100% 5-star rating across 45 jobs

The Senior AWS Engineer Your SaaS Needs

KhoiLabs helps growing SaaS teams modernize their AWS platform, pass security and compliance audits, cut cloud costs, and keep production reliable — without hiring a full DevOps team.

$300K+
Earned on Upwork
11,566
Hours delivered
2
AWS certifications
console.aws.amazon.com
Monthly AWS cost
$18,400
↓ 38% saved
Security posture
Hardened
Uptime (30d)
99.99%
FinOps savings / yr
$84,000

A track record clients trust

$300K+
Earned on Upwork
45
Jobs completed
11,566
Hours delivered
7+ yrs
Backend & cloud
2
AWS certifications
The problem

Does this sound like your team?

Most growing SaaS teams hit the same AWS pain points as they scale. If two or more of these feel familiar, KhoiLabs can help.

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AWS was built by hand — no Terraform, and the infrastructure keeps drifting.

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Multiple accounts, but IAM and governance are messy and hard to control.

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A SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit is coming and security is not ready.

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The AWS bill keeps growing and nobody knows exactly why.

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Deployments are risky, monitoring is thin, and incidents take too long.

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You need senior platform ownership — but not a full-time DevOps hire.

Core services

Six ways KhoiLabs moves your AWS platform forward

High-impact work for teams that need a senior AWS engineer — backed by DOP-C02 + SAA-C03 certifications.

01
Best-balanced niche

AWS Platform Modernization & Governance

Turn hand-built AWS into a clean, governed, multi-account platform managed as code.

  • Landing Zone, AWS Organizations & multi-account design
  • Control Tower, SCPs & IAM Identity Center
  • Terraform, CloudFormation & CDK; IaC modules & drift fixes
  • VPC design, CI/CD, GitOps & consistent dev / staging / prod
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Highest urgency

AWS Security & Compliance Remediation

Get audit-ready fast. Hands-on hardening and remediation — not just a report — with the technical evidence reviewers ask for.

  • Security posture assessment & IAM least privilege
  • Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector & Config
  • CloudTrail, KMS, Secrets Manager & secure VPC / network
  • Remediate Vanta / Drata / Sprinto findings (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
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Easiest ROI to prove

FinOps & AWS Cost Optimization

Find and remove waste, then keep spend under control with the full analyze → measure loop.

  • Cost & usage assessment, tagging & dashboards
  • Right-sizing EC2 / ECS / EKS / RDS
  • Savings Plans, Reserved Instances & Spot
  • Budgets, anomaly detection & per-tenant unit economics
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Best recurring model

Fractional AWS Platform / SRE

A senior platform engineer for 10–20 hours a week — the value of a full-time hire without the cost.

  • Infra change review; Terraform, CloudFormation & CDK
  • CI/CD tuning, monitoring & alerting
  • Incident review & security hardening
  • Architecture planning, DR testing & backend / DB troubleshooting
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Largest contract value

Migration, Resilience & Disaster Recovery

Move to AWS — or to a stronger, multi-region, recoverable architecture — with a clear plan.

  • On-prem / Azure / GCP → AWS migrations
  • EC2 → ECS / EKS / serverless; DB → RDS / Aurora
  • Single-account → multi-account, single → multi-region
  • VPC & network migration, backup, DR & RTO / RPO
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Fastest-growing

AI & ML Infrastructure, Governance & FinOps

Run AI & ML workloads on AWS safely — secure, observable, and cost-controlled platform foundations.

  • Bedrock & SageMaker integration, IAM & network isolation
  • Managed AI: Textract, Rekognition, Transcribe & Comprehend
  • Guardrails, model access control, token & GPU cost monitoring
  • Vector DB infrastructure & RAG platform deployment

Strongest combined offer: Platform modernization → Security & governance → Cost optimization → Ongoing managed service. Backend builds in Go, Java, and PostgreSQL available as a supporting service.

Why KhoiLabs

One senior engineer who replaces an expensive team.

Led by Duc — a senior AWS and backend engineer with 7+ years backend and 5+ years AWS experience, $300K+ earned across 45 jobs, and a 100% 5-star rating. Skilled delivery from Vietnam keeps cost efficient, while senior ownership stays with you.

