Solution Design and Architecture

With over 20 large scale cloud transformation projects completed to date, we have the expertise to help you design and structure your cloud transformation project.

Architecture Services Provided

Requirements

  • Gathering Requirements: Meet with stakeholders to understand business needs, technical requirements, and constraints.
  • Analyzing Requirements: Translate business needs into technical specifications.

Designing Architecture

  • Architectural Design: Developing a high-level design of the application, including major components and their interactions.
  • Service Selection: Choosing appropriate AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3) based on requirements.
  • Scalability and Performance: Ensuring the design can handle expected load and performance requirements, including autoscaling and load balancing.
  • Security: Design security measures, including IAM policies, encryption, and network security (e.g., VPCs, subnets).

Implementation Planning

  • Implementation Roadmap: Creating step-by-step plan for implementing the architecture.
  • Cost Estimation: Estimating costs for the proposed architecture and suggest cost-optimization strategies.

Prototyping and Proof of Concept

  • Prototyping: Building prototypes to validate design assumptions and demonstrate feasibility.
  • Proof of Concept: Developing a PoC for critical components to test functionality and performance.

Collaboration and Coordination

  • Working with your Teams: Collaborating with your development, operations, and security teams to ensure the architecture aligns with their needs and capabilities.
  • Vendor and Third-party Coordination: Coordinating with third-party vendors if external services or products are involved.

Documentation

  • Architectural Documentation: Creating detailed documentation of the architecture, including diagrams and descriptions of all components.
  • Operational Documentation: Document operational procedures, including deployment, monitoring, and maintenance plans.

Monitoring and Optimisation

  • Monitoring Setup: Setting up monitoring and logging using AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, or other relevant tools.
  • Performance Tuning: Continuously monitor and optimize the application for performance, cost, and reliability.

Security and Compliance

  • Security Best Practices: Implementing AWS security best practices, such as least privilege access, regular security audits, and compliance with regulations (e.g., WAF, GDPR, HIPAA).
  • Disaster Recovery Planning: Designing and implementing disaster recovery and backup strategies.

Testing and Validation

  • Testing: Working with testing and QA teams to ensure thorough testing of the architecture, including performance, security, and functionality tests.
  • Validation: Validating that the deployed architecture meets all business and technical requirements.

Training and Support

  • Training: Providing training and support to development and operations teams on using and managing the AWS infrastructure.
  • Documentation: Ensuring all relevant documentation is accessible and up-to-date for future reference and support.

Continuous Improvement

  • Feedback Loop: Establishing a feedback loop to gather insights from the deployment and operational phases to continuously improve the architecture.
  • Staying Updated: Keeping you up-to-date with AWS service updates, best practices, and emerging technologies to recommend improvements