ENTERPRISE DEVOPS ENGINEERING
Ship Software in Days, Not Months.
- ISO 27001 Certified
- ISO 22301 Certified
- DORA Aligned
- GDPR Compliant
- Start in 7–10 days
- From €5–6k/mo
HST Solutions delivers enterprise DevOps and CI/CD automation services across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, embedding senior engineers who build reliable deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Terraform, and ArgoCD. ISO 27001 certified since 2007.
Why Teams Bring Us In
- Deployments are manual
- Pipelines break constantly
- Hiring DevOps is impossible
- One engineer drowns in toil
You don’t need another DevOps assessment. You need
automated pipelines that ship code to production reliably.
Who brings in a Managed DevOps Engineer
Engineering teams deploying manually
CTOs with CI/CD pipelines nobody trusts
50–500 person organisations
Teams drowning in infrastructure toil
Regulated industries
If that sounds familiar, this offer is built for you.
What is DevOps?
DevOps combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten release cycles while delivering high-quality software continuously. Core practices include CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, and observability.
CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) automates building, testing, and deploying code enabling teams to ship multiple times per day instead of monthly releases.
Most teams understand DevOps concepts; few have the senior engineers to implement them properly. HST provides embedded DevOps engineers with the expertise to build pipelines that actually work.
What you get
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer
- CI/CD
- Terraform
- Ansible
- GitOps
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Project Manager included
- Scope
- Comms
- Weekly Status
- Risk Tracking
Architecture reviews ncluded
- 2h/week Pipeline Design
- Security Patterns
- Cost Optimisation
QA integration included
- Test automation integration
- Quality Gates
- Release Management
SLA & Compliance
- Weekly Demos
- 48-hour remediation on issues we touch
- ISO 27001 & 22301
- DORA aligned
- GDPR
- Full IP assignment
One monthly price. One embedded seat. A full bench behind it.
DORA Metrics: How We Measure Success
| Metric | Low Performer | Elite Performer | HST Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment Frequency | Monthly | Multiple per day | Multiple per day |
| Lead Time for Changes | 1–6 months | Less than 1 hour | Less than 1 day |
| Mean Time to Recovery | 1 week – 1 month | Less than 1 hour | Less than 1 hour |
| Change Failure Rate | 46–60% | 0–15% | Less than 15% |
We baseline your DORA metrics in week 1 and track improvement throughout the engagement.
What We Automate
CI/CD Platforms
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- GitHub Actions
- Azure DevOps
- CircleCI
- AWS CodePipeline
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Pulumi
- Ansible
- AWS CDK
- Bicep
GitOps
- ArgoCD
- Flux
- Helm
- Kustomize
Artifact Management
- JFrog Artifactory
- Nexus
- ECR, ACR, GCR
- Docker Hub
Testing & Quality
- SonarQube
- Selenium, Cypress
- Jest, JUnit
- OWASP ZAP
- Trivy, Snyk
Secrets & Security
- Secrets & Security
- HashiCorp Vault
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Azure Key Vault
- git-secrets
- Checkov, tfsec
We work with your existing tools. If you’re on Jenkins,
we won’t force GitLab — we make your pipelines reliable.
The 12-week "Automate & Ship" Program
A proven framework to go from manual deployments to continuous delivery.
Assess
Automate
Ship
Deliverables
Why marketplaces can't deliver
DevOps for enterprises
Marketplace 
Toptal/Proxify | 
HST – Managed Security Engineer | |
|---|---|---|
| Talent only | ||
| PM + Architecture | ||
| Security scanning built in | ||
| IaC expertise | ||
| SLAs & ISO 27001 | ||
| Fixed monthly price |
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We ship automated pipelines, not résumés.
Proof that Reduces Risk
What We Delivered
CI/CD Transformation — Financial Services Client
- Challenges
- Releases required 2 weeks of coordination
- Manual deployments caused frequent production incidents
- No test automation manual QA bottleneck
- Audit requirements for every release
- Solution
- GitLab CI pipelines with automated testing
- Terraform for environment provisioning
- Security scanning (Snyk, SonarQube) in pipeline
- Approval workflows with audit trails
- Blue-green deployments for zero-downtime
- Outcome
- Deployment frequency increased from monthly to weekly, lead time reduced from 2 weeks to 2 hours, change failure rate dropped from 30% to under 10%.
Trusted by leading organisations
Engagement & Pricing
Clear, guarded, no hidden overages
Precision Pod
€5–6k/month
Single seat
- 1 Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer
- PM included (up to 6–8h/month)
- Architecture reviews (up to 2h/week)
- QA integration assist
- 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice
- Start in 7–10 business days
Pair Pod
€10–11k/month
Two engineers
- 2 Senior Engineers (e.g., DevOps + Backend)
- PM included (up to 10h/month)
- Architecture reviews (up to 4h/week)
- QA integration assist
- 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice
- Start in 7–10 business days
Mini-Team
€15–16k/month
Three engineers
- DevOps + Cloud + Full-stack
- PM included (up to 15h/month)
- Architecture reviews (up to 6h/week)
- QA integration assist
- 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice
- Start in 7–10 business days
- Swap guarantee
If fit is off in the first 2 weeks, we replace within 5 business days at no cost.
* Anything beyond the included caps is an add-on or an upgrade. No hidden overages.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between CI and CD?
Continuous Integration (CI) automatically builds and tests code when changes are committed. Continuous Delivery (CD) extends CI by automatically deploying tested code to staging and enabling push-button production releases. Continuous Deployment goes further automatically deploying all changes to production.
How long does DevOps transformation take?
Initial CI/CD pipeline implementation typically takes 6–8 weeks. Full DevOps transformation including IaC, security scanning, and culture change takes 3–6 months. Our 12-week program delivers incremental value you see improvements every sprint.
What DevOps tools should we use?
Depends on your existing stack. GitHub Actions or GitLab CI for cloud-native teams. Jenkins for complex enterprise environments. Azure DevOps for Microsoft shops. We’re tool-agnostic and recommend based on your needs, not our preferences.
Should we hire DevOps engineers or outsource?
Both work. Outsourcing provides immediate expertise ideal for transformation projects or capability gaps. Hiring builds long-term capability but takes 6–12 months. Many clients use HST for transformation while building internal capability.
What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
IaC manages infrastructure through code files (Terraform, CloudFormation) rather than manual configuration. Benefits include version control, repeatability, faster provisioning, and disaster recovery. IaC is foundational to modern DevOps.
How fast can you start?
7–10 business days from signed agreement to engineer embedded in your team.
Give us 20 minutes. We'll show you a DevOps plan you can actually ship.
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