2014-05-01

Reference: 

http://www.digitalsherpa.com/about/career_view/php-developer-enterprise-level-database-architect/

Job Type: 

Full-time

Category: 

Student

Location: 

Norcorss, GA

Qualifications / Job Description: 

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The Technology Department of a Norcross based social media marketing firm, DigitalSherpa, is looking for a hybrid PHP developer/DBA that is 50% PHP developer and 50% Enterprise Level DBA. This is an incredible opportunity to get in on something big on the ground floor. You’ll have the opportunity to solve problems to questions that you would not normally get a chance to at an non-startup. We need someone who has a strong background with building, architecting, and re-engineering databases on an enterprise level as well as who can also code in PHP. This is a role where someone will have to wear multiple hats and be able to jump in where necessary.

 Job responsibilities include:

Architect Database Structure of Enterprise Level PHP applications built atop MySQL

Ability to read someone else’s PHP code and code fix’s if necessary

Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle

Own projects and take responsibility for meeting project timelines

Understand Wordpress Database Structure for both single install and multiple site installations

Understanding of the business purpose of analytics and ability to build analytics applications to provide reporting features to management

Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services

Experience in common third-party APIs (especially social media API’s - twitter, facebook, pinterest)

Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

Relevant web protocols/environments include but are not limited to: Skills / Priority (1-5)

MySQL / 5

PHP / 5

Scripting (Bash, Powershell) - 5

Linux, UNIX (LAMP) / 5

WordPress Backend Knowledge / 4

Knowledge of big data trends (Hadoop, MapReduce, MongoDB, NoSQL) / 4

JavaScript, Jquery, CSS / 3

Understanding of data structure for Mobile Development / 3

Work as part of a team that wears many hats

1 to 5 years of PHP development experience

1 to 5 years UNIX Experience – Ability to manage UNIXservers

2 to 5 years SQL Experience – Ability to setup and architect SQL

Understanding of Wordpress backend structure (How the Database works, the setup of Multisite, etc.)

Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX etc

 Minimum Requirements

 If you have any questions please feel free to contact Usman Shahid at usman [at] digitalsherpa [dot] com or by calling him at 800-354-0234 ext 2010.

About the company:

Digital Sherpa is a cutting-edge content marketing startup that provides content marketing services for small and medium sized businesses. It is a startup that is owned by Network Communications, Inc. (best known for owning apartmentfinder.com). With over 90 employee’s DigitalSherpa has experienced amazing growth since its inception. We have a development team of three that handle development and technology projects for over 2,000 clients. Visit our website to learn more at www.DigitalSherpa.com.

Compensation: 

~50K

Duration: 

Permanent

How to Apply: 

Online at http://www.digitalsherpa.com/about/career_view/php-developer-enterprise-level-database-architect/
or
email Usman@DigitalSherpa.com

Start Date: 

May 1 2014

Openings: 

1

Company Name: 

DigitalSherpa

Contact Information: 

800-354-0234 ext 2010

Company Website: 

DigitalSherpa

Contact Name: 

Usman Shahid

Email: 

usman@digitalsherpa.com

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