Case Studies

Real-world examples of how we’ve helped organizations transform their platforms and operations

Platform Engineering - Modernizing and Migrating a 20,000-CPU Mission System with Kubernetes

We helped a U.S. national security organization modernize a 20,000-CPU mission system by migrating to Kubernetes using the strangler pattern. Through platform engineering, developer enablement, and observability, we reduced compute by ~50%, cut deployment windows from 4-5 hours to ~15 seconds, shrunk build cycles from ~10 hours to ~30 minutes, and enabled 15-20 minute environment provisioning, all within a secure, air-gapped environment.

Key Outcomes

Reduced compute footprint of each subsystem by ~40%-70%, allowing the customer to recapture multiple thousands of CPU units of compute, through containerization and aggressive rightsizing while maintaining mission performance
Cut major production deployment windows from 4-5 hours of scheduled downtime to ~15 seconds of container restarts, effectively achieving zero-downtime updates for key services

Platform Engineering VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) Kubernetes VCF ESXi

Federal Platform Transformation: From Firefighting to Automation

A federal systems integrator inherited a Tanzu Application Service platform with an inexperienced team lacking training, methodology, and effective management capabilities. Their environment was unstable, inconsistent, and dependent on manual UI operations across multiple classification levels. Over three years, we transformed their operation from reactive firefighting to proactive automation-enabling same-day application deployments, weekend major upgrades, and fully automated patching. The entire team cycled out once during our engagement, yet each generation went from complete beginners to confident platform operators.

Key Outcomes

Same-day application deployments - developers could request an environment and be running apps in production the same day
~1,000 application instances running across gov cloud (800 AIs per environment) and public cloud (200 AIs) with consistent configuration and security posture

Platform Engineering Cloud Foundry Tanzu Application Service Platform Automation Toolkit Tanzu Ops Manager

Platform Engineering - Scaling Kubernetes for Multi-Client Mainframe Modernization with Zero-Trust Architecture

We helped a $100M+ mainframe modernization startup transform their platform architecture from Google Cloud-only hosting to a cross-cloud solution. By implementing zero-trust access with Teleport, Cloud Development Environments with Coder, and GitOps with Argo CD, we enabled them to deploy their platform directly into client environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) while ensuring secure IP protection and automated platform bootstrapping.

Key Outcomes

Zero-trust architecture enabled their staff to operate securely when accessing clients’ infrastructure without traditional VPNs
Secure IP protection through Cloud Development Environment (CDE) ensuring clients’ current and migrated code never leaves their network

Platform Engineering Kubernetes Terraform Crossplane Argo CD

Platform Engineering at Scale - Leveraging Kubernetes to enable Self-Service, Observability & Enterprise Readiness

We helped a $1B+ business services provider scale their Kubernetes platform from initial deployment to enterprise readiness. Through Platform-as-a-Product consulting, GitOps automation, distributed monitoring, and team upskilling, we enabled automatic cluster deployment in minutes and multiple builds per hour with minimal friction, serving 25 applications across 10 clusters.

Key Outcomes

Platform team can automatically deploy and bootstrap new clusters within minutes
Development teams can deploy, test, and promote multiple builds per hour with minimal friction

Platform Engineering Kubernetes Argo CD Crossplane VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)

Platform Engineering - Leveraging Tanzu Platform to provide a platform to run mission-critical apps

We helped the U.S. Department of Defense transform from reactive firefighting to proactive platform engineering. By implementing Tanzu Platform (Cloud Foundry) with infrastructure as code, hub-and-spoke architecture, and automated deployments, we enabled 10,000+ users and 250 applications to run with 99.95%+ uptime across 13 global platforms, with critical security patches applied in under 48 hours and 30-minute recovery times.

Key Outcomes

More than 10,000 users and 250 applications ran with 99.95%+ uptime across 13 global platforms
Security vulnerabilities were addressed in record time, with critical patches applied in under 48 hours

Platform Engineering Cloud Foundry Tanzu Platform AWS GovCloud AWS Secret Cloud