Manual Changes
Infrastructure configurations were updated manually or through ad-hoc scripts, increasing the risk of errors and configuration drift.
Managing Infrastructure the Git Way
As organizations scale their cloud-native environments, managing infrastructure across multiple clusters and environments can quickly become complex and error-prone. A global SaaS company with customers across North America and Europe partnered with Spundan to streamline its infrastructure operations using GitOps principles — bringing the same version-controlled, automated discipline of modern software development to infrastructure management.
The client operated dozens of Kubernetes clusters across AWS and Azure, supporting thousands of microservices and daily deployments. Manual configuration drift, inconsistent environments, and error-prone updates were slowing down delivery and causing unexpected downtime. They needed an approach that made infrastructure changes transparent, repeatable, and auditable — and GitOps was the solution.
Before adopting GitOps, the organization faced several infrastructure management bottlenecks:
Manual Changes
Infrastructure configurations were updated manually or through ad-hoc scripts, increasing the risk of errors and configuration drift.
Limited Visibility
Changes weren't version-controlled in a single source of truth, making it difficult to track who changed what and when.
Slow Rollbacks
Reverting changes in production required manual intervention and complex troubleshooting.
Inefficient Collaboration
Developers and operations teams struggled to align on infrastructure changes without clear workflows or review gates.
Spundan's cloud-native and DevOps experts designed and implemented a robust GitOps framework to manage the client's distributed cloud infrastructure with confidence and control.
Key elements of the solution included:Version-Controlled Infrastructure
All infrastructure definitions, Kubernetes manifests, and Helm charts were stored in Git repositories, with strict branching and pull request policies.
Automated Reconciliation
Deployed GitOps tools (FluxCD and ArgoCD) to continuously monitor the Git repositories and automatically sync desired states to live clusters.
Secure Access & Approvals
Integrated RBAC and Git workflows to enforce peer reviews and approvals for all infrastructure changes.
Drift Detection & Self-Healing
Configured automated drift detection to identify when the live state diverged from the desired state — with self-healing capabilities to restore the declared configuration.
Rollback Automation
Leveraged Git history to enable instant rollbacks to known good states if an update introduced instability.
Developer Enablement
Trained teams to manage infrastructure as code through Git workflows, pull requests, and templating best practices.
The GitOps transformation was delivered in three phases over four months:
Assessment & Design
Mapped existing workflows, infrastructure definitions, and cluster configurations to design the GitOps architecture.
Pilot Clusters
Implemented GitOps pipelines for a subset of Kubernetes clusters to validate synchronization, drift detection, and rollback strategies.
Full Rollout & Enablement
Expanded GitOps practices across all clusters and environments, integrated monitoring and alerting, and conducted workshops to embed GitOps culture within dev and ops teams.
“Spundan's GitOps solution gave us full control over our infrastructure. We roll out changes confidently, recover instantly from issues, and developers now manage clusters just like code.”
— Head of Platform Engineering, SaaS Client
100% of infrastructure changes are version-controlled with Git as the single source of truth.
Zero configuration drift across Kubernetes clusters due to continuous reconciliation.
Faster, safer rollouts and rollbacks reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR) by over 50%.
Improved collaboration with clear workflows and approvals for all infrastructure updates.
Start Small, Scale Smart
Piloting GitOps on select clusters helped refine workflows and build confidence before full adoption.
Process Discipline is Critical
GitOps works best with strong branching strategies and clear pull request practices.
Self-Healing Brings Confidence
Continuous reconciliation and drift detection eliminated hidden misconfigurations.
Through GitOps, this SaaS leader transformed how it manages modern, cloud-native infrastructure — achieving faster, more reliable deployments, stronger governance, and truly collaborative operations.
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