Cloud Optimization & Cost Savings

Driving significant cloud cost reduction while maintaining service performance

Project Overview

As a Service Delivery Lead, I led a cloud optimization initiative to reduce infrastructure costs while ensuring seamless service delivery. The project focused on aligning IT operations, business needs, and cloud strategy to deliver cost-efficient, reliable, and scalable cloud services.

Challenges

  • Ensuring service performance and availability while reducing cloud costs.
  • Coordinating multiple stakeholders across IT, finance, and business units.
  • Identifying inefficiencies without disrupting critical business services.
Challenges
Approach

My Approach

  • Conducted detailed assessments of cloud usage and service dependencies to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Implemented automated monitoring and alerts for underutilized resources.
  • Right-sized compute instances and optimized storage tiers.
  • Scheduled shutdown of unused services.
  • Coordinated with IT and finance to ensure cost tracking and alignment with business objectives.

The Results

  • Delivered substantial annual savings while maintaining high service reliability and performance.
  • Improved operational efficiency through automated monitoring.
  • Enhanced visibility into cloud usage enabled proactive management and strategic planning.
Challenges

Key Outcomes

$448K

Cloud Cost Savings

35%

Reduction in underutilized cloud resources

25%

Improvement in operational efficiency via automation

99.9%

Service availability maintained

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