Cloud consulting · AWS · Government modernization

Enterprise cloud, engineered by people who've built it at planet scale.

Cloud Recipe is a founder-led practice backed by a network of ex-FAANG senior engineers who spent years running systems for hundreds of millions of users, scaling in for large engagements. We bring that discipline to AWS architecture, government digital modernization, and enterprise applications — no experiments on your dime, only patterns proven at scale.

Proven recipes for enterprise cloud.  Assess → Architect → Build → Operate

Practice standards AWS specialization NIST-aligned architectures WCAG 2.1 AA by default SAM.gov registered
What we do

Three practices. One standard of engineering.

01 · Cloud

Cloud Consulting & AWS Architecture

Migrations, cost optimization, and cloud-native platforms designed to run reliably and economically.

  • AWS migrations & landing zones
  • EKS / Kubernetes platforms
  • Terraform & infrastructure as code
  • DevSecOps & cost optimization
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02 · Government

Government Modernization

Legacy agency websites and systems transformed into modern, secure, accessible, cloud-native platforms.

  • Section 508 / WCAG compliance
  • FedRAMP-aligned architectures
  • NIST framework alignment
  • Phased, zero-downtime migration
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03 · Applications

Web & Application Development

Enterprise-grade web platforms, APIs, and integrations — including AI integration when it serves the mission.

  • Enterprise web platforms
  • API design & integrations
  • Mission-driven AI integration
  • Performance & accessibility built in
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The recipe

Every engagement follows the same tested method.

Great systems, like great recipes, aren't improvised. Ours has four steps.

RECIPE Nº 001 — Enterprise Modernization YIELD: A SYSTEM YOUR MISSION CAN RUN ON
  1. Assess Inventory the legacy estate: architecture, dependencies, security posture, cost, and accessibility gaps. Everything measured before anything moves.
  2. Architect Design the target platform from proven patterns — landing zones, network topology, identity, compliance controls — reviewed against NIST and Well-Architected standards.
  3. Build Ship in phases with infrastructure as code, automated pipelines, and zero-downtime cutovers. Every change reviewable, every environment reproducible.
  4. Operate Instrument, harden, and hand over: observability, runbooks, cost accountability, and the SRE practices to keep it healthy long after launch.
Why ex-FAANG matters

Not a name-drop. A different default.

Engineers who've carried a pager for systems serving hundreds of millions of users develop habits that are hard to learn anywhere else: SRE culture that treats reliability as a feature, security-first engineering baked into design rather than bolted on, and architectures that survive real scale and real failure. Our founder-led model brings those defaults to every engagement — with ex-FAANG network engineers scaling in for large contracts — whether the client is a Fortune 500 platform team or a state agency replacing a twenty-year-old portal.

What that looks like in practice
  • Error budgets and SLOs, not vague uptime promises
  • Threat modeling before the first line of code
  • Infrastructure that is reviewed, versioned, and reproducible
  • Postmortems without blame, improvements without drama
Client feedback

What clients say.

Verbatim feedback from clients of past engagements led by our founder.

We were very impressed with Abdo! He's very detail-oriented, great at communication and leadership, and delivered high-quality results.
LindseyWALT Labs
Abdo is an absolute Gem. He helped us solve lots of problems regarding server management and was very helpful while building new servers. He is prompt and to the point in all communications and also helped us in building an issue management system. He even solved dev issues on the development side. Cant recommend him enough. A+++
Bhanu LingamCWR Project Team
GREAT EXPERIENCE — They are a reliable, consistent, hard-working contractor looking to understand and exceed the expectations of those who hire him. highly recommend all around talented and capable — great experience 10/10.
AndrewNew Wave Solutions
He immediately got to work on fixing our email issues in cPanel, and not only fixed them, but also got us set up with Google Workspace […] I can't think of anything he could have done better and would definitely hire him again
Katherine DonnellyNunzia Pharmaceutical
Abdo is a fantastic hire! He was very communicative and exceeded all my expectations!
Joshua WexLEAP Inc
Wow! that's all I can say.. Abdo Mansour is wonderful, honest and very fast... wow... I highly Recommend Abdo.. it's one of the best and the best of the best.
Nick DeronvilSousnati LLC
Abdo is efficient and effective and knows how to update old Wordpress sites and make sure it doesn't crash. His rates are very reasonable and his work is top quality. I recommend hiring him to help with web development backend needs.
Maresa ThompsonHeidi's Raspberry Farm
Abdo was a super star! I interviewed him for a research project on software devs and he had some fantastic insights. Recommended!
Louis EltonGemic

Have a system that's overdue for modernization?

Tell us what your mission runs on. We'll tell you honestly what it would take to make it modern, secure, and sustainable.