[BNM] [OT] Relocating to London

[Alan Newman]

Can't you commute from Brighton?

It can be quicker than crossing London in the morning.

- Alan

On 3 Feb 2009, at 23:16, Alessandro De Maria wrote:

> 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<---
>> Please make sure you reply to jobs at dbeducation.co.uk and not to the
>> list.
>>
>> == 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
>>> Niccolo Machiavelli - Whosoever desires constant success must
>>> change his
>>> conduct with the times.
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