Scaling MGM Resorts’ Business Pace with High-Speed Dedicated Engineering Teams
How a dedicated Bluelight team built a DevOps practice at MGM Resorts, moved hundreds of pipelines to GitHub Actions, and sped up every release.
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The Challenge
MGM Resorts needed faster, more reliable build, test and release cycles across a large portfolio of web applications.
Hundreds of pipelines still ran on Azure DevOps as Microsoft shifted its focus to GitHub Actions.
Infrastructure was managed by hand, secrets were scattered, and cloud spending was hard to track.
Main Service
Hire TeamsTechnologies Used
Azure
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Terraform
Prometheus
Grafana
Our Process
Bluelight cultivated a DevOps approach from the ground up and trained MGM Resorts’ internal team to keep it running.
Pipeline Migration
Helped migrate hundreds of pipelines from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions.
Infrastructure as Code
Implemented IaC to automate the management of complex IT systems.
Secrets Management
Boosted system security by streamlining and centralizing secrets management.
Performance Monitoring
Supported the optimization of all web apps and platforms with regular, consistent performance monitoring.
Main Goal
Optimize the entire software development lifecycle with Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code, while reducing cloud spending.
Facilitating progress, every step of the way
Bluelight’s dedicated team gave MGM Resorts faster releases, a self-serve model for its developers, and better control of cost and security.
- Quicker, streamlined build testing and release processes.
- A self-serve model for in-house developers through simplified templating and infrastructure automation.
- Significant cost reduction across the SDLC through performance monitoring and cost optimization.
- A centralized secrets management system for stronger data security.
“From start to finish, their team was proactive, detail-oriented and focused on delivering value to our projects.”
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