WaterApps helps banks, government, and enterprise teams modernize delivery platforms, release pipelines, and cloud infrastructure while preserving traceability, security gates, and production reliability.
Enterprise credentials that matter for regulated environments
Reserve Bank of Australia critical payments infrastructure
Commonwealth Bank & Westpac platform transformation
AusTender & NSW BuyICT approved vendor
Professional indemnity & public liability covered
Senior hands-on delivery from someone who has built regulated platform capabilities inside major institutions, without the overhead, handoffs, or slow execution loops of large consulting firms.
What this means in practice: you get strategic platform thinking and hands-on execution in the same engagement, with delivery discipline that fits enterprise change control and audit expectations.
We help financial services, government, and telecommunications teams modernize delivery with security-first automation and AI-powered operations—without weakening security posture
End-to-end delivery modernization with security built-in from day one: CI/CD design with automated security gates, branching strategies, artifact management, environment promotion, and multi-cloud landing zones. Built for real constraints—approvals, controls, and legacy dependencies.
Internal developer platforms that reduce cognitive load and standardize delivery. Kubernetes orchestration, self-service patterns, golden paths, and reliable day-2 operations.
DevSecOps pipelines, policy-as-code, and audit trails. Automated checks that teams can live with—and auditors can trust. Designed for APRA-aligned controls and high assurance environments.
AI-powered operations and intelligent automation: ML-driven incident prediction, automated root cause analysis, intelligent alerting with noise reduction, and LLM-powered documentation generation. Practical AIOps that augments your engineering teams with actionable intelligence.
WaterApps provides flexible engagement models tailored for regulated industries. All rates reflect specialized APRA compliance expertise and 20+ years regulated-sector experience.
From $1,200
per day (AUD)
$30k–$150k
quoted based on scope
Custom
monthly retainer
Procurement and platform teams can review a concise capability summary and request supporting documentation before scheduling discovery.
Real results from enterprise engagements across financial services and telecommunications
Enterprise AKS platform architecture for regulated data science workloads
Architect and operate an enterprise-scale AKS platform supporting 500+ data scientists processing terabytes of banking data daily, while improving release speed and platform reliability.
Strict banking controls, audit traceability, multi-environment consistency (dev/UAT/prod), and enterprise availability expectations.
Reduced deployment time from 4.5 hours to 45 minutes while delivering a zero-downtime AKS platform with observability and enterprise security controls.
Enterprise AKS platform across dev/UAT/prod with Terraform IaC (15,000+ lines across 45 modules), Helm templates, and standardized deployment patterns for repeatable releases.
Azure Private Link, network policies, pod security controls, audit logging, RBAC patterns, and gated pipeline releases for enterprise banking workloads.
Banking change-control evidence and release traceability embedded in CI/CD workflows, observability, and environment promotion design.
Jenkins integrated with Azure DevOps, Terraform, AKS, Helm 3.13.x, Prometheus, Grafana, Application Insights, and PagerDuty with 35+ custom dashboards.
Senior DevOps consulting for secure platform engineering in a highly regulated environment
Strengthen platform engineering and data centre automation while improving consistency, governance alignment, and audit readiness in a central banking environment.
High regulatory scrutiny, infrastructure governance standards, and low tolerance for platform defects or drift.
Improved infrastructure consistency and audit readiness through modular Puppet design, version-controlled deployments, and governance-aligned platform automation.
Platform engineering and data centre infrastructure automation using Puppet modules and multi-environment deployments with version isolation and controlled lifecycle management.
Puppet IaC enforcement, modular control repositories, QA/testing for Puppet modules, and CIS hardening benchmarks across Linux infrastructure.
Security and compliance partnership to embed audit readiness and governance standards into infrastructure delivery workflows.
Puppet IaC, Puppet CD4PE, GitLab, VMware Private Cloud, Shell scripts, YAML/JSON, and module testing across controlled environments.
Fulfilment API services migration to AWS with zero-downtime deployment patterns
Migrate fulfilment API services to AWS while preserving service continuity, improving scalability, and enabling cloud-native operations.
Critical services for new connections, zero-downtime rollout expectations, and migration coordination across infrastructure and application changes.
