How Guangfa Securities Accelerated Delivery with a Cloud‑Native Full‑Stack DevOps Platform

Project Overview

With the push of enterprise digital transformation, software development speed and quality have become critical. Guangfa Securities built a cloud‑native DevOps system that spans the entire development‑to‑operations workflow, aiming to solve communication and collaboration challenges among developers, testers, and operators, and to improve delivery efficiency and quality.

Key Innovations

Cloud‑native foundation : Built on a trusted domestic infrastructure platform that supports both x86 and arm64 images, providing a secure, controllable environment for full‑stack domestic solutions.

Dual‑architecture images : Enables construction of both x86 and arm64 containers, facilitating the migration of business systems to domestic technology.

End‑to‑end security : Data is stored with active‑active data centers and dedicated lines; the DevOps system is isolated within the internal network, offering comprehensive protection from code commit to production deployment.

Full automation : Automates the entire pipeline from requirement submission, code repository build, to one‑click production deployment.

Unified delivery standards : Enforces consistent processes and rules across all teams through the DevOps management system, improving enterprise‑level efficiency.

Automated pipelines : Encapsulates automation capabilities into code‑based commands, linking delivery stages and reducing reliance on specialized skills.

Application Results

The DevOps system serves all departments and subsidiaries of Guangfa Securities. To date, it has integrated 180 business systems, performs over 600 daily builds and more than 500 pipeline executions. Two projects achieved a 1.5× reduction in delivery time, build duration dropped from 18 minutes to ≤3 minutes, unit‑test coverage rose from <5% to >50%, and deployment frequency increased from twice to four times per month. The case study was featured in the 2023 China DevOps Survey Report and selected as a 2023 XOps “Leading Cup” breakthrough case.

Conclusion

The full‑stack domestic DevOps project required organizational cooperation, process reengineering, tool development, talent cultivation, and cultural embedding. It significantly enhances financial product innovation and digital management capabilities. Going forward, Guangfa Securities will continue expanding the platform to further improve software delivery efficiency, drive business agility, and maintain technological independence by exploring advanced cloud‑native solutions.