Web Developer / Web Application Engineer

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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.