Case Study
GitLab CI for regulated fintech
A fintech engineering group needed faster delivery without compromising auditability. I built a secure-by-default GitLab CI/CD platform with dynamic review environments and automated evidence collection.
Highlights
- Lead time to production improved by 45% while satisfying SOX controls.
- Shift-left security with SAST/DAST and dependency checks gating merges.
- Immutable artifacts and environment promotion with clear audit trails.
What I built
- Pipeline templates for microservices with built-in IaC validation, container scanning, and policy checks.
- Dynamic review apps on ECS backed by temporary databases for every merge request.
- GitOps-style promotion using environment-specific manifests and signed container images.
Impact
- Developers merged confidently with automated security and compliance signals.
- Auditors received reproducible pipeline evidence without manual screenshots.
- Reduced rollbacks through canary deploys and automatic rollback triggers.