Autosys Workload Modernization

Hexaware’s Autosys to Apache Airflow modernization offering empowers enterprises to achieve cloud-native agility, flexibility, and scalability by transforming legacy batch scheduling workloads into modern, event-driven orchestration. By adopting Apache Airflow, clients benefit from faster change cycles, simplified maintenance, and improved scalability, enabling seamless orchestration across applications, data, and analytics pipelines. This transition reduces total cost of ownership by 30-50%, eliminating costly licensing and optimizing infrastructure expenses. The cloud-native architecture adapts rapidly to evolving business needs while reducing downtime and manual intervention.

Using our US patented AI-powered Amaze® accelerator, the program starts with an automated, in-depth analysis of your Autosys environment, including job inventories, dependencies, embedded business logic, and integrations. This detailed assessment enables a data-driven migration strategy with reduced risks. A key part of the offering is a pilot migration of 100 critical Autosys jobs to Airflow Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs), validating performance, SLA adherence, and functional parity. We automate up to 70% of the conversion effort, accelerating timelines and delivering secure, production-ready Airflow workflows.

Beyond the pilot, Hexaware collaborates with clients to develop a comprehensive migration roadmap that includes phased Autosys decommissioning, scalable Airflow deployments, and enterprise-wide workflow modernization using reusable DAG templates and CI/CD-enabled DevOps pipelines. This approach ensures operational continuity, enhanced workflow observability, and compliance assurance.

Solution Portfolio Overview

• Automated Autosys job inventory, dependency mapping, and complexity analysis
• Conversion of job chains, shell scripts, calendars, and triggers into Airflow DAGs
• Integration with modern data platforms and APIs adopting event-driven cloud architecture
• Extensive testing, validation, and parallel run support for seamless cutover and hypercare
• Reusable operator libraries and frameworks accelerating continuous workflow development

Business Benefits

• Achieve 30-50% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership by eliminating Autosys licensing and improving resource efficiency
• Speed up development and deployment cycles by up to 60% through code-driven workflows and automation
• Enhance reliability with Airflow’s built-in retries, SLA enforcement, and intelligent error handling
• Gain end-to-end workflow visualization, lineage, and auditability across complex enterprise pipelines
• Secure cloud–native orchestration with Hexaware’s proven governance and compliance frameworks

Outcomes

Clients realize immediate value from a validated pilot covering 100 jobs, enabling a prioritized, low-risk migration strategy. Hexaware’s automation-led approach helps retire legacy scheduling systems, reduce operational burdens, and unlock cloud scalability and agility, driving sustained digital transformation.

Key Azure Services:

Apache Airflow, Azure VMs, Azure Container services, Azure Kubernetes services, ACR (container registers), application gateway, load balancers, azure firewalls, azure devops, Azure Storage