Well-Architected Framework Review: A Roadmap to Cloud Success

NorthBay Solutions' AWS Well-Architected Framework Review is your gateway to maximizing the value and performance of your AWS infrastructure. By leveraging AWS’s extensive expertise in cloud architecture, this review offers a deep dive into your workloads, evaluating them against six critical pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. The value of this assessment lies in its ability to identify hidden risks, optimize resource utilization, and enhance your system's overall resilience and security. With tailored recommendations and a clear path to remediation, this review empowers your organization to confidently scale, innovate, and reduce costs, ensuring your AWS environment is not only production-ready but also future-proofed for growth.

AWS services such as AWS Well-Architected Framework Review, AWS CloudFormation and Partner services MontyCloud DAY2™ will be used for CloudOps to automate insights about your AWS environment.

Approach Our approach begins with installing MontyCloud DAY2™ to provide an automated, comprehensive view of your AWS account usage. We’ll then conduct high-level discovery to assess your existing architecture, including a thorough review of your architecture diagrams. Next, we’ll present our findings, identify any High Risk Indicators (HRIs), and discuss potential remediations, providing a proposal for NorthBay to address these risks. Following this, we’ll conduct in-depth discovery sessions, lasting 2-4 hours, with our subject matter experts to gain a deeper understanding of both technical details and business priorities. Finally, we’ll implement remediation and solutions to optimize your AWS environment, ensuring alignment with best practices and strengthening your cloud security and performance.

Activities Key activities we will provide throughout the journey:

Architecture and documentation review Install and review of MontyCloud DAY2™ findings Prioritization of review pillars In-depth discovery session(s) about your workload Review of findings and recommendations Review of proposal for remediation and next steps

Deliverables Depending on scope, you can expect to receive the following:

Assessment Report: A comprehensive overview of your infrastructure, detailing strengths, areas for improvement, and pillar-wise findings with recommended remediation steps. Remediation Plan: A prioritized list of actionable recommendations to address identified issues based on their impact and urgency. This plan is custom-tailored to your specific business needs. Proposal: A complete proposal detailing the cost for NorthBay’s Professional Services to implement the recommended remediations, with no obligation attached.

Outcomes Enhanced Security: Strengthen your AWS environment by identifying and addressing vulnerabilities, ensuring a robust security posture. Optimized Costs: Uncover opportunities for cost savings by optimizing resource allocation and eliminating unnecessary expenses. Improved Performance: Boost system efficiency and reliability through targeted recommendations that enhance operational performance. Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify and remediate high-risk indicators, reducing potential downtime and ensuring business continuity. Strategic Alignment: Align your cloud architecture with business goals, ensuring your AWS investments directly support growth and innovation. Sustainability Goals: Achieve a more sustainable operation by incorporating best practices that reduce environmental impact. Future-Ready Infrastructure: Prepare your AWS environment for future demands with a roadmap that supports scalability and agility.