AWS.

Where AWS fits on a long engagement.

Most AWS work is not architecture. It is an account that has grown for years: instances nobody can attribute, security groups wider than they should be, and a bill whose largest line is a surprise. The first useful month is usually inventory and attribution rather than building.

Cost and security fail in the same way here — gradually, invisibly, and only in one direction. Both respond to the same fix, which is someone whose job it is to look. Tagging that is actually enforced, budgets with alerts, and permissions reviewed on a cadence are unglamorous and are what separate a healthy account from an expensive one.

What an assigned team does with AWS.

The first three months on an inherited AWS account are mostly reading. What exists, who owns it, what it costs and what would break if it disappeared — none of which is documented, and all of which becomes cheap to answer once one person has held the account for a year.

Cost and security both improve as a by-product of that familiarity rather than as projects. Where the estate exists mainly to serve analytics, the more useful capacity is frequently managed data services instead of pure platform work.

What we use AWS for.

• Understanding the bill Spend attributed to teams and services, so a reduction conversation can be specific rather than a directive to use less.
• Tightening permissions without breaking things Over-broad roles narrowed based on what is actually used, rather than on what someone thinks is used.
• Retiring what nobody owns Resources with no owner identified and removed, which is frequently the fastest saving available.

How AWS capacity is assigned.

AWS capacity is assigned under DevOps managed services. We work inside your account; we do not resell infrastructure or hold organisation-level credentials.