Azure architecture & IaaS
Design and build of Azure virtual machines, storage and networking, with fixes for deployment, configuration and connectivity problems.
Azure · SAP on Azure · Linux · Infrastructure
Infrastructurebuilt to hold.
Fortified IT Associates designs, migrates and supports the cloud and server platforms that businesses depend on. You work directly with a senior engineer who has spent more than twenty years keeping systems running for banks, hospitals and government.
$ fita assess --workload sap-erp --target azure › inventory 42 VMs · 6 DB hosts · 3 tiers › os baseline RHEL 8 / SLES 15 SP5 › sizing M-series · Ev5 app tier › encryption ADE + Key Vault ready › network 1 route needs review › cutover plan drafted · 4 waves ready for migration
20+years in enterprise infrastructure
8industry certifications across Azure, Red Hat, VMware and CompTIA
3regulated sectors: financial services, healthcare, government
24/7private cloud operations experience at enterprise scale
Services
What we build and support
Each engagement is scoped to your environment, from a single troubleshooting session to a full migration program.
Cloud migration
Assessment, wave planning and cutover for moving workloads from on-premises data centers, VMware or older platforms into Azure.
SAP on Azure
Planning, sizing and running SAP landscapes on Azure, with the OS, storage and high-availability setup SAP workloads need.
Linux & UNIX engineering
Build, patching, tuning and troubleshooting for Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu, plus migrations from legacy UNIX platforms such as AIX to Linux.
Virtualization & private cloud
VMware vSphere, Hyper-V and OpenStack environments: design, capacity planning, upgrades and day-to-day operations.
Security & escalation support
Azure Disk Encryption, patch management and hands-on help with the hard cases: root-cause analysis, action plans and clear updates for everyone involved.
Industries
Experience where uptime is regulated
Financial services
More than a decade supporting operating systems and private cloud platforms for large banking institutions, including 24/7 OpenStack and VMware environments.
Healthcare
Years of running Red Hat, VMware ESX and AIX systems for a hospital network, including patch management and disaster prevention.
Government
Cloud and infrastructure work that meets public-sector expectations for documentation, security and change control.
Approach
How an engagement runs
Assess
Inventory what you run, how it performs and where the risks are.
Plan
Turn business requirements into a technical plan with clear waves, owners and rollback steps.
Build & migrate
Deploy, secure and move workloads, tested before and after each cutover.
Sustain
Monitoring, tuning and documentation so your team can run it with confidence.
About the founder
Didier Ambroise
Didier is a cloud engineer with more than twenty years in enterprise infrastructure across financial services, healthcare and government. His work spans Azure, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu and SUSE), Windows Server and VMware, on projects from large-scale deployments to small, targeted optimizations.
He is a senior escalation engineer for the Azure platform, where he resolves highly complex deployment and connectivity cases, writes knowledge base articles and whitepapers, and teaches Azure Disk Encryption. He founded Fortified IT Associates to bring that same depth directly to clients.
He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and certifications in Azure, Red Hat, VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Charlotte, North Carolina · Available for remote and on-site engagements
- Senior Support Escalation EngineerEscalation point for complex Azure cases; trace and source-level debugging; Azure Disk Encryption training.
- Systems Support Consultant (Cloud)24/7 Mirantis OpenStack, HPE Helion OpenStack and VMware private clouds; RHEL, Ubuntu, Windows Server, Puppet.
- Lead Operating System EngineerPlatform-to-Linux migration strategy, performance tuning, and support processes for Linux and AIX.
- Senior Operating System EngineerRed Hat, SUSE, AIX and VMware in clustered environments; capacity planning.
- UNIX Systems EngineerRed Hat Linux, VMware ESX and AIX (HACMP, LPAR, NIM, HMC).
Certifications
Verified credentials
Credential IDs are listed so you can verify each certification with its issuer.
AI Business Professional
Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
Azure AI Fundamentals
Azure Fundamentals
MCP: Server Virtualization with Hyper-V and System Center
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization
CompTIA Cloud+ CE
Education Bachelor of Science, Computer Science · University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us what you're running and where you want it to go. You'll get a reply within one business day.
Phone704.759.6649
Based in
Charlotte, North Carolina