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[LUG] Help (paid) needed on an ongoing basis.

 

Hi,

I'm looking for someone who may be able to carry out various support 
type jobs.

Currently I carry out programming work in PHP but I am also installing 
Debian email, Samba and database type servers as and when they are 
required. These are supported remotely via VPN's etc.

I need help with supporting these installations and also when I am on 
site I always get asked to look into other (usually Windows) issues 
which clients are happy to pay someone to look into. I can virtually 
always connect remotely as I usually set up VPN's to the clients' sites 
and all relevant PC's have VNC installed and obviously I can log in to 
the Debian servers via ssh.

As I can't afford to take on someone full-time just yet I was hoping to 
find someone who can work either from home or come to my place for a 
couple of hours a day and carry out the work required. The clients are 
ok to pay for someone to look into their issues which means in turn I 
can pay someone to carry out the work. I am set up as an employer so I 
could pay via PAYE or pay on an invoice.

I have online ticketing, accounts and notes systems and for all my 
installs I write up notes on to my twiki notes system. This means that 
the passwords and network details etc are easily accessible and 
searchable. Likewise for the server setups I keep notes of how the 
server was set up and copy in relevant snippets from the conf files.

The current jobs outstanding are:

* A windows Fax program has horrible error message and won't run - 
probably needs a reinstall.
* Act CRM program will not install due to thinking it is already 
installed - probably needs some registry entries removed. Or the PC 
reinstalled. If not, then could possibly convert the client to an OS 
based solution which could be on their server which I installed a few 
months ago to run their email.
* A client just phoned this one as I am typing! A VPN to Santiago is 
working and we can control one of their PC's via VNC and open up the 
PC's shares - however, that PC can not open shares back in the Plymouth 
office. I have complete control and login details for the routers involved.
* Client has bought a small printer which needs sharing out on a Windows 
network.
* Client may call and ask for another authenticated share to be set up 
on the Samba server.
* UPS needs ordering and installing at another site to go with an 
already installed Debian server. This has been carried out before so 
notes are available.
* Wireless network card needs installing on a Windows PC and it 
preferably needs to run without logging in as the administrator initially.


Initial skills needed are general Windows stuff and networking.

Skills which would be a bonus are Debian administration, the ability to 
install Debian on servers and good bash scripting skills.

Skills which would be really extra useful are Samba, Postgresql, server 
security.

Extra, extra useful would be the ability to write high quality software 
using PHP, PEAR, Smarty, comments, documentation, properly named 
variables and correct indentation.

Type of person needed is someone living in Plymouth who would be able to 
communicate well with clients. Ability to drive would be a bonus.



This would hopefully turn into a full-time, long term position with a 
yearly profit share. The aim is to provide businesses in Plymouth with 
good quality IT support and help to build up their IT infrastructure on 
good quality hardware and software. The networking should be high 
quality and servers should be set up with proper redundancy and backup 
routines.

I am primarily a programmer and think that businesses are short changed 
by the poor quality of most software supplied so another aim is to 
supply bespoke applications or good quality OS software applications 
which are well designed, reliable and easy to use.

Generally Linux (primarily Debian) would be used on servers as this is a 
high quality operating system with a huge library of available 
applications. If Windows servers are needed then I have contacts who can 
look after them. I am also very interested in promoting the use of 
Asterisk and LTSP for businesses. There could well be requirements for 
running Vmware to enable legacy Windows applications to run on servers 
and I'm also interested in the Novell server/workstation stack as required

Please contact me on 01752 268923 or at kbailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if 
your are interested now or may be interested in the future.

BTW - If you already have an income then it is easy for me to sort out 
pay as an extra income and everything is correctly registered with the 
tax man - I have set this up before for someone. The main requirement 
currently is to have some hours available every week to look into the 
list of outstanding issues.

Cheers,

Kevin

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