Complete Description:
*local candidates strongly preferred
THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, IS LOOKING FOR A STRONG WEB DEVELOPER WITH PROVEN EXPERIENCE IN PHP, JAVASCRIPT, AND PYTHON to work on a data portal/catalog.
SPECIFIC TASK(S):
• CUSTOMIZE WORDPRESS WEB APPLICATION THEMES, TEMPLATE FILES, PLUGINS, AND WEB COMPONENTS
• CREATE CKAN EXTENSIONS TO AUGMENT BASE FUNCTIONALITY
• GENERATE MOCKUPS, WIREFRAMES, AND FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS.
• RESPONSIBLE FOR ANALYZING ASSIGNED TASKS, PROVIDING ACCURATE WORK ESTIMATES AND PROGRESS REPORTS, AND KEEPING DEVELOPMENT ON SCHEDULE.
• EVALUATE USER EXPERIENCE ISSUES ACROSS MULTIPLE BROWSERS AND DEVICE PLATFORMS.
• COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS, WEB DESIGNERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, AND END USERS.
• MANAGE APPLICATION OPERATIONS AND DEPLOYMENT (AWS, DOCKER)
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Experience evaluating, selecting and integrating third-party data visualization plugins for WordPress.
Required
2
Years
Experience developing with WordPress including sound knowledge of theme customization and integrating open source and third party plugins and widgets
Required
3
Years
Experience in custom web application development including proficiency in PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Python. Operational experience with Linux,
Required
5
Years
Experience deploying and managing Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing products including EC2 server management and S3 storage.
Required
2
Years
Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
Desired
2
Years
Experience enhancing the performance of high-traffic sites and deploying web analytics.
Desired
3
Years
Familiarity with web security issues and deploying WordPress security plugins.
Desired
2
Years