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

[Ed James (Alt)]

Thanks Thayer. A few people have now said to me that I should consider paying someone to interview candidates for us, which is something we're considering. So seems to be fairly common as a good approach. 

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On Monday, 22 April 2013 at 10:43, Thayer Prime wrote:

> 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 (mailto: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,
> > 
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