DevOps, which combines software development (devs) with IT operations (ops), facilitates quicker product development and easier maintenance. DevOps professionals are responsible for coding, maintaining, and managing software applications. You’ll often see DevOps described as a “software engineering methodology” focused on principles like collaboration, user needs, automation, and continuous improvement. Because DevOps is such a specialized skill, many companies rely on recruitment agencies rather than traditional hiring processes. Recruitment agencies make it easier for professionals to find careers and for companies to land the best talent. Here are 15 top DevOps recruitment agencies:
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#1. nexus IT group
#2. Optizm Global
#3. Consortia
#4. IntaPeople
#5. Prism Digital
#6. Storm4
#7. Next Ventures
#8. Harrison Clarke
#9. Linux Recruit
#10. Third Republic
#11. Salt
#12. Opus RS
#13. NDC Tek
#14. Evolution
#15. Tech Folk
#1. nexus IT group
Based in Kansas, nexus IT group is a boutique firm and IT staffing agency with decades of experience. Comparably put the company’s managing director at #7 on the list of top CEOs to work for in Kansas. Before sending a client a job candidate, the company makes sure they meet three main criteria: they have 90% of the specified skills; they’re willing to work in the salary range agreed on; and they’re motivated by more than money.
Services include government IT staffing, digital marketing staffing, and SRE and DevOps. Amazon and Capitol One are just two of the companies that have used nexus IT group’s DevOps talent. Roles have included DevOps admins, managers, software engineers, and specialists. The recruiting fee for DevOps is 22-25% of the candidate’s first-year base salary. Job-hunters can look at Job Seeker Insights and submit their resume.
#2. Optizm Global
Optizm Global offers DevOps recruitment services, including contract staffing, full-time projects, temporary, and permanent jobs. DevOps engineers use a variety of tools, so Optizm Global offers resources for people with talent in Agile practice, coding languages, monitoring, visualization, and more. They can help clients (which has included Toyota and Netgear) find engineers, specialists, consultants, and more.
Optizm Global, which is California-based, is a certified E-Verify company. E-Verify is an internet-based system companies use to determine whether employees are eligible to work in the United States. Job-hunters can look at the job board and contact Optizm Global with questions as active or passive job seekers.
#3. Consortia
Consortia was launched in 2010. With sister agencies Becksford Group and Zeelee, the UK-based Consortia can work worldwide. Specialties include user experience, product management, and DevOps. The DevOps Engineer recruitment team works with clients to find DevOps engineers, platform engineers, AWS engineers, and more.
The website has a series of case studies from clients like Bose, Simply Business, and Perkbox. With offices in London, Bristol, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and New York, Consortia can help companies in multiple countries. Job-hunters can sign up for job alerts, upload their CV, and look through the job board.
#4. IntaPeople
IntaPeople, which is based in the UK, has recruited since 1994. It uses expert, experienced recruiters in fields like software development, engineering, and IT infrastructure. It has many accreditations, including membership in the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.
When working with clients like Admiral, Alert Logic, and Atradius, IntaPeople recruits for DevOps jobs like DevOps leads, DevOps engineers, DevOps release engineers, and more. The company also works with universities to build relationships with talented graduates interested in IT. Services include permanent recruitment, contract/temp recruitment, and executive search. Job-hunters can look through the job board and sign up for job alerts.
#5. Prism Digital
Since 2012, Prism Digital has worked exclusively in DevOps. They provide placements with free training and certifications (usually within the Public Cloud Space), which gives recruits an edge. Prism Digital also takes a leadership role in the DevOps space by co-organizing the London DevOps and WinOps meetups and conferences, which are two of the largest DevOps groups in London.
Past clients include GoDaddy, Ticketmaster, and JustGiving. Prism Digital can help with key hires, multi-hires, contract hires, and more. The website gives a comprehensive breakdown of each product, including a comparison chart with details on fees, partnership payment, background checks, certification and training, and more. Prism Digital is based in London, UK. Job-hunters can look through live roles and upload their CV with Prism Digital.
#6. Storm4
A fairly new (but quickly expanding) company, Storm4 was established in 2020 to help businesses combat climate change. The company focuses on “greentech,” which includes companies working in clean energy, circular economies, energy storage, and decarbonization.
Storm4 offers engineering and DevOps recruitment services. Experienced specialists match senior engineering talent with companies across the US, Asia, and Europe. Recruited roles include chief technology officers, head of DevOps, senior Java developers, and senior DevOps engineers. Offices are located in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, and the United States. Job-hunters can view live jobs and register with Storm4.
#7. Next Ventures
Next Ventures was incorporated in 2001 and has grown into a global technology staffing agency. They have five practice areas, including Cloud & Infrastructure, which is where DevOps is placed. The company focuses on Azure DevOps, DevOps engineers, DevOps architects, and DevOps consultants. They can help with contingent and permanent staffing.
