OPG-001 Senior Front End Developer

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Summary of the work Senior Front End Developer required to work with existing team of PHP Zend Framework2 devs to update and maintain existing functionality and produce new features to ensure that the business critical application (Sirius - a custom-built, open source case management system) is iterated and improved via user first principles Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length 12 month initial contract length with the option for extension Latest start date August 2016 Maximum Day Rate £580 Who Speclialist Work With Developer is expected to work with Product Manager, WebOps team, Back-end Developers, User Researcher and UX Designer What Specialists Work On 1. Do the front-end development work on the 'SIRIUS' case management system 2. Maintain existing functionality and produce new features to ensure that the the business critical application (Sirius - a custom-built, open source case management system hosted on AWS) is iterated and improved via user first principles Skills & Experience • Write well-structured HTML/Javascript/CSS that is semantically correct. • Excellent knowledge of AngularJS and Protractor • Javascript: understand prototypical inheritance and be able to create testable, modular code • CSS3 with LESS experience • Working within an agile environment • WAI accessibility expertise [Level A, AA, AAA] • Grunt, Gulp or equivalent • Knowledge of the Git version control system Nice to Haves • Good understanding of the GDS design principles and Service Design Manual • Knowledge of Jira and Confluence • Experience of Continuous integration (preferably with Jenkins) • Good Docker knowledge • Experience of Elasticsearch • Experience of AWS hosting • Basic PHP (Zend Framework 2) with experience of PHP Templates, Twig or similar. • BDD and automated user acceptance testing using tools such as Gherkin/Cucumber, Behat and Webdriver • Worked with a server based MVC framework • Able to manipulate images in an image editor such as Photoshop or Pixelmator • Responsive CSS, able to work across a wide range of devices and browsers • User research and experience of co-locating with users and acting on feedback • Some content design experience Work Location Expected to work from Embankment House, Nottingham Working Arrangments Expected to work onsite at least 3 days a week, with the option to work remotely for 2 days a week. Security Clearance Baseline security clearance e.g. DBS or Disclosure Scotland. National Security Clearance may also be required once onsite No. of Specialists to Evaluate 8 Cultural Fit Criteria • A good understanding of the GDS design principles and Service Design Manual • Working within an agile environment Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 5% Price 35% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet.