Certified Cloud Architects for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud & STACKIT

The cloud landscape is more complex and fragmented than ever. Companies face the challenge of not just using one cloud, but the right cloud for the right purpose. In this environment, it is no longer enough to be a specialist for a single platform. One-sided expertise leads to suboptimal architectures, hidden costs, and the dreaded vendor lock-in.

To build truly value-oriented and future-proof solutions, a holistic perspective is needed. For this reason, at innFactory, we reached a decisive milestone at the start of 2026: We now have certified cloud architects for every relevant platform – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and the sovereign German cloud STACKIT.

This article explains why this 360-degree competence is not just a marketing slogan but represents the core of our engineering philosophy and how our customers directly benefit from it.

The Foundation: Our Certified Cloud Architects in Detail

A certificate is just a document. The true strength lies in the knowledge and practical experience behind it. Our architect team covers the entire spectrum and understands the unique strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases of each platform.

The Certified AWS Cloud Architect: Master of Global Scaling and Maturity

As market leader, AWS offers the most extensive portfolio of services and the highest market maturity. Our certified AWS Cloud Architects are deeply rooted in this ecosystem. They plan and implement architectures that focus on maximum robustness, global availability, and proven best practices.

• Core competencies: Design of highly available and fault-tolerant systems, migration of complex workloads (Lift & Shift, Re-Platforming), building scalable container platforms with EKS and Fargate, and cost optimization in complex AWS environments.
• Ideal for: Companies that rely on an established, extremely scalable infrastructure for critical applications or need a large variety of specialized services.

The Certified Azure Cloud Architect: Integrator of the Hybrid Enterprise World

Microsoft Azure is the natural choice for companies deeply anchored in the Microsoft world. Its strength lies in the seamless integration of on-premise infrastructures and cloud services. Our certified Azure Cloud Architects are the bridge builders between these worlds.

• Core competencies: Development of hybrid architectures with Azure Arc, identity management with Azure Active Directory, modernization of .NET applications, and leveraging the PaaS ecosystem to accelerate development. Particularly important is expertise in Azure OpenAI, which serves as the basis for many of our AI solutions.
• Ideal for: Corporations and mid-sized companies with existing Microsoft infrastructure pursuing a hybrid strategy or wanting to seamlessly extend their governance and security policies to the cloud.

The Certified Google Cloud Architect: Pioneer for Data, AI, and Cloud Native

Google Cloud (GCP) is the innovation engine, especially in the areas of data analytics, machine learning, and Kubernetes. Our certified Google Cloud Architects leverage these strengths to build data-driven and highly automated solutions.

• Core competencies: Design of big data platforms with BigQuery and Dataflow, building MLOps pipelines with Vertex AI, and designing highly modern, scalable applications on the industry-leading Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). This expertise is crucial for integrating Google’s Gemini models into our AI products.
• Ideal for: Startups and tech companies with “Cloud Native” DNA, as well as companies looking to boost their competitiveness through advanced data analytics and AI.

The Certified STACKIT Cloud Architect: Guarantor of Digital Sovereignty “Made in Germany”

In a world where data protection and digital sovereignty are becoming increasingly important, STACKIT is the answer for European companies. As a sovereign cloud, it ensures that data does not leave Germany and is subject to the strict requirements of the GDPR. Our certified STACKIT Cloud Architects are experts in building trustworthy and compliant IT infrastructures.

• Core competencies: Design of GDPR-compliant architectures, secure storage and processing of sensitive data, building solutions for the public sector and regulated industries (e.g., healthcare), and implementing hybrid scenarios in combination with hyperscalers.
• Ideal for: Government agencies, critical infrastructures, healthcare, and any company that considers full control and sovereignty over its data a non-negotiable priority.

From Certificate to Value Creation: Objective Consulting Instead of Platform Dogma

What does this comprehensive expertise now mean in concrete terms for our customers?

1. 100% objective and neutral consulting: We have no “favorite.” Our recommendation is based solely on the technical and business requirements of your project. We don’t sell you the cloud we know best, but the architecture that works best for you.
2. Best-of-breed architectures: We don’t think in silos; we compose solutions. A typical scenario could be: We use GitHub for the CI/CD pipeline, run the core application on a cost-effective GKE cluster, outsource AI workloads to Azure OpenAI, and store personal data in an audit-proof manner on STACKIT. This is the true power of multi-cloud.
3. Maximum future-proofing: By focusing on open standards and portable technologies like Kubernetes from the start, our architects create solutions that don’t lock you into one provider. You remain agile and can adapt your strategy as the market or your requirements change.

Synergy in Action: Cloud Engineering as a Driver for Enterprise AI

This technological depth is the direct foundation for the success of our subsidiary, innFactory AI Consulting GmbH. An advanced AI product like our CompanyGPT doesn’t thrive solely on the quality of the language model. Its performance, security, and scalability depend directly on the underlying cloud architecture.

Our cloud architects work hand-in-hand with AI experts to ensure that the infrastructure perfectly supports AI workloads. Whether through selecting the optimal GPU instances on Azure or GCP, ensuring minimal latency, or implementing absolutely secure data processing on STACKIT.

Our Promise: Engineering Cloud. Enabling Tomorrow.

With a team of around 30 highly specialized experts, we are proof that you don’t need thousands of employees to set technological standards. We are small enough for personal, agile consulting at eye level while possessing the certified architectural depth to compete with the big players.

Are you looking for a partner for your cloud projects? Talk to our certified cloud architects about your topics.