Migrated fulfilment services to AWS with improved scalability and reliability while enabling team upskilling on cloud-native delivery patterns.
AWS cloud migration architecture for fulfilment APIs using VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, ECR, and CloudFormation with cloud-native deployment patterns.
IAM role/policy design, zero-downtime Blue/Green deployments, and controlled CI/CD processes for critical API services.
Delivery and migration practices aligned to enterprise operational reliability and secure access management requirements.
AWS ECS/EKS, CloudFormation, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, shell scripts, Postman, and cloud migration runbooks coordinated via Jira stories.
Enterprise DevOps modernization across CI/CD, artifacts, GitHub Enterprise, and observability
Modernize enterprise delivery platforms and CI/CD operations while improving automation, resilience, and governance across build, artifact, and source control systems.
Large-scale enterprise toolchain operations, secure identity integration, and the need to reduce manual effort while improving reliability.
Reduced manual setup and incident resolution time while improving pipeline resilience, artifact governance, and enterprise CI/CD operations.
Enterprise CI/CD and developer platform operations spanning TeamCity, Artifactory, GitHub Enterprise, Docker agents, and automation for provisioning and runtime support.
Secure configurations for artifact repositories, LDAP/SSO integration for GitHub Enterprise, and governance-aware automation for provisioning and release workflows.
Platform operations and delivery workflows aligned to enterprise governance with improved monitoring, forensic visibility, and operational control.
TeamCity, Artifactory Enterprise, GitHub Enterprise, Docker, Splunk, AppDynamics, Ansible, Python, Bash, and CI/CD automation tooling.
Case studies reflect consulting engagements delivered through professional arrangements. Metrics represent specific project outcomes and baseline conditions. Client details are generalized to respect confidentiality obligations and contract terms.
Transparent credentials for regulated procurement processes
$20M coverage • Current certificate available
$20M coverage • Current certificate available
AusTender • NSW BuyICT
20+ years delivering enterprise DevOps transformation across Australia's most regulated institutions. Led critical infrastructure modernization at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Telstra, and Optus. Deep expertise in multi-cloud architecture, Kubernetes at scale, compliance automation, and CI/CD design for environments with 50+ approval gates.
Career experience also spans US and UK enterprise environments, including earlier roles supporting financial services and retail organizations, complementing recent regulated-sector platform work in Australia.
"Varun was instrumental in achieving outcomes and deliverables with the quality of his work and timely completion of tasks. His commitment to 'make it happen'—even working during weekends or public holidays for deployments—was remarkable."
— Enterprise delivery stakeholder (via LinkedIn recommendation)
Recommendations and endorsements reflect individual professional experiences. Wording and identifying details may be generalized to respect confidentiality obligations and contract terms.
A pragmatic engagement model for regulated environments
Align on scope, constraints, and what success looks like—including risk boundaries.
Map the current state: pipelines, environments, controls, and operational pain points.
Build, automate, and enable teams—with documentation and handover built in.
Answers that usually come up in the first conversation
Yes. Most enterprise environments have multiple CI/CD tools and legacy constraints. WaterApps focuses on improving flow and compliance without forcing a full rebuild.
That's a core strength. We design traceability, evidence capture, and control enforcement into delivery pipelines—so audit becomes "export and explain," not panic.
Usually a short discovery + assessment, then phased delivery. You'll get a clear plan, quick wins early, and a roadmap for sustained improvement. Most clients see value in weeks, not months.
Yes—WaterApps is registered on AusTender and NSW BuyICT. We understand government procurement, security requirements, and can scale through trusted subcontractors when needed.
Absolutely. WaterApps maintains a pool of vetted DevOps, cloud, and AI engineers who can be brought in under a master subcontractor agreement. You get specialist depth without the overhead.
Book a 30-minute discovery call to discuss your DevOps transformation needs
Best for early scoping, stakeholder alignment, and determining fit.
Typical output: next-step recommendation and engagement path.
Best for teams needing a structured review of platform, pipelines, controls, and delivery risks.
Typical output: findings, priorities, and phased remediation roadmap.
Best for principal-led modernization, uplift, or strategic platform delivery guidance.
Typical output: ongoing architecture decisions, delivery acceleration, and governance-aligned execution.
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