Drupal Developer

Drupal Developer

  Not Disclosed

  Lemont, IL (100% Remote)

  7.0 Months

  Not Disclosed

  Not Disclosed

  Engineering

  $65/hour - $70/hour

Job Description

The goal is to enhance, upgrade, or develop operational tools and business functionality for the client web content management and related systems. To work as a developer on the scrum team accomplishing priorities set by the Product Owner and Product Manager. Current priorities include Drupal upgrades, Coveo enterprise search appliance enhancements, Site Studio foundational components, and related development as assigned to the scrum team. Additional work includes integrations with authentication and web services for data transfer, decommissioning older technologies, migrating applications such as PHP, fixing defects and expanding developer tools such as expansion of unit test and enhancing CI/CD pipelines. Additional role with assisting the scrum team with user support for the systems, pair programming, and code reviews. All development includes knowledge transfer to the scrum team to sustain operation and support for all systems where development occurs.

The ideal candidates will need to perform investigation and analysis of business requirements, establish requirements and objectives of computerized solution in web content management and related systems; prepare detailed software development agile artifacts such as Stories and Testing/Scrum Tasks, and recommend methodologies necessary to accomplish plan. In addition, candidates will consult with product manager on planning and monitoring of work. Candidates have five or more years of relevant experience at a level no less than senior systems developer or equivalent. The ideal candidates will need to:

• Work with others within the Enterprise Software Solutions (ESS), client scrum team with stakeholders in the Communications and Public Affairs (CPA) division, client Library, Cyber Security Program Office (CSPO), Networking Operations Center (NOC), Infrastructure Department. Business Information Services (BIS) division, Mission Support and lab-wide to develop the requirements and specifications in a professional and courteous manner.
• Develop tools and functionality for web content management and related systems.
• Work with a small scrum team to develop the services with an Agile Scrum practice and mindset.
• Develop components that leverage community-built functionality where possible and complex programming where appropriate.
• Provide experience for authentication and web services integrations.
• Mentor others in developing strategies and execution.
• Develop test plans and deployment procedures with for assigned work.
• Interface with code repository and CI/CD pipeline.
• Conduct business analysis and create workflow diagrams and implement those workflows
• Document work completed and changes to operating procedures.
• Transfer knowledge of service operations to appropriate staff.

The ideal candidates should have a fundamental understanding of web content management and related systems such as enterprise web search, migration tools, and others; experience working closely with SME’s, product managers, product owners, scrum masters, developers, and process owners to capture business requirements, translate them into technical specifications and develop functionality.


Computer Protection Program

The contractor shall adhere to all policies and procedures of the client Computer Protection Program, must not bypass any procedures established to protect data, applications, hardware, or communications at Client, must maintain a work environment that will satisfy audit, privacy, and protection requirements, and must report any findings of inadequacies to the technical contact and the BIS Computer Protection Program Representative.

Government-Furnished Property

Client will supply a government-furnished laptop, PIV Card, and PIV Card reader.

Qualifications


• Web content management system administration and/or development experience or equivalent system experience (such as Drupal or similar)
• PHP, Javascript, HTML/CSS
• Database development experience with MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle
• Knowledge of software development life cycle, agile development, software testing and debugging
• Excellent communication and technical skills.
• Ability to produce secure, reliable, and extendable code
• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to understand and follow organizational best practices and standards.
• Proven skills in web user interface design.
• Able to work both independently and as a contributing member of an Agile Scrum technical team.
• Able to effectively interact with user organizations to derive system requirements and design solutions.
• Able to disseminate knowledge to current staff.
• Ability to model Client’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork

Task and Time Reporting

Work performed is measured by the contractor on a task basis within Story records. The tasks typically represent 2 to 40 hours of effort with performance being measured at the completion of each of the assigned tasks. Hours will be recorded on a weekly time sheet; progress against planned tasks will be reported weekly.
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VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.