Platform Modernization Journey - From On-Premise to Cloud-Based Container Orchestration

Explore a 26-minute conference talk detailing Canada Life's transformative journey from an on-premise container orchestration platform to a pioneering cloud-based solution. Discover the challenges faced with the original on-premise platform, including infrastructure scalability limitations, observability gaps, and inconsistent security design. Learn about the methodical approach to designing the new platform, incorporating customer feedback and carefully selected tooling to address existing gaps. Gain insights into the implementation of various tools including Amazon EKS, Tetrate for observability and security, Karpenter for node scaling and high availability, Velero for cluster configuration management, Cloudability for cost monitoring, and ServiceNow integration for automated CI processes. Understand strategies for ensuring platform success across users of varying technical expertise levels while maintaining 99.99% high availability and efficient cost control.