Case Studies

Infrastructure

Deploying Experts from Other STP Projects to Fill Immediate Skill Gaps

STP utilized 13 of its subject matter experts, architects and developers who were working on other projects on an as needed basis to provide over 8,000 hours of expertise to infrastructure efforts that needed quick results.

  • Infrastructure
  • Staff Augmentation
Deploying Experts from Other STP Projects to Fill Immediate Skill Gaps

Providing Expertise to Keep Critical Systems Operational

STP’s 10 industry professionals, working alongside IRS personnel, provided over 40,000 hours of expertise to keep the agency’s critical services always up and running.

  • Infrastructure
  • Staff Augmentation
Providing Expertise to Keep Critical Systems Operational

Integrating Unix, Linux and Windows Applications with Mainframe Services

Since its implementation, over 30 IRS applications have successfully used the web services STP built to protect taxpayer information.

  • Application Development
  • Cybersecurity
  • Infrastructure
Integrating Unix, Linux and Windows Applications with Mainframe Services

Rearchitecting Software to Meet Peak Demand

Working via a contract with CSC, STP’s software engineers discovered that both systems were built to support only one transaction at a time.

  • Application Development
  • Infrastructure
Rearchitecting Software to Meet Peak Demand

Using Automation to Migrate an Enterprise System

Through the use of automation, STP was able to successfully migrate the entire implementation within the IRS’s limited timeframe and budget.

  • Automation
  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
Using Automation to Migrate an Enterprise System

Building a Better Interface

Knowing a long-term solution was needed, STP convinced CSC and IRS leadership to allow STP’s developers to build a new interface to manage the user data without the fear of bringing the system down.

  • Application Development
  • Cybersecurity
  • Infrastructure
Building a Better Interface

Building Infrastructure Shared Services

Eighteen STP architects, engineers and developers built custom and COTS services.

  • Application Development
  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
Building Infrastructure Shared Services

Ensuring Continuity of Service

Working through a Unisys contract, STP engineers, project managers and subject matter experts were tasked with devising a strategy, managing the plan, and implementing the solution to keep the infrastructure up and running, 24×7, 365 days a year.

  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
Ensuring Continuity of Service

Architecting and Tuning Commercial Products to Meet Unique Customer Challenges

Having experience partitioning large database systems, STP’s experts designed the directory to use a series of service agents to access specific areas of the directory, greatly reducing the time needed to search for data.

  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
Architecting and Tuning Commercial Products to Meet Unique Customer Challenges

Building an Enterprise Security System

For over 7 years, 10 STP technical leads, engineers and subject matter experts built, integrated and maintained the IRS’s authentication, authorization and directory services.

  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
Building an Enterprise Security System

Providing 21 Experts for the Price of 6

STP staffed 6 full time positions with experts in hardware, networking, automation, systems integration, and application architecture.

  • Application Development
  • Automation
  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
  • Staff Augmentation
Providing 21 Experts for the Price of 6

Helping the IRS Adopt Cloud Computing

Working directly for the IRS, STP teamed with Northrop Grumman and Amazon Web Services to integrate the IRS’s security system with the AIR system in the AWS cloud.

  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
Helping the IRS Adopt Cloud Computing