Orca Intelligence is a small business based in Silver Spring, MD. Guided by executive leadership with 30 years of information technology consulting experience and in the industry since 2014, Orca Intelligence operates with the vision to be a state-of-the-art boutique product firm providing artificial intelligence projects for software development. We deliver using methods grounded in the belief that software, though not tangible, is very similar to building design and architecture and requires the same governance and best practices. Our methods also include cataloging and maintaining requirements for reuse on other projects. Our methods are further encapsulated in Swiftly, an algorithmic-based Requirements Management tool developed by Orca Intelligence. Swiftly saves requirements analysis and management time and keeps stakeholders and software engineers organized throughout the entire software development life cycle, producing incremental success that keeps teams on schedule and within budget.
We will offer transportation, lunch and dinner credits up to $150 a week.
OCTO needs a resource to perform specialized programming and technical work for website in Drupal. This is an ONSITE position. 

Skills/Required Years of Experience:

• 6-10 yrs. performing specialized (often advanced) programming and technical development for the Internet (Required 6 Years).
• 6-10 yrs preparing complex technical documentation (Required 6 Years).
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (Required).
• HTML5 / CSS3 / XML (L-4) (Required 8 Years).
• PHP (L-4) and Drupal (L3) (Required 5 Years).
• Bootstrap 4 (Required 5 Years).
• javascript / ajax / jQuery : (L-5) (Required 7 Years).
• Angular: web development framework (L-4) (Required 8 Years).
• Web Development (Required 8 Years).
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC) (Highly desired 5 Years).

Complete Description: 

The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer seeks to acquire a Web Developer to support the day-to-day projects within the Digital Service Team. Some of the primary responsibilities of this role would include requirements analysis, designing, modifying, developing, writing, and implementing software programming applications and components. The Web Developer role requires a service-oriented mentality, high ownership of the problems and requests assigned, a focus on managing and resolving issues in alignment with the SLAs, and establishing and maintaining communication with technology customers to keep them updated on the request status. Initiating and performing changes on production systems and proactively escalating any issues that cannot be resolved within the established timeframes. Will work closely with clients and various District agencies to define needs or issues, analyze problems, and advise on or recommend solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Create, maintain, and troubleshoot custom-coded JavaScript components and Drupal Twig templates.
• Install and update Node packages.
• Review pull requests on GitHub.
• Translate verbal and written requirements from stakeholders into working products.
• Help with QA testing and bug hunts.
• How we’ll evaluate your job performance.
• Adherence to development standards, governance processes, and best practices.
• Maintenance of professional relationships with colleagues, management, and other stakeholders while delivering high-quality customer service.
• Multitasking in a fast-paced, high-profile environment.
• Evolution of skill sets and adaptation to innovative technologies.
• Ability to dive into code and understand how it all works without handholding.
• Organization and attention to detail.

Requirements:

The technical skills you need: 

• JavaScript (encompassing vanilla JS, React, JSX, and TypeScript).
• A front-end framework such as GatsbyJS or NextJS.
• HTML and CSS.
• Local development using Docker.
• Git version control.
• Expertise with Drupal 9 (especially Twig templates).
• Experience with common programming design patterns (e.g., Strategy, Adapter, Decorator, Observer, etc.)
• Familiarity with project management software such as Jira, Basecamp, or Wrike.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.
• Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high-quality services/ products. This is a professional position which may require subject matter expertise consistent with demanding and rare technological skills.
• May require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the application development team
• Confers with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, inaccuracy, or feasibility of computer processing and project design.
• Works with necessary personnel to determine if modifications are necessary with interested personnel to determine the necessity for improvements or enhancements.
• Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business processes and programming solutions as directed by business and technical stakeholders.
• May coordinate activities of application developers.11-
• Able to identify best practices and standards for using the product.
• Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.
• Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.
• Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
• Delivers support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
• Interacts with executive-level business users or technical experts.
• Advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.
• May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).
• Has proven experience across large and complex implementations and systems.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience.
• A background check is required if selected for the position. 
• No reimbursable expenses have been allocated to this position.