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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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Technology - Auction Site</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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Technology - Other Sites</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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Company Objectives</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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Current Requirement</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 course.</span></font>
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Your Skills - Summary</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 machine.
Plus Apache configuration.</span></font>
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Your Skills - Detail</span></font>
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Perl application programming</span></font>
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CGI</span></font>
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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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HTML/XHTML</span></font>
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AJAX</span></font>
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Linux systems management (RedHat) including:</span></font>
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HA failover</span></font>
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NFS</span></font>
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System startup/shutdown</span></font>
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Task scheduling</span></font>
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Apache Configuration</span></font>
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CPAN (Installation and use of modules)</span></font>
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NAGIOS</span></font>
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MySQL server set-up</span></font>
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With slave server</span></font>
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Multiple server instances</span></font>
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Some 'C' might be useful</span></font>
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Installation of open source software</span></font>
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To Apply</span></font>
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In the first instance email your CV to Robert: robertb@1st-interactive.com</span></font>
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Stating your availability and salary expectations.</span></font>
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