DevOps and CI/CD Consultancy
Reliable automated deployment pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerisation, and engineering workflow improvements that let development teams ship faster and with more confidence.
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We set up and improve DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for development teams across the UK and Isle of Man. Reliable automated deployment pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerisation, and the engineering workflow improvements that let development teams ship faster and with more confidence.
Development teams that deploy manually are slower, less consistent, and more risk-averse than they should be. Every manual deployment step is an opportunity for human error. Every environment that was configured by hand and not documented is a maintenance risk. Every deployment that requires someone to be available and vigilant is a constraint on when releases can happen. Good DevOps practice removes these constraints systematically.
Every DevOps engagement is led and delivered personally by Owen Jones, OLXR's founder and lead engineer. We set up CI/CD pipelines, automated test environments, and deployment infrastructure as standard for client projects - including RepeatPosts, KEEP.FIT, and OLXR's own infrastructure - and we bring that practical, day-to-day experience to every DevOps engagement we take on.
Who This Is For
What We Deliver
CI/CD Pipeline Setup
Automated build, test, and deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline.
Automated Testing Integration
Unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites connected to the deployment pipeline with blocking on failure.
Environment Management
Consistent, reproducible environment configuration for development, staging, and production.
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform or CloudFormation configurations that define and manage your cloud infrastructure reproducibly.
Containerisation
Docker configuration for consistent application packaging and deployment across environments.
Deployment Strategy Implementation
Blue/green, canary, or rolling deployment approaches appropriate for your reliability requirements.
Monitoring and Alerting Setup
Application and infrastructure monitoring connected to alerting for the team.
Secrets Management
Proper handling of credentials, API keys, and sensitive configuration across environments.
Our Approach
Start with the Pain Points
DevOps improvements have the highest impact when they address the specific pain points that are actually slowing the team down. We start every DevOps engagement by understanding where your current process is creating problems - which steps are slow, which are error-prone, which are creating inconsistency between environments, and which are creating risk in production deployments. That understanding drives the prioritisation of improvements rather than implementing a generic DevOps template that may not address your actual problems.
Automate Progressively
A comprehensive CI/CD pipeline implemented in one go is difficult to validate and difficult to debug when something goes wrong. We implement automation progressively - starting with the most impactful improvements and validating each one before adding the next. This approach produces a working, understood pipeline at each stage rather than a complex system that nobody fully understands.
Document and Transfer
DevOps infrastructure that only the person who set it up understands is a single point of failure. We document every pipeline, every configuration, and every infrastructure component we set up, and we walk the team through how it works before the engagement ends. The goal is that the team can maintain, extend, and debug the DevOps infrastructure independently - not that they depend on us to make every change.
Why Choose OLXR
DevOps engagements often produce impressive-looking pipelines that the team cannot maintain, debug, or extend after the engineer leaves. We build automation that the team understands, owns, and can evolve independently - not infrastructure that creates a new dependency.
Built In Production
CI/CD that runs OLXR's own infrastructure - we use what we recommend
Fully Documented
Every pipeline, configuration, and component documented for the team
Knowledge Transferred
Your team can maintain, extend, and debug independently
Senior-Led
Implemented by the founder, not delegated to juniors
Good DevOps removes constraints rather than creating them - we build automation your team owns and can evolve confidently long after the engagement ends.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Improve Your Deployment Process?
Tell us about your current workflow. We will identify the highest-impact improvements.
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