Yeah, I saw that, which is why I suggested not being too picky about specific requirements. If you have at least two or three years of solid Solr experience, that would make you at least worth looking at.
-- Jack Krupansky From: Tri Cao Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 3:57 PM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Cc: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Any Solr consultants available?? Well, it's kind of hard to find a person if the requirement is "10 years' experience with Solr" given that Solr was created in 2004. On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Jack Krupansky <j...@basetechnology.com> wrote: I occasionally get pinged by recruiters looking for Solr application developers... here’s the latest. If you are interested, either contact Jessica directly or reply to me and I’ll forward your reply. Even if you don’t strictly meet all the requirements... they are having trouble finding... anyone. All the great Solr guys I know are quite busy. Thanks. -- Jack Krupansky From: Jessica Feigin Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 3:36 PM To: 'Jack Krupansky' Subject: Thank you! Hi Jack, Thanks for your assistance, below is the Solr Consultant job description: Our client, a hospitality Fortune 500 company are looking to update their platform to make accessing information easier for the franchisees. This is the first phase of the project which will take a few years. They want a hands on Solr consultant who has ideally worked in the search space. As you can imagine the company culture is great, everyone is really friendly and there is also an option to become permanent. They are looking for: - 10+ years’ experience with Solr (Apache Lucene), HTML, XML, Java, Tomcat, JBoss, MySQL - 5+ years’ experience implementing Solr builds of indexes, shards, and refined searches across semi-structured data sets to include architectural scaling - Experience in developing a re-usable framework to support web site search; implement rich web site search, including the incorporation of metadata. - Experienced in development using Java, Oracle, RedHat, Perl, shell, and clustering - A strong understanding of Data analytics, algorithms, and large data structures - Experienced in architectural design and resource planning for scaling Solr/Lucene capabilities. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline. Jessica Feigin Technical Recruiter Technology Resource Management 30 Vreeland Rd., Florham Park, NJ 07932 Phone 973-377-0040 x 415, Fax 973-377-7064 Email: jess...@trmconsulting.com Web site: www.trmconsulting.com LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafeigin