CI/CD Setup & Hardening
Ship faster without breaking things
Secure, efficient delivery pipelines. From greenfield setup to hardening existing systems, we build pipelines that let you ship with confidence.
No prep required. We'll share a plan within 48 hours.
Ideal For
- Teams with manual or fragile deployment processes
- Organizations needing to add security to existing pipelines
- Companies migrating CI/CD platforms
- Teams wanting to increase deployment frequency
- Organizations preparing for SOC 2 or compliance audits
Not Ideal For
- Teams happy with current deployment frequency and reliability
- Very simple projects with one developer
- Organizations not ready for cultural change
Expected Outcomes
Measurable results observed in past engagements.
Increase in deployment frequency (typical)
Reduction in deployment failures
Time from commit to production
Results vary based on baseline maturity, scope, and adoption. These metrics reflect past results and are not a guarantee. Case studies
What's Included
- Pipeline architecture and design
- GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / CircleCI implementation
- Security scanning integration (SAST, DAST, SCA)
- Environment promotion strategy
- Secrets management integration
- Artifact management and versioning
- Rollback and recovery automation
- Team training and documentation
Out of Scope
- Ongoing pipeline maintenance
- Application code changes
- Infrastructure provisioning (see other services)
- 24/7 pipeline monitoring
Need something not listed? We can customize the engagement to your needs.
What You'll Receive
Pipeline Configuration
Production-ready CI/CD configuration files
Reusable Templates
Modular pipeline components for team adoption
Security Gate Configuration
Integrated scanning with policy enforcement
Runbook
Troubleshooting guide and operational procedures
Architecture Documentation
Pipeline design with decision rationale
Training Session
Hands-on training for your engineering team
Timeline
Typical engagement: 1-3 weeks
Design & Foundation
- Current state assessment
- Pipeline architecture design
- Tool selection and configuration
- Initial pipeline scaffold
Build & Secure
- Full pipeline implementation
- Security scanning integration
- Secrets management setup
- Environment configuration
Polish & Handoff
- Testing and optimization
- Documentation completion
- Team training session
- Production cutover
What We'll Need From You
Admin access to source repositories
Access to deploy targets (cloud, Kubernetes, etc.)
API keys, deployment credentials
4-6 hours for training and knowledge transfer
How We Work Together
Engagement Model
Remote, focused delivery
Cadence
Daily async updates, mid-week sync
Communication
Slack channel with quick response
Pricing
Fixed price based on complexity. Most engagements complete in 1-2 weeks.
Starter
- Single service pipeline
- Build, test, deploy stages
- Basic security scanning
- One environment (staging or prod)
- Documentation
- Team walkthrough
Standard
- Multi-service monorepo or polyrepo
- Full security gate integration
- Multiple environments
- Rollback automation
- Reusable templates
- Extended training
Enterprise
- Complex multi-team pipelines
- Custom approval workflows
- Compliance evidence generation
- Multi-region deployment
- GitOps implementation
- Ongoing office hours
Frequently Asked Questions
Which CI/CD platform do you recommend?
We work with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, and others. We'll recommend based on your existing tooling, team familiarity, and specific requirements.
Can you integrate with our existing security tools?
Yes. We integrate with Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, Grype, and other common security scanning tools. We can also help select tools if you don't have them.
How do you handle secrets?
We never hard-code secrets. We integrate with your secrets manager (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc.) or help set one up. Secrets are injected at runtime, never stored in pipelines.
What about Kubernetes deployments?
We support Kubernetes deployments including Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps patterns with ArgoCD or Flux.
Do you provide ongoing support?
The engagement includes a 2-week support period for questions. Ongoing support can be arranged through a retainer or our fractional services.
Security & Access
Pipeline security is critical—a compromised pipeline means compromised production. We follow supply chain security best practices including signed commits, SLSA compliance patterns, and least-privilege access.
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