PHP Developer

Society for Science & the Public

(Washington, District of Columbia)

Full Time Fully Remote

Job Posting Details

About Society for Science & the Public

Society for Science & the Public (SSP) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1921 and dedicated to the public engagement in scientific research and education.

Responsibilities

- Construct conceptual and technical designs that include the use of Object-Oriented (OO) techniques
- Write PHP code based on requirements defined
- Develop Object-Oriented (OO) code and/or provide maintenance and enhancements to existing code based upon a solid understanding of OO design
- Work with business users to gather requirements, write functional and technical specifications
- Conduct multiple levels of testing including unit, system, integration and performance
- Estimate and plan iterative/agile releases
- Configure Drupal and create custom modules to meet requirements
- Design, develop, and test an overall solution that includes a content management system (CMS), including capabilities such as social collaboration, analytics, CMS content entry, CMS content migration, explicit/implicit personalization, developing content types or content objects, site architecture, and page templates
- Estimate and plan releases for a CMS implementation
- Anticipate issues and risks at the module level and escalate appropriately

Construct conceptual and technical designs that include the use of Object-Oriented (OO) techniques
Write PHP code based on requirements defined
Develop Object-Oriented (OO) code and/or provide maintenance and enhancements to existing code based upon a solid understanding of OO design
Work with business users to gather requirements, write functional and technical specifications
Conduct multiple levels of testing including unit, system, integration and performance
Estimate and plan iterative/agile releases
Configure Drupal and create custom modules to meet requirements
Design, develop, and test an overall solution that includes a content management system (CMS), including capabilities such as social collaboration, analytics, CMS content entry, CMS content migration, explicit/implicit personalization, developing content types or content objects, site architecture, and page templates
Estimate and plan releases for a CMS implementation
Anticipate issues and risks at the module level and escalate appropriately

Ideal Candidate

- Demonstrates ability to configure Drupal and create custom Drupal modules using the core API
- Demonstrates ability to use common Drupal modules such as CTools, Views, and Panels, extending them through code
- Can code in PHP, HTML/5, CSS/3, and JavaScript/jQuery
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Experience working with PHP and / or Drupal solutions in a cloud-based environment is desirable
- Knowledge of Features and features-based websites
- Compentency in versioning (Gift and/or BitBucket)
- Understanding of command line (SSH, Drush, etc.)
- Experience working in multisite environments
- Knowledge of deployment processes (Jenkins, Beanstalk, etc.)
- Demonstrated compentency of Solr Server implementations
- Ability to use OpenPublish or other packaged distributions
- Solid understanding of all parts of Software Engineering (e.g. Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing) and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Experience working in agile or iterative SDLCs
- Experience with Object Oriented Technologies
- Ability to work with key owners and stakeholders to document requirements

Minimum Qualifications

- Minimum 2 years’ experience with the LAMP (Linux, MySQL, PHP) technology stack
- Minimum 1 year development experience with Drupal web content management solution (WCMS)
- Ability to travel for SSP programs and conference events is required.

Additional Skills

- Knowledge of Google Analytics and/or Bing Webmaster Tools
- Understanding of SSO (Single Sign-On) and or Blackbaud integration
- Front-end skills
- Experience with Responsive sites

Demonstrates ability to configure Drupal and create custom Drupal modules using the core API
Demonstrates ability to use common Drupal modules such as CTools, Views, and Panels, extending them through code
Can code in PHP, HTML/5, CSS/3, and JavaScript/jQuery
Ability to learn new technologies quickly
Experience working with PHP and / or Drupal solutions in a cloud-based environment is desirable
Knowledge of Features and features-based websites
Compentency in versioning (Gift and/or BitBucket)
Understanding of command line (SSH, Drush, etc.)
Experience working in multisite environments
Knowledge of deployment processes (Jenkins, Beanstalk, etc.)
Demonstrated compentency of Solr Server implementations
Ability to use OpenPublish or other packaged distributions
Solid understanding of all parts of Software Engineering (e.g. Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing) and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience working in agile or iterative SDLCs
Experience with Object Oriented Technologies
Ability to work with key owners and stakeholders to document requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum 2 years’ experience with the LAMP (Linux, MySQL, PHP) technology stack
Minimum 1 year development experience with Drupal web content management solution (WCMS)
Ability to travel for SSP programs and conference events is required.

Additional Skills