Selected Client Engagements

Real production infrastructure. Operated by experienced engineers.

See how StackExpress helps organizations stabilize, automate and operate cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments and deployment systems.

Featured Engagements

Multi-cluster Kubernetes operations for a data-security platform

Challenge

Multiple Kubernetes environments required cluster upgrades, Helm chart maintenance for applications and monitoring, infrastructure stability, and end-to-end observability.

StackExpress Responsibility

Cluster operations across multiple environments, application Helm charts, infrastructure stability, monitoring and alerting systems.

Outcome

A stable operating model maintained by the same StackExpress team for more than three years. The client's data protection platform runs reliably across multiple Kubernetes clusters with consistent operational support.

Kubernetes Helm Multi-cloud Monitoring Infrastructure Operations
Related Service: Managed Kubernetes →

AWS ECS migration and 24/7 operations for enterprise contact center platform

Challenge

Applications needed migration to AWS ECS with best practices. Terraform repositories were out of sync with deployments. The organization required 24/7 monitoring with on-call SRE support.

StackExpress Responsibility

Container migration to AWS ECS, Terraform repository synchronization and modernization, 24/7 first-responder support with on-call SRE escalation, routine infrastructure operations.

Outcome

Successful migration to cloud-native architecture with synchronized infrastructure-as-code. Established reliable 24/7 operations team meeting SLA commitments. Client can focus on application development with confidence in infrastructure stability.

AWS ECS Terraform 24/7 Operations Container Migration SRE Support
Related Service: 24/7 Monitoring & Incident Response →

Internet-scale AWS architecture for marketplace optimization platform

Challenge

Build application infrastructure from scratch meeting security requirements and low-latency demands at internet scale. Create local development environment replicating production. Evaluate data streaming deployment options.

StackExpress Responsibility

Architecture design and deployment on AWS ECS and EKS, low-latency infrastructure optimization, local development environment, CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, Terraform and infrastructure automation.

Outcome

Production-ready infrastructure meeting low-latency requirements with complete development environment parity. Efficient build and deployment pipeline following industry best practices.

AWS ECS AWS EKS Terraform GitHub Actions Low-latency Architecture
Related Service: Cloud Management →

Kubernetes and observability platform for digital asset exchange

Challenge

Secure management of cloud assets, continuous Kubernetes cluster and Helm chart maintenance, enhanced business and infrastructure analytics, cloud cost optimization, comprehensive logging and monitoring.

StackExpress Responsibility

Security enhancements with OAuth and MFA, comprehensive observability platform deployment (Elasticsearch, Fluent-bit, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana), infrastructure dashboards, AWS cost optimization.

Outcome

Improved security with role-based access control. Complete observability across applications and infrastructure. Reduced monthly AWS expenses through multiple rounds of infrastructure optimization.

Kubernetes Elasticsearch Prometheus Grafana Cost Optimization

AWS infrastructure modernization and operations for scaling startup

Challenge

Startup grew from 2 to 20+ EC2 instances with manual deployment management. Team spent excessive time on peak load handling and instance management. CEO needed reliable infrastructure partner so engineers could focus on product development.

StackExpress Responsibility

Infrastructure redesign using CloudFormation, VPC, IAM, and Auto-scaling. Migration from manual deployments to automated, secure, scalable infrastructure. Monitoring and alerting implementation for SLA maintenance.

Outcome

Successful migration to modern, automated infrastructure following AWS best practices. Engineering team freed from infrastructure management to focus on product development. Reliable operations with monitoring and SLA compliance.

AWS CloudFormation Auto-scaling VPC IAM Infrastructure Automation
Related Service: Infrastructure as Code →

Long-term operations for cloud learning platform

Challenge

Popular free cloud learning platform required ongoing maintenance and feature development. Product-focused company needed to reallocate internal resources to core product while maintaining platform quality standards.

StackExpress Responsibility

Complete platform operations, including infrastructure management, maintenance, controlled application changes and ongoing operational improvements.

Outcome

StackExpress autonomously manages all aspects of the platform, introducing new features while maintaining reliability. Client successfully reallocated internal resources to core product development.

Application Operations Platform Maintenance Infrastructure Management Controlled Changes
Related Service: Application Continuity Management →

Additional Engagements

Selected examples of infrastructure operations, migrations, and automation projects

Database migration and Ruby stack upgrade

Work performed: MySQL migration from EC2 to AWS RDS with encryption, secure off-site backups, Ruby stack upgrade, CloudFormation updates for rolling deployments.

AWS RDS MySQL Ruby CloudFormation

Configuration management migration to Chef

Work performed: Migration from Makefiles to Chef for deployment management, enabling dynamic configurations and flexible infrastructure management across AWS environments.

Chef Configuration Management AWS

24/7 alert monitoring and response

Work performed: Round-the-clock alert monitoring and incident response for production infrastructure, integration with PagerDuty and Opsgenie, support for multiple monitoring platforms.

24/7 Monitoring PagerDuty Incident Response

Docker registry migration

Work performed: Migration from Docker v1 to v2 registry for learning platform, ensuring future compatibility and improved performance for container image management.

Docker Container Registry Migration

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