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

[Stephen Nelson-Smith]

Hello all,

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Riccardo Tacconi <rtacconi at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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...).
>

This is all super advice.  The best way to find someone who can work with
you is to get them to work with you.  Give them a real task, and some
success criteria, and get them to do it.  Pay them for their time.  I've
done this dozens of times with excellent results.



> A couple of companies I would use are:
>
> Bitfield for DevOps with Puppet.
>

+1 I've worked with John on and off for years; He's one of the very best
around.  If you use Puppet, look no further.


> Stephen Nelson Smith if you prefer Chef.
>

No comment.


> Another person is Patrick Debois, who's probably one of the best around.
>

He's very good of course, but doesn't really consult in this manner any
more.


> Another guy using Puppet is Noel Sharpe who is more specialised in PHP but
> he is provides consultants through his company.
>

I've worked with Noel, and know some of  the chaps in his team.  He's a
smart guy.


> 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.
>

Can't comment on Louis, but he always strikes me as a rare good egg in a
field of noxious sulphur dioxide.

S.
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