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

[Riccardo Tacconi]

Hi,

I would ask the candidate to deploy a Rails app to AWS using Chef of
Puppet. Then I would like to know how do they gather all the logs, if they
use Graylog2 or Splunk. Then if they have any experience to integrate a CI
server with github, code climate, a code review system see Gerrit), project
management system (like Pivotal Tracker). Probably the most tricky bit
would be to see how the candidate can find and fix issues, but your sys
admin could help you in this.

Another important thing is how the candidate can monitor your apps (New
Relic, Munin, Nagios etc...).

An option is to train a Ruby dev with some sys admin skills to become a
DevOp, as Louis suggested. The training could be provided by a consultant.
There is a London DevOps Google group and you could ask there but they are
probably following this list too. A couple of companies I would use are:

Bitfield for DevOps with Puppet.
Stephen Nelson Smith if you prefer Chef.
Another person is Patrick Debois, who's probably one of the best around.
Another guy using Puppet is Noel Sharpe who is more specialised in PHP but
he is provides consultants through his company.
Louis is a recruiter I would use, if you want to follow the recruiter path.
Disclaimer: I have worked on contracts provided both by Noel and Louis.

I am not affiliated to anyone, not jetting any benifit, I just bought their
books or following them, or used their services as contractor.

Cheers,

Riccardo


On 22 April 2013 10:45, Ed James (Alt) <ed.james.spam at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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.
>
> Best,
>
> --
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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>
> 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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> Ed James
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