significantly better — and the fix is more straightforward than you might expect.
The Azure bill keeps growing — and nobody can explain it
Idle VMs, over-provisioned service tiers, and gaps in reserved capacity compound silently. Without FinOps governance built into your architecture from the start, Azure spend grows faster than the workloads that justify it.
Every migration attempt introduces new failure points
Moving workloads to the cloud without a validated target architecture means inheriting on-premises technical debt. Without a clear cutover plan and environment parity, organizations end up managing both — paying for both while delivery velocity stalls.
Your systems hold critical data — but they can't talk to each other
Enterprise platforms don't share data by default. When Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, line-of-business applications, and external APIs all require manual handoffs, the cost shows up in staff hours, errors, and decisions made on stale information.
Compliance requirements are real — and your Azure setup wasn't designed with them in mind
Government contracts, regulated industries, and data residency requirements demand audit trails, access controls, and documented architecture. Retrofitting compliance into an existing Azure environment is significantly harder than building it in from the start.
These are solvable problems — not permanent constraints. Each engagement is structured specifically to address them, starting with a free cloud assessment that maps your current state to a prioritised remediation plan.
What I Do
Three Specialized Services. Each Scoped to a Specific Outcome.
No generic IT. Each engagement is structured around a defined problem — and ends with a measurable result your team can own.
Azure Cloud Engineering
Build, connect, and automate your Azure infrastructure — delivered to the same standard as federal government systems.
End-to-end Azure cloud engineering: integration layer design and build (Logic Apps, Function Apps, APIM, Service Bus, Event Hub, Key Vault), ARM template deployments across multi-environment pipelines (DEV → SIT → UAT → PROD), CI/CD automation via Azure DevOps, security hardening, and cloud observability (Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, OpenTelemetry).
Data Engineering & Analytics
Turn raw data into decisions — from compliance pipelines to business dashboards.
End-to-end data pipelines in Python, C#, and Apache Spark: extraction, transformation, validation, enrichment, and loading. Includes compliance-grade ETL for regulated industries, content and system migrations, Power BI dashboard development, and business analytics for SMBs. Every pipeline is documented and tested.
Web Application Development
Build your web application or modernize what you have — production-quality, from database to deployed product.
Full-stack web application development using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js. Feature-complete delivery including authentication, state management, REST API integration, internationalization (English/French), accessibility (WCAG AA), and CI/CD deployment. This website was built with this stack.
Not sure which engagement fits your situation?
The free cloud assessment identifies the highest-impact starting point and delivers a prioritised roadmap in five business days.
How It Works
From Assessment to Full Ownership in 12 Weeks
Every engagement follows the same four-phase model. You'll know what gets delivered, when it lands, and what your team owns at the end.
- Phase 01 — AssessWeek 1
Current State Documented and Baselined Before Touching Anything
The free cloud assessment isn't a sales call — it's a structured audit: Azure Advisor recommendations, cost and usage reports, stakeholder interviews, and a documented performance and security baseline. You receive a current-state picture before scope is discussed.
- Azure cost baseline report with idle and over-provisioned resource inventory
- Architecture review document against the Well-Architected Framework pillars
- Risk and security register — open findings prioritised by severity
- Proposed engagement scope and ROI estimate — no obligation to proceed
- Phase 02 — ArchitectWeeks 2–3
Target State Designed, Reviewed, and Approved Before Any Work Begins
Target-state architecture is designed using the Cloud Adoption Framework as the structural backbone and the Well-Architected Framework as the quality gate. Every design decision is documented with the rationale. Nothing gets built until the architecture has passed review and received client sign-off.
- Target architecture diagram (network topology, identity, governance, environment layout)
- WAF review report with specific remediation items mapped to implementation phases
- Prioritised roadmap: phased delivery plan with effort estimates and dependency order
- Security baseline specification (NSG rules, IAM roles, Key Vault policies)
- Phase 03 — ImplementWeeks 4–10
Phased Delivery — Infrastructure First, Workloads Second, Automation Throughout
Implementation follows the approved roadmap in two-week sprints with a written summary at each milestone. ARM templates and Azure DevOps pipelines are used for every resource so your team has full visibility and can operate independently. Workloads are promoted through DEV → SIT → UAT → PROD — no skipping steps.
- Azure environment deployed via ARM templates with full version history in Azure DevOps
- CI/CD pipeline configured on Azure DevOps — automated build, test, and deploy
- Workloads migrated and validated against defined acceptance criteria per environment
- Security findings from Phase 01 remediated and verified before handover
- Phase 04 — Validate & HandoverWeeks 11–12
You Own It — Fully Documented, Benchmarked Against the Baseline, and Operated by Your Team
Every KPI established in Phase 01 is closed out, all documentation is delivered, and a structured knowledge transfer ensures your team operates the environment independently. A 30-day post-handover support window is included in every engagement to catch anything that surfaces in production.
- Performance and cost report benchmarked against the Week 1 baseline — measurable outcomes
- Operational runbooks and architecture decision records (ADRs) for every component
- Two-session knowledge transfer workshop with your technical team
- 30-day post-handover support window included at no additional cost
The engagement starts with a free cloud assessment — no cost, no commitment. If the scope aligns and you want to proceed, a fixed-fee proposal is scoped to the approved roadmap. Book your free assessment →
Get Started
Book Your Free Cloud Assessment
No commitment required. Your Azure environment is audited, the highest-impact opportunities are identified, and a prioritised roadmap is delivered — in writing, within five business days.
What Happens Next
You'll receive a response within one business day to confirm the assessment slot.
The assessment takes 2–3 hours. You receive the written report within five business days.
If the scope aligns, a fixed-fee proposal is scoped to the approved roadmap. No open-ended retainer, no surprise invoices.
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Verified Results
Real Projects. Real Outcomes.
Every number below comes from a delivered project — not projections, not industry averages.
Delivered for
Automated Canadian Content compliance tracking for the CRTC — from manual workflows to 50,000+ weekly records
95% of document processing automated for Library and Archives Canada's digitization pipeline
Complete federal mailbox migration — Exchange Server 2019 to Exchange Online with zero data loss
15% increase in off-peak sales from the first data-driven analysis of 3,000+ transactions
Credentials
Ready to see what's possible for your infrastructure?
The free cloud assessment benchmarks your current Azure environment and delivers a prioritised roadmap — no commitment required.