ECS DevLabs
Internal Cloud & DevSecOps Platform
ECS DevLabs is our shared services environment for ECS teams to design, build, and run cloud-native solutions. It provides a secure, scalable, and compliant DevSecOps platform on AWS that underpins Everforth solutions and other customer missions.
DevLabs is operated by the ECS team to accelerate delivery for Everforth and external customers.
DevLabs is built on AWS, leveraging Amazon EKS and Terraform, and is integrated with the ECS Software Factory and Platform One Big Bang.
ECS DevLabs is a shared services environment developed to provide ECS teams with a secure, scalable, and compliant DevSecOps platform for software development, deployment, and experimentation.
Hosted in AWS, DevLabs integrates modern cloud-native technologies with industry- and DoD-aligned security practices, enabling rapid and secure software delivery across Everforth initiatives and other customer programs.
Think of DevLabs as the internal platform where ECS engineers build accelerators, prototypes, and reusable components that later become part of production solutions for customers.
Under the hood, DevLabs is a full-stack platform built on AWS, EKS, Big Bang, and a hardened DevSecOps security stack. ECS teams consume it as a service; the platform team handles the plumbing.
DevLabs is where we incubate new ideas, prove out architectures, and build reusable capabilities that support Everforth and other customers.
Stand up experimental services, spike proof-of-concepts, and build accelerators (for example, reusable microservices, data pipelines, AI workflows) that can later be exported into customer environments.
Design and test platform patterns that ultimately support the Everforth family of companies, including reference architectures, IAM patterns, observability blueprints, and security controls.
Use DevLabs for time-bound pilots, demos, and evaluation environments where ECS needs a fast, secure place to showcase cloud-native, data, or AI capabilities before a customer’s own environment is ready.
Run internal tools such as dashboards, automation services, and shared APIs that support ECS program delivery. DevLabs centralizes common capabilities instead of every program standing up its own stack.
Use DevLabs as a landing zone for modernization journeys: containerize legacy apps, apply observability and security patterns, and experiment with new architectures before committing to a full migration.
DevLabs gives you more than raw infrastructure. It’s an opinionated, automated DevSecOps platform with strong guardrails, observability, and collaboration built in.
DevLabs serves as a shared ecosystem for ECS teams: patterns, Helm charts, Terraform modules, and reference services are cataloged and reused rather than recreated per project.
With generative AI tools, open catalogs, and low-code orchestration platforms, DevLabs gives engineers a place to experiment while staying aligned with ECS security and delivery standards.
Onboarding to DevLabs follows a lightweight intake and review process. The goal is to right-size environments, clarify responsibilities, and ensure we meet customer and security expectations.
Confirm your program or account team supports using DevLabs for your initiative (for example, R&D, accelerators, customer pilots, or Everforth workstreams).
Go to the ECS DevLabs support portal and submit a DevLabs Project Discovery / Onboarding request. Be ready to describe your use case, data classification, timelines, and team members who need access.
Meet with the DevLabs team to design your environment: AWS accounts, Kubernetes namespaces, networking, data services, IAM patterns, and any shared tools you’ll depend on.
The DevLabs team provisions the environment, wires it into the ECS Software Factory toolchain, and helps you perform your first deployments and observability checks.
Request new AWS accounts, Kubernetes namespaces, data services, or shared tools through the DevLabs Service Catalog in the support portal.
Any ECS employee working on an approved initiative that benefits from a shared, secure DevSecOps environment: solution architects, technical directors, engineering leads, product owners, and R&D teams.
DevLabs is primarily for development, testing, pilots, and internal or pre-production workloads. In some cases, DevLabs patterns are later promoted or replicated into customer-managed production environments.
Cloud usage is attributed to DevLabs and mapped back to programs, contracts, or internal R&D. When onboarding, the DevLabs team can help you understand cost expectations and reporting options.
It depends on data classification and contract requirements. The DevLabs team will review your use case and determine whether data can reside in DevLabs or if an alternate environment is required.
DevLabs doesn’t replace program-owned environments, but it can provide reusable patterns, reference implementations, and shared tooling that programs can adopt. Some teams use DevLabs for R&D and then port patterns into customer environments.
For Everforth, DevLabs acts as an internal platform where ECS teams design and validate cloud, data, and AI solutions that will ultimately support the Everforth portfolio. It helps ensure we’re using consistent, secure patterns across programs.