DevOps

Our DevOps recruiters can assist you in hiring a wide range of professionals, including DevOps Engineers, DevOps Managers, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), and Platform Engineers. We will tailor our search to your technical requirements, team structure, and key objectives.

Yes, we are able to support permanent and contract DevOps recruitment requirements. Whether you need short-term expertise for interim DevOps projects, or permanent DevOps talent to scale teams and support your long-term IT roadmap, we would be delighted to tailor our approach to your individual requirements.

Whilst generalist agencies can be useful for supporting entry-level and high volume recruitment needs, a specialist DevOps recruitment agency will have the internal expertise to accurately assess the technical skills and experience needed for DevOps roles, which can make them far more effective than generalist agencies. This specialist knowledge can reduce time-to-hire and significantly improve the quality of shortlisted candidates.

DevOps talent is high in demand, with companies often seeking out highly skilled, multi-sector experienced DevOps professionals over more junior generalists.

Our average turnaround time for permanent DevOps recruitment from a candidate shortlist being presented to job offer acceptance is 20 working days. Timeframes depend on multiple factors including the exact skillset and sector experience required, current market conditions, and whether we are working on an exclusive basis.

Contract DevOps recruitment depends solely on the urgency of the requirement and the complexities of the skillset needed. We have received urgent requirements after hours and had contractors on-site working by the start of the next working day before now. But our average turnaround from contract offer to onboarding is 24-48 hours when required.

When hiring a DevOps engineer, we would recommend you look for DevOps candidates that have both technical expertise and strong relevant soft skills.

Core technical skills and experience include:

• CI/CD
• Cloud platforms (like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud)
• Infrastructure as Code
• Containerisation tech (such as Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift)
• Automation-first DevOps environments
• Observability tools (like Splunk, ELK, Prometheus and Grafana)
• Strong understanding of security best practices

It’s important for DevOps professionals to collaborate well with other teams, so you should be looking for evidence of soft skills and experience working effectively across development, operations, and platform teams.

What sets our DevOps recruitment agency apart is our ability to identify candidates  with genuine DevOps experience.

Our DevOps recruiters look beyond CVs to assess a candidate’s knowledge and background in software delivery, automation, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, plus their ability to collaborate with development and operations teams.

By doing this, we ensure the shortlist of professionals you are presented with are true DevOps professionals, rather than candidates whose experience is primarily focused on infrastructure or cloud.

Our DevOps recruitment fees are tailored to each requirement and depend on factors such as the seniority and complexity of the role, hiring volume, market conditions, and budget.

Our permanent recruitment fees generally range between 13-25%, whereas our fees for DevOps contract recruitment support typically average around 20% of the total contract value or day rate.

We always aim to be agile and to tailor our pricing on a case-by-case basis.