Job offered: Programming and Systems Administration Manager

Type: Full-time
Location: Galway, Ireland

Progressive e-learning company is seeking an individual to manage both the Programming (80%) and Systems Administration (20%) teams.
This person will help to further develop a world-leading website for online education and training.

Primary duties:

  1. Managing and developing new tools and applications for the company’s e-leaning portal, in cooperation with the Design and Multimedia department.
  2. Maintenance and upgrading of existing applications.
  3. Oversee technical support.
  4. Generate a weekly report of all IT activities within the company.

As a key part of a small team, the successful candidate will have a wide range of responsibilities: from extending the capabilities of our IT architecture (Moodle, PHP, MySQL, Apache), to high-end application development and general systems administration/network management as well as problem-solving skills.

The successful candidate will have a similarly wide range of experience in managing teams, systems architecture, software development and network administration.

The successful candidate will have at least two years experience of developing Web-based applications using PHP/MySQL and of working as part of a team. They should be extremely proficient implementing page layouts using HTML and CSS, with excellent attention to detail and a commitment to high quality work alongside the Design and Multimedia department.

Any experience of developing social networking features for Web 2.0 type sites (e.g. Facebook, YouTube) would provide any suitable candidate with an advantage.

The successful candidate will have previously held a leadership role within a Web Programming team, and preferably a Software Management position for at least two years. All candidates must possess at least ten years experience in the IT industry.

Skills Required: PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, LMS (Moodle preferred), Windows 2003 Server.

Experience Required: 10 Years IT Industry, 2 Years in a Software Development Leadership role

Education Required: Degree

Job Type: Permanent Full-Time

Start Date: Immediate


Entry added by fasta stafa - 30 Mar 2009
Last updated - 30 Mar 2009