Fueling Cloud Maturity: How a Fuel Distribution Leader Secured and Scaled Its AWS Environment

A prominent fuel distribution and logistics company headquartered in the Southeastern U.S. recognized the need to modernize and secure its cloud infrastructure. With operations reliant on digital systems, the company partnered with Aligned Technology Group (ATG) to implement a scalable, secure AWS Landing Zone Accelerator. The result was a transformation from a single-account setup to a robust multi-account architecture aligned with best practices in governance, security, and backup strategy—positioning the organization for future cloud growth.

This privately held fuel distribution and logistics leader is based in North Carolina and has a long-standing reputation for supplying wholesale motor fuels across the Southeastern United States. Known for its operational precision and strategic supply relationships, the company emphasizes reliability, competitive delivery, and cutting-edge logistics.

The company was managing its entire digital infrastructure through a single AWS production account. As its cloud usage matured, leadership recognized the need to modernize operations, improve security posture, and adopt a scalable architecture. Specific goals included implementing AWS best practices for governance, enhancing security, enabling centralized backup, and establishing a multi-account setup to support business continuity and compliance.

To achieve its modernization goals, the company engaged Aligned Technology Group to design and deploy an AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA). The engagement involved creating a secure, scalable AWS multi-account environment with centralized logging, audit capabilities, and cross-account backup. A key milestone included seamlessly migrating the existing production account into this new structure with minimal disruption.

ATG executed the engagement in two primary phases:

1. AWS Landing Zone Accelerator Deployment

• AWS Control Tower
  Deployed to enable governance through organizational units (OUs), service control policies, and guardrails.

• Account Structure Implementation:

  • Management: Central billing and administrative control

  • Log Archive & Audit: Centralized logging and security monitoring

  • Workload: Separate accounts for staging and production environments

  • Workspaces: Reserved for potential future desktop virtualization

  • Network: Shared services and networking infrastructure

  • Backup: Dedicated backup account with encryption

• Security Tools Configuration:

  • AWS CloudTrail: Deployed across all accounts for auditability

  • AWS KMS: Enabled for encryption of backup vaults

2. Secure AWS Backup Vault Configuration

• Created a cross-account encrypted backup vault in a dedicated backup account, configured in Governance Mode.

• Enabled production workloads to write backups using backup:CopyIntoBackupVault permissions.

• Established tag-based policies to ensure automatic inclusion of new workloads in the backup process.

• Verified successful backup jobs and permissions with internal stakeholders.

• Secure LZA Deployment
  Architected and launched a best-practice AWS multi-account environment.

• Cross-Account Backup Configuration
  Designed secure, isolated encrypted backup vaults to improve data resilience.

• FinOps Integration
  Implemented budget alerts and cost visibility tools.

• Cloud Security & Compliance
  Ensured alignment with AWS governance frameworks and security controls.

• Production Account Migration
  Seamlessly integrated the legacy production account with zero downtime

The company successfully transitioned to a modern, enterprise-ready AWS multi-account structure. With enhanced governance, centralized security controls, and encrypted cross-account backups, the company improved its overall resilience and security. This transformation laid the foundation for ongoing cloud innovation while supporting compliance and operational excellence.