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Kervora CloudAWS Consultancy
AWS Cloud Consultancy

Understand. Secure. Optimise. Improve your AWS environment.

Kervora Cloud provides practical AWS assessments, migration planning and implementation support, turning complex cloud environments into clear findings and actionable next steps.

Founder-led
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Direct technical delivery
AWS ENVIRONMENT
Security & AccessIAM • Least Privilege
Cost OptimisationWaste • Rightsizing
Backup & RecoveryRPO • Restore Testing
Monitoring & AuditCloudWatch • CloudTrail
Migration PlanningDiscovery • Cutover
Network IsolationVPC • Segmentation
AWS CertifiedSolutions Architect – Associate
Evidence-ledRecommendations
Plain-EnglishReporting
ScopedDelivery
Security-consciousAccess
Practical AWS Engagements

Consultancy designed around clear outcomes

Every service is scoped, agreed in advance, and delivered directly by an AWS Certified Solutions Architect. No bloated packages, no hidden agendas, and no commercial ambiguity.

AWS Cloud Health Check

A practical review of your AWS environment covering the areas most likely to create risk, unnecessary cost or operational problems.

Core Review Areas:

Security & Access Posture
Cost & Resource Efficiency
Backup & Recovery Posture

AWS Security and Access Review

A focused review of AWS identity, access and common security exposure, supported by evidence and clear recommendations.

Core Review Areas:

IAM Users, Roles & Policies
Privileged Access & MFA Posture
Public Perimeter & Security Groups

AWS Cost and Waste Review

An evidence-led review of AWS usage designed to identify avoidable spend and areas where cost controls could be improved.

Core Review Areas:

Idle & Orphaned Resources
Compute Sizing & Utilisation
Storage Lifecycle & Tiering

Backup and Disaster Recovery Review

Review backup coverage, recovery requirements and restore readiness so that gaps can be identified before they become incidents.

Core Review Areas:

Backup Configuration & Coverage
RPO & RTO Alignment
Snapshot Retention & Vault Lock

AWS Migration Assessment

A structured assessment for organisations considering moving workloads to AWS, producing a clearer understanding of dependencies, risks and the proposed target environment.

Core Review Areas:

Workload Inventory & Discovery
Dependency & Network Mapping
Target Architecture Design

AWS Remediation and Implementation

Controlled implementation of agreed AWS improvements following assessment and approval.

Core Review Areas:

IAM & Permission Remediation
Network & Security Group Hardening
Backup & Lifecycle Automation
Decision Guide

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AWS Cloud Health Check

Tailored AWS consultancy

Why this fits your objective:

The AWS Cloud Health Check is the natural starting point. It provides a multi-pillar baseline across security, spend, resilience, and operational risks so you gain immediate clarity on where to focus.

Key Engagement Focus:

What needs immediate attention and what can be safely scheduled for later
The technical and operational rationale behind every identified finding
Which configuration risks could directly impact your business operations
Consulting Methodology

How Kervora Cloud Works

A disciplined four-stage process that prioritises clarity, evidence, and controlled execution at every step.

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Step 1

Scope

Understand the environment, objectives and agreed boundaries before access or technical work begins.

Define clear engagement objectives and systems in scope
Agree on non-disruptive, read-only access mechanisms (IAM role / audit policy)
Confirm escalation paths and operational communication channels
Document boundaries so expectations remain strictly defined from day one
02
Step 2

Assess

Review the agreed AWS areas using evidence rather than assumptions.

Perform structured inspection across IAM, networking, compute, storage, and logging
Collect and cross-reference configuration evidence directly from AWS APIs
Examine utilization patterns and identify dormant or unoptimized resources
Ensure zero disruption to running production workloads throughout the review
03
Step 3

Explain

Turn technical findings into prioritised, plain-English recommendations.

Translate raw AWS configurations into understandable operational risks and benefits
Separate urgent security risks from useful medium-term optimizations
Provide clear technical rationale linked directly to observed resource IDs
Walk through findings directly with your engineering and leadership team
04
Step 4

Improve

Where requested, implement approved changes with controlled delivery, validation and evidence.

Formulate a scoped change plan with explicit pre-conditions and rollback steps
Obtain formal client approval before executing any configuration changes
Apply updates systematically with Infrastructure as Code or controlled console changes
Validate all results with recorded evidence and provide handover documentation
Access & Governance Principles

Your AWS environment stays under your control.

Granting third-party access to cloud infrastructure requires absolute confidence in handling, intent, and boundaries. Kervora adheres to strict, transparent operational rules designed to safeguard your environment at all times.

Scope Agreed in Advance

We never perform scans or touch infrastructure outside agreed target accounts and pre-defined architectural boundaries.

Least-Privilege Role Access

Assessments use read-only AWS managed policies (such as SecurityAudit or ViewOnlyAccess) tailored strictly to what is needed.

Temporary, Controlled Access

We recommend cross-account IAM role assumption with external IDs or AWS IAM Identity Center sessions rather than static user accounts.

