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How to hire DevOps engineers

Looking for a skilled DevOps engineer to join your tech team? Here’s some expert guidance on how and where to tap into this talent pool.

What skills to look for when hiring a DevOps engineer

  • Deploying applications and services using containerisation and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Creating continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines with tools such as Gitlab and Github Actions.
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible or Chef, or directly with the cloud providers such as AWS CDK, Azure Resource Manager, Google Deployment Manager.
  • Cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
  • YAML
  • Sysadmin fundamentals.
  • Mastery of *nix (Linux, macOS, FreeBSD) and/or Windows shells.
  • Version control systems, such as Git.
  • Networking and security principles.
  • Agile methodologies

How to broaden your talent pool when hiring a DevOps engineer

Backend engineers often do aspects of DevOps work as part of their roles — especially when companies don’t have dedicated DevOps Engineers on their team. This means you could broaden your net to search for backend engineers, who could have the experience and skills you’re looking for. Site reliability engineers often have a lot of overlap with DevOps engineers. However, their skill set is generally more scarce.

Writing a DevOps engineer job description

To put together a job description for a DevOps engineer, check out our guide on creating a role scorecard here, and use our downloadable scorecard template. When it comes to adding required skills to your job description, check out our list of key skills for DevOps engineers above. By putting together a good role scorecard, it will be easier to come up with the practical definition of the right person for the role you are trying to fill. You are then ready to set up your public-facing job advert.

Hiring DevOps engineers from South Africa

It's easier than ever to tap into a global pool of tech talent, and South Africa offers a thriving marketplace of developers. For employers, hiring DevOps engineers in South Africa provides several advantages:

  • A large talent pool with an estimated 121 000 developers in the country.
  • World-class quality with developers that code in widely-used languages and frameworks, and a growing line-up of successful tech startups.
  • A diverse talent pool that helps to avoid groupthink and drive more profitable businesses.
  • Lower employment costs comparing favourably to more expensive markets like the UK and the Netherlands.‍

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