FarziEngineer's Digital Transformation: GCP-to-AWS Migration & SaaS Modernization

Company Overview

FarziEngineer brand, offeringFarziCom - a headless eCommerce SaaS platform designed for D2C and enterprise brands. The platform delivers a comprehensive suite of commerce capabilities through an API-first, cloud-native architecture.

• Modular Commerce Features - Plug-and-play capabilities including wallets, promotions, RTO prevention, and single-click checkout
• Mobile-Optimized Experience - Enhanced UX with native app compatibility for seamless mobile commerce
• Enterprise Controls - Rich dashboards and team management tools for enterprise-grade governance

 

 

Customer Challenge

• Resource Management Issues - Resource sprawl across GCP (VMs, GKE, databases) with poor cost attribution and tracking
• Financial Inefficiency - High monthly spend exceeding 9K USD, including numerous idle and legacy resources
• Technical Limitations - Auto-scaling disabled and outdated machine types hampering performance
• Security & Visibility Gaps - IAM over-provisioning creating governance risks, coupled with limited observability through fragmented Cloud Logging

Solution Approach

• Discovery & Inventory - Comprehensive mappingof 20+ GCP resources to understand the complete infrastructure landscape
• Assessment - Total Cost of Ownership review identifying >25% potential savings through AWS migration
• Design - Creation of optimized AWS architecture leveraging EC2, EKS, RDS, and S3 services
• Migration - Zero-downtime cutover with YAML conversion to EKS ensuring business continuity
• Optimization - Implementation of Savings Plans, GP2³GP3 migration, and CloudWatch budgets
• Stabilization - User Acceptance Testing, 2-week soak period, and IAM/KMS governance implementation

Outcomes & Impact

Technical Achievements - 

• EC2 + EKS implementation for containerized workloads with YAML conversion
• RDS migration with automated backup & scaling capabilities
• S3 lifecycle tiering for cost-optimized storage management
• Comprehensive observability through CloudWatch + GuardDuty
• Cost optimization via EBS GP2³GP3 migration + Savings Plans

 

Business Impact - 

• Dynamicsc aling with EKS + Fargate for handling traffic spikes
• Zero maintenance database operations with RDS
• Improved cost governance with tag-based attribution
• Enhanced security posture through IAM/KMS/GuardDuty
• Foundation for global SaaS expansion and AI integration

Conclusion

By transitioning to AWS, FarziEngineer positioned itself to scale robust while simultaneously improving governance and creating the infrastructure necessary for global SaaS expansion. This migration has established a clear roadmap for AI/ML personalization features, marketplace integration opportunities, and multi-region scaling capabilities.