About

About Muhammad Rafay

Cloud architect and DevOps consultant. I design and run scalable, highly available platforms on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud for enterprise and government teams.

5+
years on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
15+
engineers led
10+
production platforms run
AZ-104 · AZ-305
Microsoft Azure certifications

About

One accountable engineer, end to end.

I'm Muhammad Rafay, a Senior Cloud Architect and Platform Engineer helping enterprise and regulated organizations design, scale, and secure mission-critical cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

I specialize in high-availability multi-cloud architecture, resilient Kubernetes platforms, zero-trust network governance, enterprise landing zones, and automated disaster recovery systems. Rather than providing rigid solutions, I collaborate with engineering leadership throughout the lifecycle, from strategic planning to deployment, validation, and operational handover.

I focus on building fault-tolerant systems your teams can operate, scale, and evolve independently, avoiding long-term vendor lock-in or reliance on consultants. For larger initiatives, I partner with Cloudlit to deliver comprehensive solutions.

Multi-cloud
AWS · Azure · Google Cloud
Platforms
Kubernetes · OpenShift · Terraform
Architecture
Landing zones · Hybrid · Networking · IAM
Production
Security · Observability · Resilience

How I operate

Direct access

You work with the engineer designing and implementing your platform.

Fixed scope

Deliverables, decisions, milestones and price basis agreed in writing before work starts.

Hands-on delivery

I implement, test, document and validate. Diagrams are the start, not the deliverable.

Full hand-over

Infrastructure, configuration, runbooks and the knowledge to operate it without me.

Next step

Bring me the platform decision you have to get right.

A 30-minute call. You leave with a written view of the risk and the next step, whether or not we work together.