Know DevOps? Are you a talented PHP developer with an understanding of Apache Configuration?

That’s right the highly intelligent cat is back! And you should learn DevOps!

I’m working with a great start up company, well they are actually pretty established but still think and feel like a start up! They are looking for a talented PHP Developer with knowledge of DevOps to join their team!

This role requires experience in developing server-side applications. This great organisation with all the latest technologies, this client has state of the art offices making your environment enjoyable and creative.

Successful candidates will have proven experience working within a large scale DevOps mission critical environment. You will working with high-traffic servers, databases, third-party APIs and open source technologies to effectively design, implement and maintain complex and innovative technical solutions that reach a huge audience.

What you will be doing?

• Architect and manage running of web application and database servers.
• Liaise with internal and external developers to integrate, test and debug web applications with PHP5 and ZEND.
• Maintain a professional approach to documentation, including drafting initial functional specifications documents, server and project documentation.

 What technical skills you need to bring:

• Eat, sleep and breath the LAMP Stack
• Demonstrated high level competence in administering LAMP stack web application architectures, Apache configuration, web application tuning and load balancing strategies
• Experience with either Debian or Ubuntu
• You need to be particularly good at object-oriented PHP development
• Knowledge of ZEND framework
• Experience with PHP 5
• You got to know MySQL database servers, failover techniques and schema optimisation for high-demand online applications.
• Knowledge of AWS will be highly advantageous
• Knowledge of database backup, load testing, source-control and continuous integration/deployment strategies.

What else is required:

• Tertiary level Computer Science degree or equivalent.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – You got to have a personality!
• Strong verbal and written communication skills,
• Be able to get along with a group of diverse and talented professionals

What’s on offer?

• Chance to be part of a company that has a start up feel but the security of an established organisation
• Great company perks including, drinks fridge, ping pong table and casual attire.
• Great salary on offer with career progression
• Potential to work abroad later down the track

Ok you like this and you think you are the man/woman?!

Then apply now or contact Sam Elderfield on 9248 6228 or email: sam.elderfield@ambition.com.au

Paying up to $80,000 – Get in touch!

PHP DevOps Professional Needed! Permanent Position | SYD CBD

 

This role requires experience in developing server-side applications. This iconic organisation with all the latest technologies, this client has state of the art offices making your environment enjoyable and creative.  If it’s you then get in touch!

Successful candidates will have proven experience working within a large scale DevOps mission critical environment. You will working with high-traffic servers, databases, third-party APIs and open source technologies to effectively design, implement and maintain complex and innovative technical solutions that reach a huge audience.

What you will be doing?

• Architect and manage running of web application and database servers.
• Consult and supervise on the development and deployment of dynamic web applications developed externally by third party vendors.
• Liaise with internal and external developers to integrate, test and debug web applications.
• Maintain a professional approach to documentation, including drafting initial functional specifications documents, server and project documentation.

 What technical skills you need to bring:

• Eat, sleep and breath the LAMP Stack
• You need to be particularly good at object-oriented PHP development, experience with MVC design patterns and working familiarity with at least one current MVC development framework e.g.Symfony, CodeIgniter or equivalent.
• You got to know MySQL database servers, failover techniques and schema optimisation for high-demand online applications.
• Experience with NoSQL (ie. MongoDB) will be pretty cool!
• Knowledge of database backup, load testing, source-control and continuous integration/deployment strategies.

What else is required:

• Tertiary level Computer Science degree or equivalent.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – You got to have a personality!
• Strong verbal and written communication skills,
• Be able to get along with a group of dirvese and talented professionals

Paying up to $90,000 – Get in touch!

Are you a seasoned PHP contractor? Looking for a new challenge? Then read on…

I’m currently working with an iconic Australian company that is in need of talented PHP professionals to join their growing team. This is a 3-6 month contract and there is also the option to go perm for the right candidate.

Find out more see below: Click here to go to my Add on SEEK to APPLY

Due to an increased demand of their project pipeline, this well established Sydney based company is in need talented Mid-Level PHP developer’s :

• Continue your career with a great Australian Company
• Use cutting edge technologies
• Contract role – Fantastic day rates on offer!

Key Requirements:

• 3-5 years PHP development experience
• Examples of where you have built websites from scratch using PHP
-OR-
• Strong PHP skills with experience with software development for web based applications  (not just toyed around with PHP)

What you will be:

• You will be a strong back end PHP developer with the ability to work in the Front end with the necessary languages.
• Exposure to  PHP Framework ZEND  advantageous however if you are a pure software developer with PHP still apply!

You will have:

• Previous examples of web applications of Software that is written in PHP
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work well within a team
• Willingness to learn
• Degree in Software Engineering

You will love developing in PHP, and be able to hit the ground running here to take care of this great company’s new software requirements.

