Modernization

Value Proposition

• Reduced operations and maintenance costs through optimized, adaptive cloud hosting
• Improved system stability, resilience, and uptime
• Faster application performance and accelerated feature delivery
• Enhanced security posture and Section 508 compliance
• More reliable deployments with minimal downtime and operational risk

Key Differentiators

• Proven track record of trusted delivery, including decades-long client relationships and Exceptional CPARS ratings
• Centralized program management ensuring consistent methodologies, governance, and delivery quality across projects
• Deep expertise in phased and full modernization efforts, including legacy integrations, data migration, and seamless module-level cutovers

Core Features

Cloud Transition & Optimization. End-to-end cloud modernization strategies focused on scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency. Services include target architecture design, migration planning, implementation, and ongoing operations across single- and multi-cloud environments.

Mainframe & Legacy Application Modernization. Structured assessment of legacy and mainframe-based applications to identify dependencies, technical debt, and viable modernization pathways. Critical business logic is preserved while applications are refactored, re-engineered, or re-platformed.

Business Modernization & Technical Enablement. Alignment of business objectives with technical execution through clear translation of mission requirements into actionable technical specifications. Capabilities include enterprise architecture guidance, current- and future-state documentation, and integration planning to support seamless migration, adoption, and long-term sustainability.

Service Process

• Discovery & Assessment. Evaluate current applications, infrastructure, dependencies, and risks.
• Modernization Strategy & Roadmap. Define target architecture, modernization approach, and phased execution plan.
• Design & Refactoring. Re-architect applications using modern frameworks and cloud-native services.
• Migration & Integration. Execute secure data migration, system integration, and incremental cutovers.
• DevSecOps Enablement. Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and security controls.
• Optimization & Ongoing Support. Monitor, optimize, and continuously improve performance and reliability.

Customer Success Story. SEC National Exam Program

Pyramid partnered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to modernize its National Exam Program, the agency's first high-value asset migrated to the cloud. NEP consists of eight financial analysis applications used by more than 1,000 examiners to analyze corporate data and support regulatory decision-making. Facing risks from aging on-premises infrastructure, Pyramid led a comprehensive modernization effort using Agile DevSecOps practices. Our team delivered cloud infrastructure consulting, target architecture design, migration roadmaps, and implementation services, while refactoring legacy applications to optimize them for cloud deployment. Pyramid also managed the SEC's AWS hosting environment, ensuring operational stability throughout the transition.

As part of the modernization, code coverage for the TRENDS application increased from single digits to 94% for services and 99% for the user interface, significantly improving quality and reliability. Release cycles accelerated from quarterly to monthly, enabling faster delivery of new capabilities. Through portfolio-level planning and coordinated release management, Pyramid supported concurrent development across multiple applications, optimized resource utilization, and maintained delivery within budget, all while minimizing disruption to mission-critical operations.

Customer Success Story. HUD AWS GovCloud

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sought to modernize and stabilize its AWS GovCloud environment amid growing operational complexity, manual infrastructure processes, fragmented network design, and increasing security and cost management demands. Pyramid delivered end-to-end AWS infrastructure modernization using Agile DevSecOps practices. The team migrated and managed HUD's enterprise infrastructure in AWS GovCloud, implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, automated CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, and container orchestration through ECS and EKS. Network architecture was redesigned using Transit Gateways to enable centralized, scalable connectivity across accounts and environments.

The modernization achieved approximately 99% automated infrastructure management and reduced AWS account onboarding time from weeks to hours. Security was centralized and strengthened through ADFS integration, Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config, STIG-compliant baseline AMIs, and automated vulnerability scanning. Logs and telemetry were consolidated into OpenSearch, providing enterprise-wide visibility and audit readiness. Through centralized VPC endpoints and migration from Splunk to OpenSearch, HUD also realized significant cost reductions while maintaining robust observability.

Mainframe Operations & Maintenance

Modernization is rarely a clean break. Most federal mission-critical systems require parallel paths: targeted modernization of high-value applications, and disciplined sustainment of the legacy mainframe environments those applications still depend on. Pyramid handles both sides of that equation. Mainframe Operations & Maintenance is the sustainment side of our modernization practice.

Pyramid provides ongoing operations and maintenance support for mission-critical mainframe applications that manage complex financial, regulatory, and administrative processes. These systems support high transaction volumes and integrate with numerous downstream applications, where stability and reliability are paramount. Our work focuses on four sustainment disciplines:

• System operations & monitoring. Continuous monitoring of mainframe environments to ensure availability and performance, with operational support, incident management, diagnostics, and preventive maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Structured release management. Controlled rollout of system updates, patches, and corrective changes through proven release management processes that minimize operational disruption.
• Application maintenance & defect resolution. Corrective updates, performance optimization, and remediation of vulnerabilities and defects across legacy code, often where institutional knowledge of the platform is the binding constraint.
• Modern DevSecOps in traditional mainframe environments. Integration of DevSecOps practices into mainframe operations: source control discipline, automated regression testing, security scanning, and audit-ready change records. A capability few federal IT firms credibly offer at the mainframe layer.

The differentiator is not that Pyramid keeps mainframes running. The differentiator is that the same team sustaining the mainframe is also the team modernizing the applications around it, with the institutional knowledge of a 30-year federal IT firm preserved across both sides of the platform. That continuity is what shortens the modernization roadmap and protects mission stability while the transition is in flight.