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Tier 2 · Delivery controls and private MCP

DevSecOps, GitOps & Automated Compliance Pipelines

Deterministic GitLab CI & Argo CD Pipelines with Policy-as-Code Enforcement

We replace repeated manual release checks with GitOps pipelines that scan artifacts, enforce admission policies and collect revision-bound evidence. Security approvals and change authority stay explicit while engineering teams receive actionable feedback before promotion.

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2-week Assessment Sprint, $14,500 fixed · 100% credited toward an annual retainer or managed agreement signed within 30 days

Where software delivery breaks

Delivery slows when manifest review, CAB decisions and audit evidence are assembled at the end of the release. Copied secrets, inconsistent environments and screenshots of past pipeline runs make it difficult to prove exactly which revision was scanned, approved and deployed.

What we engineer

GitLab CI & Argo CD GitOps Architecture

Use GitLab CI or GitHub Actions for build, test and signing, with Argo CD ApplicationSets or App-of-Apps reconciliation for supported environments. Bind dev/staging/production promotion to immutable artifact digests, protected branches and the required human approval gates.

Policy-as-Code in CI and Admission

Test OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno rules before merge and enforce applicable controls at cluster admission. Validate resource limits, registry trust and OpenShift SCC requirements; return clear denial evidence and prevent stale reports from authorizing a changed revision.

Supply-Chain Security & Dynamic Secrets

Integrate Trivy/Grype scans, Syft-generated CycloneDX/SPDX SBOMs and Sigstore Cosign signatures. Use Vault and External Secrets Operator for approved secret flows, with least-privilege runner access, rotation and log redaction.

Continuous Audit Evidence Collection

Export attestations linking commit, reviewer, artifact digest, CVE results, policy checks and Argo CD sync/health records. Apply signing, retention and access controls to the evidence store, and test rejected builds, failed deployments and recovery paths.

Reference stack and standards

CI/CD & GitOps
GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Argo Rollouts canary/blue-green strategies, Helm and Kustomize.
Security & Policy
OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Vault, External Secrets Operator, Trivy, Grype, Syft, Cosign and SonarQube.
Control Alignment
Agreed SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST SSDF and CIS control evidence; 3GPP SCAS requirements where applicable to the product and assessment scope.

Pipeline checks and signed evidence support assurance reviews; they do not replace required change approvals or certify an estate. Secrets still need runtime protection, controlled access and tested rotation.

Reference architecture

T2Delivery controls and private MCP

AI prepares a reviewable change. Deterministic CI checks, protected approvals and runtime admission govern production delivery.

Merge request & bounded MCP tools

  1. GitLab merge requestEngineer commits · Helm / Kustomize / application code
    Webhook / requested review
  2. Pre-flight copilotDraft manifests · readiness report · change diff
    Validated tool calls
  3. Schema-restricted MCP serverTyped tools · server-enforced read-scoped identities

Approved execution boundary

  1. Private model endpointSelf-hosted OpenShift AI / vLLM inside perimeter
  2. Read-only cluster inspectionQuotas · SCCs · current topology; no production mutations
  3. HashiCorp Vault / External SecretsExternal Secrets Operator · controlled runtime access

Deterministic delivery gates

  1. GitLab CI security stageTrivy / Grype · Syft SBOM · Cosign signing
    Build & scan artifacts
  2. Policy validationOPA / Kyverno · SCC compatibility · quotas
    Pass configured checks
  3. Protected human approvalRequired reviewers · branch protections · approved merge

GitOps runtime & evidence

  1. Argo CDApplicationSets · approved desired state
    Reconcile after approval
  2. OpenShift productionAdmission controls · workload RBAC · configured mTLS
    Runtime events & evidence
  3. SIEM & evidence storeRedacted events · attestations · retention policy
Connections across boundaries
Pre-flight copilot / GitLab merge request
Copilot attaches the manifest diff and readiness report for human review.
Pre-flight copilot / Private model endpoint
Model traffic uses an approved private endpoint and processing region.
Schema-restricted MCP server / Read-only cluster inspection
Read-only tool identity can inspect state; it cannot deploy to production.
GitLab merge request / GitLab CI security stage
The merge request starts CI; AI output does not bypass the gates.
Protected human approval / Argo CD
Only the approved merge changes the GitOps desired state.
HashiCorp Vault / External Secrets / OpenShift production
ESO retrieves authorized runtime secrets.
Schema-restricted MCP server / SIEM & evidence store
Redacted tool events are collected under the approved audit policy.
Argo CD / SIEM & evidence store
Sync receipts join build attestations in the evidence store.

MCP servers enforce strict JSON Schema validation and read-only cluster/OSS credentials. Every state change must pass GitLab CI security stages, OPA/Kyverno admission policy and human CODEOWNERS sign-off before Argo CD sync.

Download Mermaid source (.mmd)

Deliverables in your repository

You keep the delivered code, manifests, diagrams, runbooks and validation evidence in your repositories. We agree the systems, acceptance criteria and access prerequisites in the SOW.

  1. Golden-Path CI/CD Templates

    Reusable, versioned GitLab CI includes or GitHub workflows with build, scan, test, signing and promotion stages.

  2. Argo CD Multi-Cluster Bootstrap Repository

    Declarative cluster add-ons, namespaces, RBAC and application promotion structure with documented reconciliation ownership.

  3. Policy-as-Code Rule Library

    Tested OPA/Kyverno rules and fixtures covering both CI validation and supported live admission enforcement.

  4. Compliance Evidence Exporter

    Jobs that archive signed artifact, scan, approval and deployment metadata with retention, access and verification instructions.

  5. Protected Merge and Promotion Workflow

    Branch protection, required reviewers and Argo CD sync policies per environment, so a person approves every production change.

  6. Pipeline Topology in Mermaid (.mmd) Source

    Stages, gates and promotion paths documented as Mermaid source next to the pipeline code they describe.

Inside the 2-week Assessment Sprint

What the $14,500 sprint covers for this service. Access stays read-only throughout, and you keep the output whether or not you continue.

  1. Days 1–3

    Pipeline and change-flow inventory

    Read-only review of GitLab CI templates, Argo CD applications, runner privileges, secret handling and how change approval is recorded today.

  2. Days 4–6

    Supply-chain and evidence gaps

    Where scanning, SBOMs, signing and policy checks are missing or inconsistent, and which audit evidence cannot be reproduced from the pipeline.

  3. Days 7–9

    Golden-path design

    Pipeline topology in Mermaid (.mmd) source, the gate order (Trivy, Syft, Cosign, OPA/Kyverno) and the promotion and approval rules per environment.

  4. Day 10

    Read-out and backlog

    Policy library outline, the evidence-export design and a fixed-scope backlog.

Technical decisions and runbooks

Discuss this service with an engineer

Share your architecture and a principal engineer will review it and reply within one business day.

Sign an Annual Platform Retainer or an annual Managed Orchestration agreement within 30 days of sprint completion and the full assessment fee is credited on your first annual invoice. Allocation, coverage and acceptance criteria are agreed in writing.

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