Description: Magnify.net is seeking a senior server engineer with web application and database administration experience to join our team and help build and maintain our Internet infrastructure. Candidates for this position must have prior hands-on experience with scaling web applications past 1 million dynamic requests per day.

Responsibilities:
 • Administer and maintain the MySQL databases backing the web applications.
 • Assist with updates to existing Perl and PHP code to improve performance.
 • Develop back-end tools to support routine system operations and maintenance.
 • Support development environment through SVN administration and deployment
 • Review server performance reports and investigate server error alerts.
 • Coordinate with our managed hosting provider to provision additional servers as needed.

Required skills:
 • Experience with MySQL administration, including replication and optimization.
 • Experience with Apache configuration and multi-tier / multi-server clusters.
 • Familiarity with Perl; strong experience with Perl and/or PHP would be a plus.

Location: United States, NY, New York

Pay rate: Pay commensurate with experience.

Travel: 0%

Terms of employment: Independent contractor (hourly)

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Email a copy of your resume to jointheteam[at]magnify.net