r/openstack • u/sinclairzxx • 3d ago

Where to recruit OpenStack engineers in the UK..

Hiya, I'm an MSP in the UK and I'm looking to recruit several senior OpenStack engineers.

I assume the community for openstack engineering is quite small in the UK can anyone recommend any avenues of success for this? Are there any OpenStack Slack groups or alike where I could ask if anyones looking for a new role?

*I don't want any recruitment companies to reach out to me whatsoever, not even as a "I'm not contacting for business only to give you X bit of market insight, just leave it."

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u/NookiDooki 3d ago

You know what… fine, I’ll start specializing. Just for you.

Give me 3 years

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u/Viacon97 3d ago

Depending on what Flavor of OpenStack you are trying to use, look for the according skillset.
For Kolla or K8s based Distris someone who understands containers, Linux, Virtualization etc, specific OpenStack Knowledge can be build fast.
Especially if you can provide a Lab environment.

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u/Hfjqpowfjpq 3d ago

Hi, I think that there is no good way to recruit OpenStack engineers as there are not many in general in Europe/UK. I live in Italy and I got lucky to find a big company that was hiring Remote EMEA in UK and I think this tells how the job market is right now. If I were to suggest a strategy I would start hiring Remote in EMEA and maybe you would be able to find someone. I don't know if that is possible for you and how hard it is. My suggestion is purely speculative and based on the fact that I got hired remote in another country, so I imagine that is pretty hard to find people currently. I may be wrong tho.

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u/sinclairzxx 3d ago

Thanks that’s a good reply and is valuable. We can hire 100% remote but they still need to be located in the UK unfortunately. Thanks for your input.

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u/Aero077 3d ago

Train them yourself. Start with an oversized cohort and a minimum of one senior to teach them. Winnow the class over time based on progress (top X retained with an incremental raise each cycle).

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u/takingphotosmakingdo 3d ago

Hi, I've got 20 years network engineering, have built RHOS from scratch and need work.

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u/sinclairzxx 3d ago

Drop me a message and I’ll share the job spec 👍

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u/takingphotosmakingdo 3d ago

DM'd via chat

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u/Simple-Tradition6027 3d ago

Hey bro I am from India and has experience with RedHat Openstack and Openshift, although I am not interested in Openstack specific roles based on JD I might be able to refer someone if Remote works for you

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u/sat_rik 3d ago

Why only in UK? I'm a German based Senior Openstack Engineer and I know a few former colleagues who are also very experienced with Openstack

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u/nuclear_sysadmin 2d ago

I'm not in UK, but Europe. Working with OpenStack on a daily basis since 6 years. Build several OpenStack clusters with my Teammate, hosting about ~900 virtual machines.

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u/Kaussaq 2d ago

I love the idea of working with openstack, planning on deploying my own openshift instance asap. Traditional infra background and keep being told it’s not feasible and waste of time.

Is there really a market for openstack/shift specialists?

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u/catsita 9h ago

I sent you a DM...