PHP Programmer/Drupal Developer - McLean, Virginia
- Job Title:
- PHP Programmer/Drupal Developer
- Location:
- McLean, Virginia
- Job Type:
- Contract
- Date:
- 12/19/11
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Job Description
A leading, local web strategy and consulting firm that specializes in usability and information architecture designs are looking for a PHP Programmer/Drupal Developer to join their team.
Responsibilities
- Develop custom Drupal modules by writing original code
- Provide technical advice on website design and development throughout the entire planning, designing, coding, testing, and support lifecycle.
- Assist with Drupal site administration and configuration/development requests
- Contribute to our development environment and staging processes by writing scripts, recommending best practices, improving current practices, and more.
- Build basic Drupal websites
- Document software specifications, comment code, and write technical papers, reports, and client deliverables
Requirements
- Proficient in Drupal module development, understanding of theme development
- Experienced with internal workings of Drupal, including core and contributed modules (actions, triggers, views, content types, panels, context, fields, etc), the various APIs and hooks (cache, node, etc), Drush, and more.
- Experienced in deploying a Drupal project across multiple environments (dev -> stage -> prod, etc.) using SVN or Git.
- Experience with LAMP performance tools such as Varnish, memcache, APC
- Experienced with user-contributed module landscape/ecosystem/Research needs to determine if existing contributed modules can fulfill solution requirements
- Experience with integrating third party systems into an application
- Working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and other web standards
- Broad knowledge of JavaScript/jQuery/Ajax, etc.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience in other portal and content management products and tools
- Background in traditional software development methodologies and environments, including a willingness to learn and apply new software development tools, technologies, and methodologies
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously and in team environments
- Ability to manage and deliver on multiple concurrent project tasks
- Capable of managing client expectations and explaining technical matters to non-technical people
- Demonstrate valuable contribution to the Drupal community
Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related years of experience
- 5+ years’ experience coding web applications in PHP and MySQL in a Linux environment, at least 3 years developing on Drupal
- Experience with enterprise applications preferred
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** This position is no longer available or the listing has been revised.
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