This job landed in my inbox from the uknot-jobs mailing list – reposting here in case it is of interest to anyone.
Location: Reading or Edinburgh
Salary: c£26,000 to £32,000 per annum
Key Technologies: Object Orientated PHP5, HTML5, SQL (MySQL), CSS3, JavaScript (jQuery, JSON), SVN
The Information Systems team develop web applications to make powering 8 data centres with capacity for over 30,000 servers as easy as possible. The tools you develop enable us to support our customers quickly and easily. Whether these are ticketing systems, monitoring platforms, integration with new technologies such as VMware or storage systems or our customer facing portals, they are used constantly throughout the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the lead on specific new information system projects
- Continual improvement of existing systems to further support the business (implementing bug and new feature requests)
- Build proof of concept systems, translating the requirements into a design
- Provide system release support for the smooth transition from development into the live environment
- Provide guidance on use of tools and systems to other departments
- Identify and suggest improvements to existing tools, systems and processes
- Identify emerging technologies and understand how to best utilise them for the business
Skills/Experience/ Education:
- You will need to be an experienced Object Orientated PHP Developer
- Demonstrate practical knowledge and excellent problem solving skills
- Be able to work on his/her own initiative
- Have a strong desire to learn and apply new technologies and skills
- Ideally a degree in computer science or a related discipline (or other relevant commercial experience)
We would welcome seeing some code of previous work and projects. This may constitute work from a commercial role or personal projects.
Applications to steve.wright@pulsant.com.