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A unique opportunity has arisen for a Web Systems Manager to join a highly successful web based business that has had a recent implementation of Magento 2012. The business has grown from strength to strength over the last year and now has 5 major websites and brands. The role requires a wide breath of technical IT knowledge, as you will be providing some systems support, but predominantly on Magento usage (not programming), having a strong analytical background and can process data to dev teams and to improve web site and systems performance.

This Web Systems Manager role will either suit a graduate who is looking to develop their expertise in a business who has a strong IT and analytical background, or a professional with strong systems background and some eCommerce experience.

Key Skills:
- Strong background in IT systems.
- Some web, dev, scripting experience
- Analytical background

Desirable:
- Magento
- eCommerce
- Operations

If you are keen to progress as a Web Systems Manager in a niche role with an opportunity to learn an be trained in a rapidly growing web based environment, then please apply to be immediately considered.

Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist - £28-35k
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My client is a household brand and offers some great benefits, career progression and the opportunity to learn new cutting edge technologies.

As a lead developer you will be responsible for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA. You will provide day to day management of your team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.

My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location.

As one of the lead developers you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;

-Solid experience of java/j2ee development in a SOA environment
-Web Services (SOAP)
-Oracle/ MySQL
-Tools (CVS, Subversion, Ant, Maven, Cruise Control and Eclipse)
-Application Server environments
-RUP-UML and agile


The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the 4 development teams.

Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.

In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role.


For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com

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As a senior developer you will be responsible for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA. You will provide day to day management of a junior team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet applications and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.

My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location coupled with great benefits.

As an important addition to the development team you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;

-Solid experience of java/j2ee development in a SOA environment
- Server side development
-Oracle/ MySQL
-Spring and Hibernate
- Experience with web technologies

Desirable;
-EJB (Seam Framework)
-JavaScript

The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. You will be an all rounder. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the java development team.

Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.

In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role including an 8% pension contribution despite what you contribute.


For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com
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As the Development Manager you will be responsible for leading and directing a technical team of Java/JEE developers and leads; ensures the effective delivery of Technology changes through co-ordination and management of people and other resources within their technology domain.

As one of the Development Manager your duties will be to;

-Directs the team to ensure delivery of all activities and services to time, cost and quality
-Owns standards, processes, procedures, tools and KPIs for technology domain
-Manages risks and issues, escalations and exceptions
-Interprets complex data and makes appropriate recommendations
-Works with other Technology functional areas to refine technical strategy and ensure plans are in line with the operational and strategic requirements
-Provides technical leadership in projects and represents Technology in cross-functional teams
-Inputs into the overall Technology strategy, acting as the lead / SME for their technology domain

To be considered for this role you will have the experience in the following;

-Strong technical individual who is able to manage teams, preferably from a development background.
-Preferably previous experience in a development role.
-Good understanding of SOA (Service Orientated Architecture) and/or web services.
-A breadth of technical knowledge and an understanding of the market and economic context
-Proven ability to quickly extract the defining characteristics of a new technology
-Awareness of operational, organisational and people challenges as well as technology
-Proven experience of managing technical projects and teams
-Detailed knowledge of core business and technical processes
-Experience in managing development activities working on large projects being delivered to tight timescales
-Strong technical background in J2EE development

My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location.
The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the 4 development teams.
Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client this week.

In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role.

For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com
Java J2ee SOA
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A fantastic opportunity has arisen at a global technical consultancy for a Microsoft Technical Architect to work on cutting edge projects. Many of the projects are with investment banks and large corporate banks and this position offers responsibility to deliver highly technical solutions. This company has several offices throughout the UK and is part of a Worldwide group. They are exceeding 2011 targets and well on track for another successful year and so provide a stable, positive and progressive environment to enhance your career.

As a Technical Architect you will liaise with 3rd parties to ensure that business objectives are met through technical design and delivery. You will also layout the coding guidelines for development and monitor code and ensure it adheres to coding standards. The current team are using C# and .NET4 however they also use BizTalk so knowledge of this would be a distinct advantage.