Click here to go to my Add on SEEK to APPLY OR Get in touch – Sam Elderfield, sam.elderfield@ambition.com.au OR 9248 6228

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I really hope you enjoyed your time off (if you were lucky enough to get some!) and spent some quality time with loved ones and family. What did I get up to? Well, a lot of surfing, and a lot of golfing – but I spent more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff!

I know that I am about to enter a very busy time recruitment wise so I have also spent the last couple of weeks developing my candidate pool in my spare time. I am currently working with some very talented contractor’s as well as candidates looking to move into a full time positions in the new year. So I thought that I’d share a couple with you all…

Here are some of my interview notes:

Need a PHP developer?

• My candidate is currently at working on one of the most heavily populated webserver in Australia.
• Working in an Agile environment that is focused around 2 week sprint cycles this candidate is well equipped to handle varied work loads.
• One of the main achievements here was rolling all of their databases of over 2 million customers to a new email integration system that automatically sent changes to a third party.
• He is able to hit the ground running and pick things up quickly, works well in a team and also independently
• He is a master in PHP, Python and other backend software writing.
• He has also obtained a Master’s degree in an exotic European location. Where he attained international experience with 2 start up company’s working as their back end PHP developer to get their projects up and running. One of the companies that he worked for was just bought by a major US organisation for an undisclosed amount.
• Prior to that he was employed at a leading digital agency, where he developed a solid software engineering experience.
• One of his major achievements here was developing a product called OCA – that is now a notification and emergency management system. This assist’s with information flow through organisations such as national emergency services.
• He is looking to move for a base salary of $80,000.

 

Thinking going mobile? iOS Developer:

• My candidate has major experience in the financial industry developing some large scale enterprise applications that thousands of Australians use on a daily basis.
• One includes an app for business using the payway service, which took him about 6 weeks to finish from scratch. This is for one of the BIG 4 banks and is a Mobile PayWay is a new product for small businesses wanting to accept credit card payments from other’s mobile.
• The application can accept Visa or MasterCard® payments in real-time and receive an immediate response; view lasted transaction details and refund transactions; send receipt to customer via e-mail.
• His latest major project was working on the  same financial institution for an iPAD app with a redesign UI/UX for a drop and drag feature where he had to studies requirements and work with the UX team to keep the design features within the vision. The main feature of the app is the drop and drag functionality of the application.
• Loves creating apps that benefit society and making people’s lives easier.
• He has also worked at one of Australia’s leading mobile application agencies where he worked on updating and modifying another different big 4 bank’s mobile application.
• Has been developing mobile applications for 5 years since 2008 Android and 2010 iOS.
• He is preparing a mobile application to help students prepare for exams.
• In his spare time he likes to play tennis, likes to swim and hang out on the Australian sand.
• Is available at a day rate of $645 exc. Gst.

 

If any of these candidates match what you are looking for in some current projects that you have in mind please get in touch. I am also working very closely with Front End Developers and User Experience professionals as well as PHP and Mobile applications masters.

Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Sam

PHP? Contracting? Need a new contract for the new year?

 

 

 

It’s the end of the year and I have a great Christmas present for the PHP community – a new contract! Contractor’s and talented people looking for a change next year get in touch! If you are ready to join a great iconic Australian brand, get out of agency land and get into cutting some code like you know you should be – do not hesitate , read on and apply!

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Due to an increased demand of their project pipeline, this well established Sydney based company is in need talented Mid-Level PHP developer’s :

• Continue your career with a great Australian Company
• Use cutting edge technologies
• 6 month contract

Key Requirements:

• 3-5 years PHP development experience
• Examples of where you have built websites from scratch using PHP
-OR-
• Strong PHP skills with experience with software development for web based applications  (not just toyed around with PHP)

What you will be:

• You will be a strong back end PHP developer with the ability to work in the Front end with the necessary languages.
• Exposure to a PHP Framework (Code Igniter, ZEND, CAKE, Symphony) advantageous however if you are a pure software developer with PHP still apply!

You will have:

• Previous examples of web applications of Software that is written in PHP
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work well within a team
• Willingness to learn
• Degree in Software Engineering

You will love developing in PHP, and be able to hit the ground running here to take care of this great company’s new software requirements.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Phunconference 3.0

 

I love to get out in the numerous communities that I engage with during my time as a consultant in the digital applications world, and it being the festive season these Meet-ups usually are bags of fun.  I strolled down to the CMS mixer at the end of last month and enjoyed a few pints with people from all of the various CMS communities. It was a great time to share a few pints with the Drupal, Joomla!, WordPress and Magento communities –each of which love their chosen CMS for very valid reasons.

