Hire DevOps Engineers for Your Project

Rates vary by seniority, cloud platform, and scope. In the US, an in-house DevOps engineer costs $130–170+/hour (or $350K–500K/year fully loaded when you factor in salary, benefits, equipment, and overhead). The cost of hiring a DevOps professional through outstaffing is significantly lower; for a detailed estimate, share your requirements, and we'll provide transparent pricing.

With DBB Software, you'll receive matched CVs within 48 hours of sharing your requirements. Full onboarding typically takes 1–2 weeks. Compare that to the industry average of 41–66 days for traditional hiring of DevOps talent, and that's before the 3–6-month ramp-up period, during which new hires operate at reduced productivity. You can have your team building infrastructure within days.

Yes. Our project-based model is designed for work of defined scope: cloud migrations, CI/CD pipeline builds, infrastructure audits, or Kubernetes cluster setups. For ongoing work, staff augmentation lets you hire remote specialists as long as you need them, with flexible scaling. Whether you need a DevOps specialist for 3 months or a full team for a year, we match the engagement to your timeline.

Absolutely. Our professionals work across all major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Many hold certifications across multiple providers. Whether you need to build on a single cloud, optimize a hybrid setup, or manage multi-cloud environments, our certified DevOps engineers have production experience across all three ecosystems.

A great DevOps engineer has a deep understanding of DevOps – the core principles of DevOps that bridge software development and IT operations. Core technical skills include containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), scripting (Python, Go, Bash), and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).

Beyond tools, the DevOps role demands strong collaboration between development and operations teams, shared ownership of reliability, and a mindset of continuous improvement. Our experienced DevOps professionals combine toolchain mastery with real-world infrastructure experience to make your systems reliable at scale.

Freelance DevOps engineers can work on small, well-defined tasks like a one-time migration script or a quick audit. But when you're managing business-critical infrastructure that handles production traffic, stores sensitive data, or needs to scale, outstaffing is the safer choice.

Outstaffed specialists work full-time and exclusively on your project, with built-in code reviews, on-call rotations, and enforceable IP/NDA protections. You get daily standups, timezone-aligned communication, and deep context retention over months. They learn your architecture, understand your business logic, and deliver consistent results. A freelance DevOps developer disappears after the contract; our talented DevOps engineers stay embedded in your workflows.

Security is built into our process from day one. We implement secrets management, role-based access controls, vulnerability scanning in CI/CD pipelines, and encryption for data at rest and in transit. For regulated industries, we build infrastructure that complies with GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, and other relevant frameworks. We also conduct security audits, implement network segmentation, and configure WAF and DDoS protection.

They integrate directly into your communication workflows. Most teams use Slack for daily messaging, Jira or Linear for task management, and Zoom or Google Meet for standups and sprint reviews. Because our team is based in Europe, there is strong overlap with US and EU business hours, so you get real-time collaboration during your working day.

For DevOps support specifically, this means shared access to your monitoring dashboards, incident channels, and on-call rotations. Your team members respond to alerts and participate in post-mortems just like an in-house colleague would.

Yes. One of the main advantages of outstaffing is flexibility. You can start with one specialist and scale up as your infrastructure grows, or scale down after a major migration is complete. We handle recruitment and onboarding on our side, so adding new team members is fast and doesn't require you to run a separate hiring process.

It depends on the scope. A rough sizing guide:

• 1 engineer: Single cloud, up to 10 microservices, standard CI/CD, and monitoring needs

• 2–3 engineers: Multi-cloud or hybrid setups, Kubernetes at scale, active migration projects

• 4+ engineers: Enterprise infrastructure with compliance requirements, 24/7 on-call coverage, multiple product teams

A single senior DevOps engineer can handle CI/CD setup, monitoring, and day-to-day infrastructure management for a mid-size application. Larger-scale projects require a DevOps team with complementary specializations. Whether you need to hire a DevOps engineer for a single project or hire a DevOps team for long-term DevOps support, our team can advise on the right structure.

We take performance seriously. If someone isn't meeting expectations, we work with you to address the issue quickly through additional mentoring, reassigning responsibilities, or replacing them with a better-suited professional. Swaps typically happen within 1-2 weeks, not months. Our goal is to make sure you have the right people on your project at all times.