Freelance cloud architect
Microsoft Azure architect in Amsterdam.
Jan Internet is my freelance cloud practice in Amsterdam. I work on cloud migration, optimisation and implementation on Microsoft Azure.
What I do, in plain language
Think of the cloud as a city. Developers are the builders: they want to put up a new house, or even a whole new neighbourhood. But before they can build, they need roads, sewers, electricity and water. I design and lay that shared infrastructure, safely and with room to grow. That way, the developers can do what they do best: build.
What I work on
- Migration
- Moving applications and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.
- Optimisation
- Improving existing cloud environments on security, cost, performance and structure.
- Implementation
- Designing and setting up new cloud environments.
How I work
As an architect, I design the solution. But I don't hand over a design and leave: I work side by side with your own engineers while we build it. Knowledge transfer is part of the work from day one, not a training session at the end.
- We build it together. Your engineers write and review the infrastructure code with me, so they know every part of the platform and why it is set up that way.
- Everything is in code and on paper. The infrastructure code, the pipelines and the design decisions live in your own repository, not in my head.
- Your team takes over step by step. Over the course of the project your engineers take the lead on changes, and I move to reviewing and advising.
When the project is done, your engineers understand the platform and can run and extend it themselves, without depending on me.
Working together
- Remote or on site
- Depending on the contract, I work remotely, at your office, or a mix of both.
- Location
- Based in Amsterdam, working for organisations across the Netherlands.
- Language
- I work in Dutch and English, with your team and in the documentation.
Latest articles
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Contact
- Appointment
- Pick a time
- jan@janinternet.com
- Phone
- +31 20 299 15 39