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The University of Virginias Miller Center seeks a Web Developer/Administrator to contribute to the ongoing work of its website. This position will join a collaborative team of creative scholars, writers, designers, video producers, and technologists who together maintain the Center's website and other web-based technologies. This position will report directly to the Assistant Director of Information Technology.
The ideal candidate will already have experience with Drupal development or, at least, the ability to learn it quickly with training to be supported by the Center. The ideal candidate will also have working knowledge of and competence with JavaScript, PHP, CSS, and MySQL database administration. Other required and preferred qualifications may be found below.Responsibilities- Serve on the web development team
- Provide ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Miller Center website
- Develop recommendations on moderately complex problems
- Collaborate in establishing and meeting technical specifications
- Identify and solve problems, test and implement applications, and provide ongoing technical evaluations
- Assist in integration of additional technologies to enhance sites and focus sites toward intended audiences
- Assist with maintenance/support of technology infrastructure
- Process multimedia for web publication
- Interact with public and internal stakeholders, including training of other users
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices
- Bachelors degree in computer science, MIS, computer engineering or related discipline is required. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- One or more years of experience in web development, preferred
- Ability to design effective web content delivery, required
- Ability to create, test and deploy improvements to a complex web application based on stakeholder specifications, required
- Fluency in HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and Javascript, required
- Experience with Drupal development, or ability to learn it quickly, required
- Experience with modern Javascript frameworks (React, Node), preferred
- Experience working with Git-based, collaborative code management, preferred
- Experience developing, theming, and maintaining Drupal site, preferred
- Experience working with faculty in a higher education setting, preferred
- Knowledge of Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Cloud applications, preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively, especially regarding technical information, required
- Ability to meet deadlines, required
- Ability to work well independently and in a team-oriented environment, required
- Ability to maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices, required
- Ability to uphold the values of the Miller Centers faculty and staff, required
Vacancy expired!