Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Lead Drupal Backend Engineer (F2F Interview Required)

Hi,

 

Lead Drupal Backend Engineer (F2F Interview Required)

Reston, VA

6 months +                

 

Position Summary

 

The Drupal Lead builds content-focused Drupal data management and business logic solutions using the Drupal API and PHP on Drupal version 6, 7 and 8 sites hosted on the Acquia enterprise hosted platform. Qualified candidates will feel they are fluent in the Drupal API version 6, 7, have an active interest in the Drupal 8 API and are comfortable in PHP 5.x, comfortable with custom SQL queries and the Drush command line, with a medium level knowledge of HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript and jQuery when needed. Ideal Drupal Backend Lead will have experience working and leading small agile teams doing large enterprise software projects, from conception and planning, to development and delivery, to testing.

 

This position will interact closely with either a Kan Ban team or a Scrum team to shape project requirements and guide projects through completion.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

                    Build, test, deploy and maintains front-end code for web pages and applications in Drupal 6.x and 7.x using PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery

                    Work with MySQL databases managed on the Acquia platform

                    Manage projects and coordinate with other stakeholders

                    Participate in project planning and estimating

                    Works tightly with other members of the team

                    Assists project teams to design core business components utilizing industry-accepted analysis and design standards

                    Provides and/or assists with, project management and project leadership

                    Facilitates communications between project management and development team

                    Will be responsible for defining SDLC processes for the team.

 

Required Skills

                    8+ years of professional experience in web development or a related field.

                    6+ years of professional experience in web development or a related field using PHP

                    5+ years of professional experience with Drupal

                    CS Degree preferred (or equivalent experience with an enthusiasm for rigorous problem solving)

                    Expert knowledge of Drupal API

                    Expert knowledge of PHP

                    Expert knowledge of the Drupal API version 6.x and 7.x

                    Advance knowledge of SQL

                    Experience using JavaScript and jQuery with Drupal

                    Medium level knowledge of HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript and jQuery

                    Knowledge of WCAG website accessibility standards

 

Preferred Skills

        Has worked with the Acquia enterprise hosting platform

        Is an active member of the Drupal community with community module contributions to show for it

        Has extensive LAMP stack experience

        Has experience writing unit tests in PHP Simple Test

        Is already working with Drupal 8

        Experience with JIRA and Git Hub

        Experience with Scrum and Kanban process

 

 

Thanks & Regards

M.Nagendar  

 

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