Question 1

How quickly can I hire an AWS contractor on consultant.dev?

Accepted Answer

Senior AWS contractors typically fill roles within 1-2 weeks. AWS has the largest cloud contractor market in Europe, with deep pools of Solutions Architects, DevOps engineers, and data platform specialists. Specifying the AWS services involved (EKS, Lambda, RDS, Redshift, etc.) in your brief attracts the right specialist profile and reduces qualification time.

Question 2

What should I look for when hiring an AWS contractor?

Accepted Answer

Verify hands-on experience with the specific AWS services your architecture uses, cloud certifications are useful signals but not a substitute for project evidence. Assess infrastructure-as-code fluency (Terraform or CDK), CI/CD pipeline experience, and security posture awareness. For senior roles, evaluate multi-account architecture experience (AWS Organizations, SCPs) and cost optimisation track record. AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification is a strong differentiator.

Question 3

What AWS contractor engagement structures work best?

Accepted Answer

AWS contractor engagements typically run 3-12 months. Cloud migration and modernisation programmes often extend to 12-18 months. Short-term AWS assessments or Well-Architected Reviews can be scoped to 4-8 weeks. Define the engagement clearly: advisory architecture vs hands-on implementation vs DevOps delivery, the skill set required differs significantly between these modes.

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