Case Study — Energy/ Construction — AWS Audit for Compliance
Cost Efficiency Unlocked: Rapid AWS Audit for a Compliance Platform
Our client, a digital credentialing platform serving energy and construction sectors, faced increasing AWS complexity and growing costs. With over 10 AWS accounts, limited internal bandwidth, and fragmented infrastructure visibility, they needed a fast, expert-led assessment. We delivered a low-effort, high-impact optimization strategy — reducing costs, improving scalability, and handing off automation tools for future use.
Success Highlights
Key Details
Industry: Workforce Compliance / Supply Chain Geographies: US
Platform: Multi-account AWS environment with EC2, RDS, S3, ECS, and IAM services
Business Challenge
The client’s AWS usage had scaled rapidly across business units, but cost governance and efficiency lagged behind.
Our Solution Approach
We performed a rapid, code-assisted AWS audit and delivered automated tools and advisory insights for sustainable cost governance.
1 · Assess
Evaluate Infrastructure Across 10 AWS Accounts
Deployed a cloud architect and DevOps expert to audit active accounts, using in-house automation scripts to identify idle services, sizing mismatches, and usage anomalies.
2 · Recommend
Build a Strategic Cost Optimization Plan
Segmented accounts by activity, advised right-sizing EC2 instances, and recommended Reserved Instances or Savings Plans for predictable workloads — prioritizing low-risk, no-upfront options.
3 · Automate
Deliver Custom Cost Control Scripts
Built and handed off two automation tools:
• Cost Optimization Analyzer — surfaces recurring savings opportunities
• Instance Shutdown Scheduler — safely pauses resources during off-hours
4 · Advise
Provide ROI-Driven Savings Recommendations
After evaluating two projected savings scenarios, the client opted for the no-upfront Savings Plan—offering approximately $4K in monthly savings without requiring a $178K capital investment. This approach ensured faster ROI and greater financial flexibility.
Technical Highlights
Multi-account audit via AWS CLI and automation scripts
EC2 instance right-sizing across environments
Reserved Instance & Savings Plan cost modeling
Custom Lambda-based instance scheduler for off-peak shutdowns
Tag-based filtering for dormant vs. critical workloads Documentation for internal adoption of cost control tools IAM policy review and governance setup Cost Explorer + CloudWatch integration for ongoing monitoring
function runCloudAudit(accounts):
for account in accounts:
usageSummary = auditResources(account)
if usageSummary.status == “Dormant”:
flagForShutdown(account)
else: recommendRightSizing(account.resources)
suggestSavingsPlan(account)
generateAutomationScripts()
deliverDocumentationToClient()
return “Audit Complete with Recommendations”
Business Outcomes
Our rapid cloud assessment delivered measurable impact across cost, speed, and long-term scalability.
16%
monthly AWS cost reduction with minimal infrastructure change
$5.5K
consulting cost recouped in first month of savings
60%
faster assessment delivery than the projected time
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