Job Role : Sr. WordPress Developer
Location : Long Beach, CA (90805) - Hybrid
Duration : 12 Months Contract
Position Description:
The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) works under the direction of an IT Manager or user agency personnel. This classification specializes in the WordPress website platform and will work as part of a team to provide customers with WordPress hosting and professional services business. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will work with developers, designers, testers, and project managers interfacing with multi-functional IT support groups and will interface with both internal and external customers from various County departments. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will provide WordPress application development, website onboarding and operational support on WPEngine and AWS Openshift platform; participate in new development, onboarding, and operational support of WordPress websites, PHP and Java applications, hybrid mobile apps, and kiosks; support and maintain multiple websites and be responsible for upgrading and patching WordPress core, themes, and plugins; will use the County's standard tools to improve and automate DevOps workflow operations, including WordPress, MySQL, PHP, Apache, Varn / NGINX varnish, WhiteHat security scan, Git; follow the incident, change and problem management procedures using the Cherwell Service Management System; and participate in team meetings and huddles. The WordPress hosting line of business is with a 24/7 operation and must meet a service level agreement of 99.5% up time. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will work from a primary County office but will also connect remotely into the County network to support this operation and adhere to the service level agreement up time.
Skills Required:
The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will possess knowledge and experience with WordPress website design, development, and implementation; various coding languages, frameworks, operating systems, and platforms including PHP, NodeJS, React, JavaScript, CSS, CLI, BASH scripting, GitHub, Linux, Windows, WP Engine (WPE); Open-Source Content Management System (CMS); technology and methodology of API; WordPress; document search tools such as Elastic or Algolia; and Documentum. They will possess knowledge and experience in customer service; ability to collaborate with different level of team members; strong organization and time management; oral and written communication skills in English; ability to provide feedback and receive critique from design team members and customers; and practice DevOps and agile methodologies.
Skills Preferred:
- Proficient in JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL.
- Extensive ability with WordPress including development, theme and plugin customization, site configuration, and troubleshooting.
- WordPress Plugin Development creating custom plugins to extend WordPress functionality, with a strong understanding of the WordPress plugin architecture and best practices.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal: Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to team members and stakeholders, Effective collaboration in a team environment.
- Familiarity with WP Engineer hosting platform environment to optimize site performance and leverage its unique features for improved site management and security. Strong understanding of frontend and backend website security best practices for securing websites against vulnerabilities.
Experience Required:
This classification requires a minimum of five (5) years performing all of the building and customizing of WordPress websites, themes and plugins; building natively or using tools such as ACF (Advanced custom fields) to facilitate the creation of blocks, page options and or theme customization; building responsive websites for desktop and mobile devices; client side scripting using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery.
Minimum of two (2) years working with ADA and accessibility tooling / remediation; Using REST or GRAPHQL API; Hardening WordPress websites and remediating security vulnerabilities; Perform performance tuning PHP, Apache and MySQL and scripting and running load testing tool; Programming in PHP and JavaScript.
Minimum of three (3) years installing, configuring and using Open-Source development tools, IDEs, and GIT source control.
Experience Preferred:
Three years in the following: website security practices including best practices against vulnerabilities, regular updates and security plugins; designing websites using Adobe tools such as Photoshop or InDesign creating visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces that align with brand guidelines; building enterprise-level WordPress websites, including developing scalable and robust solutions that meet demands of a large organization; and building modern, responsive websites that adapt seamlessly across various devices and screen size ensuring optimal user experience. Two years of web accessibility guidelines to provide equal access to all users.
Education Required:
This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Additional Information:
The contractor can choose either a 4/10 or 9/80 work schedule but must be available for any application emergencies.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- UI: 5 years (Required)
- PHP: 5 years (Required)
- WordPress: 5 years (Required)
- REST or GRAPHQL API: 3 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Long Beach, CA 90802 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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