A US-based life sciences research services provider operates a digital commerce and chemical search platform. It serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and contract research organizations that search for, source and procure chemical compounds for drug discovery and research.
As the business expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions, the organization needed to strengthen its cloud infrastructure. Key priorities included improving security and operational governance, modernizing software delivery and maintaining platform reliability without disrupting ongoing operations.
Accion Labs partnered with the organization to strengthen its AWS-based platform. The engagement covered infrastructure modernization, cloud security improvements, CI/CD transformation, operational governance and platform reliability.
Key Improvements
- Strengthened Security Posture: Improved infrastructure security through upgrades, vulnerability management and cloud-native security controls.
- Improved Operational Reliability: Modernized infrastructure and enhanced operational monitoring.
- Modernized Software Delivery: Migrated CI/CD pipelines from GitHub Actions to Azure DevOps and improved release governance.
- Improved Deployment Consistency: Reduced configuration drift across Development and Production environments.
- Enhanced Operational Visibility: Improved monitoring and alerting to support operational oversight and issue detection.
- Strengthened Cloud Governance: Improved access controls, auditability and change management practices.
- Supported Business Expansion: Improved the infrastructure foundation to support business growth and future acquisitions.
- Addressed Legacy Infrastructure Risks: Reduced security and compliance risks associated with legacy infrastructure components.
- Improved Incident Detection and Response: Used automated monitoring and security services to support operational response.
- Established a Foundation for Future Modernization: Strengthened the platform foundation for ongoing infrastructure and technology improvements.
Technology Stack
Cloud Platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Core Services
Amazon EC2, Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudFront, AWS WAF, Application Load Balancer (ALB), Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon OpenSearch Service, AWS Transfer Family and AWS DataSync
Security & Governance
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, Amazon Inspector, AWS CloudTrail and AWS Systems Manager
Monitoring & Operations
Amazon CloudWatch
DevOps & Delivery
Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions for legacy pipeline migration and automated deployment pipelines
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