GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Framework

Problem Statement

Development teams were creating inconsistent CI/CD pipelines, leading to security gaps, slow deployments, and duplicated configuration across 50+ repositories.

Solution

Built a centralized pipeline framework using GitLab CI includes, custom Docker images, and a pipeline catalog. Integrated SAST, DAST, container scanning, and SBOM generation into every pipeline stage.

Technology Stack

Challenges

• Balancing pipeline flexibility with standardization requirements
• Optimizing pipeline execution time across monorepo and polyrepo structures
• Migrating 50+ repositories without disrupting active development

Lessons Learned

• Pipeline templates with escape hatches beat rigid one-size-fits-all approaches
• Cache strategy has outsized impact on developer experience
• Security scanning in CI must be fast or developers will bypass it