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Scaling infrastructure from EC2-centric deploy to Kubernetes
Infrastructure
Growth and release cadence outpaced a traditional EC2 deployment model. We moved the runtime path toward Kubernetes so scaling and deploys could keep up without heroics.
- Amazon EKS
- Containers
- CI/CD
01 · Story
The engagement
EC2-centric delivery can work until release volume, horizontal scale, and operational consistency start fighting the model. The goal was not “Kubernetes for its own sake”—it was a runtime that could grow with the product.
We planned and executed a path from the existing footprint toward EKS-backed deployment, with attention to networking, workloads, and how the team ships day to day.
02 · Constraints
Challenges
- 01
Move without a freeze
Production traffic and feature work do not pause for a platform rewrite. The cutover path had to be staged and reversible where it mattered.
- 02
Ops skill shift
Pods, services, and cluster concerns are a different mental model than long-lived instances. Tooling and docs had to meet the team where they were.
- 03
Right-size the platform
Overbuilding a cluster is as expensive as underbuilding. Capacity, networking, and deploy pipeline choices had to match actual load and release habits.
03 · Delivery
What we did
- Assessed current deploy and runtime pain points before choosing the target shape
- Introduced containerized workloads and cluster plumbing in stages
- Aligned CI/CD so deploys stay boring after the move
- Left clear operational notes for day-two work: scaling, rollbacks, and ownership
04 · Results
Outcomes
- A scaling path that matches product growth instead of instance babysitting
- More consistent deploys across environments
- A foundation for further service extraction when the product needs it
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