Statement of Work for Search specialist

[Marcus Clemens]

Statement of Work for Search specialist


.my client is  looking to hire an experienced software engineer
contractor/consultant initially for a period of 3 months with a
possibility of a 3 month extension. The candidate's role is to help the
Online library team with the implementation of the new search system
based on MarkLogic..this is based in London and rates are good . I can
help with a visa if you are interested in coming over from the USA

 

The candidate will be working on an Agile project using XP practices,
and will therefore be expected to be able to work using Pairing and Test
Driven Development (TDD) on a daily basis.

 

Skills/Work experience

We expect the candidate to be a self-starter, who can take on problems
or be part of a project team to deliver. The candidate needs to show
strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
with other members of the team, so that he/she can get the necessary
information and support to get the work done. Skills include but should
not be limited to:

 

Essential skills:

*         Java / J2EE, Spring

*         XML, XSLT. XQUERY, XPATH

*         Knowledge on HTML, JavaScript, CSS and other popular
technologies.

*         Understanding of search engine concepts ie content preparation
(styling), search algorithms and languages, faceted results
presentation, metasearching

*         Performance tuning of search engines and profilers

*         Keyword / key phrase research and generation.

*         Analysis and improvement of search results.

*         Unix/Windows working environments

 

Desirable: 

*         MarkLogic 4.0

*         SQL

 

 


Place of work


The candidate is expected to work full-time in the WPS Ealing offices in
London 

 


Start date


ASAP

 

 

Marcus Clemens

Director & Senior Consultant

Mercator IT Ltd

 

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