Cloud Centre of Excellence.
Operating model plus the right hires to run it. RACI plus role specs plus warm-network sourcing. Outcome: the team you wanted to hire, on the platform you wanted to build.
See the solution→ [09] / SERVICE — RECRUITMENT & SOURCING
Two or three real candidates. Not thirty profiles.
We source platform, cloud, SRE and AI engineers from inside our own network, and we screen them with the same engineering bar we hold ourselves to. You see real candidates with real takehomes, not LinkedIn surface readings.
[01] / CAPABILITIES _
Roles we source for.
- [01] / PLATFORM
Platform engineers
Senior to staff. Backstage, GitOps, Kubernetes, multi-cloud experience screened in.
- [02] / CLOUD
Cloud architects
AWS or Azure specialists. Identity, network, landing zone experience verified.
- [03] / SRE
SREs
SLO-driven, runbook discipline, incident leadership. Pager fatigue avoidance screened.
- [04] / AI
AI engineers
Production AI experience. Guardrails, observability, cost attribution. Not prompt engineers.
- [05] / SECURITY
SecOps leads
DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001 evidence-as-code experience verified.
- [06] / FINOPS
FinOps practitioners
Allocation, showback, anomaly detection, savings strategy verified.
[02] HOW WE RUN IT _
How a sourcing engagement runs.
From audit to handoff6 to 12 weeks per role
The trial week makes the filter visible: five days of paid, real-platform work, written feedback in both directions, and a binary decision.
[FIG.13 / SOURCING · TRIAL WEEK] FIVE DAYS · PAID · WRITTEN OUTCOME
[01] / BRIEF
Role brief, written.
We write the role spec with you. Concrete signals, concrete anti-signals, concrete success criteria.
⏱ 1 wk [02] / SOURCE
Network-first sourcing.
We work our network before posting. Most candidates are warm-introduced by someone we trust.
⏱ 2–4 wks [03] / SCREEN
Engineering screen.
Real takehome, live system review, written feedback. Two or three real candidates, not thirty.
⏱ 2–3 wks [04] / SUPPORT
Closing support.
Offer review, compensation benchmark, onboarding plan handed to your hiring manager.
⏱ 1 wkQuestions about sourcing.
[01] What's your fee structure? +
Fixed per placement, paid 50 percent on offer accepted, 50 percent on day-30 retention. No back-end percentage of salary.
[02] Do you guarantee replacement? +
Yes. If the hire leaves or is let go inside 90 days for performance reasons we replace at no cost. Stronger guarantee than the industry norm.
[03] Can you source contractors? +
Yes. Contractor-to-permanent paths included. We surface contractor day rate benchmarks against the EU mid-market.
[04] Are you a recruiter? +
Functionally yes, structurally no. We do not run a portfolio of roles. We work two or three roles at a time, paired with the technical team interviewing.
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