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Job Opening: Senior Web Application Developer – PHP / Zend Framework

“Just Call Delta” Today!

Delta Systems Group, Columbia, MO is hiring web application developers

http://www.JustCallDelta.com

Do you have a passion for helping companies? Are you skilled in WordPress, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, XML, Zend Framework? Delta Systems, an online application development company headquartered in Columbia, Missouri and employees in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, and Oregon, offers an exciting and high-energy work environment. As a rapid application development company, we minimize over-engineering and empower you to make decisions and manage tasks.

Work Environment:

Since 1986, Delta has been building tracking systems for everything from napkins to insurance policies, from golf courses to hot dog ingredients, from horse ailments to yoga certifications, and from blood donors to paddlefish. Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Read about Delta in the Columbia Daily Tribune

Delta Systems has been named “one of Mid-Missouri’s foremost web design and support firms” by the Columbia Daily Tribune and “a premier providers of computing solutions” by the Columbia Business Times. Our employees enjoy many freedoms and benefits. We do group coding weekly for reviews and single-project focusing to knock out features, do some spec work, or just to put an app together to find and fix issues quickly. Free lunch-and-learn sessions provide opportunities for ongoing training.

Delta Systems employees exemplify professionalism in every aspect of client relations and work.

Typical daily activities:

* Work along other senior developers to provide PHP programming and functionality for a wide variety of consumer related websites, intranets, extranets, and web-based applications
* Be challenged on a daily basis to solve problems in new and creative ways
* Design, evaluate, update, and maintain object oriented applications in PHP
* Design, evaluate, update, and maintain complicated database schemas in PostgreSQL and SQL Server
* Share your opinions and insights with business leaders on a daily basis in order to affect rapid decision cycles and effective solutions to business requirements

Benefits:

- Paid by the hour (work 32,42, or 52 hours a week – pay doesn’t stop after 40 hours)
- Flex time – If you like working from 7am to 3pm or 3pm to 11pm great!
- Health Insurance, 85% paid by employer
- SIMPLE retirement plan with corporate matching
- Dental
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Paid holidays
- AFLAC

Perks:

- Free soda, tea, coffee and occasional lunches.
- Development environments: Ubuntu, Windows, or Mac, whichever
- We’ll pay for applicable certification exams
- Subscription to O’Reilly Media
- Enjoy “Virtual Tuesdays”; you can work from anywhere you want.
- Dress is casual – jeans and t-shirts are just fine. When meeting with clients, we expect business appropriate attire and demeanor.

What we look for in you:

* 2 years of solid PHP and MySQL/PostgreSQL
* Experience with a MVC framework (Zend Framework, Cake, Symphony, Codeigniter)
* Strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript libraries (YUI, jQuery)
* Capabilities in working with WordPress, Drupal, Expression Engine, Joomla, etc
* The ability to translate business requirements into system design.
* Develop solutions based on organizational and users’ needs, strategies, and goals, including recommending improvements based on researching and evaluating web software.
* Successful track record of working in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
* Exceptional debugging skills
* Experience with Version Control Systems (subversion, github, etc)
* Zend PHP5 and/or Zend Framework Certification: If you’re not already certified, be expected to work towards obtaining certification. We’ll even pay for the first test.

BONUS Talents Sought:

* Know your way around Basecamp
* Experience deploying to a load-balanced environment
* Experience with the Zend Framework
* Ability to administer Linux servers running CentOS 5
* Familiarity with Xdebug
* Linux Server administration experience (Preferably Plesk)
* Know your way around Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud, etc.
* Know your way around Google Analytics, Omniture, etc.
* eCommerce platform experience (Magento, etc)
* Zend PHP5 Certified
* Zend Framework Certified

DO NOT APPLY if you:

* are “learning” PHP and want some experience
* are representing a company and want us to outsource to you

Email resumes to info@deltasys.com

Please no phone calls.

