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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Nov 10, 2021

Hosting a modern justice system

Nevelina Aleksandrova

DevOps is not a single team. Discover how the UK Ministry of Justice modernizes 7,000 applications by combining centralized Kubernetes platforms with deep empathy and proactive stakeholder marketing.

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#1 about 2 min

Defining modern infrastructure in a government context

How modern infrastructure involves bringing inherited legacy systems into the present century.

#2 about 2 min

Overview of the Ministry of Justice hosting function

The central role of hosting to serve various justice agencies with standardized expertise.

#3 about 3 min

Managing diverse and critical legacy infrastructure

Teams balance the use of modern Kubernetes clusters with critical older on-premise servers.

#4 about 3 min

Strategies for migrating legacy systems to the cloud

Engineers document, automate, and patch older services to prepare them for cloud deployment.

#5 about 2 min

Structuring platforms for new services and data analytics

IT architects organize new applications, machine learning models, and legacy migrations into distinct infrastructure hubs.

#6 about 4 min

Balancing centralized infrastructure with service team autonomy

Standardized deployment templates provide consistency while allowing engineering teams to fully customize their configurations.

#7 about 4 min

Marketing internal platforms to secure user adoption

Convincing product owners and financial stakeholders is necessary before creating new infrastructure.

#8 about 3 min

Shared platform updates for broader organizational security

Centralized management protects individual services from security vulnerabilities without requiring team intervention.

#9 about 4 min

Fostering a genuine devops culture through cross-training

Immersing application developers and infrastructure engineers in each other's workflows builds vital system resilience.

#10 about 2 min

Open source resources and public sector tech roles

Open-source repositories, strategy blogs, and engineering positions within the government are publicly available resources.

#11 about 2 min

Expanding devops culture to non-technical executives

Advocates lead ongoing efforts to educate executives on infrastructure value and core operational principles.

#12 about 2 min

Cultivating empathy for legacy state technology systems

Maintaining critical inherited infrastructure is often more valuable than immediately discarding it.

#13 about 2 min

Navigating public sector restrictions and technology experimentation

Service standards and public cloud guidelines govern how government teams experiment with new technologies.

#14 about 2 min

Advice for women navigating the technology industry

Finding supportive allies and inclusive organizations actively encourages career growth and workplace diversity.

#15 about 2 min

Infrastructure resilience during political administration changes

Underlying technology platforms maintain functional stability regardless of shifting government priorities.

#16 about 3 min

Adapting justice services and remote work during a pandemic

Distributed teams rolled out remote user research and virtual prison visits to adapt to external constraints.

#17 about 3 min

Integrating security practices for devsecops adoption

Collaborating closely with cybersecurity teams ensures the successful implementation of automated code and image scanning.

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Modernizing legacy applications through proactive leadership

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Strategies for modernizing and mitigating legacy system risks

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Architecting the platform with modern cloud and mobile technologies

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Executing massive cloud network migrations while maintaining live systems

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Overcoming cultural friction and scaling DevOps team practices

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Changing responsibilities for modern infrastructure operations teams

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