About Simon

I'm Simon Creber, Founder and Director of Charles Simon Associates.

I recruit exclusively within Cloud, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps, with a particular focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

With over 15 years' experience in technology recruitment, I've supported organisations ranging from growing technology businesses through to large enterprise environments. During that time, I've helped hire the engineers, architects and technical leaders responsible for building, improving and running modern cloud platforms.

Like many recruiters, I started out covering a much broader range of technology roles. Over time, I realised that trying to cover everything doesn't necessarily make you more useful to your clients or candidates. Specialising allows me to properly understand the market I work in, build stronger relationships with the people within it and have better conversations about what companies actually need.

I spend my time speaking with Platform Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Architects and Engineering Leaders working with Google Cloud.

That gives me a continually developing view of the market — who's hiring, what skills are difficult to find, what engineers are looking for from their next move and where companies are struggling to attract the right people.

It also means understanding the technologies and challenges that regularly sit alongside GCP, including Kubernetes, platform engineering, infrastructure as code, observability, automation and reliability.

I'd rather properly understand a requirement before starting a search, be straightforward when something isn't realistic and introduce a smaller number of relevant people than send CVs simply to fill an inbox.

The same applies when I work with candidates. I want to understand what would genuinely make somebody move before putting an opportunity in front of them. Whether I'm working with a client or a candidate, my focus is always on creating long-term relationships rather than short-term transactions.

If you're building a team on Google Cloud, or you're a cloud professional considering your next move, get in touch. I'm always happy to have a conversation.