Web Developer

The Web Developer will maintain and provide website support whilst also ensuring that practices around web development are geared towards long term sustainability. S/He will work under supervision of a Senior Web Developer, close collaboration with other Office of Communications members, and report directly to the Head of Communications. More specifically, the responsibilities of the Web Developer include:

1. Support the website development for both front and back end, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Contribute towards ensuring that user requirements meet business needs, are feasible and can be deliverable in time
• Ongoing website maintenance and updates
• Extend Drupal through modules and themes while conforming to best practices and coding standards
• Utilize a pattern library to model, manage and document front end components
• Test and verify that delivered features do meet specifications
• Ensure that implemented solutions do not introduce system regression
• Periodically refactor code for long term sustainability

2. Assist the Operations, security, and website availability, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Provide support for ongoing web incidents, classify and take ownership
• Troubleshoot, debug, and apply fixes to issues in a timely manner
• Show initiative in keeping up with application performance indicators, flagging risks/issues.
• Ensure that solutions are optimized for performance, availability, and security
• Stay up to date with secure coding practices and apply accordingly

3. Ensure proper quality management, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Participate in code quality activities i.e. code reviews, pair programming
• Assist in identifying regression risks as well as identifying and validating test cases
• Contribute to standards and guidelines, continuously check and validate that code produced conforms
• Stay up to date with web development best practices, applying to day-to-day activities accordingly
• Ensure that technical documentation is sufficient and up to date

4. Engage with stakeholders, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Engage with internal stakeholders around ongoing requests
• Produce and maintain user facing documentation
• Prepare materials and provide training where necessary

5. Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Key performance indicators

• Requests/Features are delivered in a timely manner
• Tests are sufficient and code conforms to standards and guidelines
• Participation in code reviews
• Up to date and sufficient User and technical documentation