Do we need a dedicated DevOps engineer or can our developers handle infrastructure?

For teams of 1–3 developers building a simple application, developers can handle basic infrastructure. Once you have multiple services, complex deployment requirements, compliance needs, or on-call obligations, a dedicated DevOps engineer pays for itself quickly in reduced incidents and developer time saved.

Which cloud provider do you recommend — AWS, GCP, or Azure?

We recommend based on your workload profile and existing team knowledge. AWS has the widest service breadth; GCP is often best for data and ML workloads; Azure is natural for Microsoft-heavy organisations. We avoid recommending a provider just because it's our preference.

Can you migrate our existing infrastructure to Kubernetes?

Yes. We assess your current infrastructure, identify services that benefit from containerisation, and migrate incrementally. We do not recommend Kubernetes for small applications where the operational overhead exceeds the benefit.

How do you manage secrets and credentials securely?

We use dedicated secrets management solutions — HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or GCP Secret Manager — with automatic secret rotation where possible. Secrets never appear in source code, environment variable files, or container images.

What does a typical infrastructure audit cover?

A standard audit covers CI/CD pipeline quality, container security, IAM policies (least-privilege check), cost anomalies, backup and recovery procedures, observability gaps, and network security configuration. You receive a prioritised remediation report within 1 week.

Infrastructure

Hire DevOps Engineers

Hire DevOps engineers who make deployments boring — automated, reliable, and reversible every time.

Infrastructure as Code First — Every resource is defined in Terraform or Pulumi — no click-ops, no snowflake servers, and full version control over your infrastructure.

Observability Built In — Structured logging, distributed tracing, and custom dashboards deployed from day one so you can answer 'what's broken and why' in minutes.

Risk-Free 1-Week Trial — Try the engineer for a week. If it's not the right fit, you don't pay.

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60+

infrastructure setups delivered

7 yrs

average DevOps experience

48 hrs

to onboard your team

99.95%

average uptime achieved

What They Build

Key Capabilities of Our DevOps Engineers for Hire

CI/CD Pipeline Design & Implementation

Build fast, reliable CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI — with parallel test execution, caching, and automated deployments that complete in under 5 minutes.

Kubernetes Cluster Management

Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters on EKS, GKE, or AKS — including RBAC, namespace isolation, network policies, autoscaling, and cost optimisation.

Infrastructure as Code

Write Terraform or Pulumi modules that provision, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure reproducibly — with state management, drift detection, and module reuse.

Observability Stack Setup

Deploy and configure Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo (or Datadog/New Relic) for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting across your entire infrastructure.

Container & Docker Optimisation

Write production-ready Dockerfiles with multi-stage builds, minimal base images, non-root users, and layer caching — reducing image sizes by 60–80% in many cases.

Cloud Cost Optimisation

Analyse and reduce cloud spend through right-sizing, reserved instance planning, spot instance adoption, and eliminating idle resources — typical savings 30–50%.

Security Hardening

Implement least-privilege IAM policies, secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), vulnerability scanning in CI, and network segmentation to reduce attack surface.

Disaster Recovery & Backup

Design and test backup strategies, RTO/RPO targets, runbooks, and failover procedures so your team knows exactly what to do when — not if — something goes wrong.

Engagement Options

Flexible Hiring Models for DevOps Engineers

Full Time

160 hrs/month

1 month minimum

Dedicated full-time DevOps engineer
Daily async standups
Direct Slack/Teams access
Weekly infrastructure status report
Runbook & architecture documentation
Code reviews & IaC best practices
Full IP ownership transferred
NDA & security agreement

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Part Time

80 hrs/month

1 month minimum

Dedicated part-time DevOps engineer
Twice-weekly check-ins
Async-first communication
Bi-weekly progress reports
Flexible scheduling
Full IP ownership transferred
Infrastructure documentation included
Ideal for ongoing infra maintenance

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Hourly

Flexible hours

Pay-as-you-go

No minimum commitment
Scale up or down anytime
Ideal for infra audits or migrations
Hour tracking & reporting
Direct engineer communication
Same vetted talent pool
Great for cost optimisation sprints
Pay only for hours delivered

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Why Bluejay

Why Hire DevOps Engineers From Bluejay Advisory?

Infrastructure failures and slow deployment pipelines are expensive — in engineering time, in customer trust, and in on-call burnout. Bluejay's DevOps engineers build the CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and observability stacks that turn deployment from a stressful manual process into a predictable, one-click operation. We're cloud-agnostic and Kubernetes-experienced, and we document everything so you're never dependent on a single engineer to keep production running.

Documentation That Survives Turnover

Every infrastructure decision is documented in ADRs and runbooks — so a new engineer can understand your system without a two-week handover from the person who built it.

Security Integrated, Not Bolted On

We integrate security scanning (Trivy, Snyk, Checkov) into CI pipelines so vulnerabilities are caught before they reach production.

Cost-Aware Design

We design with AWS/GCP/Azure cost in mind — not just 'does it work', but 'what does it cost at 10x load and how do we optimise it now'.

On-Call Reduction

Better observability, automated remediation, and proper alerting thresholds reduce page volume — so your engineers sleep better.

Platform Engineering Mindset

We build internal developer platforms — golden paths, self-service templates, and environment provisioning — so your product engineers ship faster without depending on DevOps for every change.

Cloud Vendor Neutrality

We design infrastructure that avoids unnecessary vendor lock-in — using portable tools (Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm) where practical without being ideological about it.

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