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<b>Introduction</b></span></font>
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1st Interactive Design Ltd is a small software house owned by a major plc and
specialising in database-powered Web sites. A subsidiary of the owning plc runs a
well-established vehicle auction web site with over 62 million hits per month and
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<b>Technology - Auction Site</b></span></font>
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Site written in Perl. Circa 14000 registered web site users paying £25 per year, and
over 100,000 auction transactions per month. Old 'DBM' database now upgraded to
MySQL (InnoDB). Platform is Linux Red Hat (Enterprise). 2 application servers, 2
database servers. Entire configuration in process of being replicated to a DR site.</span></font>
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<b>Technology - Other Sites</b></span></font>
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There are a number of other web sites managed by the client. These are all database
powered but using either Unix Dbm or Delimited Text and now require conversion
to MySQL. All sites built using open source software.</span></font>
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<b>Company Objectives</b></span></font>
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The owning plc, having bought the software house in 2006, now plans to expand its
operations. Key expansion opportunities exist with software applications written for
the web by the client. The key applications cover recruitment web sites, online
auctions, online booking (courses and events) and online shopping.</span></font>
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<b>Current Requirement</b></span></font>
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99% work from home. Ideally based in the South East. Occasional meetings in
London and home counties. Ongoing site development and infrastructure
enhancements. A mix of responsibilities is to be expected with concentration the
application support to start with, adding Linux system management tasks in due
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<b>Your Skills - Summary</b></span></font>
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Excellent Perl, in particular complete familiarity with MySQL connectivity from
it. Preferably proven track record in this on large/medium size Web sites.</span></font>
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Effective knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS</span></font>
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Linux, in particular Redhat. Ideally already running ES 3 or 4 on your own
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DBI with MySQL in a transaction processing environment</span></font>
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Web Skills </span></font>
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<b>In the first instance email your CV to Robert: </b>
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