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Habib U.

Lahore, Pakistan

$16/hr
4.9
63 jobs

I work with Claude Code and use advanced capabilities like MCP, Skills, and subagents to streamline complex workflows, automate repetitive engineering tasks, and significantly increase my development speed and productivity. Iโ€™m a senior full-stack web engineer with over 7 years of professional experience building and scaling real-world applications. I can write clean, extendable, and manageable code using SOLID design principles and common design patterns. I mostly use agile (an iterative approach) for development, which significantly reduces overall development time and ensures continuous delivery. My primary tech stack includes ๐๐‡๐, ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐•๐ฎ๐ž๐‰๐’, ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐‰๐’, ๐๐จ๐๐ž๐‰๐’, ๐Œ๐ฒ๐’๐๐‹, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐–๐’ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ…Top Rated Plus (Top 3% on Upwork) ๐Ÿ…100% Job Success Score ๐Ÿ…7+ years of professional experience ๐Ÿ…AWS Certified (Cloud Practitioner) ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: โ€ข Drill down the project into sprints and follow the agile process to deliver the work continuously. โ€ข Development of full-stack projects from scratch. โ€ข RESTful API development for mobile and single-page applications. โ€ข Bug fixing or customization in existing PHP and Laravel scripts. โ€ข Team leadership and code review for quality assurance. ๐…๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โ Habib quickly understood the requirement. Performed proper design processes and produced well tested, high quality code. Would highly recommend. Well done! โž โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โ He is very professional and friendly. He sticks to timelines, communicates constantly, and delivers quality output just as the requirements dictate. I would definitely endorse him 10/10. โž ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค: โ€ข Front-End: JavaScript, jQuery, VueJS, VueX, NuxtJS, Tailwind, AlpineJS โ€ข Back-End: PHP, Laravel, CakePHP, Livewire, Filament, TALL Stack, SQL, MongoDB, NodeJS โ€ข Third-Party Integration: PayPal, Stripe, Twilio, EasyPost, Walmart API, eBay API โ€ข Tools & Technologies: WebSockets, FFMPEG, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Git, n8n, OpenAI Agents SDK โ€ข Cloud Services: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, SNS, SES, SQS, Load-Balancing) ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐”๐ฉ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.

  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • SQL
  • MySQL
  • jQuery
  • Laravel
  • API Development
  • FFmpeg
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • AWS Server Migration
  • Vue.js
  • Cloud Computing
  • Nuxt.js
  • eBay API
  • ChatGPT
Mansouri I.

Tunis, Tunisia

$60/hr
5.0
75 jobs

Certifications: Linux Professionals Institute - LPIC-1 AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional I am a Senior DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure Engineer specializing in AWS architecture, production reliability, compliance readiness (SOC 2 / ISO 27001), and scalable multi-environment infrastructure. I help startups and growing SaaS companies stabilize, secure, and scale their AWS environments โ€” often stepping in to audit, fix, and modernize existing infrastructure. To date, I have: โ€ข Designed and restructured multi-account AWS environments (dev/staging/prod isolation) โ€ข Built and maintained ECS Fargate production clusters โ€ข Migrated legacy servers to containerized workloads โ€ข Implemented Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code across multiple organizations โ€ข Led SOC 2 readiness initiatives including security hardening and risk remediation โ€ข Recovered unstable production systems under live traffic AWS Architecture (Advanced) โ€ข Multi-account architecture (Organizations, SCPs, IAM boundaries) โ€ข ECS Fargate, EC2, ALB/NLB, Auto Scaling โ€ข RDS (Aurora Serverless v2), MySQL/Postgres optimization โ€ข S3, CloudFront, WAF, Route53 โ€ข VPC design, subnet isolation, NACL hardening โ€ข Secure parameter management (SSM, Secrets Manager, KMS) โ€ข CloudWatch monitoring, alerting, log aggregation DevOps & Automation โ€ข Terraform (modular, environment-aware design) โ€ข GitHub Actions & CI/CD architecture โ€ข OIDC-based GitHub โ†’ AWS authentication โ€ข Ephemeral preview environments per PR โ€ข Blue/Green & zero-downtime deployments โ€ข Docker production optimization โ€ข Cost optimization & AWS spend audits Security & Compliance โ€ข SOC 2 Type I / II preparation โ€ข IAM least-privilege design & MFA enforcement โ€ข Encryption at rest & in transit (KMS, TLS policies) โ€ข Secrets rotation & audit logging โ€ข Risk assessments & remediation roadmaps โ€ข Security architecture documentation Databases & Data Operations โ€ข Production MySQL / Postgres migrations โ€ข CouchDB clustered deployments (n=3, q=8) โ€ข Shard recovery & disaster recovery planning โ€ข Backup validation & restore testing โ€ข Schema migrations (Alembic, Laravel, etc.) I do not apply superficial fixes. I audit environments thoroughly, document risk exposure, and implement long-term infrastructure improvements designed for scalability, security, and operational clarity. If you need a senior-level DevOps engineer who understands production systems, compliance pressure, and business continuity, I would be glad to assist.

