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IT Support for Schools Case Study
Containerized a legacy IIS platform, unified DevOps workflows, and built a scalable hybrid cloud foundation, supporting thousands of students through platform engineering for schools.
The Challenge
As the largest K-12 public school in the US, Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) faced a defining test in this IT support for schools case study: A massive surge in student enrollment due to COVID-19. This rapid growth placed an immense strain on their existing application infrastructure, which powered “Edio”, their personalized online learning platform.
Beyond infrastructure, CCA needed to mature its engineering organization to meet the heightened expectations of a rapidly evolving product roadmap while maintaining the stability and performance required for a seamless student experience.
At a Glance
Client:
Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA)
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Industry:
Platform:
Edio (Education for Individualized Outcomes)
The Solution: Platform Engineering for Schools
In this IT support for schools case study, Overbyte partnered with CCA to modernize its IT landscape, focusing on three strategic pillars of engineering excellence.
DevOps Platform
Built Internal Developer Platforms and consolidated dozens of disparate processes and tools into a central GitLab instance, streamlining collaboration and CI/CD automation for developers and operations alike. This resulted in onboarding acceleration and improved development velocity.
Kubernetes Platform
Implemented container orchestration, containerized CCA’s legacy IIS application, and deployed it to Rancher, enabling deployment frequency improvements, recovery improvements, operational efficiency gains, automated scaling, and unified application management.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Engineered a robust hybrid cloud framework, setting the foundation for VMware integration and seamlessly expanding critical applications into Azure. This step increased CCA’s scaling capacity to support massive enrollment growth.
Results & Impact
A partnership built on trust and technical excellence.
Seamless Learning Experience
Ensured thousands of students could continue their education without disruption during peak enrollment surges, with measurable reduced downtime across their core learning platform.
Unified Engineering Flow
Transformed a fragmented toolset into a modern, automated platform that powers rapid product iteration.
Scalable Cloud Foundation
Established a mature hybrid cloud strategy that allows CCA to scale geographically and technically.
Technical Stack
DevOps
GitLab
Bitbucket
Cloud and Infrastructure
Azure
VMware
Terraform
Pulumi
Container Orchestration
Istio
Rancher
Monitoring and Security
Grafana
Vault
Overbyte’s successful collaboration established them as a trusted advisor for CCA, allowing them to extend their expertise across our entire IT landscape. They continue to help us deliver a seamless online learning experience for our growing student population.
Corey Smith
Director of DevOps Engineering
Services Provided
The technical capabilities that powered this transformation
Platform Engineering
Built Internal Developer Platforms and container orchestration to enable rapid, reliable deployments at scale.
DevOps
Implemented CI/CD automation with GitLab, consolidating toolchains and accelerating development velocity.
Cloud Services
24/7 support for critical hospitality systems, network infrastructure, and member services.
Achieve similar results.
Overbyte’s technical expertise powered the transformation in this IT support for schools case study.
As leaders in the transition from DevOps to platform engineering for schools, organizations from the Bay Area to Sacramento can rely on our team to replicate CCA’s success stories.
Overbyte offers proactive managed IT support led by staff-level engineers. Operating as strategic partners, we help educational institutions and other businesses modernize infrastructure, streamline operations, and establish foundations for long-term growth.