IT Solutions
Built for Growth

Secure, modernise, and scale your Australian business.

Get a Quote
Categories

IT Solutions
Built for Growth

Secure, modernise, and scale your Australian business.

Get a Quote
Categories

GitLab Solutions for Modern DevSecOps Teams

GitLab leads in DevSecOps solutions, offering an all-in-one platform for secure and efficient code management and deployment across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid setups. This empowers teams to innovate faster.

GitLab
GitLab Professional Services Partner

10+

Years of Partnership

50+

GitLab Certifications

30+

Customers

The Partnership

Syntacks and GitLab

As a GitLab Professional Services Partner, Syntacks enables organisations to optimise GitLab's DevSecOps capabilities. From integration to training, we offer expert guidance on implementing, optimising, and maintaining GitLab — helping teams streamline workflows and enhance security.

Talk to a Specialist

Expert Techies

You'll deal with professionals who genuinely understand your needs. From initial assessments to ongoing support, our expertise ensures we deliver precisely what you need, right when you need it.

GitLab Specialists

Our team is well-versed in GitLab — but we're not just about features and functions. We help you navigate the broader DevOps and DevSecOps mindset, so your transition is smooth and strategic.

Consulting

Holistic open source IT consulting that aligns people, processes, and technology to guide your organisation through digital transformation and strategic modernisation.

Managed Services

Free your IT team to focus on innovation while we manage your infrastructure. Flexible services tailored to your needs, ensuring smooth, secure 24/7 operations.

GitLab Products

GitLab Products

GitLab offers powerful DevSecOps solutions tailored to your needs, from advanced CI/CD to enterprise-grade security and compliance.

GitLab Premium

Boost efficiency with advanced CI/CD, merge request approvals, and group-level project management. Optimize performance and streamline code reviews.

GitLab Ultimate

Enhance security with SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning. Gain advanced insights, compliance tools, and value stream analytics for end-to-end governance.

GitLab Dedicated

A fully managed, isolated GitLab instance tailored for enterprises with strict regulatory or operational needs. Enterprise-grade support included.

GitLab Duo

Accelerate software delivery with AI-assisted code suggestions, natural language code explanations, and intelligent test generation. Empower teams with AI-powered pair programming, issue summarization, and enhanced productivity tools directly integrated into your DevSecOps workflow.

GitLab SaaS (gitlab.com)

A fully hosted, multi-tenant GitLab service with automatic upgrades, built-in security, and effortless scalability. Ideal for fast, hassle-free DevSecOps collaboration.

GitLab Self-Managed

Run GitLab on your own infrastructure for maximum control, security, and customization. Perfect for organizations with strict compliance or data residency needs.

GitLab Services

GitLab Services We Offer

From initial assessment to ongoing management, we cover the full spectrum of GitLab services your business needs.

01 / 07

DevSecOps Assessment

You’ll need to know your current situation to get optimal value from GitLab. That’s what we’ll help you with. Are you ready to expand into DevSecOps? Together, we’ll assess how you can unlock the potential of GitLab.

Toolchain & workflow auditSecurity gap analysisReadiness scorecard
Why GitLab

Why We Build on GitLab

GitLab isn't just source control — it's a platform that gives your engineering team security, speed, and visibility at every stage.

Security

Security Built In, Not Bolted On

Every pipeline runs SAST, DAST, dependency, container, and secret scanning by default — vulnerabilities are caught at commit time, not after release, with a full audit trail for compliance.

  • Static & dynamic application security testing
  • Dependency & container scanning
  • Secret detection before it ships
Security Scans
SASTPassed
Dependency ScanningPassed
Container ScanningPassed
Secret DetectionPassed
DASTRunning
Automation

One Platform, Commit to Production

Source control, merge requests, CI/CD, and deployment live in a single connected workflow — no more stitching together five different tools and hoping the handoffs hold.

  • Merge requests with built-in code review
  • Automated build, test & deploy pipelines
  • Full visibility from commit to release
Code
Merge Request
Pipeline
Deploy
AI

GitLab Duo, Built Into the Workflow

AI-powered code suggestions, automated code review, and vulnerability explanations sit directly inside GitLab — helping your team ship faster without leaving the platform.

