1 platform and multiple clusters, teams & countries. The Allianz case
summary
Allianz builds a global insurance platform deployed to about 40 Kubernetes clusters across multiple countries and environments, automates provisioning with Jenkins then shifts to GitHub Actions, EKS clusters and ArgoCD for GitOps, and replaces large Terraform modules with smaller repos and Crossplane driven infra-as-code. A developer portal based on Backstage exposes reusable workflows; onboarding time drops from months to days for small slices though full “one-click” country launches remain a multi-step, evolving target.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 7:04Allianz Technology overview
- 10:38Business Master platform challenge
- 14:12Platform tool chain and automation
- 21:05Infrastructure as code strategy
- 27:32Initial platform deployment results
- 31:51Evolution to decentralized teams
- 35:49Tool chain modernization
- 41:34Key takeaways and conclusion
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