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AWS landing zones. Cross-cloud migrations. Regulated workloads.

Landing zones, complex migrations, regulated workloads, and well-architected reviews — AWS-deep, multi-cloud fluent across Azure, GCP, OCI, and IBM Cloud.

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Capabilities

What we ship on cloud engagements.

Every engagement is sized to fit your compliance bar, regulatory posture, and operating model.

  • Multi-cloud delivery — AWS-deep, fluent across Azure, GCP, OCI, and IBM Cloud
  • Multi-account AWS landing zones (Control Tower, custom guardrails)
  • Cross-cloud migrations including Azure → AWS and on-prem → AWS
  • HIPAA, PCI, ISO, and SOC-aligned environments
  • Well-architected reviews and remediation
  • Network and identity foundations (SSO, transit, VPN, Direct Connect)
  • FinOps, tagging, and cost-control programs
  • EKS and serverless platform engineering
  • Data platform foundations on AWS native services
  • Production cutover planning and parallel-run execution

Reference architecture

How a typical landing zone comes together.

An illustrative shape — adapted to your regulatory and operational context.

Multi-account AWS landing zone reference architecture — management, security, log archive, shared services, workload prod/stage/dev, and sandbox accounts with their associated AWS services.
— Landing zone topology
org-management Control Tower · billing · service catalog
security-account GuardDuty · Security Hub · CloudTrail org-trail
log-archive immutable S3 · KMS · cross-account log delivery
shared-services SSO · DNS · transit gateway · golden AMIs
workload-prod / workload-stage / workload-dev per-tier guardrails, SCPs, IaC pipeline
sandbox ephemeral, budget-capped, auto-cleanup

How we engage

Flexible engagement models, tailored to your fit.

01 / Specialty Advisory

Day-rate engagements for SOC 2 readiness, AWS Well-Architected reviews, VAPT, AI strategy, cloud cost optimization.

Assessments, audit prep, second opinions.

02 / Managed Service

24/7 monitoring, managed cloud, security operations on a recurring fee.

Includes white-label arrangements where the customer-facing brand is yours.

03 / Fixed-Price Delivery

Defined SOW, agreed price, clean risk transfer.

Discrete scopes, stage-gated outcomes.

04 / Time & Materials

Named engineers on a daily rate, working alongside your team.

Capacity, named-resource needs, augmentation.

Cloud engineering FAQ

Common questions about landing zones, migrations, and reviews.

How long does an AWS landing zone take to stand up?
Typical multi-account landing zones land in 4–8 weeks for the foundation (org-management, security, log-archive, shared-services, workload tiers, sandbox) — longer if regulatory cutover, custom guardrails, or migration parallelism are in scope. We size the timeline around the compliance bar and the production cutover plan, not the AWS-account count.
What does “HIPAA-grade on AWS” mean in practice?
We design and deliver against the technical safeguards in the HHS HIPAA Security Rule: encryption at rest and in transit, identity and access controls, audit logging, transmission security, and contingency planning. We sign a BAA where applicable and align controls to the AWS HIPAA-eligible service list. We don't issue HIPAA certifications — no one does — but the environment we hand over passes audit prep with the controls in place.
Do you run AWS Well-Architected reviews as a standalone engagement?
Yes. A Well-Architected review is a fixed-scope, day-rate engagement that produces a written assessment against the six pillars (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost, sustainability) plus a prioritised remediation backlog. Most clients run one before a major workload milestone — pre-launch, pre-audit, or pre-funding round.
Can you migrate workloads off AWS, not just onto it?
Yes. We've run AWS → Azure and on-prem → AWS migrations. The CoWrkr AI case study covers SOC 2 Type 1 on AWS followed by a funded migration to Azure with HIPAA-aligned controls — single team across both clouds, parallel landing-zone build, clean cutover.
What engagement models work for cloud work?
Specialty Advisory (day-rate Well-Architected reviews and second opinions), Fixed-Price Delivery (defined SOW for landing zones and migrations), Managed Service (24/7 managed cloud on a recurring fee), and Time & Materials (named engineers alongside your team).

Further reading

Cloud engineering, when the stakes are high.

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