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Fractional Engineering

Access experienced technical leadership and specialist capacity flexibly

Strategic Question

How do we secure seasoned cloud architecture leadership on a predictable monthly retainer?

Direct Answer

We embed a dedicated cloud architect on a predictable monthly retainer. This involves executive strategy sessions, contract negotiations, architecture reviews, and hiring guidance. The budget is a fixed monthly fee, $4,500 - $9,500.

Real-World Analogy

The Master Architect on Retainer

Retaining a trusted structural master for critical decisions rather than carrying an unnecessary full-time executive.

When developing a major commercial asset, an owner does not place a full-time architect on permanent payroll for twenty years. Instead, they retain a seasoned master architect for pivotal moments: reviewing structural drawings, vetting contractor bids to prevent inflated markups, inspecting steel, and advising on key hires. That is our fractional cloud architect model: executive technical judgment on a predictable monthly retainer, ensuring sound decisions before capital is committed.

Deliverable Format Turnkey IaC & CI/CD Assets
Commercial Model $4,500 - $9,500/mo Retainer
Delivery Cadence Predictable Monthly Retainer
Primary Mission

Inject seasoned technical leadership, veteran cloud architects, and specialist engineering capacity on a predictable monthly retainer without the overhead of full-time executive hiring.

Anti-Patterns Eliminated

Premature full-time executive hires, generalist contractors without cloud depth, unreviewed architectural commitments, and prolonged technical leadership vacuums.

Standard Tech Stack
Principal Cloud ArchitectureExecutive AdvisoryFinOps NegotiationHiring RubricsArchitecture Review Board
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Fractional Engineering

Fractional DevOps Engineer

Dedicated senior DevOps capacity to build, maintain, and automate your cloud infrastructure.

Get part-time or project-based DevOps expertise without hiring a full-time employee. The engineer can improve deployment automation, infrastructure workflows, and operations within an agreed scope.

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Fractional Cloud Architect

Senior principal cloud architect providing weekly strategic guidance and architecture reviews.

Access cloud architecture guidance for a defined number of hours or days without a full-time hire. Support may include design reviews, technical decisions, roadmaps, and implementation oversight.

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Fractional Platform Engineer

Staff platform engineer designing self-service internal developer platforms for your team.

Bring in part-time platform engineering expertise to improve internal developer tools, reusable infrastructure, and self-service workflows. Engagements are sized to your team's needs.

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Fractional SRE

Access part-time site reliability engineering support to improve service objectives, monitoring, incident practices, and automation. Proven engineering baselines with zero-downtime execution.

Access part-time site reliability engineering support to improve service objectives, monitoring, incident practices, and automation. Scope depends on the systems and reliability goals involved.

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Cloud Engineering Staff Augmentation

Add cloud engineering capacity to your existing team for a project or period of time. Proven engineering baselines with zero-downtime execution.

Add cloud engineering capacity to your existing team for a project or period of time. Specialists work within agreed responsibilities, tools, and collaboration practices.

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