Province: New South Wales
Description:
Drupal Development
* Web Applications
* 3 month contract
Summary
* 4+ years experience designing and building large-scale custom web applications
* 3+ years experience designing and building custom Drupal implementations
* Deep knowledge of the Drupal API and application framework, including module and theme layering
* Program custom Drupal modules and configure Drupal applications
* Effective verbal and written communication skills
* Excellent time management, problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills
In Detail
Existing Knowledge
* Custom web application development.
* Developed with at least one CMS framework or web application framework.
* Employed a framework or extended an existing CMS with custom coding.
* Knowledgeable about accessibility or security compliance relevant in client’s sector and geographic location.
* Understands the underlying systems on which web applications are developed.
* Understands the technologies and languages which power the web such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
* Understands key server-side web development concepts such as:
* Integrating data or user accounts between multiple systems for a client.
* Integrating multiple databases and/or database types into one system.
* Managing a hosting environment, and has administered databases.
* Scaling an application and/or its hosting environment to support increases in traffic.
* Setting up or using a version control system, and manage control with file based assets and data.
* Implementing or working with content approval and staging workflows.
* Migrating data, scripting migration of data.
* Implementing, managing or using a backup system and disaster recovery.
* Securing data or access to applications with multiple user levels, or has the ability to customize based on user levels.
* Implementing or working with a template driven system with a clear separation between content and display. *comment.
* Outputting data in multiple document formats.
* Using XMLHTTPRequest and Javascript to create web applications.
* Working with multiple delivery platforms such as mobile versus desktop.
* Creating multilingual websites or applications.
* Creating and implementing database schemas that represent and support business processes.
* Ensuring the quality of applications through unit testing.
Domain Specific
* Knowledge of a programming language for a framework such as PHP or Java, or other language.
* Application and scripting development best practices, architecture, scalability, etc.
* Can execute tasks with both procedural and OOP development techniques.
* Familiarity with the syntax and control structures of the given language.
* Best practices for efficient and easier to maintain code.
* Best practices for securing web applications.
* Inserting, querying and managing data stored in databases or files.
* Knowledge of PHP and database programming including:
* The features and syntax of PHP datatypes, variables, constants and operators.
* Knowledge of syntax of and how to employ expressions and functions.
* Knowledge of how to apply control structures of PHP such as expressions, loops, conditional statements, and switch statements.
* Session handling, PHP Configuration.
* Understands web development markup languages HTML/XML; stylesheet languages CSS/XSL and JavaScript. Additionally, knowledge of the DOM, its objects and their properties.
If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Ian Ramm
02 9021 9700
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