  • Real-time code suggestions
  • AI-assisted merge request reviews
  • Plain-language vulnerability explanations
GitLab Duo

function calculateTotal(items) {

return items.reduce((sum, i) => sum + i.price, 0)

}

Duo Suggestion

Add a null check for items to prevent a runtime error on empty input.

Integrates with the tools you already use
JiraSlackJenkinsTerraformKubernetesDockerPrometheusGrafanaVaultPagerDutyDatadogServiceNow
Impact

Real Results with GitLab

Moving to GitLab with Syntacks gave our engineering team one platform instead of five. Release cycles are faster and security is caught before it ever reaches production.

Priya N.

Priya N.

Engineering Lead, Australian Fintech

Platform

One tool for
source, CI/CD,
and security

Faster Releases

60%

Pipeline uptime

99.9%

0+

Years DevOps Experience

0+

GitLab Deployments

1 Platform

Source control, CI/CD, security & project management — unified.

Target Market

Who We Help

SME — 10 to 200 Staff

Growing Development Teams

Companies moving off fragmented tools who need one reliable, cost-effective DevSecOps platform with local support.

Tech Startups

High-Growth Engineering Teams

Startups building CI/CD from scratch — launch fast on GitLab without a dedicated platform team on payroll.

Enterprise

Enterprises Modernising Legacy

Large organisations migrating from Bitbucket, SVN, or ClearCase to GitLab to reduce tool sprawl and gain visibility.

Regulated Industries

Healthcare & Finance

Regulated industries needing GitLab environments with audit trails that meet compliance and ACSC Essential Eight standards.

In-House Platform Teams

IT Teams Needing GitLab Depth

Internal platform teams who manage day-to-day operations but need a certified GitLab partner for strategic projects.

Governance & Audit

Businesses Needing Traceability

Organisations who need GitLab-powered audit trails, approvals, and governance to protect critical code and releases.

Certifications

Our Certified GitLab Team

Verify Partnership →

GitLab Certified Associate

Foundational GitLab knowledge across source control, merge requests, and CI/CD pipelines.

GitLab Certified Professional

Advanced configuration, administration, and scaling of Self-Managed and Dedicated instances.

CI/CD Specialist

Designing, building, and optimising automated CI/CD pipelines for production workloads.

DevSecOps Practitioner

Embedding security scanning and compliance controls throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Certified Partner

Expert Guidance and Support

As a GitLab Professional Services Partner, our certified engineers stay accountable for your DevSecOps outcomes — from first commit to production release — with support that scales as your platform grows.

Certified Engineers

GitLab-certified specialists embedded in every engagement, not just at kickoff.

Proactive Monitoring

We flag pipeline and platform issues before they reach your release schedule.

Fast Response SLAs

A dedicated support channel with committed response times, not a ticket queue.

FAQs

Common Questions

Still have questions about GitLab or how we deliver it? Get in touch with our certified team.

A GitLab Professional Services Partner is a certified partner recognised by GitLab for technical expertise, delivery experience, and customer success across implementation, migration, and support. It validates that Syntacks Consulting has the proven skills to deliver GitLab solutions for Australian businesses.

Migration timelines depend on your environment's complexity. Moving a single team from Bitbucket or SVN can take 2–4 weeks, while a full enterprise migration from legacy systems like ClearCase may take 3–6 months. We provide a detailed roadmap during the Discovery & Assessment phase.

We design all migrations with minimal-downtime strategies including parallel running, staged repository cutovers, and full rollback plans. Critical pipelines are migrated during scheduled maintenance windows to avoid disrupting your release schedule.

It depends on your team's needs — Premium suits teams needing advanced CI/CD and portfolio management, Ultimate adds full DevSecOps and compliance features, and Dedicated offers a single-tenant, fully isolated instance. We assess your requirements and recommend the right tier during onboarding.

Yes. Our managed services offering covers proactive monitoring, upgrades, pipeline optimisation reviews, and a dedicated point of contact. We offer flexible plans tailored to your team size and platform complexity.

Yes. GitLab integrates with a wide range of security scanners, monitoring platforms, and project management tools. We assess your existing toolchain and configure the integrations that matter most to your workflow.

Ready to build on
GitLab?

Talk to our certified GitLab team today for a no-obligation DevSecOps readiness assessment.