VA CLOUD MODERNIZATION Aaron Wieczorek Digital Service at VA June, 2018
USDS Project Goals 1. The greatest impact for the greatest number of people 2. Likelihood of success 3. Ability to scale across government Office of Information and Technology 2
Digital Service at VA Applications: Vets.gov and Caseflow Office of Information and Technology 3
Current State • VA spends more than $1.2 billion / year on hosting ~632 applications in 363 data centers • Service levels range from 75% availability for critical online benefits services • Presently this is an unfunded mandate Office of Information and Technology 4
Problems with On Premise Hosting These services cannot scale easily, be monitored easily, and are not reliable in the event of failover -- no development and operations collaboration culture. Office of Information and Technology 5
Tech Change and Culture Change Solution: Migrate VA applications to commercial cloud service providers, instill a culture of collaboration or “DevOps” in VA, acting as a force of change and leading by example. Office of Information and Technology 6
What is DevOps? What is “DevOps” – Wall between development and ops hindering collaboration Office of Information and Technology 7
Wins for DevOps DevOps Wins: Massive efficiency gains, big wins for agility in deployment of applications, quick turnarounds on adding features and fixing bugs Office of Information and Technology 8
DevOps Best Practices • Automated provisioning • Automated and incremental testing • Automated release management • Continuous deployment Office of Information and Technology 9
Current State • 632 applications hosted on premises at VA • ~125 in some state of DevOps culture • 10+ in the process of migrating to a CSP Office of Information and Technology 10
Planned Outcomes • Achieve huge cost savings, allowing more funding for veteran-focused programs • Reduce sustainment spending by 75% within three years • Improve veteran access to online services to 99.99%, in line with industry standards • Ensure consistent security standards to protect Veteran data Office of Information and Technology 11
The Future of Cloud Modernization at VA How do we get from the current state to the ideal end state? Office of Information and Technology 12
How to Get There • Socialize SRE and DevOps concepts through the organization • Bring VA Teams into the SRE org on rotations • Create Cloud Migration Playbooks Office of Information and Technology 13
Rigorous Monitoring of Status Office of Information and Technology 14
P.S. We’re Hiring! usds.gov/join Aaron Wieczorek / DevOps/SRE, Lawyer, @USDS, @_a12k Office of Information and Technology 15
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