- Cloud/DevOps
- Consulting
Legacy monolith to cloud-native on Azure
A mid-size professional services firm
Containerising a decade-old .NET monolith, introducing CI/CD and moving it to Azure with a zero-downtime cutover.
IT consulting & architecture
Senior technical judgement for the decisions that matter.
An experienced outside view on architecture, code, security and technology choices. We turn uncertainty and technical debt into a prioritised, realistic plan, and we’ll say so plainly when the right answer is to change nothing.
- Vendor-neutral advice
- Written findings, not just a meeting
- Plans sized to your team
What we build
Specific deliverables, not vague promises.
Typical pieces of work in this area. Most engagements combine several of them.
- 01
Architecture reviews
A structured review of reliability, security, performance, cost and operability, with C4 diagrams and findings ranked by impact.
- 02
Code and security audits
Code quality, test coverage, dependency risk and an OWASP-based application security review, written up with severity and suggested fixes.
- 03
Technology strategy
Build-versus-buy, platform and vendor selection, captured in decision records you can revisit when circumstances change.
- 04
Modernisation roadmaps
Incremental plans for legacy systems using patterns such as the strangler fig and anti-corruption layers, phased around business priorities.
- 05
Fractional CTO support
Part-time technical leadership for founders and small teams: roadmap reviews, hiring support and engineering practices.
- 06
Technical due diligence
An independent look at a product’s architecture, code and delivery practices for investors or acquirers, delivered as a clear written report.
- 07
Cloud readiness and cost reviews
Where the money goes, what is at risk and what a sensible next step looks like for AWS and Azure estates.
How we work
A clear path from first conversation to production.
Day 1
Frame the question
Agree the decision to be made, the constraints and who needs to be involved.
Week 1
Gather evidence
Interviews, access to code and infrastructure, and a look at how work actually flows.
Weeks 1–2
Analyse
Assess options against agreed criteria, test assumptions and size the effort.
Report
Recommend
A written report and a walkthrough, with priorities, trade-offs and a roadmap.
Optional
Follow through
Optional help to implement the plan, or a check-in a few months later to review progress.
Technologies we use
Proven, well-supported tools, chosen for your context rather than for novelty.
- Architecture Decision Records
- C4 model
- OWASP ASVS
- Threat modelling
- Well-Architected reviews
Typical outcomes
- Decisions grounded in evidence rather than guesswork
- A realistic roadmap your team and budget can deliver
- Fewer costly rewrites and dead-end platform choices
- A shared understanding of risk between technical and business leaders
Outcomes depend on your starting point; we agree success measures with you up front.
Representative projects
The kind of work we deliver.
- Full-Stack
- Consulting
Secure customer portal with SSO
A regulated financial-services provider
A security-first customer portal with role-based access, full audit logging and Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on.
Representative engagements. Client names and some details are withheld or illustrative.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Ask us directly. We’re happy to talk it through.
A written report with findings ranked by impact and effort, architecture diagrams, a recommended roadmap and a walkthrough session. Shorter engagements can produce a concise decision memo instead.
Most reviews take a few weeks, depending on the size of the system and how quickly we can get access and interviews. We agree the scope, deliverables and timeline before we start.
Only when they are genuinely the best option, and we say so explicitly whenever there is a potential conflict of interest. Many reviews end with recommendations your own team can deliver.
On a fractional basis, yes: typically a few days a month covering technical strategy, hiring support and engineering practices, until you are ready to hire a full-time technical leader.
Yes. We are happy to sign a mutual NDA before any detailed discussion, and we treat the code and documents you share as confidential by default.
Keep exploring
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- Service
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Fast, accessible web apps and APIs built with React, Next.js, Node.js and TypeScript, engineered to scale with your product.
- Service
DevOps & Containerisation
Docker, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code that turn shipping software into a routine, low-risk event.
- AI & Automation
AI Strategy & Readiness Consulting
Use-case discovery, feasibility and ROI assessment, data readiness, governance and a practical roadmap.
- Industry
Professional Services
Client portals, workflow automation and knowledge tools for firms that sell expertise.
Start a conversation
Need a second opinion?
Describe the decision or problem in front of you. We’ll tell you whether a review makes sense and what it would involve.
- A confidential first conversation
- A clear proposal for scope and deliverables
- Plain-English findings business leaders can act on
Prefer email? contact@blackpantherdigital.net