Job ID :
9233
Company :
State of Iowa
Location :
E Walnut, IA
Type :
Contract
Duration :
6+ Months
Salary :
Open
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
17 Aug 2016
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Short Description:  This SDP5 position will be joining the Office of the Chief Information Officer Application Development team as a Drupal Content Management System developer.

Complete Description:  We support several websites created in Drupal, so extensive experience in the Drupal platform, including PHP and MySQL, is a must. The candidate will be taking on the Drupal workload, designing new websites, enhancing existing websites, and fixing defects. 

The candidate should also have a strong background in website design and development, and must be able to monitor industry trends, technologies, and standards and be able to research, recommend, and apply new technologies as necessary. Job responsibilities include creating design prototypes, site navigation, and architecture and layout of content.

It is expected that this candidate will be the department’s “goto” person for Drupal and website design, so taking initiative, managing workload, and working independently are a must. Technical skills will be tested during the interview.

Further job requirements:
? Possess strong communications skills and the ability to work closely with a team
? Ability to read, understand, and create design documents.
? Technical understanding of infrastructure components, their dependencies, and interactions between servers, virtual systems, networks, databases, web applications, etc.
? Ability to proactively participate in customer engagements, follow direction from lead technicians, work with customers, and participate in technical planning.


Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Drupal development experience, with a clear understanding of how a Drupal site is built from the ground up. Drupal versions 7 & 8 experien
Required
5
Years
PHP version 5.3 (or newer) in Enterprise Environments or equivalent OO knowledge
Required
5
Years
MySQL version 5, able to read, write, and troubleshoot SQL queries
Required
3
Years
HTML/ CSS, JavaScript and jQuery
Required
3
Years
Knowledge and demonstrated experience with cross-browser and cross-platform issues (IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc.)
Required
3
Years
Full stack experience strongly desired, LAMP environment, as well as front-end
Desired
 
 
Experience working with ORM tools a plus (Doctrine, Propel/Creole, etc)
Desired
 
 
Experience with site/server optimization a plus (Memcached, Varnish, APC, etc)
Desired
 
 
Working on an Agile Scrum development team
Desired