E-Commerce Platform -- Cloud Migration to AWS
Challenge
Mid-size e-commerce company running on shared hosting. Frequent downtime during traffic spikes, no redundancy, 4-6 hour recovery times after outages. Black Friday events caused complete site failures.
Solution
- Designed multi-AZ AWS architecture with EC2 auto-scaling
- RDS Multi-AZ for database high availability
- CloudFront CDN for static asset delivery
- S3 for media storage with lifecycle policies
- ElastiCache for session management
- Route 53 health-checked DNS failover
Outcome
Financial Services Firm -- Security Hardening & Compliance
Challenge
Fintech startup handling payment data needed to pass PCI DSS Level 1 compliance audit. Existing infrastructure had no formal security controls, shared root access, unencrypted data at rest, and no audit logging.
Solution
- Deployed FreeBSD servers with jail isolation for each service
- pf firewall with strict ingress/egress rules
- Full-disk encryption for data at rest
- Centralized audit logging across all systems
- SSH key-only access with MFA enforcement
- Automated security patching pipeline
- 24/7 intrusion detection monitoring
Outcome
Digital Media Company -- Cloud Cost Optimization
Challenge
Growing media company with AWS bill exceeding $450K/year. Dozens of oversized EC2 instances, orphaned EBS volumes, unused Elastic IPs, and no reserved instance planning. Engineering team had no visibility into cost drivers.
Solution
- Full billing audit and resource inventory
- Right-sized 34 EC2 instances based on utilization data
- Removed 47 orphaned resources (EBS, EIPs, snapshots)
- Implemented Savings Plans for steady-state workloads
- Configured S3 Intelligent-Tiering for media assets
- Built real-time cost dashboard with budget alerting
Outcome
SaaS Platform -- DevOps Automation & CI/CD
Challenge
SaaS company deploying via manual SSH-and-copy process. Deployments took 4 hours, required a senior engineer, and caused 15-30 minutes of downtime per release. Team was shipping once every two weeks due to deployment friction.
Solution
- Built automated CI/CD pipeline with staged environments (dev, staging, production)
- Automated testing gates at each pipeline stage
- Blue-green deployments with instant rollback capability
- Infrastructure provisioned via Terraform
- Configuration management via Ansible
Outcome
Manufacturing Company -- Legacy Datacenter Modernization
Challenge
Manufacturing company running critical ERP and inventory systems on aging on-premises servers. Hardware reaching end-of-life with no spare parts available. Single points of failure throughout. No disaster recovery capability.
Solution
- Designed hybrid cloud architecture for workload distribution
- Latency-sensitive workloads migrated to new dedicated servers with FreeBSD and ZFS
- Reporting and analytics moved to AWS
- Automated ZFS snapshots for backup and point-in-time recovery
- CARP failover for high availability on dedicated servers
- Cross-site replication for disaster recovery
Outcome
Every engagement is different. We tailor our approach to your specific infrastructure challenges, business requirements, and budget constraints.
These case studies represent a sample of our work. Schedule a consultation to discuss how we can help with your infrastructure needs.