
DevOps consulting enhances end-to-end pipeline
This client engaged Sketch for DevOps training, and ended walking away with much more than just new knowledge.

A company that focuses on building custom loan software workflows, managing robust reports, and automating credit decisions was looking to improve their speed to market. They had already engaged with Sketch to build a proof-of-concept CI/CD pipeline leveraging a largely pre-selected technology stack. Their hope was to prove an automated end-to-end pipeline could work for them, then iterate to expand upon its capabilities.
Bring the whole software organization up to speed

Some of the most advanced members within the software team already saw the value in DevOps, but there was still some cultural shift required to get everyone else onboard.

Enter Sketch
CI/CD automation and DevOps consulting

We mutually agreed to prove out the POC pipeline first, then present our findings before requesting time from the broader technical team for the DevOps training. After just a handful of iterations, Sketch was able to demonstrate the CI/CD automated capability. The client agreed it was time to deliver our DevOps Bootcamp to the client’s broader team.

DevOps bootcamp
This customization to the training came from our POC efforts. This ultimately made the content of the training even more relevant and applicable to the participants.

Superior DevOps capabilities
DevOps benefits
By providing the training after the period of immersion and delivery of a POC, Sketch was able to ensure the content of the training was most applicable to the trainees. Therefore, the client’s team was able to seamlessly transition from the classroom to their real-world environment and pick up where the POC left off. The narrowness of the end-to-end POC proved to the team the possibility of automating the pipeline. From there, they were able to begin adding to the automation capabilities, so the pipeline continues to become more robust at all stages.
DevOps consulting deliverables
The client ended up with all of the following:
- Jenkins instance with an automated GitHub webhook for continuous integration
- Kubernetes microservices with simultaneous deployments
- Deature toggles to separate deployment from release
- Database migrations
- Test automation and constant code quality audits
CI/CD consulting
Just as importantly, the client now has the skills, knowledge, and tools to continue iterating on their DevOps pipeline and advancing in their CI/CD journey.
CLIENT FEEDBACK
“We are really happy with where everyone is after training and what they were able to learn and accomplish in such a short amount of time. This was the best development and training we’ve had in a really long time and is light years beyond any other company that we've brought in to train our teams.”
Chief Operating Officer
FinTech enterprise