Because they have six international subsidiary offices (the DevOps recruitment head office is in London), Next Ventures can offer DevOps staffing around the world. For three years in a row, Next Ventures was named in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 awards, which ranks Britain’s 100 fastest-growing private companies. Clients have included Rolex, KPMG, and Wipro. Job-hunters can submit their CV and look through the job board.
#8. Harrison Clarke
Harrison Clarke is a specialized recruiting agency with the largest network of DevOps/SRE professionals in the country. Using this network, the agency connects experts in DevOps and SRE with organizations across the United States, from start-ups to Fortune 500 brands. Partners include Hopper, Ghost, and Staked.
Harrison Clarke recruits for roles like developers, release managers, automation specialists, QA engineers, and more. The company offers both candidate and client services like contingent service (which means no hire, no fee), the retained service, and the flagship Partnership Solution, which is invitation-only. With the candidate service, Harrison Clarke helps people with resume writing, interview prep and debriefing, post-placement care, and more.
#9. Linux Recruit
Linux Recruit has worked as a specialist in DevOps for years. Its mission is to empower companies and help them hire consistently excellent team members. They’re experts in DevOps, as well as SRE, Cloud, and software engineering. They offer three main services: permanent, contract, and capacity-build, which is best if a company wants to do large-scale volume hiring.
Past clients include Depop, Bet365, and Kainos. Linux Recruit hosts a job search page with roles like a head of platform, platform engineer, senior DevOps engineer, and more. Linux Recruit is based in London, UK.
#10. Third Republic
According to its website, Third Republic is the fastest growing international DevOps agency by placement numbers and recruiter headcount. It’s the top-rated recruitment agency on Trustpilot globally. Third Republic has a 90% fill rate on vacancies and gives clients access to 17,000 DevOps engineers.
The agency can help brands hire heads of SRE, heads of DevOps, cloud engineers, developers, systems engineers, and much more. Third Republic also relies on the passive market, private community, and head-hunting, as opposed to traditional methods like job boards and LinkedIn. Past clients include Ebay, Amazon, and Cazoo. The agency has communities where candidates can access benefits like career advice and personalized job-hunting services. There’s Code Republic, Women In Tech, and Salesforce Republic.
#11. Salt
Salt uses specialist teams working in digital recruitment. The goal isn’t to just place individual hires, but to help clients build the best digital teams. Diversity is an important value to the agency. They offer contract, permanent, executive search, and Salt: X services. Salt:X is the company’s multi-hire solution for brands that need to hire a lot of staff quickly.
DevOps jobs include DevOps engineers, platform engineers, project managers, and Cloud architects. Clients include IBM, Lego, and Unilever. Salt has won several awards, including the Best Specialist Recruitment Company of the Year at the 2021 TIARA Recruitment Awards UAE. Salt has a tab where job-hunters can submit their CV as well as job boards.
#12. Opus RS
Opus RS recruits for a variety of sectors, including IT, automotive, energy, sales and marketing, and technology, media, and telecoms. DevOps is nestled within infrastructure, which is one of the agency’s capabilities. They recruit for roles in configuration management, public cloud, and systems.
Opus RS has earned many awards over the years, including rankings on the Virgin Fast Track for 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They work in the UK, US, Europe, and Australia. Past clients include Calvin Klein, Burberry, and Sony.
#13. NDC Tek
NDC Tek is a Davison Gray group company. It blends a boutique business personal service with access to other companies in the group. While based in the UK, many of its clients are in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Services include permanent and contract recruitment; headhunting; interview coaching; ongoing aftercare; and more.
NDC Tek has a specialist DevOps recruitment division, which boasts professionals in Linux system administration and engineering, configuration management, open source development, and more. The agency recruits for roles like junior engineer, DevOps manager, and DevOps consultant. Many clients partner with NDC Tek exclusively. Past clients include Android, Azure, and Java. Job-seekers should send a CV while companies can submit a job.
#14. Evolution
Evolution is an IT recruitment specialist agency established in 2000. It has four international offices and a long history of success. In 2017, it was named Computing’s Best DevOps Recruitment Firm. In 2019, Evolution earned Microsoft Gold Datacenter status.
Services include permanent and contract recruitment for jobs like engineering manager, AWS engineer, DevOps engineer, and more. Evolution also recruits for Java development, mobile development, testing and QA, and infrastructure and telecoms. Job-hunters should send their CV if they want Evolution to contact them about relevant jobs.
#15. Tech Folk
Founded in 2013, Tech Folk is a software and technology recruitment agency. They’re experts in hiring DevOps staff, data scientists, software engineers, and more. According to their website, they mostly hire for permanent positions, though they fill contracts, as well. The company is registered in England and Wales. It works mostly across southern England.
Candidates may find work with start-ups, scale-up companies, or “maturing” technology providers. Those searching for jobs can register to get updates about open positions and/or send Tech Folk their CV.