There may be some travel involved in the role due to the nature of the company however you will be working with blue chip clients.
We are looking for
• MS Technology stack
• Experience as a solution architect on a large programme.
• Strong .NET solution architecture skills.
• Exposure to Biztalk.
• Exposure to large volume system integration
• Experience of Solution integration of the CREST system into PRISM.
• Ideally understanding and experience working with Microsoft Composite Application Block (CAB) framework

Microsoft Technical Architect – London - £65-70k - .Net, C#, BizTalk

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Austin Fraser is proud to be representing one of the UK\'s leading Managed Services clients in search of 3rd Line MS Support Engineer. The Customer Engineer will focus on providing technical phone support to our customer base. This includes answering incoming problem calls, collecting and tracking information and details of the problem, trying to resolve the issues and escalating the calls to advanced personnel if necessary.
Required Skills

• Must have good working knowledge of Windows OS
• Linux skills are a plus, but not required
• Technical degree is a plus, but not required
• Multi-lingual skills are a strong plus
• Strong customer relations skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Multi-task capable with strong time management skills
• Technical experience in the following areas is required.

o Customer support – requirement
o Mastery level knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating system and its components. This includes troubleshooting via the event logs, understanding how to acquire crash dumps and application dumps, making registry changes, understanding windows firewall, and must be familiar with using and troubleshooting VSS.
o Networking and troubleshooting connectivity, name resolution, and performance based issues with O S and/or hardware.
o Strong understanding of Windows clusters, with installing and configuring software.

• Technical experience in any of the following areas is needed.

o Virtualization, specializing in VMWare knowledge of Hyper-V, and Xen is a plus (not required)
o Experience in snapshot capable hardware, such as EMC, HDS, or NetApp with VSS being a primary component.
o Specializing in NetApp hardware and OS, working with features such as SnapMirror and SnapVault
o Understanding of replication technology and familiarity with other products such as DoubleTake, Veritas Volume Replicator, or any other server-based replication product.
o Understanding of data archiving solutions and HSM technology.
o Familiarity with EMC Celerra and Equalogic platforms a plus.

• Previous Experience with Backup software such as Veritas, Arcserve, or Legato.
• Understanding of backup theory and design.

Please send me your up to date CV and contact details for immediate consideration. Apply for this job]]>
Austin Fraser are proud to be representing on the the UK\'s fastest growing Managed Services clients to find a 3rd Line messaging Specialist.

The Customer Engineer will focus on providing technical phone support to our customer base. This includes answering incoming problem calls, collecting and tracking information and details of the problem, trying to resolve the issues and escalating the calls to advanced personnel if necessary.
Required Skills

• Must have good working knowledge of Windows OS
• Technical degree is a plus, but not required
• Multi-lingual skills are a strong plus
Strong customer relations skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Multi-task capable with strong time management skills

• Technical experience in the following areas is required.

o Mastery level knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating system and its components. This includes troubleshooting via the event logs, understanding how to acquire crash dumps and application dumps, making registry changes, understanding windows firewall, and must be familiar with using and troubleshooting VSS.
o Networking and troubleshooting connectivity, name resolution, and performance based issues with OS and/or hardware.
o Strong understanding of Windows clusters, with installing and configuring software.

• Technical experience in any of the following areas is needed.

o Mastery of Exchange, 2003-2010 administration and troubleshooting.
o Mastery of Microsoft SQL, 2005-2008 administration and troubleshooting.
o Mastery of Microsoft SharePoint, 2003-2010 administration and troubleshooting
OR
o Mastery of Lotus Notes, 2003-2010 administration and troubleshooting

o Strong understanding of NetApp SnapManager for Exchange
o Strong understanding of NetApp SnapManager for SQL
• Previous Experience with Backup software such as Veritas, Arcserve, or Legato.
• PreviousExperience with Message Level archiving products is a strong plus
• Understanding of backup theory and design.

Please send me your up to date CV nd contact details for immediate consideration. Apply for this job]]>
Austin Fraser are proud to be representing one of the UK\'s fastest growing Managed Services clients to find an experienced 3rd Line Unix Engineer.

The Customer Engineer will focus on providing technical phone support to our customer base. This includes answering incoming problem calls, collecting and tracking information and details of the problem, trying to resolve the issues and escalating the calls to advanced personnel if necessary.
Required Skills

• Must have expert knowledge of Unix-based Operating Systems
• Windows Operating System proficiency is required
• Technical degree is a plus, but not required
• Multi-lingual skills are a strong plus
• Strong customer relations skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Multi-task capable with strong time management skills

Technical experience in the following areas is required.

o Mastery level knowledge of Unix/Linux operating system and its components. This includes troubleshooting via the logs, understanding how to acquire crash dumps and application dumps, network transport optimization, and understanding firewall configurations.
o Understanding of at least two of the following is expected.
 Solaris
 HPUX
 AIX
 RedHat
 SuSe
 Windows Server
o Strong understanding of Unix Command Line
o Networking and troubleshooting connectivity, name resolution, and performance based issues with OS and/or hardware.
o Strong understanding of Unix/Linux clusters, with installing and configuring software.
o Strong understanding of Unix device management (tape and disk)
o Knowledge of system recovery methods such as NIM(AIX), Jumpstart (Solaris), and/or Ignite (HPUX)

