Two Perl Developers needed in Town and Country

[Tripp]

Need two Perl developers to join our existing team of two. I am the hiring manager.

 

We are building automation tools for our Hosting Operations center. 50% web front end and 50% automation backend framework. We're using Mojolicious & MySQL for the web front end pieces.

 

Job description below. Please email me at tripp.d...@savvis.net with resume/questions.

 

• Position Objectives:

• Increase the efficiency of Operations through automating the response to alerts and repetitive tasks.

• Essential Duties:

• Develop software to increase efficiency of Operations Staff including

• Centralized automation tools
• Scripts that are deployed and executed on servers as part of automated solutions

• Work with IT staff on automation integration points with IT systems including Ticketing, Billing, Event Management, etc
• Work with Operations staff to determine Automation Opportunities
• Document and provide training to end users on automation tools
• Document architecture and other software development documentation for automation tools.

• Key characteristics:

• Intellectual curiosity.  This is paramount.  People who require strict work boundaries and/or prefer to focus within a single technical domain are not a good fit.  
• Energetic team member and natural leader.  We are looking for someone with passion and personality who loves a challenge.  This person has strong engineering instincts and can sense risks while navigating towards solutions.
• Ability to see the bigger picture.  This person will understand the connections among all elements of a solution.  They will help others see how their systems and related decisions connect to the bigger picture and affect success.
• Excellent communication skills.  This person is an active listener and fully engaged communicator.  S/he will plug into projects and not wait for questions to be packaged up and delivered - but will actively participate in the ongoing dialogue of the project.
• Comfortable with uncertainty (and the certainty of change).  This person can anticipate change and is willing to embrace uncertainty - confidently knowing that they can adapt without losing their cool.
• Execution orientated.  This person loathes doing nothing and is capable of defining their path forward from a high level vision.

• Required Skills:

• Perl Development
  • Object Oriented Perl
  • Modern Perl Development
  • Unit testing

• JavaScript Development
• HTML Development
• Technologies: 

• SOAP
• XML
• REST
• JSON

• Desired Skills:

• Agile/SCRUM Methodologies    
• Enterprise development experience
• Mojolicious Web Framework
• JQuery Development
• Bootstrap HTML/CSS/JS Framework
• Subversion
• Batch, Bash and Powershell scripting

• Required Qualifications:

• 3-8+ Years software development in Perl

• Desired Qualifications:

• Hosting or IT Service Provider experience
• Systems Administration/Engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience