Case Study

Scaling the nation’s largest K-12 public school

The Challenge

As the largest K-12 public school in the US, Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) faced 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
Platform:
Edio (Education for Individualized Outcomes)
The Solution
Overbyte partnered with CCA to modernize their IT landscape, focusing on three strategic pillars of engineering excellence.
DevOps Platform

Consolidated dozens of disparate processes and tools into a central GitLab instance, streamlining collaboration and automation for developers and operations alike.

Kubernetes Platform

Containerized their legacy IIS application and deployed it to Rancher, enabling lightning-fast deployments, automated scaling, and unified application management.

Hybrid Cloud Adoption

Engineered a robust hybrid cloud framework, setting the foundation for VMware integration and seamlessly expanding critical applications into Azure.

Success Stories: 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.

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
GitLab
VMware
Azure
Terraform
Pulumi
Vault
Vault
Dotnet
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Rancher
Istio
Istio
Grafana
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.

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