Developer for Cabinet Office's Media Monitoring Unit (Content Management System)

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Who Speclialist Work With You will be working with a multi-disciplinary team, mainly developers. You will work directly the Media Monitoring Unit CMS Product Manager and the Media Monitoring Unit transformation manager. What Specialists Work On The developer will build the new Media Monitoring Unit content management and delivery system (using Laravel, PHP). It should allow writers to compose and save content on the system. It should display a feed of media briefings, updates and guides accessible by Government communicators, after they register an account. It will deliver them to users by email based on their subscription (using MailChimp API). Content produced by writers will also be accessible by an API or a feed. Where the Work Takes Place 70 Whitehall, London Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements On site 5 days a week for daily standups and regular interaction with the deliver manager, product manager and technical architect. Remote work encouraged ~1 day every 2 weeks. Work Location 70 Whitehall, London Security Clearance Supplier will require SC clearance. We will not assist in the security clearance process. Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Minimum 4 years in a professional web development role. Strong working knowledge of PHP5/PHP7 and OO PHP development. At least 2 years of strong working knowledge of Laravel, including solid understanding of MVC and TDD. Frontend UI development with Bootstrap, SASS and Gulp/Webpack. Ability to present and communicate technical solutions to a technical and non-technical audience. Experience of working with third-party APIs, including MailChimp/AWS SES. Experience developing APIs and feeds Ability to take ownership of the entire development lifecycle, i.e. development and testing through to deployment. Nice to Haves Experience working in government 2 years experience of working in cloud based infrastructure using AWS. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 10 Cultural Fit Criteria Work as a team Share knowledge and experience with other team members Take responsibility for their own work Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range