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LAMP Systems Administrator (onsite), Macclesfield, UK

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LAMP Systems Administrator (onsite), Macclesfield, UK
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Posted: May 18, 2012

Job title: LAMP Systems Administrator

Company name: SpareRoom.co.uk

Location: Macclesfield, UK

Pay rate: £30k plus dependent on experience

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
SpareRoom.co.uk is the UK's leading Flatshare website and is growing fast. 
With over 2 million visits per month we have high traffic but the site is
owner managed and run by a small friendly team from our offices in
Macclesfield.  We are looking for an experienced Sys Admin to join the
team.

Responsibilities:
* Ongoing monitoring and maintenance of remote CentOS servers
* Revising and formulating backup procedures
* Plan, test and carry out software upgrades
* Maintain and enhance system security
* Capacity planning and testing
* Develop and maintain processes, tools and documentation for effective 
systems administration
* Participate in the evaluation of new software, hardware, and 
infrastructure solutions

Essential qualities:
* Ability to work as part of a small team
* An understanding of the importance of uptime for a busy web site
* Attention to detail
* Good communication skills
* Must be prepared, on occasion, to work non-standard hours, including 
weekends, early mornings or late nights.

Required skills:
Required skills:
* Linux (preferably CentOS or Redhat)
* Apache
* Nginx
* MySQL
* NFS
* Knowledge of security systems and practices
* Monitoring and maintenance procedures
* Perl scripting

Desired skills:
Desirable skills:
* Experience of clustered and high availability systems
* Munin experience
* Mac OS X experience

Website for more information: http://www.SpareRoom.co.uk

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/16008#contact



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