Description:
Summit Technologies Inc. is seeking a Front End Developer to support our government client. In this role you will provide professional Drupal web development and content management support to assist the client with operating, maintaining, and enhancing the clients public and intranet websites. You will also be involved with the design and delivery of technical solutions and custom application development within the Customers environment. This is an in person onsite role based in Washington, DC. Candidates must be eligible for a Public Trust clearance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Follow agile development processes and web development best practices to plan and deliver enhancements to the site.
- Develop, test, and implement website enhancements (examples of enhancements include migration to CKEditor5, creation of a Drupal instance for the Intranet, research into and integration of new Drupal modules to meet evolving business needs, development and/or integration of graphical data presentations, etc.).
- Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, policies, and regulations identified on the clients website: Checklist of requirements for federal websites and digital services.
- Ensure all custom development adheres to security best practices and verification testing in accordance with OWASP Application Security Verification Standards or comparable industry or government standards. This includes the capability for the contractor, or a third-party to perform automated and manual code analysis in accordance with OMB M 22-09: Moving the U.S. Government Towards Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles.
Required Experience and Skills:
- Experience with Drupal front-end development of theming.
- Experience formulating an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme (prior experience implementing USWDS is a plus)
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with a combination of programming skills, (HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, etc.) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, color and font choices etc.)
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, and web development processes
- Strong understanding of industry trends and CMSs
Education:
- Bachelors degree and eight of experience; Or
- Masters degree and six of experience; Or
- subsequent work experience