Cloud Teams

A dedicated cloud team for Melbourne: migrate, modernise, and stay AI-ready

Multi-cloud expertise across AWS, Azure and GCP
AI-ready landing zones and data platforms
99.9% uptime SLA with Australian leadership
Afternoon overlap for daily standups
Cloud engineering team designing scalable architecture

Cloud Teams in Melbourne

Typically start in 14 days

Why Cipher Projects

Built for how Melbourne actually operates

Perfect Time Zone Overlap

AEST (GMT+10 / AEDT GMT+11)

Melbourne afternoons (11am-4pm) overlap with our Vietnam and Singapore delivery hubs for daily standups

Daily standups that work for both teams. Same-day communication every business day.

Local Melbourne Understanding

Built for Melbourne's finance, retail and SaaS sectors, where data residency, governance and uptime are non-negotiable

We understand Australian business culture and Melbourne's unique requirements.

Australian Legal Framework

Australian contracts. Invoiced from Australia. Legal comfort for your CFO and board.

Full compliance with Australian business standards and expectations.

AI Capabilities

Cloud that's ready for AI from day one

We build the secure foundations AI workloads depend on — then connect them to the systems your business already runs.

AI-ready cloud foundations

Landing zones and data platforms built so AI and analytics workloads have secure, governed access from the start.

GPU & inference infrastructure

Cost-tuned compute for training and inference — we have run production pipelines from ~$0.40/hr GPU.

AI-assisted FinOps

Usage analytics and automated rightsizing that keep multi-cloud spend predictable as you scale.

Agent & API integration

Connect AI services to your CRM, ERP and internal tools over private networking with access control.

The old way

Multi-year vendor contracts. Multi-month hiring

The Cipher way

One team, scaling your cloud from week one

Team Structure

Your starting lineup

Cloud Teams starter pack: 5 members

Cloud Architect

×1
Senior

Designs cloud architecture and migration strategy

Cloud Engineers

×2
Mid

Implement infrastructure and services

DevOps Engineer

×1
Mid

Handles automation and deployment

QA Engineer

×1
Mid

Tests infrastructure and validates deployments

Seniority Mix

60% mid, 40% senior

Balanced team with the right mix of experience and cost efficiency

Scale Path

Add multi-cloud specialists, data engineers or a FinOps engineer for analytics and cost control

Data Engineer for analyticsSecurity SpecialistFinOps Engineer
Proof of work

Real systems, in production

A sample of what dedicated Cipher teams have already shipped on production cloud infrastructure.

Secure AI agent platform with access control and audit logging

AI agents · Financial services

Secure internal agent platform

SSO · RBAC · Full audit logging

Internal AI agents for a regulated firm, wired into core systems with access control and governance built in from day one — not bolted on after launch.

AI UGC video automation pipeline

Workflow automation · Media

AI ad-video production pipeline

$0.40/hr GPU · 3 inputs to finished video

Automated synthetic UGC for an advertising agency. Presenter, script and voice in; social-ready video out — no studio, actors, or manual editing.

Cost Calculator

Get your estimate

Compare costs for Melbourne vs dedicated teams

3 members12 members

Local Melbourne Hiring

$1008k

per year (incl. overheads)

Dedicated Team

$475k

per year (all-inclusive)

Your Annual Savings

$533k

That's approximately 53% savings

* Calculation includes superannuation, payroll tax, leave loading, recruiter fees, and office overheads for local hiring

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FAQ

Questions Melbourne teams ask

Ready when you are

Build Your Cloud Teams in Melbourne

Join Australian businesses who've already made the switch. Typically start in 14 days with ~40% cost savings.

2-week replacement guarantee

Zero risk on team quality

Australian contracts & invoicing

Legal comfort for your CFO

99.9% uptime SLA

Reliability you can count on