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Fully automated CI/CD Pipelines using GitHub Enterprise inside private cloud

IndustryFinTech
StageSeries A Startup
Business Size50-200 Employees

A market leader in mobile security space tailored for FinTech and Banking sector

The Challenge

Manual, error-prone deployment processes slowing down release cycles while struggling to meet strict financial compliance.

The Result

10x faster deployments with fully automated, compliant, and auditable CI/CD pipelines.

The Challenge

A Series A FinTech company was expanding rapidly but hitting a bottleneck with their software delivery process. Because they handled highly sensitive financial data, all infrastructure was hosted in an air-gapped private cloud.

Key Pain Points:

  • Manual Bottlenecks: Deployments required manual intervention from the operations team, taking days to process simple bug fixes.
  • Compliance Risks: Lack of automated auditing and clear segregation of duties meant they were struggling to pass mandatory financial compliance audits (SOC2, PCI-DSS).
  • Tooling Fragmentation: Teams were using a mix of outdated Jenkins servers and manual scripts, leading to inconsistent release quality.

Our Approach

We designed and implemented a centralized, highly secure software delivery pipeline utilizing GitHub Enterprise Server.

1. GitHub Enterprise Deployment

We deployed GitHub Enterprise Server within their private cloud environment, configured with high availability (HA) and automated backups. We integrated it with their existing Active Directory for strict role-based access control (RBAC).

2. Ephemeral GitHub Actions Runners

To maintain absolute security, we built a fleet of ephemeral, self-hosted GitHub Actions runners using Kubernetes. These runners spin up on-demand to execute build jobs and are immediately destroyed afterward, ensuring a clean and pristine environment for every build.

3. Enforced Security Gates

We implemented mandatory workflow templates that force every repository to undergo:

  • SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
  • Dependency vulnerability scanning
  • Automated unit and integration testing
  • Production deployments only proceed with required pull request approvals.

The Result

The new pipeline bridged the gap between rapid iteration and strict security compliance.

  • Velocity: Deployment frequency increased from bi-weekly to multiple times a day.
  • Auditability: Every code change, test result, and deployment action is completely logged and traceable, easily satisfying compliance auditors.
  • Developer Experience: Engineering teams can self-serve their delivery pipelines through configuration as code without waiting on the operations team.
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