Perl Programmer - Anti-Virus company, Oxfordshire, Abingdon

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Posted: January 27, 2005

Job title: Perl Programmer - Anti-Virus company

Company name: Sophos Plc

Internal ID: WUK262

Location: Oxfordshire, Abingdon

Pay rate: £25k-£30k + bonus and benefits

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Description:
Role
As a Perl Programmer, you will help develop Sophos's multilingual websites
in Object Oriented Perl. You will also be responsible for developing and
maintaining our website build and deployment systems. In addition to these
programming tasks, you will be expected to take the lead in tackling any
problems with our web applications during business hours and to work
closely with our IT department to diagnose and fix rapidly any problems
that affect website availability.

We require two Perl Programmers, one each for the Web department's
Frontline and Applications Teams. These position offer excellent
opportunities for career and skills progression, as well as the chance to
join a talented team of experienced developers. If you are passionate about
programming, then this is an excellent opportunity to develop your career
in an industry-leading company.

Both positions are based at our headquarters in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Main duties
Develop new projects using OO Perl and Apache/mod_perl
Rapidly diagnose and fix problems within existing code
Take the lead in troubleshooting website issues as they arise

Required skills:
Experience and skills
You will be an experienced programmer with specific expertise in writing
web applications in Object Oriented Perl. You will also have experience of
working with and troubleshooting our core web technologies of Perl, Apache,
mod_perl and Unix. We expect you will be a natural multi-tasker with the
communication skills that are necessary to work closely with members of
other departments.

Essential:

Experience writing web applications in Object Oriented Perl
mod_perl
Apache configuration
Unix, preferably FreeBSD
Excellent troubleshooting skills


Desired skills:
Desirable:

Template Toolkit
CVS


Contact information:
Please e-mail a Cv and covering letter to careers.DeleteThis@sophos.com