Delivering Reliable Deployments at scale along with 70-80% cost savings

About Customer

Dubai-based online e-commerce giant with multiple platforms and marketplaces, the client offers a complete stack for all e-commerce related payment needs across channels. The product suite includes Payment Gateway, Payment Links, EMIs, & Subscriptions.

Problem Statement

Needed expert guidance to execute the entire infrastructure migration from Azure stack to GCP.
Increasing development lead time due to developers not having self-serving capabilities.
Due to high compute-intensive works like real-time data processing etc, Azure data centers were incurring a huge cost.
Defining IaC best practices for complex IT environments with various interconnected systems and services, to handle dependencies and ensure consistent deployments.
Standardizing workflows and processes like security posture, compliance, and managing deployments across multiple clouds were becoming complex.

Solution Offered!

Created a streamlined process flow and migrated the infrastructure from Azure stack to GCP with zero downtime.
Implemented Terraform scripts to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure in GCP, resulting in faster time-to-market.
Implemented Platform Engineering to make hassle-free infrastructure deployment for developers.
Developed an automated pipeline enabling single-click deployment to implement the blue-green strategy for reducing downtime during updates and enhancing overall system reliability.
Deployed fully managed Azure ARC SQL as a service to host applications to manage cross-cloud dependencies, ensuring data consistency, security, and optimized performance.
For modernizing and future-proofing the platform, upgraded AzureRM -based pipeline and PowerShell script to new AZ modules with minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
Created single architecture CI/CD process to manage environment-specific configurations and ensure consistency in deployment processes for all the microservices across QA-Testing, Staging, and Production in both Azure and GCP

Final Outcomes

An overall 70 – 80% cost savings was achieved in terms of the operational cost from the data centers.
Automated rollback mechanism with zero disruption on ongoing service. Created a reliable experience for the customers.
Migrated the entire infrastructure from Azure stack to GCP in just 2 months with Zero downtime.
Within 15 days AzureRM-based pipeline and PowerShell were upgraded to AZ modules.