Website UI/UX Designer/ Developer / WordPress

Full-time

Hybrid - Downey, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

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 and will interface with both internal and external customers from various County departments. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will 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; will use the County's 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; and participate in team meetings and huddles. The WordPress hosting line of business is with a 24/7 operation and must meet a service level agreement of 99.5% up time. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will work from a primary County office but will also connect remotely into the County network to support this operation and adhere to the service level agreement up time.

Responsibilities

• Provide WordPress application development and operational support.
• Participate in new development and onboarding of WordPress websites.
• Support and maintain multiple websites, upgrading and patching WordPress core, themes, and plugins.
• Use standard tools to improve and automate DevOps workflow operations.
• Follow incident, change, and problem management procedures.
• Participate in team meetings and huddles.

Requirements

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in building and customizing WordPress websites, themes, and plugins.
• Minimum of two (2) years working with ADA and accessibility tooling/remediation.
• Experience with REST or GRAPHQL API.
• Experience in hardening WordPress websites and remediating security vulnerabilities.
• Experience in performance tuning PHP, Apache, and MySQL.
• Minimum of three (3) years installing, configuring, and using Open-Source development tools, IDEs, and GIT source control.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of various coding languages and frameworks including PHP, NodeJS, React, JavaScript, CSS.
• Experience with document search tools such as Elastic or Algolia.
• Experience in customer service and collaboration with team members.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Ability to provide feedback and receive critique from design team members.

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule: 3 days on site, 2 days remote.
• Pay range: $45-$50/hr on W2.