Let's talk about your platform

Senior ownership, not just tasks

You get an engineer who understands the problem, recommends options, implements the fix, and supports production.

AWS + DevOps + backend in one

Architecture, security, automation, and backend troubleshooting from a single accountable engineer.

AWS DevOps Pro + SA certified

DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) and Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03): proven automation and solid architecture skills.

Lower risk for your business

Faster root-cause analysis, fewer mistakes, stronger reliability — and far less management for your team.

Certifications

Two AWS certifications, independently verified

Issued by AWS — covering both day-2 operations and architecture design, so one engineer owns the full picture.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional badge
Professional · DOP-C02

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

Advanced skill in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and automating operations at scale on AWS.

Verify on Credly
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate badge
Associate · SAA-C03

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Designing secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architectures on AWS.

How it works

A simple, low-risk path to a stronger platform

Start small with a paid assessment. Grow into remediation and a long-term retainer — only when you see the value.

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Paid Assessment

A deep review of your AWS architecture, Terraform, security, IAM, networking, reliability, and cost. You receive a clear, prioritized action plan.

  • Architecture & IaC review
  • Security & IAM audit
  • Cost & reliability risks
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Remediation Project

I implement the plan — Terraform cleanup, ECS/EKS/Lambda improvements, security hardening, CI/CD, monitoring, backups, and backend/database fixes.

  • Terraform & platform
  • Security hardening
  • CI/CD, monitoring & backups
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Monthly Retainer

Ongoing platform engineering, production support, security improvements, cost control, and architecture guidance — a senior engineer on call for your team.

  • Platform & SRE support
  • Cost optimization
  • Architecture guidance
Client results

Trusted by founders and engineering teams

A 100% 5-star rating across 45 jobs — with repeat hires and long-term contracts.

A top-tier developer who consistently delivers work to an excellent standard. His code is clean, maintainable, and follows best practices. Several features were highly complex, yet he grasped the requirements quickly and built robust solutions backed by thorough test coverage.
Alex G.
Founder, Chirpee (HRTech SaaS)
Golang · AWS · 4-month build
An incredible engineer with a deep understanding and a knack for tackling complex problems with code that is effective, sleek, and easy to work with. More than his technical chops, he is a fantastic team player. Definitely a 1% developer.
Senior Java Engagement
100–999 employee business
Java · Spring · Microservices
Great dev — super delighted with the collaboration, input and advice as well as the quality of the work.
Liam
Golang on AWS Lambda
Golang · Lambda · PostgreSQL
Delivered his work with high quality. I would like to rehire him for future projects.
datamappr
Sales-channel software (Amazon / eBay)
Java · 4,200+ hours · rehired
All good! The project was interesting and had many challenges. Highly recommended.
Uride
Real-time ride-sharing platform
Golang · AWS · distributed systems
Engagement & pricing

Simple ways to work together

Start with a paid assessment, scale into a project, and continue with a retainer. You stay in control at every step.

AWS Assessment

Fixed priceone-time

The best place to start. A senior review of your AWS platform with a clear action plan.

  • Architecture, Terraform & IaC review
  • Security, IAM & networking audit
  • Reliability, monitoring & cost risks
  • Prioritized, actionable roadmap
Book an assessment
Most popular

Project / Hourly

$45per hour

Hands-on implementation of platform, security, cost, and backend improvements.

  • Terraform & platform modernization
  • Security hardening & compliance remediation
  • CI/CD, monitoring & backups
  • Fixed-price milestones available
Discuss your project

Monthly Retainer

from $1,800per month

Ongoing senior platform engineering — a fractional SRE for your SaaS team.

  • 10 hrs/week ≈ $1,800 · 20 hrs/week ≈ $3,600
  • Platform engineering & production support
  • Continuous security & cost optimization
  • Architecture guidance on call
Start a retainer
Get started

Ready to fix, secure, or scale your AWS platform?

Send me a message on Upwork with a little about your stack and what is slowing you down. I'll reply with honest next steps — and whether a paid assessment is the right place to start.

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  • Work directly with the senior engineer
  • Contracts, milestones & payments handled securely on Upwork

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  • 100% 5-star rating across 45 jobs
  • $300K+ earned, 11,566 hours delivered
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