What are the responsibilities and job description for the Web Design & Development position at Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.?
Overview
Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Web Design & Development Programmer to support the IT program at a major national laboratory. This organization provides web design and development services for a national lab. Organization considers the necessary content management and delivery vehicles needed to attain customer business goals, including web content and communication products. The candidate shall consult and support all aspects of web development, such as systems analysis and design, user interface and experience design, workflow support, programming, project leadership, and product user training and support. The candidatate should have experience with web-based products using Web technologies such as HTML5/CSS3, PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery, and working with web content management systems (e.g., WordPress, Cascade Server) Web service usage is required.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement quality control methodologies to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures in a large computer-based organization.
- Develop and define major and minor characteristics of quality including quality metrics and scoring parameters and determines requisite quality control resources for an actual task order.
- Establish and maintain a process for evaluating hardware, software, and associated documentation and/or assist in the evaluation.
- Conduct and/or participate in formal and informal reviews at pre-determined points throughout the development life cycle.
- Participate in the design of software tools and subsystems to support reuse and domain analysis.
- Assist Applications Engineer and Applications Programmer to interpret software requirements and design specifications to code and integrate and test software components.
- Provide support in upgrading, maintaining, and creating web content, including day-to-day site design and creation
- Provide support in upgrading, maintaining, and creating web content, including day-to-day site design and creation
- Designs and constructs desktop and mobile friendly web sites, web applications
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or other related field and minimum 6 years’ experience in IT support
- U.S. Citizenship is required per contract.
- Experience with user interface layout creation, visual design, information architecture, and organizing web content and navigation
- Ability to conceptualize elements of web site development or administration, including the delivery of clear and concise communications to appropriate audiences
- Must possess a working knowledge of browsers, editors, graphic design software (e.g., PhotoShop, Illustrator)
Desired:
- Ability to review incoming customer support tickets, analyze for alignment with web services, respond to customers on desired needs, and forward ticket to appropriate team members
- Experience in coding, and testing techniques, including HTML and CSS
- Experience with animation software and images
- Familiarity with streaming media concepts and techniques, including digital video and audio compression standards such as MP3, WAV, and MPEG
- Knowledge of search engine optimization techniques, web analytics, web security, web usability, or social media
- Ability to be self-directed on technical projects
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team environment
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Must have good communication skills and the ability to work with all levels of management and technical personnel
- Test software performance/capabilities
About Us:
Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2024.
It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.
