DevOps Services

StepTo's DevOps engineers cost $25-85/hr, 40-60% less than Western Europe or the US. CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring.

Reviewed by Igor Gazivoda, Co-founder & CEO of StepTo · Updated

Why Hire DevOps Engineers From Belgrade, Serbia?

Hiring DevOps engineers from Belgrade costs 40-60% less than equivalent Western European or US infrastructure hires, in the CET timezone, from StepTo's 15-20-person in-house engineering team. Modern software delivery demands robust DevOps practices, automated pipelines, infrastructure as code, container orchestration, and comprehensive monitoring. Without these foundations, teams struggle with slow releases, unreliable deployments, and infrastructure that cannot scale. StepTo's DevOps engineers bring deep, hands-on expertise across the entire toolchain.

  • Belgrade-based since 2014, DevOps hires draw from StepTo's 15-20-person in-house engineering team spanning full-stack, cloud, and AI/ML disciplines
  • CET timezone (UTC+1), full business-hours overlap with European teams, plus 3-4 hours of daily overlap with the US East Coast
  • AWS, Azure, and GCP, with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitOps workflows
  • 40-60% lower cost than equivalent Western European or US infrastructure hires

Whether you're setting up your first CI/CD pipeline, migrating to Kubernetes, optimizing cloud costs, or implementing DevSecOps practices, our engineers deliver production-ready infrastructure with a reliability-first mindset. To hire individual DevOps engineers directly, see our DevOps hiring guide.

What DevOps Services Does StepTo Provide?

StepTo provides six DevOps services: CI/CD pipeline design, Kubernetes and containers, infrastructure as code, cloud architecture, monitoring and observability, and DevSecOps.

CI/CD Pipeline Design

Automated build, test, and deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps for rapid, reliable releases.

Kubernetes & Containers

Container orchestration with Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Helm charts, and service mesh for scalable, resilient applications.

Infrastructure as Code

Reproducible infrastructure with Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, and Ansible for consistent environments across dev, staging, and production.

Cloud Architecture

Cloud infrastructure design and implementation on AWS, Azure, and GCP with cost optimization, auto-scaling, and high availability.

Monitoring & Observability

Full-stack observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack, distributed tracing, and custom alerting dashboards.

DevSecOps

Security-first DevOps with vulnerability scanning, secrets management, compliance automation, and security policy enforcement.

Which DevOps Tools and Platforms Do We Use?

Our DevOps engineers use Docker and Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure and GCP, Jenkins, GitHub Actions and GitLab CI, Ansible, Prometheus and Grafana, Datadog, ArgoCD, Helm, and Vault.

Docker(Containers)
Kubernetes(Orchestration)
Terraform(IaC)
AWS(Cloud)
Azure(Cloud)
GCP(Cloud)
Jenkins(CI/CD)
GitHub Actions(CI/CD)
GitLab CI(CI/CD)
Ansible(Config Mgmt)
Prometheus(Monitoring)
Grafana(Dashboards)
Datadog(APM)
ArgoCD(GitOps)
Helm(Packaging)
Vault(Secrets)

Where Do Teams Apply Our DevOps Work?

Teams apply StepTo's DevOps work in four settings: cloud-native startups, enterprise migration, e-commerce scalability, and regulated industries.

Cloud-Native Startups

Infrastructure setup for startups needing scalable, cost-effective cloud environments with automated deployment from day one.

AWS/GCP setupAuto-scalingCost optimizationCI/CD pipelines

Enterprise Migration

Moving enterprise workloads from on-premise to cloud with zero-downtime migration strategies and compliance requirements.

Cloud migrationHybrid cloudComplianceDisaster recovery

E-Commerce Scalability

High-availability infrastructure for e-commerce handling traffic spikes, with CDN, caching, and auto-scaling strategies.

Load balancingCDN setupDatabase scalingPeak handling

Regulated Industries

Compliant infrastructure for healthcare, finance, and government with encryption, audit logging, and access controls.

HIPAA compliancePCI DSSSOC 2Data encryption

What Do Teams Ask About DevOps Services?

Why hire DevOps engineers from Serbia?

Serbian DevOps engineers bring strong infrastructure and cloud expertise at 40-60% lower costs than Western Europe. Our engineers bring hands-on, production experience with AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes, managing live infrastructure for startups and enterprises. Working in the CET timezone provides real-time collaboration with European teams and 3-4 hours of daily overlap with US East Coast hours. Strong English and systematic problem-solving skills ensure reliable infrastructure management.

What CI/CD tools do you work with?

We work with all major CI/CD platforms including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, and AWS CodePipeline. We design pipelines that include automated testing, security scanning, container building, and deployment to staging and production. We implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD for Kubernetes deployments, ensuring infrastructure changes are version-controlled and auditable.

Which cloud providers do you support?

We have deep expertise across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Our engineers have hands-on experience across multiple platforms and can design multi-cloud or hybrid architectures based on your requirements. We help with cloud provider selection based on your technology stack, compliance needs, budget, and geographic requirements. We also handle cloud cost optimization to ensure you are not overspending on resources.

Do you offer 24/7 infrastructure monitoring?

Yes, StepTo sets up 24/7 monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch. We implement SLI/SLO-based alerting that notifies the right people at the right time, reducing alert fatigue. We can also provide managed monitoring services with on-call rotation, incident response procedures, and post-mortem analysis to continuously improve system reliability.

Can you help with Kubernetes adoption?

Yes, StepTo handles the full Kubernetes lifecycle from cluster setup and configuration to application deployment and ongoing management. We use managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS, GKE) for reduced operational overhead, implement Helm charts for consistent deployments, set up service mesh with Istio or Linkerd, and configure auto-scaling policies. We also provide Kubernetes training for your team.

What is your approach to infrastructure security?

Our approach is DevSecOps: security is integrated into every stage of the pipeline rather than bolted on at the end. This includes automated vulnerability scanning with Trivy and Snyk, secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, network policies with Kubernetes, and infrastructure compliance scanning with Checkov. We implement least-privilege access controls, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and maintain audit logs for compliance requirements.

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StepTo provides DevOps engineers for CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring, tell us what your delivery pipeline needs and we'll scope the work.

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