What is cloud engineering?

Cloud engineering is the process of designing and managing cloud-based infrastructure, applications and services. It ensures scalability, security and cost efficiency while leveraging cloud and IT services to drive business growth. In Australia, organisations rely on professional cloud consultancy to optimise cloud deployments, accelerate digital transformation, optimise ROI and achieve operational excellence. By partnering with a professional cloud consultancy, Australian businesses can align cloud initiatives with their strategic goals while ensuring compliance with local data protection regulations.

What does a cloud engineer do?

A cloud engineer designs, builds and maintains cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security and efficiency. They typically work with cloud platforms such as IBM, Apptio, AWS, Microsoft Azure, SAP, Google Cloud to deploy applications and optimise performance. Partnering with a cloud integration consultant in Australia such as Protiviti helps businesses implement the right cloud solutions for their needs. Their work ensures reliable, optimised, and future-ready cloud ecosystems for organisations across sectors.

How do I choose the right cloud platform from different providers such as IBM, AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud?

The best cloud platform depends on your business needs, industry and existing IT ecosystem. Protiviti Australia’s cloud strategy and planning experts help you navigate these options, aligning your cloud investment with business goals through cloud modernisation consulting, security transformation and optimisation services to ensure agility, security and long-term success.

How can I modernise my legacy applications in the cloud?

Modernising legacy applications involves refactoring, re-platforming or rearchitecting them for cloud-native environments. Using cloud enablement services, businesses can enhance performance, reduce costs and increase agility. A cloud transformation consulting partner like Protiviti Australia can guide you through the process for seamless modernisation.

How can cloud engineering services support digital transformation in Australia?

Cloud engineering services empower Australian businesses to modernise IT operations by designing secure, scalable cloud infrastructures tailored to business goals. These services include automated deployment pipelines, IaC, DevOps integration, and cost-optimised architectures. By aligning with local compliance standards, cloud engineering accelerates innovation and ensures operational resilience during transformation.

What are the key benefits of adopting cloud innovations in Australia?

Adopting cloud innovations such as AI/ML, serverless computing, and microservices enables Australian businesses to build more agile, cost-efficient, and scalable operations. These technologies reduce infrastructure overhead, support real-time data processing, and accelerate product development cycles. Cloud-native tools also enhance user experience, facilitate rapid innovation, and future-proof digital ecosystems.

How do companies in Australia start their cloud transformation journey?

Organisations typically begin by assessing cloud readiness, reviewing legacy systems, security posture, and business goals. A tailored cloud strategy follows, identifying platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, etc.), migration priorities, and governance models. A cloud transformation consulting partner, like Protiviti Australia, can guide you through the process for seamless modernisation.Partnering with our experienced cloud engineering teams ensures secure architecture design, minimal disruption during migration, and alignment with Australia’s cybersecurity regulations.

Why is cloud security critical during cloud transformation in Australia?

Given Australia’s strict cybersecurity regulations in a growing threat landscape, cloud security is essential during transformation. Engineering teams implement identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, threat detection, and compliance monitoring. These measures protect sensitive customer data, reduce breach risks, and ensure continuous alignment with legal and regulatory frameworks.

Cloud Transformation & Engineering Services

Let’s imagine and build the future together

Cloud capabilities are rapidly expanding as companies in Australia progress on their digital journeys, and it can be difficult to understand, analyse and consider so much information. Protiviti’s cloud engineering services help business leaders transform, modernise and capture value by leveraging the latest capabilities and designing solutions that simply work.

We specialise in cloud transformation services that leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation frameworks, and AI-powered accelerators to build resilient, secure, and observable cloud environments. Powered by a global network and regional experts, we ensure cloud engineering in Australia is efficient, compliant, and aligned to your enterprise goals.

Our cloud engineering services also include managing governance, risk and compliance issues related to the cloud and ensuring responsible cloud innovation in line with Australia’s regulatory frameworks.

Leverage the latest capabilities to transform, modernise and capture value

Cloud assessment and discovery

In this critical step in your cloud transformation journey, we help you evaluate your current state and inventory of systems, architectures, security profile, and cloud operations, delivering a roadmap of practical steps to move to the cloud and drive cloud adoption.

Establish a cloud foundation

We work with IT and business leaders to define the architectural design, topology and then deploy workloads to the cloud, focusing on networking, operations, application development, data migration and security.

Cloud migration execution

Ready to move your data, applications, systems or servers to the cloud? Whether you’re transitioning to IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, or a hybrid model, we can manage your cloud migration while providing operational QA and validation until complete.

Cloud data modernisation

Today’s data explosion can unleash unprecedented opportunities. But moving data to the cloud isn’t always easy or straightforward. We can help you take control of your data to drive innovation, boost performance, and improve decision-making across your enterprise.

Cloud application modernisation and development

Looking to modernise and improve efficiency or resilience with cloud-based applications? Protiviti provides cloud engineering services that modernise legacy systems and enhance performance. We help organisations lift and shift, replatform or transform applications that drive business functions, improve customer experie...

Cloud innovation

Stay ahead in Australia’s competitive landscape by embracing cloud innovation. Gain a competitive edge through AI/ML, prepare for quantum computing advantage, enhance customer value through IoT and adopt emerging technologies. Integrated with our cloud services, we help you seamlessly deploy, scale, and manage these em...

Align your business transformation goals with your modernisation journey

Our approach to cloud engineering services

Adoption of cloud services is foundational for organisational agility and innovation to drive digital transformation and enhance consumer experience and value. In Australia’s fast-paced environment, it is paramount to identify upfront which systems need to be modernised and how to modernise them to deliver the true value of digital transformation.

Protiviti’s cloud engineering services bring the skills needed for your modernisation journey to achieve the business transformation. From infrastructure and integration to data architecture and DevOps, we provide end-to-end cloud transformation services. We work with your team, including throughout the engagement, so they know the new environment and us. This continuous knowledge transfer and partnership enables efficiency and avoids surprises as we work together, sprint by sprint, until the mission is complete.

Align your business transformation goals with your modernisation journey

Why choose Protiviti for cloud transformation in Australia?

Proven expertise in cloud transformation across diverse industries from financial services to government
Strong compliance alignment with Australia’s data protection and cybersecurity frameworks
Integrated services spanning advisory, engineering, and managed operations
Use of AI accelerators for improved deployment efficiency
Collaborative, knowledge-sharing approach that empowers internal teams.

Key partners

Protiviti provides exceptional, innovative cloud transformation services, and we believe our partnerships play a key role in driving collective success for our customers. Through the digital transformation and cloud modernisation journey, we have embedded integrated offerings to understand our customers' goals and deliver value through our complementary strengths.

CASE STUDY: In partnership with Microsoft, Protiviti’s cloud professionals designed a solution to digitally transform a leading global services organisation from legacy to state-of-the-art cloud-native applications. By replatforming, refactoring, and rehosting the services, the client has been positioned for success in scaling to meet their growing customer demand.

Leadership

David Kissane

David is a managing director and Protiviti’s Asia-Pacific technology solution lead. His primary focus is driving the growth and implementation of our cloud services across the globe.David has over 22 years’ experience across a variety of industries and senior IT ...

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