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Experienced LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) Developer (Alexandria, VA)

This is for a full time in house position, so please no Consultants or outsourcing companies.

OUR ORGANIZATION:

A nonprofit in Old Town Alexandria in a beautiful office right on the water, accessible by metro (free shuttle). A great group of people, completely fun environment. Not your typical nonprofit. IT department is challenging, creative and always working on new and exciting technologies ( blogs, podcasts, open source, ruby on rails, .net , CF, PHP, MYSQL, Virtualization, FinalCut, S3, Cloud Computing ). If it's web, we do it.

THE JOB:
We are looking for an experienced LAMP Developer with Drupal experience to provide development, installation, and configuration support for community driven websites using Drupal. Duties will include: A major redesign of current site and migration of content to a Drupal based system; extending the existing website through custom module development; extending the existing user modules to provide enhanced user experience to Members; intranet development for reporting, marketing, and management; development of website widgets for use on 3rd party websites using 3rd party APIs. This position is an integral, 'hands-on' position that will be involved throughout the product planning, development, and deployment lifecycles.

YOU:
Must have completed a bachelor's degree or 3+ years of equivalent experience developing community driven websites using LAMP technologies. In addition, the candidate should be able to provide input into design and architecture to enhance performance and functionality. Intellectually curious with innovative and creative problem-solving skills. Expertise with Drupal-based e-commerce integration, with specific experience in identifying and implementing appropriate solution for a given set of requirements. motivated, self-starting, detailed-oriented, organized, able to multi-task and prioritize tasks, able to work independently and in a team environment

YOUR BACKGROUND:

3+ years of demonstrable PHP experience
2+ years of MySQL DBMS, Apache, Linux OS
2+ years working with HTML/CSS templates within a database driven environment for dynamic websites
2+ years of working experience with the Drupal platform (Familiarity with progress and some experience with Drupal 6 a plus)
Hands on experience with the installation, management, maintenance, optimization and customization of Drupal
Experience with customizing templates, hooks, Views, Panels, Taxonomy, Workflow, Nodequeue, and blocks for Drupal
Experience developing and administering community-based applications
Experience developing website widgets using 3rd party APIs
Substantial experience with current user-experience and "back-end" web technologies such as jQuery, XML, AJAX
special expertise in best practices for website security in this environment
Hands-on experience and expertise with cross platform/browser compatibility and client-side languages and architecture (DHTML, CSS, Ajax, JavaScript, XML)
Experience with open source CMS applications such as Joomla, WordPress, Magento, Expression Engine et al.

WHAT YOU GET:

* Great company with a fun atmosphere; regular working hours with some flexibility
* Tremendous room for growth
* Innovative technologies
* Comprehensive benefits package which includes medical/dental/vision, 401k with company match, vacation/sick/holiday pay, and life insurance
* Business casual work environment
* Your own office, no cubes
* Work-out room in building and/or discount on nearby Sport & Health fitness club membership

If you think you are "the One", Send your Resume, Sample of work and salary requirements to jobs@abiworld.org