IoT Data Platform on AWS

Client

An Industry 4.0 / IoT technology company seeking to build a cost-effective, scalable data platform on AWS — from scratch. They needed end-to-end support: from AWS account setup, infrastructure provisioning, deployment pipelines, to ongoing monitoring and maintenance.

Challenge

1. Need for scalable infrastructure and a highly secure cloud environment. Platform must be able to handle large volumes of data from IoT devices, with the potential to evolve into a SaaS platform.
2. Deliver a cost-efficient architecture for development and testing environments.

Concept

1. Secure AWS account with secure VPC setup, public/private subnets, NAT gateways, and Security Groups.
2. AWS EC2 instances with the latest Amazon Linux AMIs.
3. Containerized applications running on the EC2 instances.
4. Usage of spot instances for cost savings during development and testing periods.
5. Observability using CloudWatch and Grafana.
6. AWS WAF as a Web Application Firewall.
7. Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
8. Backend for controlling MQTT-enabled IoT devices, written in Go.

Work done

1. Provisioned the AWS account and implemented a secure, production-ready cloud infrastructure.
2. Developed backend services in Go for managing MQTT-based IoT device communication.
3. All applications were containerized and deployed on EC2 instances.
4. Delivered support under SLA, including troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational guidance.