To overcome these challenges, the client needed to build a more streamlined development environment and platform — one that could allow teams to spin up on demand. Each entity had its own standards and set of practices that needed to be accommodated — and this was where Insight’s strategic expertise in cloud and modern platforms came in.
Strategic implementation
Insight went to work on a developer platform automation initiative that could support hundreds of teams and provide the client with a secure, standardized platform to deploy applications. To accomplish this, our teams leveraged HashiCorp® Terraform® to manage infrastructure provisioning and HashiCorp Vault™ to improve teams’ security posture across all environments. We worked to create a new set of policies for the retailer, leaning on our deep expertise within GKE.
To provide each team with a personalized experience, Insight created developer platforms that could be customized to fit the unique requirements for each. This allowed all third parties to implement its own requirements within its platform/area, while still having access to the tools needed to deploy its software and applications.
The scale of the program was considerable — totaling 48 GC projects spanning 3,600 apps and 24 business units.
A strategic platform engineering approach