Optimizing AWS Resource Management and Cost Efficiency for a Global Biotechnology Company

Client: A Global Biotechnology Company
Industry: Biotechnology & Life Sciences
Solution Provided By: UpTech Solution
Project Lead: A Senior DevOps Engineer (Deployed via Talent On Demand)
Duration: 6 Months
Specialization: AWS Cloud Optimization, Cost Control, DevOps Engineering

Background

A global biotechnology company, known for its innovation in therapeutic research, relies on high-performing cloud infrastructure to support its R&D initiatives. Over time, the organization encountered growing inefficiencies within its AWS environment. Unused or underutilized resources, outdated operating systems, and a lack of ownership tracking had led to increasing costs and compliance concerns.

To regain control over cloud spending and streamline operations, the company partnered with UpTech Solution. A Senior DevOps Engineer was deployed through UpTech’s Talent On Demand model to assess, optimize, and govern the AWS infrastructure more effectively.

Challenges

The AWS environment presented several operational and financial issues:

Thousands of resources with no clear ownership tracking
Legacy operating systems leading to performance and security gaps
High memory and CPU allocations on idle or low-demand workloads
Cloud sprawl due to lack of automated governance
Compliance tool bugs going unreported due to internal blind spots

Objectives

The company aimed to:

Identify and eliminate obsolete cloud resources
Reduce unnecessary compute allocations to optimize resource usage
Automate ownership tagging and enforce audit workflows
Integrate all accounts under AWS Control Tower for better visibility
Achieve measurable cost savings without disrupting operations

Success metrics included:

Verified reduction in cloud expenditures
Clear governance structure with full ownership traceability
Automation to minimize manual intervention and ongoing effort

The UpTech Solution

Automated Tagging System: Created and enforced an automated tagging mechanism that assigns resource ownership; backed by an organization-wide policy.
Weekly Audit Automation: Deployed scripts to run weekly checks, flagging untagged or unused resources.
Obsolete Resource Cleanup: Reviewed and terminated unnecessary resources that were no longer in use.
Resource Optimization: Conducted a deep analysis of one year’s logs to downscale over-provisioned instances, optimizing for actual usage patterns.
IaC Modernization: Rewrote key CloudFormation templates into Terraform to support more maintainable infrastructure workflows.
Compliance Issue Resolution: Identified and reported bugs in compliance tools, enabling prompt fixes and better policy enforcement.
Account Integration: Consolidated all cloud accounts under a single AWS Control Tower to standardize governance and monitoring.

Technology Stack

AWS Cloud: Core infrastructure for compute, storage, and analytics
AWS Control Tower: Centralized multi-account governance
Terraform: Modern infrastructure-as-code solution
Python & Bash: Custom scripts for auditing and automation
CloudWatch & Cost Explorer: Usage analytics and cost tracking

Results & Impact

✅ Cost Reduction

Immediate annual savings of $75,000 through termination of obsolete resources and downgrading over-provisioned instances
Projected savings of up to $200,000/year with ongoing enforcement and governance
Reduced AWS spend by an estimated 35% across key accounts

✅ Governance and Visibility

100% resource ownership traceability via automated tagging and policy enforcement
100% of new AWS resources now require ownership tags before deployment
12 child accounts integrated into AWS Control Tower for unified oversight

✅ Operational Efficiency

Over 2,000 cloud assets audited, optimized, or decommissioned
Weekly automation reduced manual audit time by 40+ hours/month
Identified and reported 5 critical bugs in compliance tooling, improving platform reliability
Migrated 20% of IaC from CloudFormation to Terraform, improving deployment speed and maintainability

Conclusion

By working with UpTech Solution, the global biotechnology company transformed its AWS infrastructure into a cost-efficient, well-governed environment. With clear policies, automation, and optimization in place, the organization achieved immediate financial benefits and set a foundation for sustainable cloud operations.

“UpTech’s DevOps expertise gave us unprecedented clarity, control, and efficiency across our cloud infrastructure. The impact was immediate—and built to scale.”
– Cloud Operations Manager, Global Biotechnology Company