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AWS
Consulting

Strategic AWS advisory — from landing zones and Well-Architected reviews to cost optimization and governance frameworks. We make your AWS investment work harder, safer, and cheaper.

35%
average AWS cost reduction
100%
HRIs resolved post-WAR
6–8wk
landing zone to production
AWS Well-Architected Reviews Control Tower & Landing Zones AWS Cost Optimization FinOps & Savings Plans GuardDuty & Security Hub AWS Config Compliance Compute Optimizer Spot & Karpenter Systems Manager Automation AWS Organizations & SCPs Transit Gateway Networking AWS Well-Architected Reviews Control Tower & Landing Zones AWS Cost Optimization FinOps & Savings Plans GuardDuty & Security Hub AWS Config Compliance Compute Optimizer Spot & Karpenter Systems Manager Automation AWS Organizations & SCPs Transit Gateway Networking

Five pillars of consulting

Every capability — engineered, automated, and built for production from day one.

01 / WELL-ARCHITECTED 🏛️

AWS Well-Architected Reviews & Remediation

Evaluate your AWS workloads against the six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework — operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost, and sustainability — and fix what you find.

  • WAR across all six pillars
  • High-risk issue (HRI) prioritization & roadmap
  • Security pillar: IAM, encryption, detective controls
  • Reliability: multi-AZ, DR, backup automation
  • Cost pillar: rightsizing, RI/SP, waste elimination
  • Sustainability: rightsizing, Graviton migration
02 / LANDING ZONES 🏗️

AWS Landing Zone & Control Tower

Design and implement a multi-account AWS foundation with Control Tower, automated account vending, SCPs, and centralized security logging — so every workload lands in a governed, compliant environment.

  • AWS Control Tower setup & customization
  • Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) automation
  • SCP guardrail library (security, cost, compliance)
  • Centralized CloudTrail, Config & Security Hub
  • Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) deployment
  • Multi-account network hub-spoke (Transit Gateway)
03 / COST OPTIMIZATION 💰

AWS Cost Optimization & FinOps

Cut your AWS bill without cutting capabilities. We analyze your spend, right-size compute, optimize commitment coverage, and instrument cost governance so every team knows what they're spending.

  • Savings Plans & Reserved Instance strategy
  • EC2 & RDS right-sizing with Compute Optimizer
  • Spot Instance automation (Karpenter, ASG)
  • S3 intelligent tiering & lifecycle policies
  • Cost anomaly detection & budget enforcement
  • Showback / chargeback tagging & dashboards
04 / SECURITY & COMPLIANCE 🔒

AWS Security & Compliance Automation

Achieve and maintain continuous AWS security posture using native services — GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, and Inspector — fully automated and compliance-mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS.

  • AWS Security Hub with FSBP standard
  • GuardDuty threat detection & auto-response
  • AWS Config rules & conformance packs
  • Inspector v2 for EC2 / ECR vulnerability scanning
  • Macie for S3 sensitive data discovery
  • CloudTrail + Athena for security event forensics
05 / OPERATIONS ⚙️

AWS Operational Excellence & Automation

Eliminate toil and manual operations across your AWS environment — automated patching, runbook automation with Systems Manager, and infrastructure lifecycle management at scale.

  • Systems Manager Automation & Run Command
  • Patch Manager for fleet-wide OS patching
  • AWS Backup centralized backup policies
  • CloudFormation Hooks & Service Catalog governance
  • EventBridge automation for ops event handling
  • AWS Organizations policy & SCP management

How we engage

A phased approach that fits your workflow — no disruption, no guesswork.

01

AWS Environment Assessment

We run a comprehensive review of your AWS environment — account structure, security posture, cost efficiency, networking, and operational practices — benchmarked against AWS best practices and your business requirements.

02

Well-Architected & Roadmap

We conduct a formal Well-Architected Review, identify high-risk issues, and build a prioritized remediation roadmap with clear effort and impact estimates for each finding.

03

Implement & Automate

We execute the roadmap — landing zones, security controls, cost governance, automation — working in your environment with your team, delivering in structured 2-week sprint cycles.

