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On-Premises VMware to Kubernetes Migration

Confidential Enterprise (Financial Services)

At a Glance

A major financial services organisation running workloads on traditional VMware infrastructure needed to modernise to Kubernetes whilst maintaining strict compliance and security requirements. The existing estate supported hundreds of solution teams across multiple business units.

The Situation

A major financial services organisation running workloads on traditional VMware infrastructure needed to modernise to Kubernetes whilst maintaining strict compliance and security requirements. The existing estate supported hundreds of solution teams across multiple business units.

Outcomes

100+ teams onboarded

Solution teams onboarded with comprehensive technical workshops and documentation for SREs and developers

Fully automated CD

Helm-based deployment pipeline for cluster addons and solution workloads across on-prem and cloud

SecOps compliance

Security and compliance requirements met across all clusters with automated policy enforcement

Legacy & Sustainability

Full-stack developer platform with API-based cluster orchestration, automated onboarding, and CRD/Operator-style backing services.

Stack

KubernetesKubeadmKOPSVMwareTerraformGoHelmGO CDCircleCIOpenEBSNewRelicSplunk

Timeline

7+ years (continuous engagement)

What's Next

Progressive migration to cloud-native tooling patterns. GitOps-based deployment models replacing legacy pipelines.

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