Website UI / UX Designer / Developer / WordPress

Job Title : Website UI / UX Designer / Developer (WordPress) Location : Downey, CA Hybrid work schedule : 3 days on site, 2 days remote Duration : 12+ month contract with likelihood for extension Position Description : The Website UI / UX Designer / Developer (WordPress) works under the direction of an IT Manager or user agency personnel. This classification specializes in the WordPress website platform and will work as part of a team to provide customers with WordPress hosting and professional services business. The Website UI / UX Designer / Developer (WordPress) will : Work with developers, designers, testers, and project managers interfacing with multi-functional IT support groups. Interface with both internal and external customers from various departments. Provide WordPress application development, website onboarding, and operational support on WPEngine and AWS Openshift platform. Participate in new development, onboarding, and operational support of WordPress websites, PHP and Java applications, hybrid mobile apps, and kiosks. Support and maintain multiple websites and be responsible for upgrading and patching WordPress core, themes, and plugins. Use the standard tools to improve and automate DevOps workflow operations, including WordPress, MySQL, PHP, Apache, Varn / NGINX varnish, WhiteHat security scan, Git. Follow the incident, change, and problem management procedures using the Cherwell Service Management System. Participate in team meetings and huddles. Ensure the WordPress hosting line of business, which operates 24 / 7, meets a service level agreement of 99.5% uptime. Work from a primary office but also connect remotely into the network to support operations and adhere to the service level agreement uptime. Skills Required : The Website UI / UX Designer / Developer (WordPress) will possess knowledge and experience with : WordPress website design, development, and implementation. Various coding languages, frameworks, operating systems, and platforms including PHP, NodeJS, React, JavaScript, CSS, CLI, BASH scripting, GitHub, Linux, Windows, WP Engine (WPE). Open-Source Content Management System (CMS). Technology and methodology of API; WordPress. Document search tools such as Elastic or Algolia. Documentum. Customer service, ability to collaborate with different levels of team members. Strong organization and time management. Oral and written communication skills in English. Ability to provide feedback and receive critique from design team members and customers. Practice of DevOps and agile methodologies. Experience Required : This classification requires a minimum of : Five (5) years performing all of the building and customizing of WordPress websites, themes, and plugins. Experience building natively or using tools such as ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) to facilitate the creation of blocks, page options, and / or theme customization. Experience building responsive websites for desktop and mobile devices. Client-side scripting using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery. Two (2) years working with ADA and accessibility tooling / remediation. Using REST or GRAPHQL API. Hardening WordPress websites and remediating security vulnerabilities. Performing performance tuning on PHP, Apache, and MySQL and scripting and running load testing tools. Programming in PHP and JavaScript. Three (3) years installing, configuring, and using Open-Source development tools, IDEs, and GIT source control. Education Required : Possession of a bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.