Cloud architecture
Landing zone · Multi-account · Network
Multi-region, well-architected infrastructure design, built for production-ready clarity. No magic — just defensible, production-grade choices.
Available in 1 to 3 months
Moving to the Cloud is a technical choice.
Moving to the Cloud is a technical choice.
Succeeding in it is a strategic one.
I move companies to the cloud — and keep them more secure, measurably cheaper, built to scale.
Senior architecture without the agency markup or the six-month discovery phase.
Before
Monthly cloud spendOver-provisioned
Deploy frequencyEvery 2–3 weeks
Critical incidentsFirefighting
After
Monthly cloud spend−30% typical*
Deploy frequencyOn demand, safely
Critical incidentsDesigned out
*Illustrative FinOps result — exact figures shared per engagement.
— Companies and clients who trusted me —
(Orange, BNP Paribas, SII & CGI as a full-time employee — Others as freelance & consulting clients).
Who you'd be working with
Oualid AZEROUAL
Cloud Solution Architect · Tech Transformation Partner
I've spent 13 years making cloud decisions that survive contact with production—both at massive enterprise scale and as a direct partner to teams who need senior judgment without senior-firm overhead.
I'm not a reseller, and I don't deliver empty slide decks. I architect, I build, and I hand your system back to your team better than I found it. One dedicated architect, fully accountable, in the room.
- Vendor-neutral — GCP, Azure & AWS expertise
- Hands-on delivery — active in your codebase, not just drawing diagrams
- Clear engagement — fixed scope, defined exit, and seamless knowledge transfer
- Bilingual team player — seamless collaboration in English & French.
Why it matters to your P&L
I don't sell cloud.
I don't sell cloud.
I sell what it does for the business.
Every engagement is scoped against a number your board already cares about.
— spend, speed, risk, or resilience.
13yrs
in cloud, data, big data & AI
— in production, not slideware.
20+
On-premises projects migrated, modernized, or recovered.
16+
certifications — foundation, associate & professional level.
−30%
typical cloud-bill reduction after a FinOps review*.
*Indicative, varies by workload. Real figures shared under NDA during the audit.
What you actually get
Six outcomes, one architect accountable for all of them.
Business-driven solutions designed for long-term growth — not just technical checklists.
Move to cloud
Assessment · Migration · Coexistence
Audit, strategy, lift-and-shift or re-platforming. I secure the path so the migration never halts your business.
Security & compliance
IAM · HDS / ISO 27001 · Audit
IAM, chiffrement, segmentation, end-to-end logging. Zero-trust for real — not just on a slide.
Data & Big Data
Spark · Databricks · BigQuery
Lakehouse, streaming pipelines, governance. La donnée arrive propre, fraîche et requêtable — pour ceux qui en ont vraiment besoin.
DevOps & IaC
Terraform · K8s · GitHub Actions
CI/CD, Terraform, GitOps. Deployments turn boring — and that's exactly the point.
FinOps & resilience
FinOps · DR · SRE
Cost visibility, DR drills run for real, scaling under control. Your cloud bill gets a predictable trajectory back.
The credibility, in brief
Senior enough to be trusted with production. Independent enough to move fast.
A rich background across diverse industries and tech stacks.
Years of hands-on execution mean I’ve operated within multiple sectors—from banking compliance to scale-up speed.
This allows me to master a wide range of tools and methodologies, adapting seamlessly to fit your specific production reality.
Telecom
Banking & Financial services
Technology Companies
Retail & e-commerce
Industry
Scale-ups
Public Sector
Cloud migration
FinOps
Cloud security
Sovereign Cloud
Zero Trust Architecture
Landing Zone
Multi-Cloud Strategy
Cost management
Well-Architected
DevOps / IaC
* My experience varies from one tool to the next — a mix of licensed and open-source technologies I've worked with, not an equal number of years on each.* Mon niveau d'expérience varie d'un outil à l'autre — un mélange de technologies sous licence et open source que j'ai utilisées, sans nombre d'années équivalent sur chacune.
In the field
Growth & Ecosystem
Active in the field, connected to peers, and constantly sharpening my technical edge.
Conferences · Summits
Staying at the forefront of Cloud & Technology.
Active participation in major industry events and cloud summits to capture emerging trends and production-ready innovations.
Architects Community
Contributing to the Architect circles.
Member of specialized architectural communities, sharing peer-to-peer insights to solve complex infrastructure challenges.
Continuous Improvement
Relentless practice and deep technical dives.
Committed to ongoing learning and hands-on experimentation to ensure every architectural choice is backed by the latest engineering standards.
* All photos above are previously published on LinkedIn and the web, reused respectfully and in compliance with GDPR guidelines.* Toutes les photos ci-dessus ont été précédemment publiées sur LinkedIn et le web, réutilisées respectueusement et en conformité avec les directives du RGPD.
Business Models
Two ways
Two ways
to work together.
/FreelanceMission
Most requested
On freelance
for your cloud project.
Scoping, audit, design, mentoring of your teams. I bring the architect's vision and hands-on practice — you keep ownership of the decisions and the result.
- Audit of your existing cloud & actionable recommendations
- Multi-account landing-zone design
- Technical lead on a migration programme
- Mentorship & upskilling of your engineers
- Architecture review & technical committee seat
Indicative day rate
Custom pricing on demand
Discuss a mission
/ContractPermanent
Targeted roles
On contract
inside your team.
For organisations building a durable cloud foundation, who want an architect who is accountable, present in strategic decisions, and shaping the engineering culture from the inside.
- Principal / Staff Cloud Architect
- Head of Cloud / Infrastructure tech lead
- Multi-cloud strategy definition
- Hiring & shaping of your cloud team
- Hybrid · Brittany / Paris / Remote EU
Availability
1 to 3 months notice
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