Hiring a DevOps engineer requires including "DevOps" at least 50 times in the job posting, looking for a candidate with 10+ years of DevOps experience who is skilled at patching, backups, and Ruby, and involving existing teams in the hiring process to find the right fit for the role and company culture.

1. How to Hire
Your First
DevOp
Matt Stratton
@mattstratton

2. You want the DevOps.
Who is going to bring it to you?

3. Need to manage a database?
…hire a DBA, amirite?

4. Checklist for
hiring a DevOp

5. Include the word
“DevOps” in the job
post a minimum of 50
times

7. Experience is important

9. Be SPECIFIC

10. be comprehensive

11. Don’t settle for
anyone without at
least 10 years of
DevOps
experience

12. What kind of DevOp do you want?

13. A DevOp should be really good at patching.
And backups.

14. Only consider candidates who love Ruby.

15. Involve
your
existing
teams in
the
process.

16. GOOD NEWS
FOR DEV TEAM!

17. RELIEF FOR OPS TEAM!

18. Make your budget happy.
QA

19. companies aren’t snowflakes

20. …but people ARE
FIND YOUR SNOWFLAKE