This job will also be posted on Craigslist, dice.com, Indeed.com, etc when we get around to it.

The Columbia Business Times app can be downloaded by visiting http://www.columbiabusinesstimes.com from your mobile device

Back in November, the Columbia Business Times launched a new format of their publication by changing from a bi-monthly newspaper into a monthly magazine. The Business Times Company called on Delta Systems to once again help them out with bringing their publications onto the web.

Last week, the CBT launched their December 2011 issue and announced the availability of their CBT mobile app.

The site works beautifully on all major mobile devices and tablets.  By default, viewing the website on an iPad or Android-based tablet yields the same experience as viewing from a desktop computer.

Delta also added some niceties for iPhone users with the ability to easily add a shortcut icon to your phone.

Visit http://www.ColumbiaBusinessTimes.com now in order to get the app and experience the magazine.

Delta Systems is pleased to announce the availability of a new website for the Laboratory of Applied Ecology.

The Laboratory of Applied Ecology (LEA) is part of the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA) at the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC-Benin). The LEA is one of the most advanced research institutions on natural resources in West Africa.

The Republic of Benin is a country of about nine million people and is located in West Africa.

Delta Systems became involved thanks to Dr. Roland Holou, then an ambitious doctoral student at the University of Missouri – Columbia.  Roland’s commitment to helping his fellow countrymen is exemplary.

Delta Systems set out to help the Laboratoire d’Ecologie Appliquée put up a system that would allow them to showcase their work, partnerships, and extensive photo collection. The site needed to be available in English, French, and eventually Yorùbá. To keep costs low, the site needed to be able to allow the adding, updating, and translating of content to be handled by multiple people on multiple continents.

Delta Systems provided the website design and is the web hosting provider for the LEA.

The Columbia Business Times is the leading, focused source of business news in Columbia, MO

We’re pleased to announce that the mobile version of the Columbia Business Times quietly went live simultaneously with the online publishing of Volume17, Issue18 on Friday, April 1, 2011. This was accomplished a full month ahead of schedule.

Just hit http://www.columbiabusinesstimes.com from your cell phone. The site will detect your browser type and show you the mobile version. iPhone users even get prompted with instructions on how to add an app icon to their phone.

If you hit http://www.columbiabusinesstimes.com from your DESKTOP, but want to see the cell phone friendly version of the website, scroll to the very bottom and click on “Switch to our mobile site”.

We left the full version of the site as the default from the iPad and iPad2. There is plenty of screen space and the site fills it very well.  The mobile version on the iPad just looked too sparse.

Who Can Build a Mobile Version of Your Website?

Delta Systems is a full-service computer consulting company with a suite of web development, web design, and computer network support talent.

How is Delta different? The Only Way to Know is to Talk to Us

Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Do we build simple websites too? You bet. And we do it well using WordPress, Drupal, Expression Engine, and custom solutions.

We also have experts in Microsoft Access Development, EXE development, product commercialization, training on all major software, and more.

Give us a call and find out why over 800 companies have trusted Delta Systems with their networking, web, and programming needs since 1986. Ask around.

You’ll hear people say, “Just call Delta” so much that we made it our website – http://JustCallDelta.com

Pump Top Video Delivery Locations can be easily added by the client as they quickly grow

Phase one of Media Outlook‘s online presence has gone live.

Delta Systems created the site in WordPress and incorporated the client’s pre-designed logos. The Media Outlook sales managers can easily add more locations to their integrated Google Map without having to call us.

This will be helpful as they quickly grow to dominate the Midwest.

Media Outlook also has a secure area for their sales team to quickly record initial sales interviews and complete Advertisement Order forms. That data is stored in a database so it can be directly integrated into the on-site media content delivery system in a future phase of development (no silly emailing of the form and then re-entering it into Excel or Access and then redoing it all when ).

It’s just one of the ways that Delta delivers best-fit solutions for today, while keeping an eye on tomorrow.

