Job Title: Web Developer/ Web Application Engineer
Location: Quedgeley, Gloucester
Salary: Negotiable (dependent on experience)
Job type: Full Time, 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday, some out of hours working will be required. This is an office and home-based role, applicants will be expected to attend the office for two days per week.
We are a Gloucester based eLearning company, with a team of people made up of Digital Creatives, Implementation / Training, IT, Sales and Marketing who all contribute to making the business one of the most positive, close-knit and friendly working environments in the industry.
We use emerging technologies, innovative design and industry-leading standards to create products and solutions, which are delivered to the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors. Some of the company’s customers include The Gaming Commission, Rapiscan, The Scottish Government and Sodexo, to name just a few.
Applicants must be based in the UK, Learning Nexus is not interviewing overseas candidates at this time.
The successful candidate will possess 2+ years’ experience of:
- Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP system administration
- LAMP server troubleshooting and performance tuning
- Web hosting control panels including WHM/cPanel and Plesk
- Web application installation and maintenance
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Planning, testing and performing the installation, upgrading and migration of Moodle / Totara LMS web applications
- Maintaining and supporting the web hosting infrastructure
- Troubleshooting, root cause analysis and problem solving, including performance optimisation
- Performance and vulnerability testing of new and existing systems
- Developing and advising on the web hosting strategy
- Providing mentoring for other team members
Non-Technical Skills:
- The ability to identify and highlight risks and to suggest mitigations steps
- Sound knowledge and awareness of information security and data protection
- Problem-solving – application of logical and effective problem-solving approaches
- Analysis skills – ability to produce insightful analysis to aid business decisions
- Good communication skills
Highly Desirable Technical Skills:
- Moodle / Totara LMS installation, upgrading and troubleshooting
- AWS / Azure or other cloud hosting platform
Desirable Technical Skills:
- Windows Server, IIS, ASP/ASP.NET system
- PostgreSQL system administration
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Web Application, Web Hosting, LAMP, Linux, CloudLinux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, cPanel, Plesk, Moodle, Totara may also be considered for this role.