• Technical experience in any of the following areas is needed:

o Strong understanding of Oracle and RMan
o Strong understanding of SAP Oracle & MAXDB
Strong understanding of Lotus Notes for Unix
o Understanding of DB2, Sybase, Informix, and MySQL
o Understanding of data archiving solutions and HSM technology on Unix/Linux.
o Familiarity with EMC Celerra and NTAP platforms a plus.
o Specializing in snapshot capable hardware, such as EMC, HDS, or NetApp managed by the Unix/Linux OS
o Specializing in NetApp hardware and OS, working with features such as SnapMirror and SnapVault with Unix/Linux clients.
o Understanding of Unix/Linux replication technology and familiarity with other products such as Veritas Volume Replicator, EMC Replication Manager, or any other replication product

• Previous Experience with Backup software such as Veritas, Arcserve, or Legato.
• Understanding of backup theory and design.
• Understanding of HSM theory and design.

Please Send me your up to date CV and contact details for immediate consideration. Apply for this job]]>
To be considered, the ideal applicant must have worke in SAP for 6 years with exposure to MRO. In addition, they must have worked across 3+ FULL project life cycles. Due to the business critical nature of this role the candidate must have excellent communication skills as senior level contact is required.

The candidate must also be UK mainland based.

As a professional company we gladly welcome applications from persons of any age and background and do not intend to discriminate with advert text and terminology

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An opportunity has arisen at one of Britain’s top financial trading organisations. Set in luxury London offices with a view of Tower Bridge outside your window, this role will suit a talented and passionate PHP developer. You will be responsible for new projects including overhauling the website and sustaining a management system built on the Zend framework.

You must have
• At least two years of commercial PHP experience
• Work within Zend or a similar MVC Framework
• A first or 2:1 Degree
• Experience of holding senior positions in the past.

Current projects are being put on hold until the position is filled as the new developer will have a say in the way the development in the company will take shape. Interviews are provisionally booked for next week so if you are interested then apply now. The salary for this PHP Developer position is 35k to 45k dependant on experience.
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Austin Fraser are working with one of their top clients based in Bristol. This is a really exciting opportunity for a Juniper Engineer.

My client are looking for good Juniper Specialists to join their company in Bristol. You should have a wealth of experience in Juniper.

You need to be Juniper certified to JNCIE Level as well as having good experience.

Key Skills:
-JNCIE-SP
-JNCIE-ENT
-JNCIE-SEC
-Juniper SRX
-Juniper Routers

My client are looking for Juniper Specialists who can work independently and has very good Juniper experience. This is a very good opportunity for someone to work within a great company in a long term contract.

Please send me your CV for more information.

Austin Fraser Ltd is acting as an employment business in relation to this advert. As a professional company we gladly welcome applications from persons of any age and background and do not intend to discriminate with advert text and terminology. Apply for this job]]>
Austin Fraser are proud to be representing one of the UK\'s leading companies based in Hook Hampshire. We are Actively looking for Support Analysts to join the expansion of the Portal team.

Department Overview

Provision of the core customer facing IT services fault fixing, change implementation, project contribution. Services will be provided in a customer focused manner, following agreed best practice and governance processes.

Principle Responsibilities

- Analysis, diagnosis and resolving faults in specific area of technical expertise.
- 2nd and 3rd Line support of external groups ensuring clear handover.
- Implements minor, non project change, interprets customer requirements, designs and documents change as required.
- Executes allocated project tasks, typically hardware and software issues.
- Contributes to route cause analysis and trend analysis.

Required experience and skills ;

- Apache, Tomcat, Unix, Solaris.
- Able to assimilate, interpret and apply a range of different technical or business inputs.
- Technical skills, training or qualifications in chosen technical area.
- Governance processes and how to apply them.

This is an immediate opportunity. Please send me your up to date CV and contact details for immediate consideration. Apply for this job]]>
Austin Fraser are proud to be representing one of the UK\'s leading companies based in Hook Hampshire. We are Actively looking for Support Analysts to join the expansion of the Middleware team.

Department Overview

Provision of the core customer facing IT services fault fixing, change implementation, project contribution. Services will be provided in a customer focused manner, following agreed best practice and governance processes.

Principle Responsibilities

- Analysis, diagnosis and resolving faults in specific area of technical expertise.
- 2nd and 3rd Line support of external groups ensuring clear handover.
- Implements minor, non project change, interprets customer requirements, designs and documents change as required.
- Executes allocated project tasks, typically hardware and software issues.
- Contributes to route cause analysis and trend analysis.

