Description
Status: 6 Month Contract
Job Category: Application Development
Career Level: Intermediate to Senior
Work Experience:
3+ years of Content Management System (CMS), WCM, WCMS, CCMS, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, XForms, ASP, SQL, CSS
The Developer is responsible for content management and defining, extending, and coding the architecture of client and Server Side solutions to support the organization's websites. The Developer is responsible to lead projects, which includes content strategy, content analysis, XML development, and updating content on a regular basis. This responsibility includes, but is not limited to the development and use of: the Template Management System (TMS), the Content Tool, Targeted Offers, product applications, and financial planning tools. The Developer must be able to review and digest business requirements and objectives on given projects, and translate wire frames and specifications into robust and completed systems. A strong understanding of web technologies, content modelling, and content/technical architecture is required.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead projects and daily changes to the organization's web properties.
- Code XML and XHTML content; upload content into database using the Content Tool.
- Apply content management best practices and principles including, content reusability, flexibility, extensibility, maintainability and naming convention standards.
- Forecast potential issues within projects/operations that may negatively impact customers, and provide solutions.
- Develop a project content solution to ensure that long-term business objectives are met.
- Develop or enhance the Content Tool and associated databases and processes.
- Develop Targeted Online Offers using XHTML and XForms
- Provide leadership to the management and development teams in areas related to content management systems, databases, processes, and web technologies in general.
- Contribute to and document coding standards, and content management best practices including accessibility standards.
- Assist, advise, and train junior team members.
- Proactively schedule to accommodate timelines, lead other team members assigned to same project, actively communicate issues to manager and project manager.
- May be required to develop TMS templates, financial planning tools, online product applications, and support sites in TMS.
- May be required to develop XHTML templates, including CSS and JavaScript.
Knowledge/Requirements/Skill:
- 3+ years experience working on Internet projects and applications
- University degree in Computer Science or a related field (Or applicable work experience)
- Deep experience of Content Management Systems (CMS) or Web Content Management Systems (WCM or WCMS), Component Content Management Systems (CCMS), and content architectures
- Deep experience and understanding of XHTML, XML, XSLT, XSD, and JavaScript.
- Experience and understanding of XForms, ASP and SQL preferred.
- Experience and understanding of user experience issues, Internet design principles, W3C standards, and accessibility issues, is an asset.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- CSS Based layout experience is preferred.
- Experience with IBM's Web Content Manager (WCM) an asset.
- Experience with Java/JSP an asset.
Job Challenges/Complexities:
- Managing large amounts of content in a constantly changing and multi-project environment.
- Ability to work well within a team environment as well as a corporate culture and Matrix project focused environment
- Adapting to and learning new technologies
- Comfortable working in a team environment with minimal direction or supervision
- Ability to multi-task and work in a deadline driven environment
- Stay abreast of trends in software and web development
- Formulating creative web solutions to meet business needs.
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams of technical and non-technical professionals.