AiKarva | Cloud Migration for an eCommerce Retailer

Cloud Migration for an eCommerce Retailer

A mid-sized eCommerce retailer specializing in fashion and accessories with growing regional traffic and seasonal sales peaks.

Challenge

The client was operating on an on-premise infrastructure with limited elasticity and frequent outages during high-traffic sales events. The system lacked automated scaling, reliable backups, and global CDN capabilities.

Solutions

We led the cloud migration initiative using AWS, focusing on minimal downtime and performance optimization. Key phases:

Assessment of current workloads, databases, and monolithic app structure.
Cloud architecture design for high availability and autoscaling.
Refactoring of legacy components into containerized microservices.
Migration of PostgreSQL and Redis databases using AWS DMS.
CI/CD pipeline setup for faster deployments.
CDN integration and WAF setup for global content delivery and security.

Technology Stack

Cloud Platform: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, EKS)
DevOps: GitLab CI, Docker, Terraform
Monitoring: CloudWatch, Datadog
Security: AWS WAF, IAM, Secrets Manager

Outcome

Improved uptime to 99.98% even during Black Friday traffic surges.
60% faster page load times globally via CDN.
Reduced hosting and maintenance costs by 45%.
Accelerated deployment cycles (from 1 per week to multiple per day).