[LRUG] How do you recruit/interview for a Dev Ops role?

[Thayer Prime]

Hi Ed

I always recruit for any role through recommendation of folks who've
worked with the people I'm hiring for my clients.  I highly recommend
that as the best way to find talent - having the stamp of approval
from those you *know* are good takes out most of the leg work in
working out skillsets and aptitude, leaving just cultural & team fit
and financial to worry about.

If you don't have a large enough network in the area to help you find
someone in that way, I (personally/professionally) would pay someone
you know who is the *exact* person you're after to sift and interview
your candidates for you, or ask their help in finding someone who'd be
keen to if they can't.

Best of luck,

Thayer

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Ed James (Alt) <ed.james.spam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> We're looking for a Ruby DevOps person to join our team. While candidates
> are pretty thin on the ground, we're a little stumped as to how a
> developer-heavy tech team would interview for this role.
>
> We're all capable when it comes to doing basic sysadmin stuff, but none of
> us a sysadmins, which leaves us with a problem when it comes to doing a
> thorough interview for the role.
>
> Does anyone have any experience in this area?
>
> Alternatively, can anyone suggest any good SysAdmin service providers or
> consultancies? This may also be something we might consider.
>
> Note: our current SysAdmin works remotely for another company, and he gives
> us approx 20hrs/week of time. We don't have enough work for a full time
> SysAdmin, hence the DevOps description. It's a great opportunity for the
> candidate to learn more about Ruby and Rails.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Ed James
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