Cloud & Integration Consultancy

Modernise Your
Cloud. Integrate
Reliably.

Structured consultancy engagements for growth-stage and enterprise teams. We reduce cloud costs, fix integration fragility, and deploy AI with the governance it requires.

Team with experience across CBA, KPMG, Telstra, and Australian government programs

Uptime SLA
99.9%
Digital Alchemy - Abstract 3D Gold

Scoped engagements.
Defined deliverables.
Full handover.

Built on Enterprise Experience.

SocialMotiv was founded to solve a specific problem: growth-stage and enterprise teams paying too much for cloud infrastructure, operating brittle integrations, and unsure how to deploy AI responsibly. We deliver structured engagements that fix those problems.

We work as a productized consultancy — not a dev shop, not a SaaS platform. You get a scoped engagement, a defined outcome, and a team with experience across some of Australia's largest government and enterprise programs.

What We Do

Cloud Modernisation. Integration Reliability. Governed AI.

SocialMotiv delivers structured consultancy engagements for growth-stage and enterprise teams. We reduce cloud costs, build integrations that hold under load, and take you to AI deployment with the governance enterprise programs require.

Cloud Modernisation

Architecture, migration, and cost optimisation on AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Integration Reliability

Event-driven pipelines, API connectivity, and middleware that holds under load.

Governed AI Deployment

Safe, scoped AI pilots with the governance and oversight enterprise teams require.

Core Services

Three Structured Engagement Areas

Cloud modernisation, integration reliability, and governed AI — delivered as scoped engagements with defined outcomes.

Governed AI Extension

AI Pilot — Available as a Follow-On Engagement

Once your cloud and integration foundations are in place, we offer scoped AI pilots with defined governance, oversight, and rollback controls. Purpose-built for enterprise teams who need AI deployment done safely.

Packaged Engagements

How We Engage

Structured engagements with defined scope, clear deliverables, and no ambiguity about what you are buying.

01
2 weeks

Diagnostic Sprint

Start here if you are not sure where to start.

Who it's for

Growth-stage and enterprise teams with rising cloud costs, unreliable integrations, or a modernisation initiative that lacks a clear baseline.

What's included

  • Cloud infrastructure audit (cost, architecture, risk)
  • Integration landscape review
  • Pain point and risk identification
  • Prioritised recommendations with effort estimates
  • Proposed engagement scope for next steps
Deliverable: Modernisation Roadmap
Start with a Diagnostic
02
6–16 weeks

Modernisation Program

Scoped, time-bounded, outcome-defined.

Who it's for

Teams ready to migrate legacy infrastructure, rebuild fragile integrations, or deliver both as part of a platform modernisation initiative.

What's included

  • Architecture design and Infrastructure as Code
  • Cloud migration or integration build
  • CI/CD pipeline setup
  • Monitoring, alerting, and observability layer
  • Documentation and team handover
Deliverable: Production-ready infrastructure or integration
Discuss a Program
03
Monthly retainer

Managed Optimisation

Keep the gains. Do not let your environment drift.

Who it's for

Teams post-migration or post-integration who need ongoing cloud cost control and reliability oversight without hiring a full-time cloud engineer.

What's included

  • Monthly cloud cost review and optimisation
  • Integration reliability monitoring
  • Alert triage and incident support
  • Patch and dependency review
  • Monthly written report
Deliverable: Monthly report + proactive oversight
Ask About Retainers
Follow-on only

Governed AI Pilot

AI deployment for teams that cannot afford a false start.

Who it's for

Teams with stable cloud infrastructure and integration foundations who are ready to deploy AI — and need to do it with governance, oversight, and rollback controls in place.

4–8 weeks
Deliverable: Governed AI deployment + governance documentation

What's included

  • Use case scoping and feasibility review
  • Governance framework and human oversight design
  • Pilot build in a defined, low-risk scope
  • Performance benchmarks and review checkpoints
  • Rollback plan and documentation
Discuss a Pilot

Note: A safe, structured first step into AI — available only after core cloud and integration infrastructure is stable.

Our Method

How an Engagement Works

Every engagement follows a structured process. You know what happens next at every step.

01

Discover

We audit your current environment — cloud spend, integration landscape, risk areas, and team context. You get an honest, written picture of where you stand before any commitments are made.

02

Design

We produce a technical design and delivery plan — architecture diagrams, scope document, and timeline. Nothing is built until the design is agreed in writing.

03

Build

Incremental delivery with milestone reviews. Your team is in the loop at every stage. We deploy, test, and hand off each component as it is completed.