Thursday night was a bit more structured and not as much of a party, of course there was some free beer and pizza thanks to the Spinifex and Ninefold team, however this Phunconference encouraged a  lot of discourse for these young and old software developers.

Topics we are asked from the audience and then voted for to be discussed. Then people were split up into 3 groups over 4 separate occasions to discuss the various topics. You could swap between groups at will, encouraging discussion between multiple talks.

I was lucky enough to part take in 2 discussions and learn a  lot from the different members of the community.

The first was an intense discussion about mobile applications or rather the process  of using tools such as phone gap to create effective native mobile apps. A lot of discourse was generated about the subject, how the next release of ZEND will incorporate similar features to allow users to do exactly the same thing. Great topic as I was genuinely intrigued about how mobile applications have been absorbed by the software development community that have had to change their software to cater for this market. Also Drupal 8 will incorporate some amazing features to allow it to create effective mobile applications for tomorrow’s ideas.

My second sitting was the heated debate on which PHP framework is better to use and why. We had people in ZEND’s corner, people backing Symphony, hailing CAKE, exclaiming their loyalty to CodeIgniter and promoting Yii. All of which had valid arguments as to which framework allowed you to manipulate you web applications and sites better.

The main aspects of why frameworks were better suited to different peoples tastes than others were down to two main reasons, speed and simplicity. While others like the challenge of more complex frameworks to get more effective tasks done, most people are willing to sacrifice this in order to get tasks completed faster – especially in an agency environment. It was great to see some passionate people talk about the things that they love.

Unfortunately I had to leave soon after the second discussion and I missed the lightening round talks which I was going to par take in, however event organiser Dave Clark has promised me a spot on the mike next time. It was a great way to spend the Thursday evening and it certainly opened a few doors to areas of PHP that I had no idea about previously, not to mention the fact that I got to mix with some very talented people. Can’t wait till 4.0!

Entry level PHP genius ready to go!

Hi , Rushed off your feet? People in your team taking holidays with work still left in the pipe line? I could have a solution for you… I’m working with a talented young web developer that has a passion for PHP. He has been employed on a part time basis throughout his university studies at a small digital agency where he developed numerous websites for his company’s clientele. Please see a profile on him below:   CANDIDATE PROFILE: My candidate has an impressive CV and upon interviewing him personally you can see the passion for a career in web development is a clear driving force. He is looking for his first full term role in the corporate world and comes with some solid coding experience. He has developed a number of sites and knows his way around the difficult CMS Joomla! and the PHP framework codeigniter. One of his key achievements was developing one of his sites to be completely responsive and cross browser compatible. My candidate is incredibly passionate about securing an entry level position, having just completed his Master’s Degree in Communication Technology which is coupled nicely with a bachelor degree in Computer Science, he is the ideal candidate for a development role that will provide him some challenging projects. It’s coming up to the holiday season and if you are looking at adding a young talent (Contract or Permanent) to your team for the next year please do not hesitate to get in touch.   Q4 TECHNOLOGY MARKET TRENDS REPORTDownload for the latest trends and technology information. Download the Q4 Technology Market Trends Report NETWORKING SIGNIFICANCE, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! Everyone today wants to be a networker and even if you don’t, the chances are someone else out there wants to network with you. Continue reading   TWITTER LINKED IN FACEBOOK BLOG RSS SEND TO A FRIEND CONTACT SAM I’m Sam Elderfield, a specialist recruiter in the digital applications world. I would love to provide you with some assistance during this very busy time, so please do not hesitate to get in touch. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I’m looking forward to being in touch. Sam Elderfield Consultant – Applications Team Technology D: +61 2 9248 6228 E: sam.elderfield@ambition.com.au LinkedIn

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The perfect gift for your team this Christmas…

Rushed off your feet? People on your team taking holidays with work still left in the pipe line? A contractor solution could be for you! Yes it’s that time of year, and guess what – I’m here to help! I’m working with a number of talented contractor’s at the moment. All of which are ready to take on some project during the holiday period to cover you during this time. Below is an example of 3 talented individuals from my candidate pool in the fields of PHP, Mobile and User Experience.

Thinking of going mobile?

• This talented individual has received ASIA Pacific recognition for his most recent that received the best mobile payment award for iAwards ASIA allowing customers to send, receive, pay anyone around the world with this mobile application.
• He possesses the rare skill set of been able to develop in both an iOS and Android environment.
• Has developed numerous mobile applications for a leading Australian health organisation for both internal and external needs, one of which helps parents of children combat childhood obesity.
• He has been developing mobile applications professionally in Australia for the past 3 years and comes from a .net background with over 7 years of industry experience.
• Has developed over 10 commercial mobile applications in total across iOS and Android.
• In his spare time he loves to fish, climb rocks and be like Mike on the basketball court!

