PHP/Joomla Developer

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Job Description

Our client has a requirement for a PHP/Joomla Developer for a 4 month contract opportunity. The positions are located in North York.

 

What makes this Special

Our client, one of Canada’s largest publically traded Retailers is currently looking experienced I.T. professionals. Located in Toronto, our client is easily accessed via automobile and public transportation. You have a history of successful contract experience with similar sized organizations in Canada, can meet deadlines and can thrive in a challenging and demanding environment. If you are an experienced, hard working, independent individual who can take charge and welcome new challenges in a structured environment, we would like to hear from you

 

Role

The PHP/Joomla Developer will be a member of the Online Development team in the Business Solution Delivery Department, participating in projects, responsible for application support and system improvements for web-based and multi-tier applications and other integration applications linking business partners and the Online system.

 

Responsibilities

This position is a hands-on role. The PHP/Joomla Developer must be a team player and have strong web application skills, good troubleshooting and self-starting qualities with minimal supervision. He/she will work with other team members to work on new projects and support back-end and middle-tier and other batch applications in large and complex, transaction-heavy environments.

Major responsibilities are summarized as follows:

• Participate in the ongoing development of our client’s website and its related micro sites.
• Set-up and maintain Joomla environment and/or other similar portal/CMS engines (such as WordPress).
• Investigate high severity application defects reported by internal and external customers in production, identify the root cause of the issue, develop a solution and implement it as early as possible per business requirements.
• Participate in optimization to achieve more scalable, reliable, secured, maintainable, extendable, and adaptable applications through effective refactoring, tuning and building solid and reusable frameworks.
• Participate in architectural design and QA test strategy review. Make sure that the design is aligned with industry best practices, the solution is a balance of availability, reliability, reusability, maintainability, scalability, performance, security and extensibility, and that the test cases have good test coverage.
• Must be willing and able to occasionally work outside of normal business hours when project deadlines or critical production issues call for it.

Requirements or Qualifications

• Three to five years of relevant experience (PHP development and Joomla experience is a must.)
• Experience with development technologies (PHP, MySQL), basic data parsing (JSON, XML, open APIs), and development of popular blog and CMS frameworks (WordPress, Joomla, etc.)
• Produce clean, well-documented front-end code
• Have advanced knowledge of standards-compliant front-end web development languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc
• Advanced knowledge of AJAX and its application in dynamic user interfaces
• Knowledge of image and rich media formats, their strengths, weaknesses, and usability across browsers and platforms
• Advanced knowledge of JavaScript libraries, such as jQuery, and their employment to create dynamic user interfaces
• Experience with Agile (SCRUM) methodology required
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic, faster learner, very reliable, and highly motivated
• Good familiarity with current online trends including Social Media and mobile
• University degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent work experience

 

Keywords: Developer, PHP, Joomla, MySQL, JavaScript, Scrum, Toronto

 

How to Apply

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