Key Elements
We execute IT solutions for federal agencies that modernize the IT infrastructure and enhance the user experience using agile methodologies, innovation, and transformative technologies.
Agile Development
Our comprehensive approach to Project Delivery employs thoughtful planning and execution to maximize efficiency for each project. We utilize scalable Agile processes that adapt to user needs and deliver mission-critical requirements on time and on budget.
Offerings
Our application modernization approach includes assessing legacy applications to determine the best path forward. Some can be containerized in the cloud with minimal changes, others need language or framework upgrades, and some require full architectural redesigns for cloud-native or SaaS environments. In certain cases, UX and UI are also reimagined to align with human-centered design principles.
The Aretum team develops iOS and Android mobile apps, including prototypes for transactional systems, database browsing, multimedia, notifications, and VR/AR features. We create extensible, secure, API-integrated apps that leverage advanced mobile tools and local storage. We also support app maintenance, ensuring compatibility with OS updates and resolving issues as they arise. Our experience spans Federal Civilian and Defense Department clients.
Aretum architects, designs, develops, and deploys cloud-native applications that follow best practices such as separation of concerns, microservices, scalability, and secure service components for Federal clients. Aretum’s solutions use AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, prioritizing security, customer goals, infrastructure needs, and application availability. We optimize server allocation to avoid idle resource costs and build efficient secure CI/CD pipelines with orchestrated containers and infrastructure-as-code (IaC). We provide streamlined cloud resource management, and monitoring and alerts for visibility and response.
To reduce software costs and reduce vendor lock-in for our federal customers, we make use of open- source technologies, products, frameworks and services for software development. Our teams have experience working with enterprise front-end components in React, Vue and Angular, back-end frameworks using Java Spring, Python Django and Flask, as well as .NET frameworks. In addition, we make use of multiple enterprise search tools like Solr and Elasticsearch, and multiple open- source tools from the Apache Foundation.
Aretum helps our clients implement low code and no code applications using Salesforce, ServiceNow, and the Microsoft Power Platform. We are able to accommodate innovation in the low code tool space to rapidly implement new functional applications that are easily maintainable and scalable with minimal efforts using cloud approaches.
Aretum teams have strong expertise in DevOps, DevSecOps, and SecDevOps tools. Our engineers build pipelines for security scans, containerization, and deployments using infrastructure-as-code, code quality and accessibility checks. We use unit, integration, and end-to-end testing to ensure software quality and reliability, along with security tools to guarantee secure reliable solutions.
In Summary
Established over 10+ years, our comprehensive Agile development approaches include real world Federal Government experience in multiple aspects of the development process and application of methodologies starting with Scrum, Lean, Kanban, SAFe and others.
Cloud Services
Since the advent of the cloud, developing and executing a cloud strategy is key for any federal agency that needs to balance flexibility and cost, while keeping security in mind.
We have helped multiple Government customers implement hybrid and cloud models in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms. We take advantage of SaaS and IaaS implementations, shared Government services, and AI and ML services from the cloud to deploy the most innovative, secure, and scalable systems.
Offerings
When migrating from an on-premises solution to a new cloud hosting environment, there are upfront costs associated with:
● Assessing the current-state
● Planning for migration
● Getting stakeholder buy-in
● Running parallel systems
● Vendor management
● Training and reskilling
● Refactoring and re-platforming existing applications
Lift-and-shift is the least mature cloud migration option, so agencies are unlikely to realize all the benefits of cloud until they consider a containerization or serverless model. We help clients perform this analysis and provide recommendations and a path forward to implement the mission needs. Our experts help deploy, monitor, and maintain the cloud services either on their own, or as part of a joint team with clients and our contractor staff.
From assessing legacy applications for migration to the cloud whether choosing a lift-and-shift approach or using a cloud native architecture approach involving reengineering, we assist with designing, implementing, managing, and monitoring the deployed cloud applications.
We provide our clients with the full life cycle of cloud transformation services or the various parts that are best suited for their needs.
Aretum teams aid with all three models of cloud services—IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and SaaS (Software as a Service). Since each cloud platform has different enabling services, we use our expertise to determine the best approach needed for the client application or system.
Our experience with Shared Cloud services includes expertise in integrating with and leveraging Gov services like login.gov for multiple models of user authentication, data.gov to post Government data sets, api.data.gov to host Government APIs, and pay.gov for accepting payments from the public for agency services (including credit cards and bank EFT).
Our team may use a FinOps operational framework and cultural practices which help our customers maximize the business value of the cloud. This in turn helps with data-driven decision making and creates financial accountability through collaboration between engineering and finance teams. Technical teams now can consider cost as a new efficiency metric from the beginning of the software development lifecycle.
We have expertise in the use of AI/ML services in the three major cloud providers – AWS, Azure and GCP. We can use platform specific services like Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Comprehend, Azure OpenAI Service, Hugging Face, Azure Cohere, or open-source services like PyTorch or TensorFlow in these platforms.