Zero Root Credential Handling

We will never ask for, accept, or handle root account credentials. Root access is never required for consulting reviews.

No Credential Transmission via Email

We explicitly instruct clients never to send AWS passwords, IAM secret keys, or private SSH keys via email or web forms.

Independent Assessment & Approval

Assessment is strictly separate from implementation. No changes are ever applied to your environment without prior written sign-off.

Validation & Change Evidence

Any approved implementation is validated against recorded test steps and configuration evidence before handover.

Immediate Access Revocation

Once work is delivered, client teams simply revoke or delete the assumed IAM role, leaving zero lingering access.

Tangible Outputs

What you receive from an engagement

Depending on the engagement, Kervora provides concise, actionable documentation structured for both engineering teams and business leadership.

Clear Findings

Understand what was identified without having to interpret raw AWS JSON output or cryptic console logs.

Prioritised Actions

Separate urgent risks from useful operational improvements and longer-term architectural considerations.

Supporting Evidence

Where appropriate, findings reference the specific AWS resource IDs, configuration lines, and metrics observed.

Practical Recommendations

Recommendations clearly explain what could be changed, why it matters, and the operational trade-offs involved.

Defined Next Steps

Use the review as a clear foundation for internal engineering, Kervora implementation, or specialist partner delivery.

Consultancy Ethos

Why partner with Kervora Cloud

We are intentionally lean, technical, and founder-led. You receive direct expertise, rigorous evidence, and pragmatic advice without consultancy overhead.

Direct Technical Contact

Speak directly with the person assessing your environment rather than being passed through layers of account management and junior coordinators.

Clear Communication

Technical findings explained in practical business language, ensuring leadership and engineers share the same operational picture.

Defined Scope

Work is agreed before delivery begins so expectations, boundaries, and technical scope remain clear and controlled.

Evidence First

Recommendations are supported by what is actually found in your AWS environment rather than vendor marketing scripts or generic checklists.

No Unnecessary Complexity

We recommend AWS services and architectural patterns because they solve genuine business requirements, not simply because they exist.

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Shaun Estcourt

Owner & Cloud Consultant

Technical Credential

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Direct technical engagement without intermediary sales layers.

Enterprise Servers, Networking & Datacentre Experience
AWS Architecture & Cloud Migration Planning
Infrastructure as Code & Automated Cloud Baselines
Founder-Led Delivery

Enterprise infrastructure discipline applied to AWS

Kervora Cloud was established by Shaun Estcourt to offer businesses something increasingly rare in the cloud consultancy market: direct access to an experienced, hands-on practitioner who actually inspects and works on your environment.

Shaun has extensive hands-on experience working with enterprise infrastructure including servers, networking, storage and datacentre technology, and has moved that experience into AWS architecture, migration, Infrastructure as Code and cloud infrastructure.

Because Kervora is deliberately founder-led, there is no dilution of accountability. You don't meet a senior architect during the sales discussion only to have your account handed to an unsupervised junior graduate. Shaun scopes the engagement, reviews the configurations, writes the plain-English report, and leads any approved implementation work.

Architecture & Lab Work

Technical Portfolio

Demonstration architectures, migration laboratories, and Infrastructure as Code codebases showcasing engineering patterns and implementation rigor.

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AWS ArchitectureDemonstration Architecture

Multi-AZ Resilient Web & Database Architecture

A highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure baseline deployed across two Availability Zones featuring an Application Load Balancer, auto-scaling compute, and Multi-AZ Amazon RDS.

AWS VPCApplication Load BalancerAmazon EC2 Auto ScalingAmazon RDS Multi-AZ
MigrationTechnical Lab

Workload Migration & Database Cutover Lab

A hands-on migration laboratory demonstrating discovery, schema conversion, and near-zero-downtime replication from on-premises virtual machines to AWS native services.

AWS MGNAWS DMSAmazon RDSAmazon Route 53
TerraformPortfolio Project

Terraform Modular Cloud Foundation

Reusable Infrastructure as Code modules codifying VPC networking, security baselines, CloudTrail audit trails, and encrypted S3 state backends.

TerraformHCLAWS KMSAmazon S3
Common Questions

Frequently asked questions

Straightforward answers regarding our consulting scope, access procedures, deliverables, and implementation boundaries.

An AWS Cloud Health Check is an independent, evidence-led review of your AWS environment across key operational pillars: security controls, identity permissions, resource waste, backup coverage, monitoring, and architecture resilience. It produces a prioritised, plain-English report identifying immediate configuration risks, quick wins, and structured longer-term improvements.

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Let's understand what you need.

Tell Kervora a little about your AWS environment or the problem you're trying to solve. You don't need to know which service you need before getting in touch.

What happens next?

  • Shaun reviews your enquiry directly.
  • We schedule an initial, no-obligation technical call.
  • We define scope and objectives before any access or proposal.