Need a PHP Ninja?

• With Over 5 years’ experience in PHP with over 2 years’ experience in ZEND my candidate is very experienced in HTML and CSS with exposure to HTML5 and CSS3
• Throughout his career he has developed websites and web applications for numerous clients that range from government, eLearning and digital agencies.
• He has worked on completing project across the full SDLC and setting up ecommerce platforms.
• My candidate has excellent communication skills that he has called upon to communicate his ideas of development to stakeholders of the various companies that he has worked with.
• In his spare time he loves his Sushi – in fact he considers himself to be quite the food critic in this regards!

Need to revamp your User Experience?

• With over 12 years of design experience across websites, web and mobile applications my candidate is a highly recommended user experience professional.
• In his current role he has been the lead UX designer for Australia’s premier Action site across all of their web brands including a fashion brand and a travel site.
• Has also just finished up a contract with one of Australia’s major Telco’s.
• Has experience as a digital designer for major blue chip organisations has been a great building block for a perfect UX career.
• Has excellent communication skills and has used these to communicate his visions of these applications to stakeholders throughout his career.
• Has designed a mobile application for a business partner that befits hundreds of Australians.
• He has an online portfolio that I can make available to you confidentially.
• In his spare time he is a die hard Parramatta Ells supporter – but don’t hold that against him!

I’m Sam Elderfield, and you should know me by now as a specialist recruiter in the digital applications world. I would love to provide you with some assistance during this very busy time, so please do not hesitate to get in touch. To find out more about me click though here to my blog or connect with me on linkedin. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I’m looking forward to being in touch.

Market Trends Q4

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Every quarter Ambition Technology releases Market Trends. Here we pull all the relevant industry information about the current market and release it out to our clients as an insight to what is going on out there. I work very closely with a colleague  of mien Zoe Murray and together we have come up with our market trends for this quarter in the area of digital applications. Below is a sneak peak of what we have come up with before the actual document has been released!

Mobile & Frontend Development – Object Oriented programming is always been the core of mobile development. However now more than ever, companies are seeing the true value of making their sites mobile optimized. Where they have not necessarily built a dedicated app for the site/program but are making their sites responsive so that they are compatible across all devices. This has driven the demand for talented Front-end Developer’s in the market. These people will be knowledge able of not only your HTML5 and CSS3 but would now be getting exposed to newer technologies such as “Phone Gap” which is an application container technology that allows you to create natively-installed applications for mobile devices using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This can become a more efficient alternative to a complete native app development depending on the complexity of the application.

In the market however native Mobile App developers, particularly iOS, are still preferring freelance or contract work and can demand a high day rate. From meeting with clients they are struggling to find really highly skilled iOS developers. Android developers are sending their applications from overseas. The push for moving towards android is becoming more prevalent but there is still the heavy focus on initial iPhone developers.

Front End Developers- The stronger portfolios are coming from Junior Front End Developers that are arriving on a one year working holiday visa and require sponsorship. Those candidates that are of Australian residence are either currently working or preferring freelance work which is making it more important for us to provide our clients with talent that is not necessarily actively on the market.

Joomla!/Drupal/Wordpress – While the battles of which CMS is “better” to use is always constantly raging throughout the open source community we think everyone is getting really g’d up about the release of Drupal 8 and its impact on Drupal as a whole. Drupal 8, to our knowledge has taken a lot out of a PHP framework Symphony and its core language is written in “twig”. This has sparked quite a bit of discourse throughout the Drupal community as the change of this new release will have a major effect on Drupal projects world-wide. There is certainly a push for Drupal and Joomla! developers over WordPress for longer term contract/permanent requirements. Shorter-term freelance work for smaller digital agencies are more open to taking on those with WordPress experience.

Also Drupalcon is being hosted in February next which brings major players from the Drupal world-wide community to Sydney.

Web Developers- PHP.

PHP – Object oriented programming is becoming an hot topic in the PHP industry as new developments with certain frameworks like ZEND have enabled developers to create mobile applications. While this might not have necessarily been a new thing, advances in these technologies have allowed ZEND masters to actually do this with a certain degree of ease.  Click here for more: , making them a hot demand in the market right now.

UX Designers/Information Architects

The salary expectations really are fluctuating from what companies can pay. For example mid-Senior level UX Designers and Architects can expect to earn from approx. 90-110k. Whereas Directors of UX are more the 140k plus mark. Even larger corporate companies with higher budgets are struggling to meet the salary expectations of Senior/leaders of UX Design/Architecture

We can see a clear gap in the market for talented mid-junior UX consultants. There is also a clear demand for these talented people with numerous digital agencies and organisations seeing the value and importance of having talented team of User Experience consultants.