Sun Technologies DevOps-As-A-Service and Testing Centers of Excellence (CoE)

 

Sun Technologies DevOps-As-A-Service and Testing Centers of Excellence (CoE)

 

Here’s how we are helping top Fortune 500 Companies to automate application testing & CI/CD: Build, Deploy, Test & Commit.

 

 

Powering clients with the right DevOps talent for the following: Continuous Development | Continuous Testing | Continuous Integration| Continuous Delivery | Continuous Monitoring

 

How Our Testing and Deployment Expertise Ensures Zero Errors

Test

•           Dedicated Testing Team: Prior to promoting changes to production, the product goes through a series of automated vulnerability assessments and manual tests
•           Proven QA Frameworks: Ensures architectural and component level modifications don’t expose the underlying platform to security weaknesses
•           Focus on Security: Design requirements stated during the Security Architecture Review are validated against what was built

Deploy

•           User-Acceptance Environments: All releases first pushed into user-acceptance environments and then, when it’s ready, into production
•           No-Code Release Management: Supports quick deployment of applications by enabling non-technical Creators and business users
•           No-Code platform orientation and training: Helps release multiple deploys together, increasing productivity while reducing errors

 

Our approach to ensure seamless deployments at scale

A.   Testing Prior to Going Live: Get a secure place to test and prepare major software updates and infrastructural changes.

B.   Creating New Live Side: Before going all in, we will first make room to test changes on small amounts of production traffic.

C.   Gradual Deployments at Scale: Rolls deployment out to production by gradually increasing the percentage served to the new live side.

 

Arriving at the best branching and version control strategy that delivers the highest-quality software quickly and reliably? 

•         Discovery assessment to evaluate existing branching strategies: Git Flow, GitHub Flow, Trunk-Based Development, GitLab Flow
•    Sun DevOps teams use a library that allows developers to test their changes: For   example, tested in Jenkins without having to commit to trunk.
•   Sun’s deployment team uses a one-button web-based deployment: Makes code deployment as easy and painless as possible.
•   The deployment pipeline passes through our staging environment: Before going into production. It uses data stores, networks, and production resources.
•   Config flags (feature flags) are an integral part of our deployment process: Leverages an internal A/B testing tool and API builder to test new features.
• §  New features are made live for a certain percentage of users: We will understand its behavior before making it live on a global scale.

 

Case Study: How Sun Technologies helped CI/CD Pipelines Implementation for a Leading Bank of USA

Customer Challenges:

Legacy Systems: The bank grappled with legacy systems and traditional software development methodologies, hindering agility and slowing down the delivery of new features and updates.

Regulatory Compliance: The financial industry is highly regulated, requiring strict adherence to compliance standards and rigorous testing processes, which often led to delays in software releases.

Customer Expectations: With the rise of digital banking and fintech startups, customers increasingly expect seamless and innovative banking experiences. The bank faced pressure to meet these expectations while ensuring the security and reliability of its software systems.

Our Solution:

Automated Build and Integration: Automated the build and integration process to trigger automatically upon code commits, ensuring that new features and bug fixes are integrated and tested continuously.

Automated Testing: Integrated automated testing into the pipeline, including unit tests, integration tests, and security tests, to detect and address defects early in the development cycle and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Continuous Deployment: Implemented continuous deployment to automate the deployment of validated code changes to production and staging environments, reducing manual effort and minimizing the risk of deployment errors.

Monitoring and Logging: Integrated monitoring and logging tools into the pipeline to track performance metrics, monitor system health, and detect anomalies in real-time, enabling proactive problem resolution and continuous improvement

Compliance and Security Checks: Incorporated security scanning tools and compliance checks into the pipeline to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements before software releases

Tools and Technologies Used:

Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jfrog Artifactory, Sonarqube, Ansbile,Vault

Engagement Highlights:

Employee Training and Adoption: The bank invested in comprehensive training programs to upskill employees on CI/CD practices and tools, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: The implementation of DevOps practices encouraged collaboration between development, operations, and security teams, breaking down silos and promoting shared ownership of software delivery and quality.

Feedback and Improvement Loop: The bank established feedback mechanisms to gather input from stakeholders, including developers, testers, and end-users, enabling continuous improvement of the CI/CD pipeline and software development processes

Impact:

§       Accelerated Delivery: CI/CD pipelines enabled swift deployment of new features, keeping the bank agile and competitive.

§       Enhanced Quality: Automated testing and integration processes bolstered software quality, reducing errors and boosting satisfaction.

§       Improved Security and Compliance: Integrated checks ensured regulatory adherence, fostering trust with customers and regulators.

§       Cost Efficiency: Automation curtailed manual tasks, slashing costs and optimizing resources.

Competitive Edge: CI/CD adoption facilitated innovation and agility, positioning the bank as a market leader.