04

Handover

Full documentation, knowledge transfer, and a post-delivery support window. You own everything — the infrastructure, the code, the configuration. No lock-in.

Formal Statement of Work on every engagement

Scope, timeline, and deliverables are agreed in writing before work begins. We do not start work without a signed SOW. All client data and environment details are handled in strict confidence.

What You Can Expect

Measurable Outcomes, Not Promises

Typical results from cloud modernisation and integration engagements delivered by our team

Cost Savings

40%

average cloud cost reduction

Faster Deployment

10x

faster release cycles with CI/CD

Engineering Hours Saved

200+

hours saved per migration project

The cost case

Typical cloud audits identify 30–50% in addressable waste — idle resources, oversized instances, inefficient storage patterns, and unused services. A modernisation engagement pays for itself in reduced running costs alone.

The reliability case

An integration that fails silently, or a deployment that takes three days, costs far more than the engineering hours to fix it. Modernised infrastructure removes that class of risk — fewer incidents, faster recovery, and predictable delivery.

Tell us about your current environment. We'll tell you where to start.

Proof

Experience and Delivery

Team pedigree across government and enterprise programs, and a sample of cloud, migration, and integration work delivered for clients.

Our Pedigree

Our team brings deep enterprise and government experience — built across some of Australia's most complex programs and organisations.

Government & Enterprise Programs
MyHealth Record
Government

MyHealth Record

COVID-19 digital platforms and national health record systems (Australian Digital Health Agency)

MyGov
Government

MyGov

Large-scale government digital services platform (Services Australia)

MyService
Government

MyService

Digital transformation program (Department of Veterans' Affairs)

Public Housing Digital Transformation
Government

Public Housing Digital Transformation

Victoria — Department of Health and Housing

Education Services Australia
Government

Education Services Australia

National education technology platforms

KPMG
Financial

KPMG

Buy Now Pay Later platform — enterprise delivery

Credit Corp Group
Financial

Credit Corp Group

Enterprise platform delivery

Australian Defence Force
Defence

Australian Defence Force

Secure systems engagement (fixed-term)

Leadership Pedigree
AXA
Financial

AXA

Enterprise insurance platforms and system transformation

AMP
Financial

AMP

Large-scale financial systems and infrastructure modernisation

Commonwealth Bank
Financial

Commonwealth Bank

Telephone-based trading platform and real-time transaction systems

Telstra
Telco

Telstra

CommsOnline platform for online and SMS-based campaign and messaging systems

MyHealth Record
MyGov
MyService
Public Housing Digital Transformation
Education Services Australia
KPMG
Credit Corp Group
Australian Defence Force
AXA
AMP
Commonwealth Bank
Telstra
MyHealth Record
MyGov
MyService
Public Housing Digital Transformation
Education Services Australia
KPMG
Credit Corp Group
Australian Defence Force
AXA
AMP
Commonwealth Bank
Telstra

Cloud & Integration Work

A sample of infrastructure, migration, and integration work delivered for clients. Client details are withheld under NDA.

Migration

E-commerce Platform Migration

Migrated a monolithic retail platform to AWS microservices with zero downtime and full data integrity.

AWSECSRDSTerraform
Outcome

60% cost reduction

Cloud

Multi-Region API Gateway

Designed and deployed a globally distributed API layer for a SaaS platform serving 50+ markets.

AWSAPI GatewayLambda
Outcome

10ms avg latency

Integration

CRM & ERP Integration

Connected Salesforce to a legacy ERP system via a real-time event-driven middleware layer.

SalesforceREST APINode.js
Outcome

8hrs/week saved

Cloud

Serverless Data Pipeline

Built a real-time data sync pipeline across three platforms with automated alerting and monitoring.

GCPPub/SubBigQuery
Outcome

99.9% uptime

Migration

Zero-Downtime DB Migration

Live-replicated a 2TB PostgreSQL database to Aurora with schema conversion and full validation.

AWS AuroraPostgreSQLTerraform
Outcome

0 min downtime

Integration

AI Support Agent Rollout

Deployed a custom-trained AI support agent across web chat and Slack, integrated with the client's helpdesk.

Claude APISlackWeb
Outcome

70% ticket deflection

Frequently Asked Questions

Start the Conversation

Tell us about your current environment and what you are trying to solve. We will come back to you with an honest view of whether and how we can help.

Contact

We typically respond within one business day. Initial conversations are free and without obligation.

Email Us

admin@socialmotiv.com

Location

Melbourne, Australia

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