Aaron Jeskey, Senior Cloud Architect
In life sciences and running or considering genomics workloads? Don’t overlook the power of AWS High Performance Compute (HPC). As an AWS Advanced Tier Consulting Partner with the Life Sciences Competency, the team at PTP frequently meets biotech and genomics organizations where the cloud infrastructure was inherited without a clear strategy.
Because AWS allows anyone to spin up instances in minutes, many cloud environments start without architectural planning or alignment to the AWS Well Architected Framework. Often the initial goal is simple—deploy an app, store data, estimate an EC2 instance—and then never revisit it. But managing biotech IT services requires oversight, governance, and optimization to scale efficiently and remain compliant.
We’re seeing rapid growth in HPC adoption across our life sciences IT support clients due to its power in generating insights faster. Genomics workloads demand high compute power, high-throughput networking, and performant file systems. Application partners like Quilt and Dotmatics integrate well with HPC but can accelerate cloud spending if not properly configured.
One client asked our team to evaluate their 18-month-old HPC setup that had spiraling costs. Using our Cloud Management Platform powered by CloudCheckr, we discovered the environment was running 24/7—despite only needing compute power 30% of the time.
By implementing AWS Auto Scaling, we introduced a “heartbeat” HPC cluster to maintain readiness at minimal cost, enabling rapid scaling when needed. The result: a 70% reduction in operational costs for HPC without any performance degradation.
We followed this by conducting an AWS Well Architected Review using nOps, aligning their infrastructure with AWS’s six pillars: Operational Excellence, Performance Efficiency, Security, Cost Optimization, Reliability, and Sustainability. This holistic review helped the client turn a reactive setup into a cost-efficient, compliant, and scalable solution.
Your team knows the chemistry and biology behind your mission. We bring the cloud engineering, security monitoring, and cloud management expertise needed to help your data science team drive faster outcomes—at significantly lower cost.
About PTP’s Life Sciences Practice
PTP accelerates data science and genomics research by automating workflows and enabling scalable, secure environments for computational biology, chemistry, and machine learning.
We design, implement, and optimize AWS technology solutions tailored for life sciences and healthcare organizations. From genomics pipelines to research data analytics, our infrastructure expertise helps teams move faster, lower IT costs, and scale operations without compromising compliance.
Based in Boston, we serve the world’s most innovative biotech, biopharma, and healthcare institutions. Whether you’re a startup in seed funding or a pre-IPO leader, we support managed IT services for life sciences that meet complex regulatory needs—HIPAA, GxP, and beyond. Our team works closely with IT leaders and scientists to deliver flexible, cloud-first architectures that support secure growth and scientific discovery.