This position requires - Clear Background, Drug Test, and Education Check.
Must be authorized to work in the US for any employer without Sponsorship.
(Principal Only! No Corp to Corp)
Position Title: 696-WordPress UI/UX Designer/ Developer-Hybrid
Location: Downey, CA
Pay Rate: $70-$85
Contract Duration: 1 Year
OT Rate: Straight Time (Exempt)
Hybrid
Position Description:
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.
Skills Required:
The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will possess knowledge and experience with WordPress website design, development, and implementation; various coding languages, frameworks, operating systems, and platforms including PHP, NodeJS, React, JavaScript, CSS, CLI, BASH scripting, GitHub, Linux, Windows, WP Engine (WPE); Open-Source Content Management System (CMS); technology and methodology of API; WordPress; document search tools such as Elastic or Algolia; and Documentum. They will possess knowledge and experience in customer service; ability to collaborate with different level of team members; strong organization and time management; oral and written communication skills in English; ability to provide feedback and receive critique from design team members and customers; and practice DevOps and agile methodologies.
Experience Required:
This classification requires a minimum of five (5) years performing all of the building and customizing of WordPress websites, themes and plugins; building natively or using tools such as ACF (Advanced custom fields) to facilitate the creation of blocks, page options and or theme customization; building responsive websites for desktop and mobile devices; client side scripting using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery; a minimum of two (2) years working with ADA and accessibility tooling / remediation; Using REST or GRAPHQL API; Hardening WordPress websites and remediating security vulnerabilities; Perform performance tuning PHP, Apache and MySQL and scripting and running load testing tool; Programming in PHP and JavaScript; and a minimum of three (3) years installing, configuring and using Open-Source development tools, IDEs, and GIT source control.
Education Preferred:
This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Additional Information:
Hybrid work schedule 3 days on site 2 days remote
We encourage Minorities, Women, Protected Veterans and Disabled individuals to apply for all positions that they may be qualified for. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume in a Word Document with the month and year that you have worked at each previous position to - roli@norlandgroup.com and copy: 696-WordPress UI/UX Designer/ Developer-Hybrid to the email Subject Line.
Or click this email link and attach your resume in a MS Word Document format.
Job Posted Date: 3/26/2025
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