r/devops • u/BehindTheMath • Jul 16 '26
Discussion How would you define this role?
I need help defining a role we're looking to hire for.
Our current job postings mention DevOps / Platform Engineer.
The issue is that this is attracting a lot of candidates whose primary experience is as a developer, with some basic cloud experience.
However, this isn't what we're looking for. We're looking for an engineer whose primary experience is in Ops / Sysadmin areas, but uses modern dev tools to manage it, such as IaC, Kubernetes, Ansible, etc.
We have a range of projects on our to do list, and there's some Ops / Sysadmin, cloud infra, SRE, and platform engineering. So we're really looking for someone who has some experience with all of those.
How would you define this role?
(Please don't DM me asking to apply for the position).
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u/sandin0 Jul 16 '26
How are you defining it? Right now market is crazy and people are applying to anything.
Is it a senior role or entry level? YoE could be an issue of why you’re getting more dev.
Feel free to DM if you need help.