Hire DevOps engineers
Cloud, CI/CD, and infrastructure engineers who make deploys boring — in the best possible way.
Starting from $15/hour per engineer · month-to-month · no long-term lock-in
Infrastructure overhaul
Embedded DevOps engineer
Part-time retainer
Cloud cost optimization
Profiles within 48h · month-to-month · full IP assignment
In short
Hire DevOps engineers from Rocket Systems from $15/hour: AWS and GCP architecture, Docker and Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and monitoring — full-time, part-time, or on a retainer after an initial infrastructure overhaul. Month-to-month, US contracts, full IP assignment. Profiles within 48 hours; most engineers start within 1–2 weeks.
Hire DevOps Engineers
DevOps Engineers who have shipped before
Most teams don't need a platform department; they need one strong DevOps engineer who turns manual deploys, mystery servers, and 2am incidents into pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and dashboards. That's the engagement we staff most.
Our DevOps engineers cover the pragmatic middle of the cloud stack: AWS and GCP architecture, Docker and Kubernetes where it earns its complexity (and plain containers where it doesn't), Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, and observability with Grafana, Prometheus, or Datadog. Security basics — secrets management, least-privilege IAM, backup and recovery — come standard.
Typical engagements: a one-time infrastructure overhaul (audit, IaC migration, pipeline setup) followed by a part-time retainer, or an embedded engineer who owns reliability alongside your developers. Because they work next to our own product teams, they optimize for developer speed, not infrastructure theater. From $15/hour.
Hire a DevOps engineer for AWS, GCP, or Kubernetes
Most engagements begin with an audit: how deploys happen today, where the secrets live, what breaks at 2am, and what the cloud bill looks like. From there the engineer moves infrastructure into Terraform, builds CI/CD in GitHub Actions or GitLab, adds monitoring and alerting, and documents the runbook. Kubernetes is used where it earns its complexity — multi-service platforms with real scaling needs — and plain containers on ECS, Cloud Run, or a VM where it does not. Cost optimization is part of the job: 20–40% cloud-bill reductions are common in the first quarter.
Hire DevSecOps and SRE engineers
For teams with compliance requirements — SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI — the same engineers cover the security side: IAM least privilege, secrets management, image scanning in the pipeline, encrypted storage, audit logging, and the evidence collection auditors ask for. SRE-style engagements add SLOs, on-call rotation design, incident response, and post-mortems. Our HIPAA-compliant AI work runs on infrastructure these engineers build.
What DevOps engineers cost in 2026
US DevOps and platform engineers run $140k–$190k plus 25–30% overhead, and take 60–90 days to hire. Ours are $15–$50/hour month to month: a part-time retainer of 40 hours a month is $600–$2,000; a full-time embedded engineer $2.4k–$8k. Retainers are the most common shape after the first overhaul. DevOps pairs with our cloud & DevOps services for project-based work and with a dedicated development team when you want delivery and operations under one roof; the decision math for augmentation versus hiring is in senior software engineer staff augmentation.
What it costs to hire devops engineers in 2026
Rates verified September 2026. Our rate is per engineer-hour, billed monthly, no placement fee, month to month after the first month. The monthly column is a full-time (160-hour) equivalent. US columns are 2026 market ranges for the same seniority; in-house figures are base salary plus benefits, payroll tax and equipment.
| Seniority | Rocket Systems (hourly) | Rocket Systems (monthly, full time) | US agency / contractor | US in-house (salary + overhead) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevOps engineer (CI/CD, containers) | $20–$40/hour | $3.2k–$6.4k | $110–$170/hour | $140k–$170k + 25–30% |
| Senior platform / SRE | $35–$50/hour | $5.6k–$8k | $150–$220/hour | $160k–$190k + 25–30% |
| Part-time retainer (40 hours/month) | $20–$50/hour | $0.8k–$2k | $4.4k–$8.8k/month | n/a |
Sources: Rocket Systems rate card (September 2026); React developer rates 2026 by region; Armenian developers vs Eastern Europe vs India: 2026 rates; engineering staff augmentation rates. US salary bands are market observations for California employers and are updated quarterly.
How it works
From request to first commit
Describe the role
A 30-minute call or a short brief: stack, seniority, team setup, and hours needed.
Profiles in 48 hours
We send matching, pre-vetted engineers — real profiles with real project history, not a bench list.
You interview
Technical and culture interviews with your team. No fees until you choose someone.
Start within 1–2 weeks
Engineers join your repos, standups, and hours — month-to-month from $15/hour, full IP assignment.
FAQ
Hiring DevOps Engineers: common questions
Can we hire a DevOps engineer part-time?
Yes — part-time retainers are the most common DevOps engagement after an initial setup phase. Many clients keep 20–60 hours a month for pipeline maintenance, monitoring, and incident support.
Do your DevOps engineers work with existing infrastructure?
Yes — most engagements start with an audit of what exists, then improve incrementally with infrastructure-as-code rather than a risky big-bang rebuild.
What do DevOps engineers cost through Rocket Systems?
From $15/hour, month-to-month — full-time, part-time, or retainer. Profiles within 48 hours.
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