[BNM] [OT] Relocating to London

[Alessandro De Maria]

Very interesting, but I am actually after millions of squid ;)

Thanks anyway

Alessandro De Maria
alessandro.demaria at gmail.com


On 3 Feb 2009, at 23:11, Steve Purkiss <steve at purkiss.com> wrote:

> See from your linkedin profile you're a linux sysadmin, this was
> posted earlier on the brighton linux group, thought it might be of
> interest. Not millions of squid, but surely better than moving back to
> London ;)
>
> ---8<---
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> == Job Description: ==
>
> We currently have a vacancy for a highly skilled Scalability Engineer/
> Senior Linux Systems Administrator (permanent), to be based at our
> offices in central Brighton, a stone's throw from Brighton station.
>
> The successful candidate will join a team of three existing Systems
> Administrators responsible for the management and upkeep of our live
> infrastructure, including around 75 servers, comprising of web,  
> database
> and email clusters. Our systems has 1.7 million users and handles 5
> million hits and 150,000 mail deliveries a day. They will also be
> involved in recommending and implementing technologies to improve
> scalability, performance, monitoring and reliability. The role will
> involve liaising with Customer Support and Development teams.
>
> == Skills Range: ==
>
> The successful candidate would ideally be experienced working with
> Ubuntu/Debian, Tomcat and MySQL in a large scale multi-tiered,
> multi-server J2EE web application, although experience of alternative
> technologies would be acceptable.
>
> They must also have experience of Apache, Exim, TCP/IP, network  
> security
> and scripting (shell and, ideally, one of Perl or Python). You should
> also have knowledge of working with large scale systems and modern
> techniques for horizontally scaling web applications, including data
> partitioning, caching strategies and distributed file storage systems.
>
> Additional consideration will be paid to candidates with knowledge of
> BGP and OSPF routing on Juniper (or Cisco) routers, VLANs, Xen, DNS
> using Bind and PowerDNS, IMAP using Dovecot, server monitoring using
> Nagios and Munin, Java, PHP, SSL and public key encryption, LDAP,  
> Linux
> virtual server, automatic server installation using debian-installer
> pre-seeding and puppet, Debian packaging and server hardware. This  
> is an
> excellent opportunity to learn any missing skills in an enterprise- 
> level
> setting.
>
> You need to be comfortable working in an environment of rapid
> development, within a multi-disciplined technical team, and be  
> expected
> to actively contribute to the evolution of working practices and
> processes.
>
> == Salary: ==
>
> 27K - 35K depending on experience.
>
> == About DB Education: ==
>
> DB Education Services Ltd is a leading provider of Learning Platforms
> for the UK Schools market and a supplier of software products to the
> Education and Local Authority market. See Products page for further
> details.
>
> We supply Regional Broadband Consortia (including the VLE contract for
> the leader in this market, LGfL), LA's and Schools across England and
> Wales.
>
> All products are designed and written from our base in Brighton, the
> UK's leading e-learning city, by a vastly experienced team of
> developers.
>
> DB designed the UK's first large scale Virtual Learning Environment
> (VLE), the first specialist Primary School Learning Platform for a LA
> (the much acclaimed Starz programme for Cambridgeshire LA) and now the
> first Learning Platform, DB Primary, designed solely for Primary
> Schools.
>
> == Additional Information: ==
>
> Previous applicants need not apply. Strictly no agencies please! We
> really do not recruit via agencies. No, really.
>
> == How to apply: ==
>
> If you feel you have the necessary qualities and skills
> then please email us your CV with a short covering letter (including
> salary expectations, and where you found this job advertisement) to
> jobs at dbeducation.co.uk.
> --->8---
>
> Steve Purkiss
>
> http://purkiss.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Alessandro De Maria
> <alessandro.demaria at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been living in Brighton for 3 years, but now London  
>> (especially
>> job-wise) is calling.
>> Where would you advice me to relocate?
>> I would like to be somewhere at the same level of Brighton, where  
>> it is nice
>> to live and there is a good night life.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Alessandro
>>
>>
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>> alessandro.demaria at gmail.com
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