Azure landing zones & platform
Management group hierarchy, hub-spoke networking, policy guardrails, and subscription vending aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework. Greenfield builds or bringing an existing estate under control.
Azure & AI consulting
Cloud foundations that make AI shippable.
Lucky Rabbit IO designs and automates Azure platforms: landing zones, identity, networking, and the data and AI services that run on top. Everything is delivered as code your team owns.
# landing zone: connectivity + identity + ai $ terraform plan -out=tfplan + azurerm_management_group.landing_zones + azurerm_virtual_network.hub + azurerm_firewall.hub + azurerm_private_dns_zone.openai + azurerm_policy_assignment.deny_public_ip + azurerm_cognitive_account.ai_foundry + azurerm_private_endpoint.ai_foundry + azurerm_role_assignment.least_privilege Plan: 38 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
Services
Built for teams that run on Azure
Four practice areas, one approach: secure by default, automated end to end, and documented well enough that you never need us to change it.
Identity & security architecture
Entra ID governance, External ID for customer sign-in, least-privilege RBAC, private endpoints, and posture management with Defender for Cloud and Sentinel.
Infrastructure as code & DevOps
Reusable Terraform modules, pipeline design in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, workload identity federation instead of secrets, and moving ClickOps resources into code.
Data & AI platforms
Private, governed foundations for Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Microsoft Fabric. Network isolation, cost controls, Purview governance, and monitoring so AI pilots can go to production.
Engagements
Pick the shape that fits
Fixed scope where the outcome is clear, ongoing advisory where it isn't. Every engagement ends with code, diagrams, and a handover your team can run with.
2–3 weeks · fixed fee
Platform assessment
A review of your Azure estate against the Well-Architected Framework, with a prioritized remediation plan.
- Identity, network, and policy review
- Cost and security quick wins
- AI readiness gaps
4–12 weeks · fixed scope
Platform build
Design and deliver a landing zone or AI platform in Terraform, with pipelines and documentation.
- Architecture and draw.io diagrams
- Terraform modules and pipelines
- Runbooks and team handover
Monthly retainer
Fractional architect
Senior Azure architecture on call for design reviews, PR reviews, and decisions that are hard to undo.
- Architecture and code reviews
- Roadmap and vendor guidance
- Escalation support
Approach
How the work gets done
Code, not clicks
If it exists in Azure, it exists in Terraform. Portal changes become drift you can see.
Least privilege first
Managed identities, scoped roles, and private networking are the default, not the hardening phase.
Automate the repeatable
Audits, onboarding, and compliance checks run on a schedule instead of on someone's calendar.
You own the result
Your repos, your pipelines, your docs. No proprietary tooling and no lock-in.
About
Senior architecture, without the agency overhead
- Founder
- Colin Landers
- Experience
- 20+ years in technology
- Certifications
- AZ-104 · AZ-900
- Based in
- Minneapolis, MN · remote
Lucky Rabbit IO is led by Colin Landers, an Azure infrastructure, security, and DevOps architect. He has spent years as a principal-level consultant and platform engineer, building enterprise foundations across multi-tenant, multi-subscription Azure environments.
The work spans landing zones, Entra ID and External ID, Terraform Cloud, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Fabric, and Purview. That is the same stack AI workloads depend on, which is why the practice treats AI as a platform problem first.
You work directly with the architect who designs and writes the code. No hand-offs to a junior bench.
Contact
Tell us what you're building
Share a little about your Azure environment and what you want to change. You'll get a reply within two business days.
colin@luckyrabbit.io