Energizing a new platform with DevSecOps implementation

When we began to look at the DevSecOps implementation, we knew we would need to make sure the app could be used universally. The client’s customers could operate all over the world, and they would be using all the major devices and software to do so. We created a pipeline that could work with every technology type, and then we brought unit, smoke and regression tests into that pipeline. We helped to design templates for every application type to speed up engineers’ execution of the app. We also created touchless automation for all environments, removing the need for the engineers to verify and check many processes. By centering universality in our strategy, we were able to make the processes more flexible for both the client and their customers, and we were able to free up their engineers’ valuable time.

The universal touchless automation we helped integrate into the DevSecOps pipeline granted the engineers the ability to self-manage the pipeline more effectively. The DevSecOps teams can now set up and manage the pipelines themselves. They can guide the initial setup with comprehensive documentation. The teams can see how fit a new product or update is and customize the tests that are run on that product. The touchless automation means the DevSecOps teams no longer need to go back and run manual tests to verify results. They know that the results are accurate, and they can get on with the business of addressing challenges, providing updates, and onboarding customers faster than ever.

From the beginning, we knew the impregnable IT infrastructure was at the heart of all the client’s biggest challenges. Everything, even our DevSecOps solutions, therefore, had to increase flexibility for our client. As we developed the pipelines, we built in the flexibility to allow the development and QA teams to include or remove certain testing features, depending on what the product in question needed. This freed up much time during the testing and validation stages. We built approval gates for QA and production processes, and we integrated unit tests and sonar scans before deployment. We also worked with the client to ensure they understood the Azure native deployment process so they could quickly onboard their new projects to the CI/CD process. All this flexibility means the client no longer wastes time running the exact same process on their many different products, speeding up the DevSecOps process significantly.