AWS Infrastructure Audit & Optimization
Audit AWS infrastructure for costs, security, and performance risks
What You Can Do
Systematically analyze your AWS accounts to identify cost optimization opportunities, security gaps, and performance bottlenecks. You'll receive prioritized, actionable recommendations tailored to your architecture, from EC2 right-sizing to unused resource cleanup and security hardening.
Features
Identify over-provisioned instances and calculate monthly savings
Find unattached EBS volumes, idle RDS databases, and abandoned resources
Analyze IAM policies, security groups, and public S3 bucket exposure
Identify unexpected spending patterns and cost drivers by service
Recommend RI purchases and consolidation opportunities
Analyze RDS queries, indexing, and configuration bottlenecks
Review S3 storage classes, lifecycle policies, and data transfer costs
Generate consolidated audit reports across AWS Organizations
Example Output
Sample Audit Report Output:
AWS Infrastructure Audit — prod-123456789 (us-east-1)
Generated: 2026-07-30
- 📊 COST OPTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITIES
- ⭐ EC2 Right-Sizing (High Priority)
• i3.2xlarge → i3.large (4 instances: prod-web-04, prod-api-02, prod-batch-01, prod-worker-03)
• Projected monthly savings: $4,200
• Risk level: Low
- ⭐ Unattached Resources
• 23 orphaned EBS volumes (total: 520 GB, $52/month)
• 3 RDS instances in stopped state 90+ days ($850/month)
• Projected monthly savings: $1,850
- 🔒 SECURITY FINDINGS
- 🔴 CRITICAL
• S3 bucket 'legacy-data-2024' is publicly readable
• RDS prod-mysql-01 allows 0.0.0.0/0 inbound access
- 🟠 HIGH
• 4 IAM users with direct AWS console access (no MFA)
• Security groups with overly permissive egress rules
- ⚡ PERFORMANCE ISSUES
• RDS prod-mysql-01: Slow queries +45% above baseline
→ Recommendation: Add indexes on user_id, created_at columns
• CloudFront cache hit ratio: 62% (target: 85%+)
→ Recommendation: Extend TTL for static assets to 30 days
What's Included
- SKILL.md: Complete AWS audit workflows covering EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, IAM, networking, and cost analysis
- Audit templates: Pre-built checklists for security, cost optimization, and performance tiers
- Report framework: Structured template for organizing findings by priority and service
- Cost calculator worksheet: Template for projecting savings and ROI from recommendations
- Service-specific guides: Deep-dive workflows for each major AWS service family
- Risk matrix: Framework for ranking findings by severity and implementation effort
Who It's For
- DevOps Engineers — Ongoing infrastructure optimization and cost management
- Cloud Architects — Design reviews and optimization strategy
- FinOps/Finance Teams — Cost allocation, budgeting, and financial planning
- Security Engineers — Compliance assessment and configuration hardening
- AWS Solutions Architects — Client audit delivery and advisory services
Best For
- Monthly cost reviews — Identify waste and quick optimization wins
- Multi-account audits — Consolidate findings across AWS Organizations
- Security posture assessments — Verify alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Performance baselines — Establish metrics and detect degradation
- Pre-migration planning — Assess workloads for cloud readiness and optimization
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