AWS expertise.
Direct access.
SIG Optimal is led by Almir Begovic — 24 years across development, technical and lead roles in multiple corporate businesses, with the last eight years focused on production AWS infrastructure.
AWS Solutions Architect — Associate
Led by Almir Begovic.
24 years as an IT professional across development, technical and lead roles in multiple corporate businesses. The last eight years running production AWS infrastructure — including nine months as the sole engineer responsible for an entire SaaS platform stack, delivering a 40% reduction in infrastructure costs while keeping everything in production.
In 2026, contracted directly by an insolvency practitioner to recover and rebuild a distressed AWS estate. Core infrastructure recovered, rebuilt, and modernised within two months under live insolvency conditions.
Credentials.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate (2026).
24 years IT professional experience.
Dev, technical and lead roles across multiple corporate businesses.
8 years production AWS — IAM, ECS, Lambda, CodePipeline, CloudFormation, ECR.
Live insolvency asset recovery engagement.
40% infrastructure cost reduction delivered in production.
How we work.
Direct engagement. You deal with the person doing the work throughout — no handoffs, no account managers in between. Engagements are scoped clearly upfront. Remote-first, UK market, available internationally.
For insolvency engagements: these are treated as priority from day one. Timelines in administration are not flexible and we work accordingly.
Certifications & track record
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Validated AWS architecture knowledge across compute, networking, storage, security and cost optimisation.
40% Infrastructure Cost Reduction
Delivered in production for a UK SaaS platform. Measured, staged, zero incidents.
Insolvency Asset Recovery
AWS estate recovered and rebuilt within two months under live administration conditions.
24 Years IT Professional
Development, technical and lead roles across multiple corporate businesses.
8 Years Production AWS
IAM · ECS · Lambda · ECR · CodePipeline · CodeBuild · CloudFormation · Cost Explorer
Remote-First · UK Market
Available to UK and international clients. Priority response for insolvency engagements.