Required experience and skills ;

- Jboss, Weblogic, Websphere, tibco.
- Able to assimilate, interpret and apply a range of different technical or business inputs.
- Technical skills, training or qualifications in chosen technical area.
- Governance processes and how to apply them.

This is an immediate opportunity. Please send me your up to date CV and contact details for immediate consideration. Apply for this job]]>
Austin Fraser are proud to be representing a World Leading client based in Hook. We are looking for Technical Analysts to be based in the Portal team.

The key skills for this role will be ;

- Unix
- Solaris
- Linux
- Apache
- Tomcat
- Web Services
- Key project experience
- ITIL Beneficial
- Applications Support background ideal

Department Overview

Plans and delivers robust, flexible technical solutions in accordance with business requirements and IT solution designs. Supports those solutions in line with agreed SLAs. Provides technical expertise and guidance to key stakeholders and customers, both internal and external.

- Support of leadership in understanding the end to end customer journey and the impact of faults on the overall service.
- Actively promotes suggestions.
- Ensures the alignment of Software, Middleware, Hardware and networks within Projects.
- 3rd Line Support of Software and Applications.
- Governance Controls
- Application and Configuration backups.

Experience ;

- Subject matter expert
- Effective analysis and design skills
- Proven Systems Configuration skills
- Knowledge of relevant software and applications

Please send me your up to date CV for immediate consideration as this is a role that can interview within days and offer the right candidate on the spot.
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Austin Fraser are proud to be representing a World Leading client based in Hook. We are looking for Technical Analysts to be based in the Middleware team.

The key skills for this role will be ;

- Jboss
- Glassfish
- Websphere
- WebLogic
- Web Services
- Key project experience
- ITIL Beneficial
- Applications Support background ideal

Department Overview

Plans and delivers robust, flexible technical solutions in accordance with business requirements and IT solution designs. Supports those solutions in line with agreed SLAs. Provides technical expertise and guidance to key stakeholders and customers, both internal and external.

- Support of leadership in understanding the end to end customer journey and the impact of faults on the overall service.
- Actively promotes suggestions.
- Ensures the alignment of Software, Middleware, Hardware and networks within Projects.
- 3rd Line Support of Software and Applications.
- Governance Controls
- Application and Configuration backups.

Experience ;

- Subject matter expert
- Effective analysis and design skills
- Proven Systems Configuration skills
- Knowledge of relevant software and applications

Please send me your up to date CV for immediate consideration as this is a role that can interview within days and offer the right candidate on the spot. Apply for this job]]>
A fantastic opportunity has just arisen for a talented, experienced QA Tester to join my clients growing development team. The QA Tester will be working with blue chip clients on high profile projects within the media industry. The projects are seen by millions of people globally

The QA Tester will join a medium sized company with a passion for all things digital. The QA Tester will be able to get to the offices by car or public transport (5 minute walk from station).

To apply for the Quality Assurance position you will need

• Degree calibre in computer science or equivalent.
• A broad technical background with hands on experience of web systems and projects desirable.
• Strong software quality and/or engineering background to formal standards, ISEB (ISTQB) certified.
• Proven experience of planning, preparing, running and completing process based test activities within web development projects.
• Attention to detail, focused, good problem solver and creative thinker
• Strong communicator

To apply for the QA Tester position then please contact Austin Fraser

QA Tester – 30-35k – Berkshire, Quality Assurance, ISEB, ISTQB, Test, Tester, Testing

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Austin Fraser are working with one of their top clients based in Düsseldorf. This is a really exciting opportunity for a Support Engineer.

Your role:

This task includes Deployment and support of many enablers (on-line pricing, SSO, reporting, messaging (SMS, MMS), remote configuration of mobile devices, AAA, SOA bus) for various subsidiaries . These services are provided by the national companies both embedded (eg through Internet portals - purchase of ringtones, videos, music) as well as externally used (ie on different websites). The activities range from initial installation and integration over the maintenance of automatic monitoring, the daily support, troubleshooting and installation of updates to the decommissioning of individual services and Application Support / Application DBA.

Qualifications:
- Projects as a Support Engineer
- Fluent English
- Experience in 2nd level support
- Knowledge of (performance) tuning
- Experienced in dealing with ticketing systems (good sense of priorities and SLA\'s)
- Occasional on-call work - (possibly holidays, every 8-10 weeks for 1 week, Mon-Fri, 24)

Skills/Experience:

Experience with Java application servers (JBOSS specifically)
- UNIX skills - Good understanding of network communications via TCP / IP and the associated analysis tools (eg snoop, tcpdump, ethereal)
- Knowledge of Open SSO
- Experience in administration of the Apache Web server (2.xx)
- Good knowledge of SQL
- Basic knowledge of scripting languages ​​(Bash, Perl)
- Basic knowledge of Java
- Advantage: Charging / Rating knowledge - an advantage: knowledge of Nagios
- An advantage Knowledge of OpenSSO and LDAP
- Advantage: SOA (Tibco) knowledge
- Advantage: Experience in debugging of Java applications

Please send me your CV for more information.