04

Govern & Optimize

Post-implementation we monitor AWS Health, track cost efficiency, maintain Config compliance, and run quarterly WAR reviews to keep your environment continuously optimized.

Explore capabilities

Drill into each domain — tools, techniques, and expected outcomes.

Well-Architected
Landing Zone
Cost & FinOps
Security
Operations

AWS Well-Architected Review

A Well-Architected Review is a structured conversation that surfaces risks across your workload before they become incidents, outages, or audit findings. We conduct WAR across all six pillars and deliver a prioritized remediation plan.

  • Operational Excellence: runbooks, alerts, change management
  • Security: IAM, data protection, detective controls
  • Reliability: multi-AZ, chaos, backup & recovery
  • Performance: rightsizing, caching, async patterns
  • Cost Optimization: RI/SP, waste, tagging
  • Sustainability: efficiency, Graviton, architecture
workload scoping & interviewsSCOPE
HRI identification (all 6 pillars)REVIEW
risk scoring & prioritizationSCORE
remediation roadmap builtPLAN
WAR improvement plan deliveredDELIVERED

AWS Landing Zone & Control Tower

A landing zone is the multi-account AWS foundation that every workload operates within. We build it right from the start — governance, security, and networking pre-baked so your teams can move fast in a safe environment.

  • AWS Control Tower with custom LZA extensions
  • Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) vending
  • SCP guardrails: deny root, require MFA, restrict regions
  • Centralized Security Hub aggregation account
  • Transit Gateway hub-spoke network topology
  • AWS Config conformance packs (CIS, PCI, HIPAA)
account request → AFT triggeredREQUEST
account provisioned (Control Tower)PROVISION
SCPs & guardrails appliedGOVERN
Config rules evaluatedVALIDATE
account ready for teamREADY

AWS Cost Optimization & FinOps

AWS spend without governance compounds fast. We implement FinOps as engineering practice — automated right-sizing, commitment strategy, and real-time cost visibility per team and service.

  • Savings Plans coverage gap analysis
  • EC2 / RDS right-sizing with Compute Optimizer
  • Karpenter + Spot for 60% compute cost reduction
  • S3 Intelligent-Tiering & Lifecycle automation
  • Cost anomaly detection (AWS Cost Anomaly)
  • Tag policy enforcement + chargeback dashboard
cost anomaly detectedALERT
Compute Optimizer recommendationANALYZE
right-size or Spot migrationREMEDIATE
RI/SP purchase auto-recommendedCOMMIT
savings verified in Cost ExplorerSAVED

AWS Security & Compliance Automation

Native AWS security services are powerful but require expert configuration. We deploy, tune, and automate them into a continuously monitored, compliance-mapped security posture.

  • Security Hub with FSBP + CIS standard
  • GuardDuty across all accounts + EventBridge auto-response
  • Inspector v2: EC2, Lambda & ECR scanning
  • Config Rules + SSM auto-remediation
  • Macie for S3 PII / sensitive data discovery
  • CloudTrail + Athena forensics pipeline
GuardDuty threat detectedDETECT
EventBridge rule triggeredTRIGGER
Lambda auto-remediation runsREMEDIATE
Security Hub finding updatedUPDATE
compliance evidence loggedAUDIT

AWS Operational Excellence & Automation

Manual AWS operations are a toil tax on your engineers. We automate fleet management, patching, backup, and event-driven operations using AWS native tooling.

  • Systems Manager Automation for runbook execution
  • Patch Manager: OS patching across EC2 fleet
  • AWS Backup centralized policy across accounts
  • EventBridge → Lambda ops event automation
  • Service Catalog for governed self-service infra
  • CloudWatch Contributor Insights & anomaly detection
patch Tuesday schedule triggersSCHEDULE
SSM Patch Manager scans fleetSCAN
non-compliant instances patchedPATCH
backup policy validates completionBACKUP
ops report → Slack notificationREPORT

Outcomes that move metrics

Real business results from engagements we've led — not estimates.

