DevOps Engineer OKR Examples

Move current architecture and deploy to AWS

The goal of this objective is to upgrade our current infrastructure

• Migrate Kafka to AWS and launch a POC
• Create budget analysis and get approval from the CTO
• Deploy rest of the infrastructure till the end of December

Optimize the current costs structure and lower by 20%

The goal of this objective is to save costs for our business

• Find top 5 highly used systems that generate >50% of the costs
• Develop a plan to decrease either the load or the costs
• Deploy changes to production till the end of July

Setup a scalable monitoring solution to guarantee 99% availability

The goal of this objective is to keep our users happy

• Implement Prometheus and run a POC
• Implement New Relic and run a POC
• Find the best solution and deploy to production

Increase release speed by 20%

To improve our release speed

• Implement automated deployment process
• Reduce deployment time from 1 hour to 30 minutes
• Successfully deploy new features to production on a daily basis

Increase code coverage by 50%

To improve code quality

• Implement automated testing processes
• Reduce number of bugs in production by 30%
• Successfully merge code to master branch on a daily basis

Increase uptime by 99.99%

To improve infrastructure reliability

• Implement monitoring and alerting systems
• Reduce downtime by 80%
• Successfully resolve infrastructure incidents within 1 hour

Increase customer satisfaction with our software products

Build and improve software products for manufacturing industries

• Implement at least 2 new features per quarter that are requested by customers
• Achieve a customer satisfaction rating of at least 4.5 out of 5
• Reduce average response time to customer support requests to less than 1 hour

Improve our understanding of customer needs and incorporate them into our software

Engage with customers and product management to understand requirements

• Attend at least 2 customer meetings per month to gather feedback and requirements
• Create at least 1 new customer-requested feature per quarter
• Incorporate feedback from at least 75% of customer meetings into product development plans

Ensure the smooth and reliable operation of our software products

Identify and address DevOps requirements for product lifecycle management and operational availability

• Implement at least 1 new DevOps tool or process per quarter to improve product lifecycle management
• Achieve at least 99% uptime for all software products
• Reduce average time to resolve production issues to less than 4 hours

Continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our software development process

Drive engineering initiatives to improve the overall development process

• Identify and implement at least 2 process improvements per quarter
• Achieve a team productivity increase of at least 10% through process improvements
• Reduce the time required to complete a software release by at least 25%

Increase reliability and availability of Native Instruments' infrastructure and services

Work with a team of experienced Systems and DevOps Engineers on continuously improving our worldwide infrastructure and service landscape

• Successfully implement automation for deployments
• Reduce downtime and improve uptime of services
• Successfully migrate legacy services to a cloud native environment

Streamline and improve the efficiency of Native Instruments' deployment processes

Automate deployments and improve highly available infrastructure to ensure users have access to products and services

• Automate at least 75% of deployments
• Reduce deployment time by at least 50%
• Successfully implement a highly available infrastructure with at least 99.99% uptime

Improve the speed and accuracy of Native Instruments' troubleshooting processes

Support teams in troubleshooting complex technical issues and help improve SLAs

• Successfully resolve at least 85% of technical issues within 24 hours
• Improve average SLA for services by at least 10%
• Develop and implement a comprehensive training program for troubleshooting processes

Modernize Native Instruments' infrastructure and improve its scalability and flexibility

Help to break down legacy services and modernize them in a cloud native fashion using the latest technology

• Successfully migrate at least 75% of legacy services to a cloud native environment
• Improve scalability of services by at least 50%
• Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for ongoing modernization of services

Improve the technical expertise and knowledge of Native Instruments' engineering teams

Support and consult teams across the engineering organization, evaluating proof of concepts and providing best practices

• Successfully evaluate at least 75% of proof of concepts and provide recommendations
• Provide technical support and consultation to at least 75% of engineering teams
• Develop and implement a best practices guide for teams to follow

Continuously improve personal technical skills and knowledge

Learn from other experienced engineers, share knowledge, and work in an environment that supports individual growth

• Attend at least 2 industry conferences or training sessions per year
• Present at least 2 technical presentations or workshops to teams per year
• Successfully complete at least 2 personal development goals related to technical skills or knowledge per year