Security gaps accumulate
IAM sprawl, exposed services, weak logging, and configuration drift quietly expand the attack surface.
Founder-led AWS consulting
Secure AWS.
Reliable operations.
Lower spend.
I help growing teams design, secure, automate, and operate AWS environments without adding layers of consulting overhead.
✓AWS Security Specialty
✓5+ years hands-on delivery
✓Remote, global support
$ assess aws-environment --scope full
Analyzing identity, network, workloads, cost and resilience...
Security postureHardened
InfrastructureAutomated
Cloud spend38% reduced
Audit readinessOn track
$ deploy improvements --with-team
99.95% uptime achieved
$3.2K monthly savings
38%AWS spend reduced
99.95%uptime achieved
6 weeksto HIPAA readiness
24/7operations support
Senior attention where it matters
Your cloud does not need more noise.
It needs clear ownership, strong engineering decisions, and someone who can move between security, infrastructure, operations, and cost without losing the bigger picture.
SidSecOps works directly with founders and engineering teams to solve the practical AWS problems that slow growth and create risk.
Operations become reactive
Incidents, manual deployments, and fragile infrastructure consume the time meant for product work.
Cloud bills lose discipline
Oversized resources and weak commitment planning turn scale into unnecessary monthly spend.
Core services
Hands-on help across the AWS lifecycle.
Focused engagements or ongoing support, shaped around the actual gaps in your environment and team.
AWS Security & Audits
Assess identity, network, data, workloads, and logging. Get prioritized findings and implementation-ready remediation.
- Security posture assessment
- IAM and network hardening
- AuditWolf-powered evidence
CloudOps & Reliability
Monitoring, incident response, patching, backups, and continuous operational improvement for dependable systems.
- CloudWatch observability
- Incident and uptime support
- Backup and recovery design
Cost Optimization
Turn billing data into practical savings through rightsizing, architecture changes, and commitment planning.
- Waste and utilization review
- Graviton and storage strategy
- Savings Plans guidance
Architecture & IaC
Secure landing zones, scalable AWS architecture, Terraform, and infrastructure patterns your team can maintain.
- Multi-account foundations
- Terraform implementation
- Resilience and scaling
Compliance Readiness
Prepare AWS controls and evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and security reviews.
- Gap assessment
- Control implementation
- Evidence workflow
Need a second set of eyes?
Start with a focused AWS review.
Bring the bill, architecture, security concern, or operational issue. We will identify the clearest next moves.
Request an AWS review →Selected outcomes
Measured by what changed.
Good cloud consulting should leave behind a safer environment, stronger operations, and a team that understands the decisions.
Cost optimization01
38%
Lower monthly AWS spend
Rightsizing, autoscaling, storage changes, and pricing commitments reduced spend by approximately $3,200 per month while improving reliability.
Security & compliance02
6 weeks
From gaps to HIPAA readiness
Implemented IAM controls, encryption, network isolation, logging, and evidence checks for an external security review.
Cloud operations03
99.95%
Reliable production operations
Monitoring, CI/CD, automated backups, and incident support improved uptime and reduced deployment friction.
How I work
Direct access.
Clear priorities.
No handoff maze.
You work directly with the person assessing the environment and implementing the change. Every recommendation is tied to risk, reliability, cost, or delivery speed.
Talk through your priorities →01
Understand
Map the business goal, current architecture, constraints, and operational pain.
02
Prioritize
Rank work by risk, impact, effort, and the capability of your existing team.
03
Implement
Make changes with your team using documented, maintainable engineering practices.
04
Transfer
Leave context, automation, and operating guidance behind, not dependency.
Built from real consulting work
AuditWolf turns AWS findings into audit-ready evidence.
CloudClan’s compliance platform continuously assesses AWS, maps findings to leading frameworks, collects verifiable evidence, and organizes remediation work.
- ✓Multi-region AWS assessments
- ✓SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CIS and NIST mapping
- ✓Timestamped API evidence and auditor evidence packs
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Siddharth SharmaAWS Security & CloudOps Consultant
Available for selected engagements
About SidSecOps
Technical depth, with business context.
SidSecOps is my independent AWS consulting practice. I work with startups and growing companies that need senior cloud expertise without building a large platform team too early.
My work spans AWS security, infrastructure design, day-two operations, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, compliance controls, and cloud economics. The goal is always practical: make the environment safer, easier to run, and less expensive.
AWS SecurityTerraformKubernetesCloudOpsCI/CDComplianceFinOpsPython / Bash
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Let’s solve the right AWS problem
Bring the environment.
I’ll bring clarity.
Tell me what is creating risk, cost, or operational friction. We can start with a focused conversation and decide whether an engagement makes sense.