35%
average AWS cost reduction
100%
HRIs resolved post-WAR
6–8wk
landing zone to production
0
audit findings on WAF/CIS conformance
STANDARDS & FRAMEWORKS // AWS Well-Architected CIS AWS Benchmark SOC 2 HIPAA PCI-DSS NIST CSF AWS FinOps

Why NodeOps360

We don't just consult — we commit. Here's what that means for you.

🏛️

AWS-Native Experts

We're AWS-certified across Solutions Architect, DevOps, Security, and Advanced Networking — and we build with AWS-native services first, not third-party overlays.

💰

FinOps as Standard Practice

Every AWS engagement includes cost governance — tagging policy, budget alerts, and right-sizing automation. Most clients see 25–40% cost reduction within 60 days.

🔒

Security-First Architecture

We design AWS environments where security is the default — GuardDuty enabled on every account, Security Hub aggregating findings, and Config enforcing compliance continuously.

🏗️

Landing Zone Specialists

We've built AWS landing zones for regulated industries — financial services, healthcare, SaaS — with multi-account governance that scales to hundreds of accounts.

⚙️

IaC-Only Operations

Everything we provision is Terraform or CDK. No click-ops, no manual console changes — full auditability, reproducibility, and version control from account creation to workload deployment.

📊

WAR-Driven Improvement

We use the Well-Architected Framework as a continuous improvement tool — not a one-time checkbox. Quarterly WAR reviews keep your AWS environment optimized as it grows.

Tools & technologies we master

Best-of-breed, proven at scale. We work with the tools your team already trusts.

AWS FOUNDATION
AWS Control TowerAWS OrganizationsAccount Factory (AFT)Transit GatewayLanding Zone Accelerator
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
AWS Security HubAmazon GuardDutyAWS Inspector v2Amazon MacieAWS ConfigCloudTrail
COST & FINOPS
AWS Cost ExplorerCompute OptimizerSavings PlansKarpenterInfracostKubecost
OPERATIONS & AUTOMATION
AWS Systems ManagerAWS BackupEventBridgeAWS Service CatalogCloudWatch
INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
TerraformAWS CDKCloudFormationPulumiCheckov

Frequently asked

What is an AWS Well-Architected Review and do we need one?+
A Well-Architected Review (WAR) is a structured assessment of your AWS workloads against AWS best practices across six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. If your workloads have been running for more than 6 months without a formal review, there are almost certainly high-risk issues — security gaps, reliability risks, or cost waste — that a WAR will surface. We recommend quarterly WARs for production workloads.
How much can you realistically reduce our AWS bill?+
Typically 25–40% within the first 60 days, with further optimization over the following quarters. The biggest levers are Savings Plan / Reserved Instance coverage (often 30–50% of on-demand compute), Spot instance usage for stateless workloads, EC2 and RDS right-sizing with Compute Optimizer, and S3 lifecycle policies for cold data. We start with a free cost analysis.
What is an AWS Landing Zone and how long does it take to build?+
A landing zone is a multi-account AWS environment with centralized governance, security baselines, and network topology pre-configured. It's the foundation every workload operates within. We build landing zones using AWS Control Tower with AFT customization — typically delivered in 4–6 weeks for a standard implementation, 6–8 weeks for heavily regulated industries.
Do you work with existing AWS environments or only greenfield?+
Both. Greenfield landing zones are cleaner to build, but we specialize in remediating and modernizing existing AWS environments too. For existing accounts, we conduct a Well-Architected Review first, then prioritize and execute improvements without disrupting running workloads.
How do you maintain AWS compliance continuously?+
We deploy AWS Config conformance packs (CIS, PCI, HIPAA) with automated auto-remediation for common violations, Security Hub for centralized finding aggregation, and GuardDuty for continuous threat detection. Compliance evidence is automatically collected via Config snapshots and CloudTrail — so your next audit is a report export, not a sprint.

Ready to get more from your AWS investment?

No sales decks. No fluff. Just a direct conversation about your AWS challenges and a complimentary environment assessment to get started.