AWS architecture advisory and platform selection, not an in-house build bench.
Lightbridge Cloud provides AWS architecture advisory and platform selection for mid-market enterprises: Well-Architected Framework reviews, landing zone design, and migration strategy. Selection and architecture run in-house; the hands-on build runs through Lightbridge Cloud's vetted partner network, under Lightbridge Cloud's own project management and technical leadership, never an in-house infrastructure-build team.
Lightbridge Cloud AWS advisory capabilities.
Architecture Design
Well-Architected Framework reviews, multi-account strategies, landing zone design, and reference architectures, designed in-house before a build partner ever touches the account.
Platform Selection and Migration Strategy
Fit assessment against Azure and Google Cloud, plus a rehost, replatform, or refactor decision for every application, scored in-house and handed to the delivery partner as a build plan.
Infrastructure as Code Specification
Terraform and CloudFormation architecture, CI/CD pipeline design, and scaling and configuration standards, specified in-house for a vetted delivery partner to build and document.
Cost Optimization Modeling
Reserved Instance and Savings Plans modeling, rightsizing analysis, and spot instance strategy, sized to actual usage and delivered as a governance plan your team or delivery partner executes.
Security and Compliance Architecture
IAM architecture, VPC design, and encryption strategy, designed in-house, with compliance automation for SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS specified for the delivery partner to implement.
Data and Analytics Architecture
S3 data lake architecture, Redshift, Athena, and Glue ETL design, plus real-time streaming architecture with Kinesis, specified in-house and built by our delivery partner.
Lightbridge Cloud: AWS architecture integrated with your business systems.
AWS infrastructure does not exist in isolation. Lightbridge Cloud designs the integration architecture connecting an AWS environment to Salesforce, NetSuite, data warehouses, and custom applications, then delivers that integration layer in-house through our MuleSoft and Boomi practice. Migrations more often stall on integration gaps than on infrastructure problems, so Lightbridge Cloud plans the integration layer alongside the architecture and platform selection, not after it.
Every AWS engagement is scored against the Well-Architected Framework across all six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. This is not a checklist applied after the fact. It is how the architecture gets designed, before it is handed to a delivery partner to build.
Integration gaps sink more migrations than infrastructure problems do.
Lightbridge Cloud plans the integration layer alongside the infrastructure architecture and platform selection, not after it.
Frequently asked questions.
What does Lightbridge Cloud actually do on AWS engagements?
Lightbridge Cloud runs the AWS architecture advisory and platform selection in-house: Well-Architected Framework reviews, landing zone design, migration strategy, and security architecture. Lightbridge Cloud does not build or operate AWS infrastructure directly. The hands-on build runs through Lightbridge Cloud's vetted partner network, under Lightbridge Cloud's own project management and technical leadership.
Why not just hire an AWS implementation partner directly?
An AWS partner is compensated to sell AWS, whether or not it is the right fit for a given workload. Lightbridge Cloud holds no AWS partner-tier incentive: the architecture and platform recommendation comes first, evaluated against Azure and Google Cloud as well, and the delivery partner that builds it is selected on fit, not on a referral relationship.
What AWS services does Lightbridge Cloud cover in advisory?
Lightbridge Cloud advises across the full AWS service catalog with deep expertise in EC2, ECS and EKS, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, CloudFront, VPC networking, IAM, and data services including Redshift, Athena, and Kinesis. Architecture decisions are designed for production from the start, not adapted from a sandbox environment.
How does Lightbridge Cloud handle AWS cost optimization?
Lightbridge Cloud performs cost modeling in-house: Reserved Instance and Savings Plans analysis, rightsizing recommendations, spot instance strategy, and storage tiering, scoped to actual workload rather than a generic target. The resulting governance plan is executed by your team or the delivery partner building the environment.
How does Lightbridge Cloud approach AWS migration?
Lightbridge Cloud runs discovery, assessment, and migration planning in-house, evaluating each application for rehost, replatform, or refactor based on business value and technical complexity. The migration waves themselves, proof of concept through cutover, are executed by a vetted delivery partner under Lightbridge Cloud's technical leadership.
Who builds and operates the AWS environment Lightbridge Cloud designs?
A rigorously vetted delivery partner builds the environment, under Lightbridge Cloud's project management and technical leadership throughout. Lightbridge Cloud does not maintain an in-house AWS build team and does not operate infrastructure on an ongoing basis after handoff. Day-two operations run with your team or the operations partner you choose.
What AWS certifications does the Lightbridge Cloud team hold?
Lightbridge Cloud architects hold AWS Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Security Specialty, and Data Analytics Specialty certifications. Every architecture is reviewed against the AWS Well-Architected Framework before it is handed to a delivery partner to build.
Get an AWS fit assessment.
Lightbridge Cloud assesses your current or planned AWS environment, identifies risk and savings opportunities, and delivers an architecture and selection roadmap. Hands-on build runs through our vetted partner network.