Job Description
Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Elegant Enterprise Wide Solutions, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! About this Position: Job Title: Full Stack WordPress Developer Responsibilities: • Experience developing and maintaining WordPress multisites. • Recommend solutions and collaborate with SPS web services team to maintain sites and solve technical issues. • Support DevOps processes around testing, deployment/release management, and uptime issues; Setup and tuning of monitoring systems including ThousandEyes, New Relic, and Solarwinds. • Configure and maintain WordPress CMS for security and performance. • Maintain version control for WordPress core, themes, 3rd party plugins for performance and security. • Reporting and Measurement: status reporting, performance measurement, and retrospectives. • Create, maintain, and backup databases. • Participate in planning and execution of tasks related to the evaluation of new website-based initiatives including new feature development or troubleshooting existing features (Upgraded Versions, Third-Party Solutions, integration with additional Enterprise Systems). • Ensuring cross-platform compatibility, responsive design, and performance analysis and optimization. • Communicating effectiveness of emerging technologies to decision makers. • Ensuring security, maintenance, and scalability when developing solutions. • Knowledge of WordPress security and WP plugin security. Support patching WP/WP plugins on a regular cadence (or as needed based on risks presented by disclosed vulnerabilities). • Ensuring accessibility WCAG 2.1AA. Required Qualifications: • Proven experience as a full stack WordPress developer. • At least five (5) years professional experience in web development. • Development using PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS/HTML5. • Experience working with source control tools such as GIT. • Development experience working with APIs and RESTful services. • Commitment to universal design and accessibility; Strong understanding of web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG). • Navigate mid-project and post web development projects. • Experience managing business improvement projects. • Excellent organization and project management skills. • Relationship development and interpersonal skills. • Strong communications and facilitation skills. • Critical/analytical thinking and problem solving. • High energy level, strong team player, and good work ethic. • Attention to detail. • Curiosity towards new technology and outstanding ability to analyze and solve problems. Secondary Qualifications (Nice to Have): • Experience in a K-12 Academic environment. • Experience in a public agency.