
Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Architect production-ready multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP
What You Can Do
Leverage Claude to analyze your multi-cloud infrastructure, generate optimized Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates), and make data-driven architecture decisions. Claude evaluates cost implications across cloud providers, compares security postures, and identifies redundancy to help you consolidate workloads or optimize hybrid deployments. Get detailed cost breakdowns, migration strategies, and architecture recommendations tailored to your specific business requirements.
Features
Assess current infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP in a unified framework
Generate production-ready Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM templates from your architecture requirements
Analyze price differences across providers for identical workloads and identify savings opportunities
Compare compliance, encryption, and access control across cloud providers
Recommend optimal cloud placement for each workload based on performance, cost, and compliance needs
Generate step-by-step migration strategies and playbooks for multi-cloud or single-cloud transitions
Create detailed decision matrices and architectural diagrams for stakeholder alignment
Example Output
Cost Comparison Report
Claude analyzes your 3-tier web app running across AWS and Azure:
- Compute: EC2 t3.medium vs Azure Standard_B2s (23% cheaper on AWS)
- Database: RDS Multi-AZ vs Azure Database for PostgreSQL (different cost models)
- Networking: NAT Gateway costs, cross-region data transfer
Result: Detailed breakdown with annual savings projection ($14,500 potential savings)
Infrastructure-as-Code Migration
Input: "Convert our Azure VNet with 2 subnets, NSG rules, and storage account to multi-cloud Terraform"
Output: main.tf with modular provider configuration, variables.tf with parameterized environment settings, outputs.tf exposing resource IDs, and validation comments explaining compliance requirements.
Architecture Decision Record
Claude documents a decision to consolidate databases from Azure SQL to AWS RDS PostgreSQL:
- Decision: Migrate to AWS RDS PostgreSQL
- Drivers: 35% cost savings, improved replication to on-premises
- Trade-offs: 2-hour downtime during cutover, Terraform state migration needed
- Implementation: Step-by-step playbook with rollback procedures
What's Included
- SKILL.md: Full skill definition with workflows for architecture analysis, cost comparison, and migration planning
- Multi-cloud infrastructure assessment template:
- Cost comparison matrix template (AWS vs Azure vs GCP):
- Security posture evaluation checklist:
- IaC module structure patterns (modular Terraform/CloudFormation):
- Migration readiness checklist:
- Architecture decision record (ADR) template:
- Infrastructure optimization scorecard:
Who It's For
- Cloud architects planning multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies
- DevOps engineers optimizing infrastructure across multiple cloud providers
- Cost optimization specialists seeking cloud provider comparisons and consolidation
- Infrastructure teams migrating workloads between cloud platforms
- SREs designing resilient, cost-efficient multi-cloud deployments
Best For
- Evaluating cloud provider economics for existing workloads
- Migrating infrastructure between cloud platforms
- Designing multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
- Optimizing cloud costs and identifying consolidation opportunities
- Creating production-ready infrastructure-as-code from architectural requirements
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs for stakeholder alignment





