Drupal Developer Job at CGS Federal

• Develops the scope for the application development process and governance function for the organization
• Develop milestones for the roadmap
• Obtains, evaluates and consolidates best practices from within existing Drupal application development areas, including vendor and in-house teams as well as from outside sources
• Work with interested parties to review and reach a consensus on policies to be established and governed within for all design and development activities going forward
• Establishes an inventory of approved technology and tools and processes to ensure adherence to use of these tools
• Define and implement processes for updates and possibly new software and development tools and retiring old software
• Coaches and mentors team members to operationalize and ensure adherence to the defined standards and policies
• Defines and implements periodic reviews to measure compliance to standards from all Drupal staff and vendors
• Participates in the evaluation and selection of new software development tools that project teams propose to introduce to the production environment
• Plans and delivers software platforms used across multiple products and organizational units
• Performs web design and production tasks using Dreamweaver, Web Content Management System (Drupal) and/or SharePoint tools
• Makes use of HTML, XHTML, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery programming languages as needed
• Creates and optimizes Section-508 compliant images and PDFs for the web using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, and Acrobat)
• Deploys new sites using a current template, including the configuration of associated files (navigation, heater, footer, etc.)
• Cleans up Drupal code, making certain that each page is W3C compliant and corrects any infrastructure issues
• Review pages after migration to ensure accuracy
• Performs QA reviews and all applicable testing before returning to client for final review, approval, and clearance
• Knows and continues to keep up-to-date on Section-508 accessibility requirements and ensures all web pages and web files are compliant
• Performs cross-browser testing and follows all internal approval and clearance processes before posting pages
• Offers suggestions on information architecture, user experience, search engine optimization, Section-508 compliance, use of graphics, mobile optimization, and other web best practices
• Reviews website statistics (using Google Analytics, etc.) and uses findings to improve search engine optimization and information architecture as well as to inform customers of site performance and use
• Attends web team meetings and provides valuable input and maintains strong, positive interoffice and client relations
• Represents team in cross-organizational workgroups, communities of practice, project teams, etc
• Uses MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and WinZip software to format and store files as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field
• experience related At least three years of
• Previous Experience with JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, CSS, CSS3, Web Programming Skills
• Experience with 508 compliance
• Great Communication Skills
• A basic understanding of Security Principles
• Previous Experience working with Object-Oriented Design, Multimedia Content Development, and API creation and implementation
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain a favorably adjudicated Public Trust Clearance
   

Ideally, you will also have

• Previous Government Experience