Director IT Web Applications

Director IT, Web Applications

New York, NY - Must be local, no relocation

Hybrid - 3 days onsite once up and running

Full-time/Permanent, no 3rd party & sponsorship

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

This hands-on position will focus on governance, application delivery and support, technical implementations and functional solutions, and technology operations for websites and enterprise web applications.

You will participate in gathering business, functional and technical requirements, design, development and deployment. You will also participate in projects and maintenance coordination with 3rd party partners for our WordPress websites. You will be responsible for application development, UI and backend design, will deliver enhancements, implement best practices for SDLC and cybersecurity.

You will be vigilant about maintaining the integrity and security of systems to better serve the needs and aspirations of all departments, and overall mission of the company.

Skills:

Strong technical skills in web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, as well as experience with Content Management System (CMS) platforms like WordPress and Drupal.

Understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.

Drupal site building, administration, patching, and maintenance.

Drupal Development knowledge: PHP, Drush, Composer, Twig Templates.

Knowledge of Apache Solr Search preferred.

Knowledge of Salesforce API framework preferred.

Strong analysis and problem-solving abilities. Technical eye for details.

Very strong customer service orientation.

Solid teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Highly self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Process oriented.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Project Planning, Scheduling, Tracking & Reporting. Manage multiple projects at once in parallel.

Experienced knowledge of project management methodologies such as SCRUM, Agile, hybrid and best practices.

Experience with troubleshooting principles and issue resolution techniques.

Good understanding of SDLC and ITIL processes.

Business Requirements gathering, writing business and functional requirements.

Understanding of User Experience, User Acceptance and Regression Testing concepts.

Work Experience:

5+ years of experience with application development.

Experienced with front-end technologies HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery.

Experienced in responsive cross-browser website development.

Experienced building user interfaces (UI) for websites and/or web applications.

Experienced with debugging tools like Firebug and Chrome inspector.

Experienced with code versioning tools such as Git and Bitbucket.

Experienced with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML).

Project management experience required.

Minimum of 3 years of experience managing people.

SDLC implementation experience.

Vendor Management experience.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related area.

PMP or PGMP PMI Certification or equivalent preferred.