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PHP Developer (contract, locals only)
Web Hosting Administrator/Manager

PHP Developer

We're looking for a bright, experienced local (Santa Cruz county area) PHP developer to work with us on a variety of projects. Contract based to start (be sure to give us your rates), with potential for more work in the future if it's a good match. Great opportunity for someone with a wide variety of development skills and technical interests.

Experience Required

PHP

• 2+ years working with PHP
• MVC frameworks: CodeIgnitor (preferred), CakPHP, etc
• Blog engine, CMS and ecommerce solutions:
  WordPress, Expression Engine, Drupal, Joomla, B2Evolution, etc
  Magento, OSCommerce, or any other personal favorite
• Template engines: Smarty, etc
• Web services: json, rest, soap/xml api's: consuming and creating

MySQL

• 2+ years experience (the heavier the better)
• design, administration, writing raw SQL, performance tuning

HTML/CSS

• clean semantic markup
• tableless layouts
• clean cross-browser implementations
• efficient CSS design
• cleverness a plus

Javascript

• good knowledge of core javascript
• frameworks: jQuery (preferred), Mootools, Prototype, Dojo, etc.
• unobtrusive methodologies

Solid knowledge of a programming language other than PHP
Version control: SVN (preferred), CVS, Vault, etc.
Linux admin skills

About you

• Self-starter, solid work ethic, ability to work effectively with remote coworkers (via IM/phone)
• Background of solid application delivery, mission critical apps a plus
• Interested in web applications, design, subscription models
• Quick and driven learner, avid interest in new technologies
• Into more development methodologies than just what this job posting lists
• Willing to do what it takes to make deadlines, smart under pressure
• Good communicator, writing skills a plus
• Team player, looking for long-term growth

Pluses

Marketing, Customer Service abilities

Microsoft technologies

• C#
• ASP.NET: 2.x, 3.5, MVC
• SQL Server 2005/2008: TSQL, Stored Procs, performance tuning
• Web services (json, rest, soap), WCF, WWF

iPhone development: native iPhone/ObjectiveC, web-targeted apps, interaction/UI design. If you have something in the Apple store, let us know what it is.

Adobe AIR

• HTML/javascript based apps
• Heavy AJAX/JSON web services usage
• Sqlite and on/offline sync

Agile/Scrum methodologies
Adobe Flash/Flex experience
UI/graphic design skills, layouts

Send cover letter and resume to jobs(at)ihwy.com (principles only).

Web Hosting Administrator/Manager

Our web hosting business is expanding and we're looking for someone to help it grow. This is a great opportunity for a technical person with some entrepreneurial spirit. You will streamline sysadmin tasks, develop new hosting services to offer customers and will be involved in the creation of new self-serve web hosting applications.

You must have in-depth experience managing Windows and Linux web networks. Strong Operational/Management and communication skills are a must. You will be working with numerous remote contacts. At times your role will be very visible: you will be trusted with representing the hosting side of our business. You may be called upon to expand the hosting department.

You will also be responsible for our office LAN, and be involved in selection, purchase, installation and support of new LAN software/hardware. Our office is in Boulder Creek, CA, with additional web hosting machines located elsewhere.

This position may start as part-time, but you will also be expected to be able to be on-call (ie at 3am) in emergencies. Work will be both in-office and telecommute.

Required experience:

• 2+ years managing Windows and web-server Linux networks and server applications
• Sysadmin scripting skills
• Proven troubleshooting skills
• Proven operational/management skills

Big pluses:

• Experience in the web hosting business
• Experience with administration of: Helm (or other hosting control panel apps), SmarterMail, SendMail, Mailman, MS SQL Server, MySQL, ASP.NET, Cold Fusion, PHP
• Software/Web development experience: ASP.NET (C#, VB.NET), Cold Fusion, PHP
• Configuration Management experience
• Firewall, cluster, load balancer configuration experience
• Contract review/negotiation experience

Send cover letter and resume to jobs(at)ihwy.com (principles only).