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Security Management
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Linux System Administration
  • Network Administration
  • Network Security
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Terraform
  • Deployment Automation
  • SOC 2
  • Compliance
  • HIPAA
  • CI/CD
  • Kubernetes
Raj Narayan G.

Patna, India

$16/hr
4.7
27 jobs

I am a Full Stack Developer with 6+ years of experience building scalable, secure web applications using .NET and cloud technologies. I specialize in architecting solutions that align with business goals, ensuring high performance and maintainability. Core Expertise Backend: ASP.NET Core, C#, Microservices, CQRS, Web API, SignalR. Frontend: Blazor, React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+). Cloud & DevOps: Azure App Services, AWS, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker. Database: SQL Server, MySQL, Entity Framework Core. What I Deliver End-to-end development from concept to deployment. Performance optimization and legacy code refactoring. Secure authentication (JWT, OAuth, Identity). Clean, documented code with a focus on long-term reliability. I hold a 5.0 rating and prioritize clear communication throughout the project lifecycle. Letโ€™s discuss how I can help bring your technical vision to life.

  • .NET Core
  • ASP.NET Core
  • C#
  • Web API
  • ASP.NET Web API
  • Web Development
  • Full-Stack Development
  • MERN Stack
  • Docker
  • Azure DevOps
  • AWS Development
  • CI/CD
  • Entity Framework
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microservice
  • React
  • Blazor
Dawid G.

Dover, Delaware

$99/hr
5.0
52 jobs

If your AWS bill keeps climbing, production breaks under load, or a compliance deadline is getting close - the problem is rarely just AWS. Itโ€™s the architecture. I step into fragile systems and fix both: cloud infrastructure, and the application design running on it. Because even perfect AWS setup cannot save software that wasnโ€™t designed to scale, isolate failures, or handle real production traffic. Most teams I work with are stuck in one of these situations: - AWS costs rising every month with no clear reason - Systems that pass tests but fail under real traffic - Compliance pressure from regulators or auditors - Constant firefighting instead of controlled releases Hiring more engineers or adding more monitoring increases complexity. I simplify the architecture - both infrastructure and code-level design - so the problems stop repeating. Recent outcomes: - Avoided a $5M federal penalty by delivering a critical federal platform before deadline, focusing only on what was required for compliant launch - Cut hosting costs from $96K to $14K per year by eliminating architectural waste across infrastructure and services - Designed and delivered a FedNow-ready, Federal Reserve-compliant real-time payments system scaling to 60,000 transactions per second using horizontally scaled services built specifically for cloud behavior What changes after Iโ€™m done: - Infrastructure and software designed to scale together - Predictable AWS costs - Systems that stay stable under load - Clear documentation and runbooks - A team that can operate it independently I build boring, predictable systems on purpose. Boring systems survive audits, scale events, and 3am incidents. If youโ€™re dealing with cost pressure, reliability issues, or compliance risk, send me your biggest concern. Iโ€™ll tell you exactly what I would fix first and whether itโ€™s worth doing. If itโ€™s not a fit, Iโ€™ll say so.

  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Node.js
  • API Development
  • AWS Lambda
  • API
  • Startup Company
  • Amazon ECS
  • AWS AppSync
  • AWS IoT Core
  • Socket Programming
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS CodeDeploy
  • CI/CD
  • AWS Fargate
  • AWS CloudFront
Arthur J.

