PHP Developer

TCI has an immediate need for a PHP Developer in Washington, DC area for hybrid remote. This is not a Corp2Corp opportunity. This is a long-term contract opportunity with the possibility of hire. In addition to competitive, market-rate based pay, TCI provides all our Consultants with Comprehensive Medical/Dental Insurance, 401k, Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability benefits.
THIS POSITION REQUIRES SHIP AND A PUBLIC TRUST SECURITY CLEARANCE.
SUMMARY
The PHP Developer will be responsible for providing development support for mission critical applications requiring in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming, understanding of MVC designs, and working knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. The PHP Developer s primary responsibility will be supporting the code refactoring effort of the Oracle ADF application to the new PHP technology using the Laravel framework.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with Business Analysts and Business SMEs to confirm understanding of the business requirements.
• Participate in the design and delivery of the system architecture to meet business needs and objectives.
• Conduct analysis of application requirements and As-Is and To-Be design.
• Coordinate with designers, administrators, project managers and other programmers to analyze system requirements to fulfill complex business processes.
• Develop responsive web-applications using object-oriented PHP, Laravel, Git.
• Understand and use Design Patterns and make use of accepted PHP best practices.
• Responsible for developing code for refactoring the existing Oracle ADF application.
• Submit application deployments and support issues through lower level and production environments.
• Execute Unit-Testing and support End-to-End testing of code.
• Determine time estimates to complete tasks assigned through changes request and help desk tickets.
• Demonstrate understanding and experience with information security requirements and practices.
• Work independently and work with others in a team environment.
• Attend daily stand-up meetings to review progress and communicate any obstacles.
• Adopt and maintain an agile test-driven development approach.
• Examine and optimize the existing systems for increased performance and efficiency.
• Troubleshoot application and code issues.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must have 3 to 5 years of hands-on coding / designing experience in PHP Laravel.
• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related field.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in the front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in developing RESTful web services using PHP.
• 3 to 5 years of experience (hands-on) with Linux/UNIX at the command-line.
• Proficient with working with Apache and analyzing log files.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git and SVN.
• Local remote work authorized in the Maryland/DC area with some availability to come on-site when necessary.