--- title: "Infrastructure as Code for a real-time drilling automation platform" description: "A specialist in real-time drilling automation needed Infrastructure as Code expertise to automate the provisioning of on-premises infrastructure underpinning their drilling software platforms. Devspace embedded an IaC engineering competency directly in their team, supporting delivery of automation across a globally deployed technology stack." url: "https://www.devspace.no/cases/drilling-automation-infrastructure" markdown: "https://www.devspace.no/cases/drilling-automation-infrastructure.md" type: "case" site: "devspace" updated: "2026-06-17" client: "Confidential" industry: "Maritime" location: "Norway / Global" --- # Infrastructure as Code for a real-time drilling automation platform > A specialist in real-time drilling automation needed Infrastructure as Code expertise to automate the provisioning of on-premises infrastructure underpinning their drilling software platforms. Devspace embedded an IaC engineering competency directly in their team, supporting delivery of automation across a globally deployed technology stack. - **Client:** Confidential - **Industry:** Maritime - **Location:** Norway / Global ## The challenge Our client is an international technology company operating at the frontier of drilling automation in the oil and gas sector. Their platforms combine real-time dynamic monitoring, drilling diagnostics, predictive analytics and automated control systems to advance the industry’s transition toward autonomous well construction. At the time of our engagement, their software had been deployed across more than hundreds of wells globally for major energy operators, delivering measurable reductions in well delivery time, operational cost and CO2 emissions. The infrastructure underpinning these platforms is complex and operationally critical. Real-time drilling automation runs on on-premises hardware deployed at rig sites and operations centres worldwide, environments where reliability is non-negotiable and where unplanned downtime has direct consequences for drilling operations. As the platform scaled and deployment footprint grew, the need to automate the provisioning and configuration of this infrastructure became a clear priority. The client needed an Infrastructure as Code specialists who could work inside a complex industrial software environment, understand the operational constraints of on-premises deployment at scale, and deliver automation that the internal team could own and extend. ## What we did Infrastructure as Code expertise embedded in a globally deployed real-time drilling automation platform. ### Infrastructure as Code delivery We placed a senior Infrastructure as Code engineers embedded directly in the client’s platform team. The engagement focused on automating the provisioning and configuration of on-premises infrastructure supporting their real-time drilling software and replacing manual processes with repeatable, version-controlled IaC pipelines that could be applied consistently across deployment environments. ### On-premises industrial software context On-premises infrastructure in industrial software environments carries specific constraints: hardware dependency, network topology, operational continuity requirements, and the need for configurations that survive across long deployment cycles. Our engineers worked within these constraints from day one, without a ramp-up period to understand the context. ### Maintainable, handover-ready delivery The infrastructure automation work was designed to be maintainable and extensible by the internal team after our engagement. Every decision documented, every pipeline built to a standard the client’s engineers could own. The goal was capability transfer, not dependency. ## The outcome On-premises infrastructure provisioning across the client’s real-time drilling platform automated and standardised - replacing manual configuration with repeatable, version-controlled pipelines that the internal team could own and extend. The engagement supported a critical phase of the client’s platform scaling. Their software was already deployed across more than several hundreds of wells globally when we engaged; the infrastructure automation work contributed to the operational consistency needed to sustain and grow that footprint. The client has since been acquired by a major energy services company, with their drilling automation technology integrated into one of the industry’s largest digital well construction platforms. The work delivered during our engagement formed part of the foundation that made that transition possible. ## Our Case Studies - [From vendor exit to owned IoT platform](https://www.devspace.no/cases/optimarin) (Optimarin, Maritime): When Optimarin needed to leave their IoT platform vendor and build their own solution, Devspace built it. What started as a platform replacement became a multi-year embedded partnership spanning product development, strategic advisory, and a customer portal rebuild - with the same team present across every chapter. ## Tell us what you need. We'll find the right engineers. Whether you need senior developers embedded in your team, a Fractional CTO, or a technology assessment before a deal — most engagements start within 2–4 weeks. 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