DevSecOps Services
DevSecOps
DevSecOps is the delivery methodology Pyramid applies across every engagement. It is how we ship Modernization, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Enterprise AI, Enterprise Data Engineering, and Mainframe Operations work. Pull requests run SAST, DAST, and SCA scans. Every build produces a Software Bill of Materials aligned to EO 14028 and NTIA minimum elements. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) is the source of truth. GitOps moves code from development through production with the audit evidence the ISSM and authorizing official need, generated in the pipeline rather than written after the fact.
Value Proposition
- Lead time from commit to production reduced from weeks to hours
- Security findings caught in pipeline rather than in production
- Continuous compliance evidence generated automatically against FISMA, NIST, CMMC, and FedRAMP control families
- Audit traceability across the full lifecycle
- Operational reliability that compounds across the life of the program
Key Differentiators
- Independently appraised at CMMI-DEV Level 3 and CMMI-SERVICES Level 3
- Practitioner-led pipeline design that has shipped at HUD, SEC, FDIC, CMS, USDA, USCIS, and DOD customers
- Open-source-first tooling so the pipeline survives contract turnover
Core Features
CI/CD Pipeline Design & Rollout. GitLab CI/CD, automated quality gates, SAST/DAST/SCA scanning, container scanning, and policy-as-code enforcement. Pipeline emits the artifacts the authorizing official needs in the format they accept.
Infrastructure as Code & Container Orchestration. Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure. ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes for container orchestration. Reproducible environments from dev through production.
Site Reliability & Observability. Real-time monitoring, alerting, and incident response wired into the pipeline. Integration with SIEM platforms and audit logging required for federal environments.
Service Process
- Discovery & Assessment. Evaluate current pipelines, tooling, and compliance posture.
- Pipeline Architecture & Roadmap. Define the target pipeline architecture and migration plan.
- Implementation & Integration. Stand up CI/CD, IaC, scanning, and observability tooling.
- Operational Adoption. Train teams, embed engineers, generate first audit-ready artifacts.
- Optimization & Sustainment. Measure pipeline metrics, expand coverage, hand off operations.
Customer Success Story. HUD AWS GovCloud DevSecOps
For HUD's AWS GovCloud environment, Pyramid implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, automated CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, and container orchestration through ECS and EKS. Network architecture was redesigned using AWS Transit Gateways to enable centralized, scalable connectivity across accounts and environments. Security was centralized and strengthened through ADFS integration, Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config, STIG-compliant baseline AMIs, and automated vulnerability scanning. The outcome: approximately 99% automated infrastructure management, AWS account onboarding reduced from weeks to hours, and significant cost reductions from consolidating Splunk into OpenSearch while maintaining robust observability.
Frequently asked questions
Can you stand up a DevSecOps pipeline that is aligned to ATO requirements from kickoff?
Yes. The pipeline itself emits compliance evidence: control attestations, scan results, SBOMs, deployment records. By the time you reach the SSP and SAR, the pipeline has been generating the artifacts you need for months.
How do you integrate with our existing security tooling and SOC?
We meet the SOC where it lives. SIEM forwarding, Splunk integration, Tenable feeds, ServiceNow ticketing, agency-standard vulnerability databases. We do not bring a tool the SOC has not approved unless the SOC asks for it.
What is a realistic timeline for a DevSecOps rollout in a federal program?
First production pipeline in 90 days for a single service, 6 to 12 months to roll the model across a program of record. We deliver in increments so an agency sees value before the full rollout completes.
Do you support classified or sensitive environments?
Yes. We have engineers cleared and active in environments with the security postures federal mission systems require. We can scope work to the clearance level and environment the program needs. We have engineers cleared up to TS/SCI and active in Impact Level 4 and Impact Level 5 environments where the program requires it. Scope is set per contract, with cleared resources cited by name in the technical volume.
Is Pyramid on a contract vehicle for federal DevSecOps work?
Yes. GSA MAS (including SIN 54151S), GSA OASIS+ Unrestricted, HHS CMS SPARC, SEC ONE IT, GSA 8(a) STARS III, FDIC ITAS III, and the HUD O&M BPA all cover DevSecOps and platform-engineering work.
What tooling does Pyramid bring versus what stays agency-standard?
We default to the agency existing toolchain wherever it works. If the agency has standardized on GitLab, we run GitLab CI. If the SOC uses Splunk and Tenable, we forward to Splunk and Tenable. We only introduce a new tool when there is a gap the existing stack cannot cover, and we always run that introduction through the agency CCB and SOC.
How do you measure DevSecOps maturity for a federal program?
We track the four DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, time to restore service) alongside federal-specific metrics: time-to-evidence, percentage of controls auto-attested, and percentage of releases that ship without a manual security gate. We report quarterly against a published baseline.
Do you only work with federal agencies?
Federal agencies are the majority of our delivery experience, and that's the rigor our commercial clients hire us for too. Pyramid serves federal agencies and regulated enterprises (financial services, healthcare networks, utilities, regulated technology platforms) that demand the same audit posture, uptime, and compliance discipline we built for federal mission systems. If your environment is regulated, audited, or relied on by people who notice when it breaks, you are our audience.
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HUD, SEC, CMS, USDA, FDIC, USCIS deployments
CMMI Maturity Level 3 appraised
30 years modernizing mission-critical systems
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