endorsedOngoing

Azure Cloud Strategy & CI/CD Modernization for Real Estate Company

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services • DevOps • Solution Architecture

Industry

Real Estate

Duration

67 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 January 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Deep Blue Company (DBC)

Australia

Project Summary

Softobiz Technologies was hired by a real estate company to define an Azure cloud strategy and modernize CI/CD practices to support migration. The engagement included security assessments, infrastructure automation, containerization, and CI/CD pipeline implementation. The vendor worked closely with the client in a collaborative squad to deliver the first production-ready application and enable ongoing migration.

Key Challenges

Need for cloud architects and consultants to define a cloud strategy for modern CI/CD.
Requirement for automated infrastructure provisioning, pipelines, and monitoring to support migration to Azure.

Project Deliverables

Cloud strategy and resource architecture for Azure
Security assessment and remediation of existing cloud infrastructure
Documentation of Azure infrastructure strategy and application
Infrastructure automation for application migration
Containerization and integration of applications into CI/CD pipelines
Rolling deployments with container health scans and automated regression tests
Production hardening with autoscaling and real-time monitoring

Project Solution

Softobiz provided cloud consulting and architecture services to define the client’s Azure strategy, including subscription and resource structure recommendations. They conducted a security assessment and remediation, documented an Azure infrastructure strategy, automated infrastructure provisioning, containerized and upgraded applications, and integrated those applications into CI/CD pipelines with rolling deployments, health scans, and automated regression tests. They also hardened production environments with autoscaling and real-time monitoring and worked embedded alongside the client as a single squad.

Project Outcome

Delivered first production-ready application with fully automated CI/CD pipelines.
Enabled continued migration of existing infrastructure to Azure and planned decommissioning of legacy systems over the following six months.
Established a collaborative squad model with daily stand-ups and strong vendor involvement that ensured priorities and timelines were met.

Platforms

Cloud

Tech Stack

Azure

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.25

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to Softobiz Technologies's engagement, the client is able to deliver their first production with fully automated CI/CD pipelines to migrate existing infrastructure to Azure. A collaborative team, they have utilized teamwork to ensure the project's success. They are flexible and skilled.”
Anonymous
Head of Engineering
Date: 09/27/2021