WordPress Design and Development Experts

We are WordPress Design and Development Experts

As an early adopter, Delta Systems has the most experience building and hosting WordPress powered websites of anyone in the area. And just in case there isn’t already a plugin built to make WordPress do exactly what you need, we are experts in building WordPress plugins as well. Ask around and you’ll find out why we’re the best. We have an extensive list of references – especially of sites that don’t look like they are powered by WordPress. We’ve even trained several other local companies on how to use and implement WordPress for their clients.

And if WordPress doesn’t fit the need, we’ve also worked with DotNetNuke, Drupal, Expression Engine, Joomla, Zen Cart, Interchange, Magento, StoreFront, and more.

How can we help? Give us a call and discuss it for free.

Delta Systems Group's New Website

Well I guess we get to toot our own horn for a bit. On February 11, 2011, The AAF | Mid-Missouri (the Mid-MO chapter of the AAF) hosted the 2010 ADDY Awards.

Delta Systems was pleased to receive a Gold ADDY Award for our new website at JustCallDelta.com

Up Next: On to Districts!

All Gold ADDY award winners at the local level will be forwarded to the district level of competition. At the district level, Gold ADDY winners will forward onto the national level. You can view last year’s national winners to see what the competition will be like. Wish us luck!

3 for 3 Plus a People’s Choice AND Best of Interactive!

All of us here at Delta Systems are very pleased to announce our awards received at the 2010 Mid-Mo American Advertising Federation ADDY celebration. We walked away with a Gold in Interactive Consumer HTML for our work on Baumgartner’s Boone County Ham, a Silver in Interactive Business-to-Business HTML for CloudSMTP, and a Gold in Interactive Self-Promotion for our very own JustCallDelta.com. We were also very honored to be presented with the 2010 Best of Interactive award for the Boone County Ham website.

All the winning websites are powered by WordPress which allows Delta to provide unparalleled client-powered maintainability to the sites. The client can directly update their content, images, forms, add more recipes (using custom post types) and even update their pricing and order forms without needing to know any HTML.

Our Buddies Won Too

Delta Systems would like to congratulate our friends, occasional project partners, and fellow 2010 Best of … winners at Woodruff Sweitzer and Boxcar Films.  As always, they cranked out some amazing work. We’re proud to continue providing technical, database, and website hosting expertise to their clients.

About the ADDY® Awards

The ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide. Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the ADDY Awards represent the true creative spirit of advertising by recognizing all forms of advertising, from all types of media, created by all sizes and types of entrants, from anywhere in the world. This worldwide competition draws over 60,000 total entries annually.

CloudSMTP's Award Winning Website

On February 11, 2011, The AAF | Mid-Missouri (the Mid-MO chapter of the AAF) hosted the 2010 ADDY Awards.

Delta Systems was pleased to receive a Silver ADDY Award for CloudSMTP.com

3 for 3 Plus a People’s Choice AND Best of Interactive!

All of us here at Delta Systems are very pleased to announce our awards received at the 2010 Mid-Mo American Advertising Federation ADDY celebration. We walked away with a Gold in Interactive Consumer HTML for our work on Baumgartner’s Boone County Ham, a Silver in Interactive Business-to-Business HTML for CloudSMTP, and a Gold in Interactive Self-Promotion for our very own JustCallDelta.com. We were also very honored to be presented with the 2010 Best of Interactive award for the Boone County Ham website.

All the winning websites are powered by WordPress which allows Delta to provide unparalleled client-powered maintainability to the sites. The client can directly update their content, images, forms, add more recipes (using custom post types) and even update their pricing and order forms without needing to know any HTML.

Our Buddies Won Too

Delta Systems would like to congratulate our friends, occasional project partners, and fellow 2010 Best of … winners at Woodruff Sweitzer and Boxcar Films. As always, they cranked out some amazing work. We’re proud to continue providing technical, database, and website hosting expertise to their clients.

