DEREX Technologies Inc., a total IT solutions and services firm, supporting its esteemed clients across North America.  Established in 1996 and located in Harrison NJ Derex provides a multi-faceted portfolio of products and services to its clients, including complete IT solutions.

JOB PURPOSE

A Senior Associate in PHP - Drupal, is a technical person with hands-on experience, who is capable of implementing end-to-end solution for this tech stack. He/she should be able to mentor a small group of technologist and will own planning, estimation and delivery along with aiding capability building and knowledge sharing in the identified areas.  He/she will interface with client/project counterparts and ensure delivery schedule and quality is met.

Primary Responsibilities:

•        Collaborates effectively with Architect and clients during the design process.

•        Provides technical leadership and assumes overall accountability for a track of work

•        Ensures technical solutions are properly implemented and reviews all code for quality assurance purposes.

•        In partnership with Architect, helps set direction for project technology practice.

•        Responsible for various aspects of ongoing support and maintenance engagements.

•        Partners with project managers and other developers to successfully manage track.

Technical Responsibilities:

•        Turns design and user interface mockups into functional websites powered by Drupal.

•        In a hands-on fashion, ensures that technology solution is as per architecture.

•        Ensure that theme is reusable and is loosely couple to the underlying framework or business logic.

•        Ensures HTML/CSS is cross-browser and standards compliant and meet accessibility/disability requirements.

•        Integrates websites with existing applications on campus or third-party/open-source platforms.

•        Help and mentor team resolving complex bugs.

•        Troubleshoot performance and environment issues.

Other Responsibilities:

•        Helps team members progress toward their professional development goals.

•        Defines and disseminates technology best practices.

•        Advances sapient thought leadership, specifically around Drupal, via blog, social media outlets (good to have).

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

•        Experience with Drupal

•        Proficient in Drupal site development including theming, custom module development contributed and core modules.

•        Proficient in the maintenance and administration of Drupal modules and sites.

•        Involvement in and contribution to the Drupal community.

•        Familiar with each layer in the LAMP stack from application architecture and system infrastructure points of view; knowledgeable and experienced in PHP and MySQL programming.

•        Comfortable integrating websites with other web applications and systems, both commercial and open source.

•        Proficient in HTML/CSS, and client-side scripting libraries.

•        Understands web trends, including social media integration and the impact of the growth of mobile/tablet browsing.

•        Knowledgeable in the area of web content management systems; experience with multiple systems (WordPress, Joomla, Alfresco etc.)

•        Strong written and oral communication skills to a variety of audiences at different levels and with different backgrounds.

•        Excellent problem solving skills. Curious and adept at researching project-related issues and challenges.

•        Self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision. Equally skilled at working collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

•        Confident and experience in consulting/interacting with clients.

Business Knowledge:  Domain experience would be a plus

Personal Attributes: a. Strong and innovative approach to problem solving and finding solutions b. Excellent communicator (written and verbal, formal and informal) c. Flexible and proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal ownership of problem resolution d. Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision. e. Ability to prioritize when under pressure

EXPERIENCE

•        4-8 Years

•        6-7 of experience of software development.

•        4-5 years of Drupal delivery experience.

•        2 years of Drupal 7 experience.

Bachelor’s degree required degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.

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