AWS Solutions Architect — Professional
Top-tier AWS architecture certification, backed by hands-on delivery rather than slideware.
Track record
Two decades of production cloud delivery.
Hiymah is led by an AWS-certified senior architect with 15+ years building and securing enterprise cloud platforms. Below are selected engagements — client names withheld for confidentiality, outcomes and technology kept real.
15+ years in the field
From data-centre and virtualisation foundations to modern cloud-native platforms and DevOps at scale.
ITIL v3 · MCP
Service-management and Microsoft-certified foundations underpinning disciplined, documented delivery.
Selected engagements
Real platforms, real outcomes.
Each of these maps directly to a Hiymah offer — foundations, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD and resilience.
GitLab platform migration to AWS
Migrated a self-managed developer platform onto a highly available AWS architecture without disrupting active development teams.
- Designed the AWS landing: VPC, security groups, WAFv2, EC2, RDS and Redis cache
- Built CI/CD with GitLab CI and Jenkins
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform, Packer and Ansible
- Developed Python automation to migrate groups and projects
↳ Outcome: multiple development groups transitioned with minimal disruption onto a resilient, automated platform.
AWS · Terraform · GitLab CI · Jenkins · PythonRansomware-resilient immutable backups
Led implementation of immutable backups across the core infrastructure and data of a national-scale platform, protecting critical data against loss and ransomware.
- Immutable backup strategy using AWS Backup
- Coverage across core infrastructure and data stores
- Recovery posture aligned to resilience requirements
- Repeatable, auditable backup configuration
↳ Outcome: a recoverable, tamper-resistant backup posture for business-critical data.
AWS Backup · resilience · disaster recoverySecure DevOps platform for critical infrastructure
Led a multi-disciplinary DevOps and development team improving and maintaining critical infrastructure, with security built into the delivery pipeline.
- HashiCorp Vault for secrets management
- Automated IAM key rotation
- Kubernetes deployments via Helm
- Container security scanning (Trivy) wired into CI
- Python / AWS Lambda data processing
- Delivered within a SAFe / Scrum operating model
↳ Outcome: a hardened, automated delivery pipeline on critical infrastructure.
AWS · Kubernetes · Vault · Trivy · PythonDisaster-recovery data centre
Architected the infrastructure and DevOps processes for a disaster-recovery data centre, with automated synchronisation and failover between production and DR.
- Network and server infrastructure blueprints
- Automated prod ↔ DR synchronisation
- Automated failover capability
- Documented, repeatable DR procedures
↳ Outcome: a tested disaster-recovery capability with automated failover.
DR · automation · infrastructure design
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Client identities are withheld for confidentiality. Engagements reflect the senior delivery experience that underpins Hiymah's project-based, documentation-led model. Hiymah scopes new work within its licensed activities: IT Infrastructure, Cyber Risk Management Services, and Cloud Service & Datacenters provision.
Put that experience to work on your platform.
Start with a Cloud Platform Readiness Audit — a senior-led assessment with a prioritised, practical roadmap.