Secure CI/CD Pipeline and Infrastructure Optimization

The Story

The client engaged FiftyFive Technologies to modernize their cloud infrastructure and strengthen security across their AWS environment. Their existing setup lacked secure access controls, scalable CI/CD automation, and efficient development workflows. Our cloud engineers and DevOps specialists were tasked with implementing a security-first architecture, optimizing CI/CD processes, and ensuring reliable, protected connectivity to their MySQL database. The objective was to create a stable, scalable, and secure foundation that could support ongoing development and future system expansion.

The client is a Swedish restaurant enterprise operating a large-scale AWS-based inventory management system requiring secure infrastructure, automated deployments, and improved DevOps workflows to support operational growth and sensitive data handling.

Amit Jangid

Founder & CTO

Challenges

• > Inadequate security protocols for accessing AWS and MySQL resources.

• > Inefficient CI/CD pipelines with manual deployment dependencies.

• > Limited scalability in the existing EC2-based environment.

• > Absence of automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

• > Lack of secure connectivity between Jenkins and database services.

• > Pipeline performance bottlenecks impacting release velocity.

The Solution

• > Implemented Pritunl VPN to establish encrypted, role-based access to Jenkins and MySQL.

• > Deployed Jenkins Master–Slave architecture for distributed, parallelized build execution.

• > Created Declarative YAML pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment stages.

• > Configured EC2 instances with Nginx to optimize delivery and runtime efficiency.

• > Integrated secure MySQL connectivity through VPN for protected data transactions.

• > Applied AWS best practices including hardened IAM roles, VPC isolation, and security group policies.

• > Standardized logging and monitoring across environments to improve observability.

The Outcome

The upgraded cloud environment delivered a measurable 40% reduction in deployment time and significantly improved pipeline throughput through parallelized Jenkins execution. Security posture was strengthened with encrypted VPN-based access, ensuring protected communication with Jenkins and MySQL. Automated pipelines reduced manual interventions by over 60%, enabling faster release cycles and more reliable development operations. The scalable architecture positioned the client for future expansion while reducing operational risk, improving developer productivity, and ensuring consistent, secure delivery of updates across environments.