Gilgit, Pakistan

$25/hr
4.9
13 jobs

Deployments breaking? Manual releases taking too long? AWS infrastructure becoming difficult to manage? I help startups and SaaS teams build, automate, deploy, and stabilize production infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes. My work covers the complete path from source code to production: Git โ†’ CI/CD โ†’ Docker โ†’ AWS โ†’ Kubernetes โ†’ Monitoring I can help with: โ†’ AWS infrastructure architecture and deployment โ†’ Dockerizing existing applications โ†’ Kubernetes / EKS deployments โ†’ Terraform Infrastructure as Code โ†’ GitHub Actions, Jenkins & CI/CD pipelines โ†’ ArgoCD, Helm & GitOps workflows โ†’ NGINX, domains, SSL and reverse proxies โ†’ Linux server configuration & troubleshooting โ†’ Application monitoring and production debugging โ†’ Cloud migrations and deployment modernization Full-Stack + DevOps Infrastructure issues don't always stop at infrastructure. Because I also work with Next.js, React, Node.js, APIs, PostgreSQL and modern application architectures, I can troubleshoot problems across both the application and deployment layers rather than handing the issue back and forth between development and DevOps teams. Typical problems I solve Manual deployment โ†’ Automated CI/CD Single server โ†’ Containerized infrastructure Fragile environment โ†’ Repeatable Terraform infrastructure Docker containers โ†’ Production Kubernetes deployment Git push โ†’ Automated build, test, security scan & deployment Unknown production issue โ†’ Logs, metrics, root-cause analysis & fix My focus isn't adding more tools to your infrastructure. It's making your delivery process repeatable, observable, maintainable and reliable. If you're planning a deployment, migrating infrastructure, setting up CI/CD, containerizing an application, or fixing a production environment, send me the architecture or describe what's currently going wrong. I'll tell you how I'd approach it before we start.

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Docker
  • Jenkins
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub
  • Docker Compose
  • Terraform
  • AWS Development
  • Amazon EC2
  • NGINX
  • Apache Ant
  • SSL
  • Web Hosting
  • CI/CD
Rohan S.

Mohali, India

$15/hr
5.0
24 jobs

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐€๐ˆ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐€๐† ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ & ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐š๐š๐’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ | ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ | ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ% ๐‰๐’๐’ | $๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐Š+ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ I'm an AWS Certified AI Solutions Engineer specializing in AI Agents, RAG systems, workflow automation, and scalable full-stack applications. I help startups and businesses turn ideas into production-ready products using Python, Node.js, React, AWS, and modern LLMs. [ ๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐Ž๐ ] ๐€๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐€๐ˆ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ Custom AI chatbots and AI Agents using OpenAI (GPT-4) and Claude API, RAG pipelines for document intelligence, LangChain-based AI Agents for workflow automation, and FastAPI backends for real-time AI applications. I've built RAG systems that turn messy internal docs into fast, accurate answers, one of the areas clients bring me in for most. ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐–๐ž๐› ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ React and Next.js frontends, Node.js and Python backends, REST and GraphQL APIs, Go microservices for high-performance needs, and full SaaS product builds from scratch to deployment. Whether it's a Node.js API layer or a Python service powering an AI Agent, I build it to scale from day one. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  AWS architecture and management (EC2, Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFront), CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Docker and Kubernetes for containerization, Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure as code. As an AWS Certified engineer, I bring DevOps best practices into every build so it's production ready, not just demo ready. [ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡ ๐’๐“๐€๐‚๐Š ] Frontend - React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS Backend - Node.js, Python, FastAPI, Go, REST, GraphQL AI & LLMs - OpenAI API, Claude API, LangChain, RAG, Pinecone, AI Agents Cloud & DevOps - AWS (Certified), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform Databases - PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB [ ๐–๐‡๐˜ ๐‚๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐’๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐Š ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐Œ๐„ ] I don't just deliver code, I take full ownership of the project. As a Full-Stack and AI Engineer, that means asking the right questions upfront, keeping you updated throughout, flagging issues before they become problems, and making sure everything is documented so you're never dependent on me to understand your own system. ๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐๐ž๐š, ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ? ๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค, ๐ˆ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Full-Stack Development
  • Python
  • Golang
  • AWS Development
  • n8n
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation
  • AI Agent Development
  • Node.js
  • DevOps Engineering
  • AI Chatbot
  • ChatGPT API
  • LangChain
  • Next.js
  • FastAPI
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST API
  • Prompt Engineering

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How to hire top AWS developers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the largest cloud-computing platform on the market. If you want to leverage the power of the cloud for your business, an AWS developer can help. Or if you're still unsure about AWS you should seek our cloudย consulting services to help you make the right decision.

So how do you hire AWS developers? What follows are some tips for finding top AWS developers on Upwork.ย 

How to shortlist AWS professionals

As youโ€™re browsing available AWS consultants, it can be helpful to develop a shortlist of the professionals you may want to interview. You can screen profiles on criteria such as:

  • Industry fit. You want an AWS developer who understands your industry so they can help you figure out how best to build cloud solutions tailored to your business.
  • Project experience. You can screen profiles for experience with projects similar to yours. Bonus points if they have a portfolio showcasing past accomplishments or code.ย 
  • Feedback. Check reviews from past clients for glowing testimonials or red flags that can tell you what itโ€™s like to work with a particular AWS developer.

