KITS

Job ID 2440054

KGS is seeking qualified candidates for our open positions, but we will only extend an offer of employment after a candidate applies through the link in our job posting. If you receive a job offer via email only and have not been interviewed by the KGS hiring manager, feel free to contact [email protected] to verify its validity.

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Mid-Level WordPress Developer to support KITS and our government customer, the U.S. Department of State, and its platforms of State.gov, 200+ U.S. Embassy sites, and several boutique sites. This is a Remote Opportunity. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.

We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

Koniag Government Services is seeking a Mid-Level WordPress Developer to provide technical leadership to a team doing web site development for a high-profile government client in an agile environment. This person will develop solutions, work collaboratively with team members and mentor junior developers. Solutions will include developing, integrating and leveraging, through user research, agile methodologies, application program interfaces plugins, scripts and other software tools that support the Mission Website Platform, State.gov, and other IIP WordPress sites.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Build, test, and maintain front-end components using CSS/SCSS, HTML, and Javascript, ensuring the website is responsive and performs efficiently across devices and browsers.
• Ensure all front-end code complies with WCAG 2 / Section 508 accessibility standards.
• Collaborate with the team to resolve back-end issues, such as WordPress plugin configuration, custom PHP functionality, and API integrations as needed.
• Assist with back-end tasks including custom plugin development, updating themes, and troubleshooting
• Assist with research tasks, including researching best practices, proposing solutions
• Assist with migrating existing themes to new USWDS-compliant themes, preserving the website's current look and feel where desired, and implementing design updates where desired.
• Field help desk tickets when they are escalated to the development team. Investigate issues across several platforms, providing timely responses and occasional night and weekend assistance as needed for high priority tickets.
• Assist with troubleshooting with migrating sites from one WordPress multisite install to another
• Use tooling such as ArgoCD and WordPress VIP tooling to manage environments and configurations
• Configure WordPress VIP and WordPress as needed to meet customer and security requirements
• Assist with security efforts requiring configuration, documentation, plugin additions, code creation, etc to meet NIST 800-53 standards
• Integrate third-party application program interfaces (APIs).
• Integrate CRM and other third-party applications and databases.
• Engage with the open-source GitHub community.
• Use open-source software.
• Publish to open-source communities.
• Incorporate responsive design.
• Follow an iterative and agile development model with sprints and a regular release cycle to support continual development of web technologies.
• Provide work estimates for sprint management purposes.
• Leverage and develop APIs, plugins, and scripts as needed, to interface with internal applications, social platforms, and third-party services. Make existing high-value data and content available through web APIs.
• Develop centrally managed functionality to minimize the need for customization and manipulation of federated web properties.
• Collaboratively work with infrastructure support vendors to maintain and enhance application security, stability, and scalability.
• Repurpose and build custom objects and custom assets that modify the functionality, look, and feel of existing platforms.
• Draft plain language descriptions of new functionality and system upgrades, to be edited and published as release notes.
• Document the architecture, design, interfaces, APIs, and algorithms of all developed code, and draft Standard Operating Procedures and Standard Installation Procedures.
• Evaluate and modify code and functionality in response to 508 evaluations and reports, ensuring digital platform compliance with Section 508 requirements; and
• Conceive and develop functionality changes to improve the usability and user experience of web properties.
• Design, build, test, and deploy new site templates, layouts, and sections, as necessary, based on user testing.
• Conduct user testing of functionality and features, to include remote and in-person testing.
• Conduct user research to gain insights into our audiences, using tools that include focus groups, interviews, card sorting, personas, surveys, task analysis, journey mapping, prototyping, design thinking frameworks, not limited to but including methods outlined by methods.18f.gov.
• Iteratively design for optimal user experiences, relying on data from user research and analytics.
• Design, build, and test user interfaces that ensure optimal user experiences, adhere to accessibility and branding requirements, and are based on user needs.
• Provide Information Architecture services that follow industry standards for creating, storing, accessing and presenting information, and result in the production of intuitive search, labeling, and navigation systems.
• Create templates and guidance for long-term assessment of user experience across the various lifecycles of the digital platforms, that may be replicated and used across multiple sites for various audiences.
• Assess user experience of the site-implementers (those updating the site) for ease of use, to allow for simple and flexible implementation of content, design, and digital strategy to ensure a positive customer experience for the end-user.
• Assess user and customer experience using analytics software tools including but not limited to Hot Jar, Usability Hub, Crazy Egg, and other A/B testing software as recommended.
• Develop and adhere to a QA testing plan for all new code before deployment.

Preferred technical skills include:
• WordPress, WordPress Multisite, Advanced Custom Fields, Gutenberg, Various WordPress plugins, Akamai, Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services, Sharepoint, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager, Google Data studio, Git Repository, BitBucket, DigitalGov Search, Bing Webmaster Tools, LDAP directory service, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), Javascript (especially front end), Python, .NET, Oracle, Django, PostgreSQL, Celery, AngularJS, RabbitMQ, MariaDB, Node JS, Jenkins, Ansible, Composer, Gulp, Babel, WordPress VIP, WP Engine
• Strong emotional intelligence to create a positive work environment and professionalism in a fast-paced environment
• Strong consulting skills to ensure client advocacy with the goal of becoming a trusted advisor.
• Ability to translate a symptom reported by the client to a technical solution and convey any impacts/trade-offs to the client. Also, translate that analysis into user stories for assignment and tracking.
• Strong agile background that will allow monitoring of Scrum boards by the development team and ensure that the scrum will be successful by reassigning stories, performing work or deferring stories.
• Assist in story pointing to ensure that sprint backlogs are appropriately loaded.
• Field production bugs and quickly turn around by performing coding or properly identifying the best developer for assignment.

Required:
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust

Working Environment & Conditions
This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

This position is primarily indoors, consistent with a standard office position and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. The incumbent is required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The workload may require the incumbent to sit for extended periods of time. The incumbent must be able to read, do simple math calculations and withstand moderate amounts of stress.

The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin, age, disability, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

The company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. If you require accommodation to navigate or to apply for a position on our website, please contact Heaven Wood via e-mail at [email protected] or by calling 703-488-9377 to request accommodation.

Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com.

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