About the ADDY® Awards

The ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide. Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the ADDY Awards represent the true creative spirit of advertising by recognizing all forms of advertising, from all types of media, created by all sizes and types of entrants, from anywhere in the world. This worldwide competition draws over 60,000 total entries annually.

View Delta Systems' Website Design Portfolio

Delta Systems is pleased to launch a new look for their online portfolio.

The portfolio showcases Delta’s web design talents.

Check it out at

http://JustCallDelta.com/portfolio/

Need something done? Just Call Delta

Delta Systems is a full-service computer consulting company with a suite of web development, web design, and computer network support talent.

How is Delta different? The Only Way to Know is to Talk to Us

Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Do we build simple websites too? You bet. And we do it well using WordPress, Drupal, Expression Engine, and custom solutions.

We also have experts in Microsoft Access Development, EXE development, product commercialization, training on all major software, and more.

Give us a call and find out why over 800 companies have trusted Delta Systems with their networking, web, and programming needs since 1986. Ask around.

You’ll hear people say, “Just call Delta” so much that we made it our website – http://JustCallDelta.com

Missouri Grand Prix Swimming Competition Website

The 2011 Missouri Grand Prix is the fifth annual swim competition held in the Aquatic Center at the University of Missouri. World-renowned athletes like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Natalie Coughlin will be coming from all over the US to compete. With that in mind, the Missouri Grand Prix came to us for a website befitting this Olympic precursory event.

Will we see some world records broken during this premier swimming event?  It’s happened before.

Book your tickets online now to attend the Missouri Grand Prix

Then come back and get all the spectator info you need to have a great day at the races!

Need help planning your trip to watch the competition?

Check the site for useful travel and accommodation information, as well as local maps highlighting parking and other amenities.

Site features include

• rotating header image
• profile gallery of registered competitors
• photo gallery containing previous event highlights

Once the Missouri Grand Prix gets underway, the site will become an information hub for the media and a social media hub for fans to track their favorite athletes as they compete.

Built on WordPress

Using the WordPress Content Management System, we were able to give the customer the full control and flexibility they needed to instantly update their content as new information came in. We customized the system to allow them to enter event information, news updates, athlete bios, photos and competition results on the fly. We even gave them the ability to create and customize their own web-forms to collect information from their numerous volunteers.

Eldon, MO School District's New Website

Eldon, MO launched a new website for each school in their district this week

For our latest project, Delta Systems was asked to design and develop a comprehensive solution for managing the websites of the Eldon School District and each of its indiviual schools. The challenge was to seamlessly and comprehensively distribute the management responsibilities of the site across the schools, rather than have everything controlled at the central office.

Using the Multi-Site functionality built into WordPress 3.0 (formerly exclusive to WordPress MU), we were able to build a system that allows moderators within each individual school to update and maintain their own respective sub-sites while leaving administrators at central office the ability to oversee the entire system from a single login.

We are WordPress Experts

Now, the district can spread out the responsibilities of content updating by school, department, and teacher, avoiding the potential of a bottleneck at the central office.

Client Quotes

“The new website looks amazing! We are getting a lot of nice comments about it.”
Colleen McGirl – Secretary to the Superintendent

“Like the banner! Like the design! Everything looks great.”
Matt Davis – Superintendent

Check out the new website at http://www.eldon.k12.mo.us/

Need something done? Just Call Delta

Delta Systems is a full-service computer consulting company with a suite of development, design, and computer network support talent.

How is Delta different? The Only Way to Know is to Talk to Us

Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Do we build simple websites too? You bet. And we do it well using WordPress, Drupal, Expression Engine, and custom solutions.

We also have experts in Microsoft Access Development, EXE development, product commercialization, training on all major software, and more.

Give us a call and find out why over 800 companies have trusted Delta Systems with their networking, web, and programming needs since 1986. Ask around.

You’ll hear people say, “Just call Delta” so much that we made it our website – http://JustCallDelta.com