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The Situation 

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A large federal law enforcement agency operated numerous legacy applications across disconnected on-prem environments, making modernization slow and costly. Deployments required extensive manual coordination, resulting in errors and long lead times. Security controls varied across systems, creating compliance gaps and additional audit risk. The agency needed an enterprise-wide cloud foundation to improve agility, strengthen security, and support rapid delivery of mission capabilities.

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The Solution 

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STS implemented a unified, enterprise-grade cloud ecosystem with the following: 

• AWS and Azure landing zones designed with FedRAMP-aligned guardrails, automated network segmentation, and centralized identity controls. 

• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM) to standardize provisioning of compute, storage, and networking services. 

• DevSecOps pipelines integrating static/dynamic code scanning, automated testing, artifact signing, container security, and policy-as-code enforcement. 

• Container platforms (ECS, EKS, AKS) and serverless architectures to modernize legacy workloads. 

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices with unified observability (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana), automated alerting, and self-healing scripts. 

• Continuous Compliance tooling to identify drift and ensure configurations aligned with hardened baselines. 

• Deployment dashboards and release automation to streamline rollout processes. 

• Upskilling and enablement programs to onboard mission teams to the new cloud and DevSecOps ecosystem. 

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The Impact 

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Deployment timelines were reduced dramatically—from weeks to hours. System reliability improved through SRE automation, with fewer incidents and faster recovery. The agency now operates a scalable, secure cloud foundation that accelerates mission delivery and reduces operational burden. 

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