Cloud Infrastructure Design, Build & Management
What you're buying: SafetyOne bad migration or outage can sink you. Do it right.
Infrastructure failures are existential for a growing business — downtime, data loss, a botched migration. Engineer is for when the fear of it going wrong is bigger than the cost of doing it properly.
VMware to Azure Local, Citrix to AVD, Azure/AWS/GCP architecture, M365 hardening, datacentre builds, network design, DR planning, and cloud cost audits.
David Goulding delivers this work directly — senior engineering, not a handoff team.
Is this you?
Process
Cost audit: 1–2 weeks · M365 hardening: 2–4 weeks · AVD migration: 6–12 weeks · Azure Local: 8–16 weeks
Inventory, dependencies, risk, and migration approach.
Architecture, cutover plan, rollback strategy.
Implement in staged waves with validation at each step.
Runbooks, DR test, training, optional managed retainer.
Bill growing faster than the business
Prioritised savings plan with implementation options
$3,000–$5,000
Book a Discovery CallCitrix, AVD, Azure Local, M365, DR, datacentre
Full scoped project — designed, built, documented
$10,000–$40,000+
Book a Discovery CallPost-project or ongoing ops
Monitoring, patching cadence, cost reviews
$3,000–$6,000/month
Book a Discovery CallAll prices in AUD. GST applies to Australian clients.
Proof
Professional services firm, 60 staff
A firm facing VMware renewal pressure needed to modernise without a six-figure consultancy quote. On-prem workloads, remote access requirements, and strict uptime expectations during migration.
Multi-office business, 80 staff
Remote staff struggled with Citrix performance and VPN instability. Citrix renewal quote forced a decision — migrate to AVD or pay premium prices for another three years of pain.
