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CyberAkanksha
Infrastructure & Deployment· 2024Confidential Client

Strata: High-Availability Cloud & DevSecOps

Multi-region cloud infrastructure refactor with automated security gates and zero-downtime deployments.

Engineered an automated GitOps CI/CD delivery pipeline and immutable Terraform infrastructure across multi-zone Kubernetes clusters, slashing deployment cycles from 2 hours to 6 minutes.

Client Profile
B2B SaaS Analytics Platform
Engagement Type
Completed Engagement
Core Discipline
Infrastructure & Deployment
Timeline
2024
System Architecture Case StudyID: strata-cloud-devsecops-pipeline
Services Delivered
Cloud Infrastructure ArchitectureKubernetes & Docker ContainerizationCI/CD Pipeline AutomationSecurity Auditing & Hardening
Context & Pain Points

The Challenge

The client's engineering releases were manual, error-prone, and required midnight maintenance windows. Vulnerabilities in container base images went unnoticed until after production releases.

Strategic Targets

Core Objectives

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with reproducible declarative environments
Introduce automated container vulnerability scanning (SAST/DAST) in pull requests
Achieve zero-downtime rolling deployments during peak business hours
Set up comprehensive observability dashboards with anomaly alerts
Execution Blueprint

Approach & Architecture

We wrote modular Terraform configurations for AWS EKS, RDS PostgreSQL, and Redis clusters. We built GitHub Actions workflows that automatically build containers, scan for CVEs, run automated test suites, and execute canary deployments.

01

Blue/Green deployment routing managed via Cloudflare and Kubernetes ingress controllers

02

Automated horizontal pod autoscaling based on CPU utilization and incoming HTTP request rates

03

Centralized logging and alerting stack using Prometheus, Grafana, and Discord/Slack integrations

Defensive Security & Compliance Measures

Every engagement incorporates zero-trust engineering standards to ensure data sovereignty, cryptographic integrity, and compliance readiness.

Defense Factor 01
Automated pipeline failure if any critical or high CVE is detected in container dependencies
Defense Factor 02
Rootless container execution policies enforced via Kubernetes Pod Security Standards
Defense Factor 03
Strict least-privilege IAM roles mapped to Kubernetes service accounts (IRSA)
Results & Verification

Verified Outcomes

99.99% Uptime

Maintained zero unplanned outages over 12 consecutive months

6 Min Deployments

Automated from git push to production rollout in 6 minutes

40% Cloud Cost Cut

Downscaled over-provisioned staging environments and spot instance adoption

Technologies & Frameworks Utilized

Kubernetes (EKS)TerraformGitHub ActionsDockerPrometheus / GrafanaTrivyCloudflare

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