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How to hire a DevOps engineer? Skills to look for, interview questions, and more
Hiring a DevOps engineer is easy, but hiring the right developer with adequate DevOps experience and knowledge is difficult. Companies that wish to build and maintain new development tools and cloud infrastructure IT services must hire the best DevOps engineers. Several factors need to be considered while hiring a highly experienced DevOps engineer. This includes experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes, Agile principles, and more.
On the other hand, hiring an experienced DevOps engineer with all the required skills is both hard and time-consuming. To ease the effort, Turing offers the best remote pre-vetted DevOps engineers at half the price. Turing selects the best remote DevOps engineers after testing their expertise in many areas like cloud coding languages, code versioning tools, containers, cloud quality tools, and more.
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Skills to look for in a DevOps engineer
At a high level, DevOps engineers should have the following skills in his/her arsenal:
1. Familiarity with version control systems
Software development is incomplete without the knowledge of code versioning tools. Popular versioning tools such as Git help DevOps engineers control each and every step in the process of software development. DevOps engineers who have adequate knowledge of working with such platforms can work efficiently on any project.
2. High-level proficiency in Agile methodology
Agile is a project management methodology that helps developers to improve the quality of their products by providing continual feedback and updates. An experienced DevOps engineer must have proficient knowledge of how this methodology works and how to utilize the method.
3. High proficiency in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) helps in eliminating manual tasks as well as preventing various coding errors. It enables a layer of transparency in the process of software development. To be a successful DevOps engineer, one must have knowledge as well as hands-on experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environments along with other important skills.
4. Familiarity with various programming languages
While hiring a DevOps engineer, it is important to keep in mind that the professional must have knowledge and proficiency in various popular programming languages. They must have in-depth knowledge of popular programming languages, such as Python, Java, Scala, Julia, R, Go, among others.
5. Familiarity with containers
With the help of containers, DevOps engineers can utilize fewer system resources and can deploy software on multiple operating systems. To be a successful DevOps engineer, one must have proficient knowledge of how containers work and how to utilize them appropriately while developing software.
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6. Knowledge of databases
Knowledge of databases can be considered as a crucial requirement to be an efficient developer. The database is where all the data will be stored and you don’t want to hire a DevOps engineer who has very little knowledge of database storage. Instead, hire a DevOps engineer who has knowledge of various DBMS technologies such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Oracle, MySQL, etc.
7. Proficiency in cloud computing services
Cloud infrastructures play an important role in organizations and help engineers in many ways. It helps to build large-scale data analytics systems, automate the setup, handling of complex tasks, and more. While hiring a DevOps engineer, you must check their proficiency in working with various cloud computing systems, like AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.
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We will help you select the best talents and spot a DevOps engineer who will fit in your company culturally.
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Developers are asked DevOps related questions and made to solve tricky problems. We use open questions. The goal is not only to test developers’ knowledge – we also want to find out their way of thinking.
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Top interview questions to hire a DevOps Engineer
Whether you're an IT recruiter or a project manager, you know that finding top developers is critical to the success of your project. Here are some sample interview questions to use when looking to hire a DevOps engineer to work on your next project.
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Here are some more DevOps interview questions that you can ask to assess a developer’s caliber.
- What are the various branching strategies used in the version control system?
- How does Ansible work?
- What is the Dogpile effect? How can it be prevented?
- Explain how “Infrastructure code” is executed in AWS?
- What is Resilience Testing?
- What is the Blue/Green Deployment Pattern?
- Differentiate between continuous testing and automation testing?
- What is CBD in DevOps?
- Explain the architecture of Jenkins?
- Which scripting language is most important for a DevOps engineer?
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What is the no-risk trial period for Turing DevOps engineers?
The purpose of the 3-week no-risk trial period is to start working with the developers and include them in the team. If you are satisfied with the developers, you keep working with them and pay their salary including the first 3 weeks. But, if you are not satisfied during the trial period, then you won’t pay anything.
How are Turing DevOps engineers different?
Turing offers top-quality, cost-effective, and highly productive DevOps engineers who belong to the top 1% of the world's remote developers. All Turing DevOps engineers are selected only after going through a series of rigorous tests where their skills are deeply vetted. Daily standups are mandatory for every Turing developer as they keep the developer and the customer in alignment with the discussed goal. All Turing remote DevOps engineers work for at least 4 hours in your time zone for your convenience.
How do I hire DevOps Engineers?
You can hire the best DevOps Engineers in a couple of clicks with Turing. It's an AI-powered deep-vetting talent platform where you will find talent from across the world who are comfortable working in your time zone. Turing vets the DevOps Engineers to a Silicon Valley bar.
How does Turing vet remote DevOps engineers?
Turing has created the first and only AI-powered deep-vetting talent platform to vet remote developers. Turing tests developers based on actual skills vs. self-reported experience from traditional resumes or job interviews. Every developer at Turing has to clear our tests for programming languages, data structures, algorithms, system designs, software specialization, frameworks, and more. Each Turing developer goes through our automated seniority assessment test comprising 57 calibrated questions in 5 areas — project impact, engineering excellence, communication, people, and direction.
For which other skills can I hire remote developers from Turing?
With Turing, you can hire the best remote developers for 100+ skills such as React, Node, Python, Angular, Swift, React Native, Android, Java, Rails, Golang, PHP, Vue, DevOps, Machine Learning, etc. Turing also offers developers based on tech stack and seniority.
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There are a number of opportunities in the field of DevOps. If you are planning to scale your DevOps engineering team, try Turing. It makes hiring easy for companies by offering pre-vetted remote DevOps engineers at half the price.
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