In Summary
Aretum’s cloud engineers are experts in cloud architecture, cloud migration, cloud native development, and the ability to use shared cloud services (from agencies like GSA), FinOps, Cloud AI and ML services.
Customer Experience (CX)
Aretum has been successful in helping our clients reimagine and reinvent Customer Experience (CX), resulting in creating appealing and intuitive experiences.
CX is not limited to just User Experience (UX), which is focused on making sites and systems intuitive and easy to use, but in taking a holistic view of the entire customer or employee experience.
Offerings
Our teams offer expertise in many UI/UX Design tools and methodologies. We have experience with wireframes & clickable/non-clickable prototypes, User Testing, UX personas and research, web metrics, analysis, and data visualization tools.
Our team has experience developing CX strategies for our government customers. We have experts who can map out customer journeys, identifying usability pain points, anticipate needs, and design interactions across all touchpoints to provide a positive and consistent experience. We also use empathy maps and data analysis to understand customer behavior and expectations thoroughly as part of a comprehensive strategy.
We have performed multiple moderated and unmoderated user testing tasks on projects. We have also designed feedback forms and analyzed results to develop meaningful and comprehensive product strategy plans for clients. Our human-centered design (HCD) approach identifies areas for improvement by analyzing user behavior and reactions to create a better user experience.
Our teams have experience in all aspects of IA including organization systems, labeling systems, navigation systems, and searching systems. We have redesigned and modernized IA for multiple large public facing government websites and mobile apps. We ensure that the Cognitive load, the approximate amount of information a working memory can hold at once, is a factor in our IA designs.
We architect, design, and develop fully accessible applications and content management system-based websites for our clients. Clients looking to provide an easy-to-navigate web experience for those with disabilities (auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech and vision, as well as those with intermittent and temporary disabilities) or the aging population work with our seasoned accessibility team to build an entirely accessible application.
We are knowledgeable in WCAG guidelines and have proven experience with remediation, accessibility audits, mobile accessibility, and document accessibility.
In Summary
Aretum excels in helping organizations reimagine and transform Customer Experience (CX) by creating intuitive and appealing digital solutions.
IT Infrastructure & Operations
Aretum supports IT infrastructure at the enterprise level for multiple federal clients both on-premise and in the cloud. With expertise in database management systems, networking devices, log analysis, zero trust implementations, server management, help desk operations, asset management and monitoring, we are at the cutting edge of modern tooling for IT infrastructure and operations. On the cloud side, our teams help with provisioning of cloud services and infrastructure, monitoring, log analysis, and security.
Offerings
Aretum has a proven track record of driving IT modernization for federal clients, leading transformative initiatives across the software development lifecycle.
From optimizing database management and web delivery infrastructure to providing cloud advisory, migration, and enterprise architecture expertise, Aretum delivers innovative solutions that power mission-critical modernization efforts.
We have migrated data centers for clients from on-premise to the cloud, and from one on-premise location to another. Our team excels in infrastructure management, networking implementations, Zero trust implementations, virtualization, and security, leveraging tools and platforms such as VMware, Hyper-V, AWS Outposts, and Azure Stack.
Aretum demonstrates unparalleled expertise in web services and microservices, showcased through the development of complex web applications and robust microservices frameworks.
Leveraging technologies like Java, Python, PHP, and Node.js, Aretum has delivered over 50 microservices for projects like the US Copyright Office’s Enterprise Copyright System modernization. This effort underscores our ability to create unified, adaptable tools that evolve with changing business practices, driving efficiency and innovation.
Our teams have managed and maintained on-premise and cloud-based networks for our customers. In addition, we have experience managing and administering on-premise Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, and SQL Server databases as well as online databases like RDS and Aurora.
Our teams have done enterprise monitoring at large scale in hybrid hosting environments encompassing on-premise and cloud environments. Monitoring, alerting, notifications and automatic restarting of servers and services is part of what we have done for clients at an enterprise level.
Our team of developers lead in process automation, leveraging cutting-edge tools to streamline operations and enhance productivity. By using Ansible, GitLab, Terraform and cloud-specific tools like AWS Systems Manager, we create robust, automated workflows that eliminate manual inefficiencies and ensure consistency across systems.
Whether deploying infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, or automating routine processes, our expertise in these platforms reflects our commitment to delivering innovative, scalable solutions tailored to meet our customers’ unique needs.
In Summary
Aretum drives IT modernization with innovative solutions across database management systems, networking infrastructure, server management, web infrastructure, enterprise architecture and cloud architecture, delivery, provisioning, and monitoring.
Digital Transformation Playbook
Our playbook details how organizations call leverage technology, people, and processes to produce a comprehensive digital shift in meeting evolving business needs.
User Experience Playbook
Our playbook will assist any organization through the UX process by offering tools and techniques to help them through the user’s journey