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From: Simon Hay <simon(a)fireflysolutions.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:02:30 +0100
Subject: Small business seeks graduating members...
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Hi,
We're a small business started by a couple of former Oxford CompSoc committee members looking to hire like-minded people. Would you do us a favour by passing this email on to anyone you know who might be interested?
Very many thanks in advance for your help,
Simon
Partner, Firefly Solutions
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Graduating this year? Want a job? We're hiring.
A couple of years ago, we were both members of CompSoc at Oxford; now we're looking for like-minded people to help us grow the software business we started.
At Firefly Solutions, we develop and support our own content management system, with an education focus. Schools use our system to manage their websites, intranets and learning platforms, helping their community of teachers, parents and pupils communicate and share news, work, revision help, administrative information and more. You can find out more about us at http://fireflysolutions.co.uk
We're a small but dedicated team, which we means we can stay close to our clients and develop and improve our products very quickly to meet their needs. It also means you'll get great exposure to all of the things we do — customer support, training, development, marketing and selling — in a fast growing business. We're looking for someone who can tick a number of these boxes — pay and hours (full or part time) will depend on how many you can tick! More details are at http://fireflysolutions.co.uk/blog/work-for-firefly.
Most importantly, we're looking for someone friendly, enthusiastic and good at learning. We're based in London, though there'll be opportunities to travel. The start date's flexible, too, but we'd like to hear from you initially by the end of June.
If you don't fancy the milk round and feel you could make a difference in a small business, please get in touch for an informal chat. We dislike online job application systems as much as you do, so just send us a CV with a covering e-mail to hi(a)fireflysolutions.co.uk
Thanks!
Joe and Simon
Partners, Firefly Solutions
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Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/
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Hi,
Here's a job advert for a local company. The recruiter says:
"I have attached the job spec, the salary is around the £45,000 makr,
with bonus, benefits and Stock options.
They are based in Oxford and only take academics but will consider 2:2 or
thirds.
Please put my email: d.williams(a)vertex-solutions.co.uk or my tele number:
01442 209 056."
Linux Senior Systems Administrator
We provide state-of-the-art products and services that support our
customers in deploying and managing enterprise-level XML and XBRL filing
solutions for millions of individual and corporate filers. Our Systems
Administrators work with internal clients and, from time to time, with
external clients.
You will be working with an existing team in the administration of our
office software and hardware, including a number of co-located Linux
servers. Additional offices both at home and overseas also require access
to our LAN and telephone systems.
Systems Administration is a service provided for the benefit of the rest of
the company, your clients. You will report to the Head of Client Services
and be expected to look to take on further responsibility and show
leadership and initiative. You should have at least two years. relevant
experience.
You will have:
• Excellent academic qualifications - 1st or 2:1 from one of the world's
top 500 universities
• A degree in a numerate or scientific subject
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Solid problem-solving skills, supported by a logical, methodical and
thorough approach to implementation
• A keen eye for quality and continual process improvement
• The ability to pick up new concepts and technologies quickly
• Good time management
• Ability to juggle many different tasks for many different people
• Management experience and/or a demonstrable desire to take on team
leadership roles and, going-forward, direct the group
Technical skills:
• Familiarity with one or more of the following languages: C, Java,
Python, Perl, C#
• Excellent, in-depth knowledge of Linux including Debian and Fedora
distributions
• Experience of Apache 2, Asterisk, Exim, Dovecot, LDAP, Samba,
Asterix/VoIP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Subversion, Windows server
management, SQL Server management
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Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/
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