How to write an effective AWS job post

With a clear picture of your ideal AWS developer in mind, itโ€™s time to write that job post. Although you donโ€™t need a full job description as you would when hiring an employee, aim to provide enough detail for a contractor to know if theyโ€™re the right fit for the project.

Job post title

Create a simple title that describes exactly what youโ€™re looking for. The idea is to target the keywords that your ideal candidate is likely to type into a job search bar to find your project. Here are some sample AWS job post titles:

  • AWS developer needed for deployment and maintenance of an enterprise app
  • Seeking software engineer (AWS, EC2, Java)
  • Need an AWS developer with experience in DevOps

AWS developer project description

An effective AWS development job post should include:ย 

  • Scope of work: From AWS IoT to big data analytics, list all the deliverables youโ€™ll need.ย 
  • Project length: Your job post should indicate whether this is a smaller or larger project.ย 
  • Background: If you prefer specific AWS certificates or technologies, mention this here.ย 
  • Budget: Set a budget and note your preference for hourly rates vs. fixed-price contracts.

AWS developer job responsibilities

Here are some examples of AWS developer job responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain software infrastructure
  • Implement cloud storage solutions
  • Provision virtual servers and containers as required
  • Identify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and availability issues across the technology stack.ย 

AWS developer requirements and qualifications

Be sure to include any requirements and qualifications youโ€™re looking for in an AWS developer. Here are some examples:

  • Desired AWS technology (EC2, S3, RDS)
  • Software development
  • API development
  • Server-side development
  • IT infrastructure
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AWS Developers FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is AWS?

AWS is a cloud services provider and development platform that gives developers everything they need to take advantage of the cloud. It enables you to build websites, cloud storage solutions, IoT products, machine-learning-powered apps, and more with Amazonโ€™s global network of servers. Since AWS is a collection of tools with broad applications, itโ€™s important to find someone experienced using AWS with the technologies found in your projectโ€™s technology stack.ย 

How much does it cost to hire an AWS developer?

The first step to determining the cost to hire an AWS developer will be to define your needs. Rates can vary due to many factors, including expertise and experience, location, and market conditions. Learn about the cost to hire an AWS developer.

Common AWS developer mistakes

Failing to optimize for computing costs: Are you provisioning too many or too few computing resources from AWS? The platform provides a wide range of options for pricing Amazon EC2 instances, including on-demand, yearly reserved, and spot instances. A cost analysis should be performed to determine that youโ€™re provisioning no more and no less than the capacity you need.

Not implementing a cloud-optimized security strategy: A common mistake is to simply port over preexisting security best practices when moving from physical IT infrastructure to the cloud. A conventional perimeter-based security model wonโ€™t work for the cloud, however. Instead, all parties, from developers to operators, must be aware of the potential security impact of their activities. Clever use of access controls and automation tooling can programmatically enforce security best practices across an organization.ย 

Managing infrastructure manually: If youโ€™re still clicking around the web-based management console to configure and manage your cloud infrastructure, youโ€™ve probably noticed how hard it is to document and make your processes reproducible for others to follow. The console may be fine for smaller apps, but large, complex projects such as SaaS deployments will get unruly fast. Fortunately AWS CloudFormation gives you everything you need to automate the creation of resources such as EC2 instances, subnets, and security groups. By creating templates through CloudFormation you can save time and avoid errors of manual configuration management.ย 

AWS tips and best practices

Use Auto Scaling groups for all EC2 instances

In a typical AWS-powered web application, web servers will run on virtual machines in collections of Amazon EC2 instances called Auto Scaling groups.They enable your app to automatically add virtual machines to scale computing power with changing workloads. Itโ€™s considered best practice to use Auto Scaling for all EC2 instances including single instances. Not only does it make it easier to work with virtual machines as logical groups, but itโ€™s also free and takes care of the monitoring of EC2 instances for things like CPU usage or the number of requests the load balancer has received.ย 

Pay attention to CloudWatch

CloudWatch is a monitoring tool that receives alerts for various metrics from all of your AWS services. It provides a handy dashboard from which you can graphically monitor the performance of various metrics across your entire stack, enabling you to track CPU usage, disk usage, network data, memory, and more.

Back up your data

AWS provides many tools for backing up your data. Whether itโ€™s backing up your EBS volumes using Amazon EBS snapshots or creating an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from an active EC2 instance to save it as a configuration template for future launches, AWS gives you everything you need to back up your data and resources.