Discovery and Requirements Gathering:

• Current State Analysis: Mapped out existing deployment processes and tools (e.g., shell scripts, Jenkins).

• Workflow Gap Analysis: Identified inefficiencies in build, test, and deployment stages.

• Stakeholder Workshops: Engaged product, QA, and engineering teams to define success metrics and requirements.

• Environment Audit: Reviewed configurations, access controls, and dependencies for dev, staging, and production.

Solution Design and Implementation:

• CI/CD Pipeline Standardization:

  • Built reusable pipeline templates using GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.

  • Integrated unit testing, static code analysis, and security scans.

• Deployment Automation:

  • Used Terraform and Helm for declarative provisioning and Kubernetes-based deployments.

  • Implemented blue-green and canary deployment strategies.

• Infrastructure as Code:

  • Migrated environment setup to Terraform modules for consistency and version control.

• Secrets and Configuration Management:

  • Integrated with Vault and environment-specific config maps to manage secrets securely.

• Observability and Alerting:

  • Deployed Prometheus and Grafana for pipeline metrics and error monitoring.

  • Added Slack and PagerDuty integrations for real-time alerts.

Process Optimization and Change Management:

• Release Governance: Introduced pull request checks, approval gates, and automated rollback triggers.

• Knowledge Sharing: Created documentation, playbooks, and recorded enablement sessions.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Established regular syncs between QA, Dev, and Ops teams for continuous improvement.