What We Mean by a Consultant
One role title. The full depth of a consultancy behind it.
A GSaralCloud consultant is a senior practitioner who advises, designs and delivers. Depending on what you need, that can be an architect shaping strategy and design, an engineer building and running platforms, or a forward-deployed engineer working side by side with your business teams. Every consultant brings the frameworks, accelerators and delivery standards of our Cloud, Enterprise AI, Data, Integration and Industry 4.0 practices.
Advise and architect
Consultants assess your current state, define target architectures and roadmaps and guide decisions on platforms, governance, security and cost.
This is the same advisory depth we bring to MRA, AI readiness and Industry 4.0 readiness assessments.
Build and execute
Consultants work inside your team, tools and cloud accounts to build, deploy and operate solutions in production.
A GSaralCloud principal architect oversees solution design and governance throughout, so delivery stays aligned to the architecture and your business outcomes.
Where a Consultant Fits
Part of an end-to-end engagement, from strategy to production
A consultant can join at any stage of the journey or stay with you across all of it.
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Advise
Assessment and strategy: MRA, AI readiness and Industry 4.0 readiness.
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Architect
Target architecture, platform selection and a prioritised roadmap.
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Build & Execute
Delivery by architects, engineers and forward-deployed engineers in your environment.
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Enable & Operate
Knowledge transfer, team enablement and ongoing operational support.
Consultant Roles
Consultants you can engage
Roles span advisory and architecture through to hands-on engineering. Each is available as a dedicated, fractional or project-based engagement, and we can combine roles into a small team.
01 · Advisory & Architecture
AI Architect
Defines AI strategy, architecture, governance and the roadmap from pilot to production.
Expertise: AI strategy, solution architecture, responsible AI, cost modelling
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02 · Advisory & Architecture
Cloud Architect (AWS)
Designs landing zones, migration and modernisation with security, resilience and cost built in.
Expertise: AWS Well-Architected, migration strategy, networking, FinOps
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03 · Advisory & Architecture
Data & Platform Architect
Designs Lakehouse and data platforms that serve analytics and AI across the enterprise.
Expertise: Databricks, data modelling, governance, platform design
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04 · Engineering & Delivery
Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Embeds with business and technology teams to discover problems, build in your environment and own outcomes in production.
Expertise: Discovery, rapid delivery, cloud and AI engineering, stakeholder alignment
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05 · Engineering & Delivery
AI Engineer
Builds RAG applications, AI agents and agentic workflows with evaluation, guardrails and monitoring.
Expertise: AWS Bedrock, RAG, agent frameworks, Python, LLM evaluation
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06 · Engineering & Delivery
Data Engineer (Databricks)
Builds Lakehouse pipelines, governance and data products ready for analytics and AI.
Expertise: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, streaming
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07 · Engineering & Delivery
DevSecOps Consultant
Automates build, test, security and deployment so teams release faster and more safely.
Expertise: CI/CD, Terraform, containers, Kubernetes, security automation
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08 · Engineering & Delivery
Integration Consultant
Designs and builds APIs and integrations across enterprise and SaaS systems.
Expertise: MuleSoft, Boomi, n8n, API design, event-driven integration
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09 · Engineering & Delivery
Industry 4.0 / IIoT Consultant
Connects plant systems and machines to cloud platforms for monitoring and predictive analytics.
Expertise: IIoT, OT/IT integration, AWS IoT, digital twins
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Need a role that is not listed? Tell us the outcome you need and we will shape the right consultant or team around it.
Engagement Models
Flexible ways to engage
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Dedicated
A consultant embedded full-time in your team for a defined period.
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Fractional
Senior expertise for part of the week, such as a fractional AI Architect two days a week.
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Project-based
A consultant or small team delivering a defined scope and outcome.
Engagement: As per the SOW Contract.
How It Works
From your requirement to a consultant in your team
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Share your requirement
Tell us the outcome, the role or skills and your preferred engagement model.
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Consultant match
We match a consultant whose experience fits your environment and objectives.
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Introduction
You meet the consultant and agree scope and ways of working.
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Onboard
The consultant joins your team, tools and governance.
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Regular reviews
GSaralCloud reviews progress, architecture alignment and delivery quality with you throughout.
Bring GSaralCloud expertise into your team
Tell us the outcome you need. We will recommend the right consultant or team and the next steps.