[Gllug] Job Advert(s) - Sr. Linux Sys Admin + Sr. Perl/Linux roles (1 Home based)

[Leigh Mathieson]

1) 1X Good Middleweight to Senior Linux Sys Admin, Surbiton (London/Surrey 										border) To £40K

2) 3X Senior Perl/Linux Developer roles

		i)  Established ISP, Middlesex (£45K) & Oxford (£52K Sal) + Bens 

		ii) VERY exciting start-up  Home Based/London (To £45K + shares)
	       ('New-School' On-line Data Storage Co! - Very Good opportunity)

More details below.. full details on receipt of CV. 

Thanks for your time,
Leigh

Leigh Mathieson
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
leigh.mathieson at pro-quest.co.uk
Tel - 0161 234 0064


1)
Linux Systems Administrator required!

XXXXXXXXXX are a specialist consulting company, currently seeking intelligent Linux Systems Administrators to support one of our Financial Services clients. The successful Linux Systems Administrator will have the opportunity to work within a stimulating environment, but also to extend your skills into Linux/Oracle database clusters, and onwards into the consulting market.

For those with the aptitude and desire, the opportunity is there to develop the role towards a full consulting position. Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal skills, a sense of humour, and a huge will to learn. You will also be a voracious problem solver!

Technically, you will have the following skills:
* Strong shell scripting (ksh/bash essential, perl a bonus)
* Strong operational and administrative knowledge of Apache, JBOSS, Tomcat and MySQL
* Any Oracle experience an advantage
* Strong networking knowledge from a Linux perspective
* Reasonable knowledge of networking in general
* Any clusters experience an advantage
* Exposure to SAN infrastructure (fabrics) and EMC Clariion an advantage
* 3+ years Linux/UNIX administration experience, demonstrable knowledge level

In addition, you should:
* Currently live within a one hour commute of the Kingston-upon-Thames/Tolworth area
* Hold a current UK driving license
* Possess unrestricted authorisation to work in UK
* Have experience liaising with external vendors and logging support calls
* Take great pride in the standard of your work
* Be highly self-motivated and able to work with the minimum of supervision
* Have a naturally proactive nature
* Take ownership and deliver results
* Have good knowledge of Open Source packages
* Be standards-driven
* Be a strong believer in automation
* Possess excellent communication skills

Yourdaily duties would be to ensure the smooth operation of two distinct sets of Linux servers - one that powers a mission-critical B2B webapplication, and the other that runs as an Oracle database cluster.

Included in this are:
* Maintaining a secure environment
* Support 24/7 operations, including an on-call rota
* Capable of following change control and documentation standards
* Management of product interdependencies and support/certification matrices
* Maintenance and develeopment of comprehensive monitoring infrastructure
* Pro-active monitoring of all systems
* Capacity planning reporting and trend analysis
*Management of exisiting 'Standard Build' policies, including review and testing of new releases and producing modified build environment including all tested and certified products
* Replacement and rebuild of failed servers
* First line review of bugs and crashes
* Preparation, logging and follow-up of support calls
* Installation and maintenance of hardware
* Support for corporate software releases

This role is a terrific opportunity for the right candidate to jump to the next level



2) 	i) Market Leading ISP with offices based in Middlesex, London and Oxford require 2 Senior Perl / Linux / MySQL Developers to work on several highly complex development systems problems to do with Hosting & ISP related Services. Our Client employs some of best Perl / Open Source enthusiasts so you will be surrounded by like-minded and very able Developers employing some of the best working practices and latest technologies in a solid Corporate style (but extremely flexible to encourage new ideas and creativity!) environment including use of all the latest technologies (AJAX.. Web2.0 etc..)



	ii) VERY exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced SENIOR Perl Developer / Guru to become involved with an Advanced on-line Data Storage Company! - You WILL have heard of the all the hype surrounding one of these ventures BUT my Client has an added business idea which will set this Company aside from the rest! This is your chance to be involved from start-up! Cash + Shares..  Home based is fine initially however you'll need to be accessible to London for the inevitable meetings once/twice every couple of weeks. Full back-end architecture & development of complex systems. Perl on Linux & MySql. You will probably be familiar with: DBI versioning control systems (CVS / Subversion) Template Toolkit SOAP mod_perl OO Perl Test Driven Development JavaScript XML etc.. 
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