Cloud migration & modernisation
Modernise and migrate legacy systems to Azure or AWS, reliably and without breaking the business.
IT Consultancy · Sydney & Remote
Software engineering expertise.
From strategy to delivery.
Helping organisations design, build, modernise, and operate their business solutions. Whether you need hands-on engineering, cloud and DevOps expertise, technical leadership, or architecture guidance, you'll be working directly with Wahid Shalaly, bringing 25+ years of software engineering experience.
What I do
DevOps & continuous delivery
CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps and a single-click deployment, so you ship in minutes, not weeks.
Custom software development
Full-stack software engineering, from responsive web frontends to .NET backends, APIs, and integrations. Clean, tested, maintainable code that holds up in production.
Solution architecture
From robust monoliths to scalable microservices, built on high-throughput, event-driven architecture and domain-driven design, with clean service boundaries, resilient integrations, and workflow orchestration for complex processes.
Backed by modern AI-assisted coding using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and others, to move
faster without cutting corners.
About
A hands-on technologist, from boardroom to codebase.
I'm Wahid Shalaly, a hands-on Solution Architect and Technical Lead based in Sydney. Over 25 years of experience, 14+ years in the Australian market and 10+ years in the Saudi Arabian market, I built and modernised solutions for travel, e-Government (G2B), insurance, online banking, retail, and regulatory intelligence: all complex, all regulated, and all improved.
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Commit to production after modernising and replatforming a life insurance underwriting platform to Azure.
30+
Microservices migrated from EC2 to a production Kubernetes cluster.
1.2M per season
e-Visas issued via ESB integration with Ministry of Hajj & Umrah of Saudi Arabia.
Contact
hello@goldenwattle.com.au
linkedin.com/in/wahidshalaly