About Customer:
  • A prominent U.S.-based nonprofit humanitarian nonprofit organization, Provides 24/7 disaster relief, emergency response, and preparedness education across the United States
  • Mission-critical operations require high system reliability, rapid deployments , and secure infrastructure

Industry: Nonprofit

Service: AWS DevOps Transformation, CI/CD Automation, Infrastructure Modernization, Security

Technology: AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, GitLab, RDS, WAF, Shield, Prometheus, CloudWatch

CloudJournee partnered with a top U.S. nonprofit humanitarian organization to overhaul their DevOps and cloud infrastructure using AWS. By automating CI/CD, containerizing applications, and securing the environment with AWS-native services, we cut deployment times by 80%, slashed cloud costs in half, and achieved 99.99% uptime—all while meeting stringent compliance requirements.

Customer Overview

The organization is a critical player in emergency response operations across the United States. As a 24×7 service provider, its digital infrastructure must be highly available, scalable, and secure. To support evolving needs and reduce operational friction, the nonprofit turned to AWS and CloudJournee for modernization.

Business Challenge

The client struggled with slow deployments, manual infrastructure changes, and inconsistent environments. Key challenges included:

Deployment Delays

  • CI/CD pipelines were manual and took 2–3+ hours
  • Frequent rollbacks and release delays

Cost Overruns

  • Over-provisioned EC2 instances increased costs by ~35%
  • No auto-scaling or cost monitoring in place

Security Gaps

  • Absence of centralized IAM and secrets management
  • No perimeter security (WAF/Shield) or threat detection

Compliance Risks

  • No alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • Inconsistent logging and incident response mechanisms

Challenges

Implementation Plan

Assessment and Roadmap

  • Full audit of cloud/on-prem environments
  • Defined phased AWS DevOps transformation strategy

Cloud Infrastructure Setup

  • Multi-AZ VPC design, secure IAM roles
  • IAM roles, security groups, AWS WAF & Shield for secure boundaries
  • Load balancing with ALB + Route 53 for scalable traffic routing

Application Modernization

  • Docker containerization of microservices
  • Kubernetes on EC2 for orchestration
  • RDS with Multi-AZ, S3, and EBS Snapshots for HA and DR

Monitoring and Incident Response

  • CloudWatch Logs, Prometheus, and Grafana for observability
  • AWS Security Hub + Lambda + PagerDuty for auto-remediation
  • RDS with Multi-AZ, S3, and EBS Snapshots for HA and DR

Tech Stack

Compute & Networking
  • Amazon EC2 with Kubernetes and Auto Scaling
  • Elastic Load Balancer + Nginx
  • Amazon VPC (3 AZs), Route 53, Security Groups
Data & Storage
  • RDS PostgreSQL/MongoDB with Multi-AZ
  • S3 with Lifecycle Policies
  • EBS Snapshots
Security
  • IAM roles, AWS WAF, Shield, KMS, ACM
  • Secrets Manager + SSM Parameter Store
CI/CD Pipeline
  • GitLab + Jenkins
  • Docker + Docker Hub
  • Terraform + AWS CloudFormation
  • SonarQube security scans
Monitoring & Compliance
  • CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana
  • AWS Security Hub, Lambda, PagerDuty

Benefits and Value Achieved

  • 80% Faster Deployments: CI/CD automation reduced release cycles from 3 hours to <20 minutes.
  • 99.99% Uptime: Multi-AZ HA setup and failover strategies.
  • 50% Cost Reduction: Optimized EC2 sizing and auto-scaling.
  • Enhanced Security: IAM policies, vulnerability scanning, AWS CIS Benchmark compliance.
  • Zero Downtime Deployments: Used Blue-Green and Canary strategies to enable uninterrupted releases.

Customer Testimonial

“With CloudJournee and AWS, we’ve transformed the way we deliver services. Our team can now respond faster, deploy faster, and do so with full confidence in security and reliability.”
– IT Infrastructure Manager, Leading Nonprofit Organization

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