Austin Fraser Ltd is acting as an employment business in relation to this advert. As a professional company we gladly welcome applications from persons of any age and background and do not intend to discriminate with advert text and terminology. Apply for this job]]>
Für einen unserer Kunden mit Sitz in Düsseldorf suchen wir eine(n) Support Engineer (m/w).

Ihre Aufgaben:

Die Aufgabe beinhaltet Deplyoment und Support von zahlreichen Enablern (Online-Preisbildung, SSO, Reporting, Messaging (SMS, MMS), Fernkonfiguration von Mobilgeräten, AAA, SOA Bus) für verschiedene Ländergesellschaften des Kunden. Diese Services werden von den Ländergesellschaften sowohl eingebettet (z.B. durch Internetportale - Kauf von Klingeltönen, Videos, Musik) als auch extern genutzt (z.B. auf verschiedenen Webseiten). Die Tätigkeit reicht von der ersten Installation und Integration über die Pflege der automatischen Überwachung, den täglichen Support, Fehleranalyse und Installation von Updates bis zur Außerbetriebnahme einzelner Services sowie Application Support / Application DBA.

Ihre Qualifikation:

- Referenzprojekte als Support Engineer
- fließendes Englisch in Wort und Schrift
- Erfahrungen im 2nd Level Support
- Kenntnisse im Bereich (Performance) Tuning
- geübt im Umgang mit Ticketsystemen (gutes Gefühl für Prioritäten und SLA`s)
- gelegentliche Rufbereitschaft, (gegebenenfalls auch an Feiertagen, alle 8-10 Wochen für 1 Woche, Mo-Mo, 24h)

Spezifische Kenntnisse:
- Erfahrung mit Java Applikationsservern (speziell JBOSS) - UNIX-Kenntnisse - gutes Versändnis für Netzwerkkommunikation per TCP/IP und den zugehörigen Analysetools (z.B.. snoop, tcpdump, ethereal)
- Kenntnisse im Bereich Open SSO
- Erfahrung in der Administration des Webservers Apache (2.x.x)
- gute SQL-Kenntnisse
- Grundlegende Kenntnisse in Scriptsprachen (Bash, Perl)
- Grundlegende Kenntnisse in Java
- von Vorteil: Charging/Rating Kenntnisse - von Vorteil: Nagios-Kenntnisse
- von Vorteil Kenntnisse in OpenSSO und LDAP
- von Vorteil: SOA(Tibco) Kenntnisse
- von Vorteil: Erfahrung im debuggen von Java-Applikationen

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Austin Fraser are working with one of their top clients based in Düsseldorf. This is a really exciting opportunity for a Support Engineer.

Responsibilities:
- Application Management / Deployment
- Configuration of Apache web servers (virtual hosts)
- Installation and configuration of Oracle Weblogic
- Troubleshooting and Stabilization
- Documentation

Skills
- Knowledge of Linux shell and shell scripting
- Knowledge in the areas of Apache and SQL Scripting
- Knowledge of Oracle Weblogic
- Subversion
- English skills (fluent in spoken and written)
- TCP / IP, network routing and Linux shell scripting for application troubleshooting

Please send me your CV for more information.

Austin Fraser Ltd is acting as an employment business in relation to this advert. As a professional company we gladly welcome applications from persons of any age and background and do not intend to discriminate with advert text and terminology. Apply for this job]]>
Für einen unserer Kunden mit Sitz in Düsseldorf suchen wir eine(n) Support Engineer (m/w).

Responsibilities:

- Applikationsmanagement / Deployment
- Konfiguration von Apache Webservern (virtual hosts)
- Installation und Konfiguration von Oracle Weblogic
- Troubleshooting und stabilization
- Dokumentation

Skills
- Kenntnisse im Bereich Linux shell und shell scripting
- Kenntnisse in den Bereichen Apache sowie SQL-Scripting
- Kenntnisse mit Oracle Weblogic
- Subversion
- Englischkenntnisse (fließend in Wort und Schrift)
- TCP/IP, network routing und Linux shell scripting for application troubleshooting

Bei Interesse senden Sie mir bitte Ihren Lebenslauf. Für Rückfragen stehe Ich Ihnen selbstverständlich gerne zur Verfügung.
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