Remote PHP Web Developer — Federal IT & Security

Aretum; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Job summary

Aretum is seeking a PHP Web Developer for federal IT contracting. This remote role counts on U.S. work authorization and Public Trust eligibility. The position supports a contingent contract with a $75,000–$100,000 salary range and requires security-conscious development and DevOps integration.

The role involves maintaining 25+ PHP sites, RESTful API work, database design, and monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana. Expect 3–5 years of experience and a strong emphasis on security and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 3 years of development experience with OOP.
• 2 years of PHP or Python programming.
• 2 years of experience managing relational DBMSs such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Experience with modern web app architecture (frontend, backend, APIs).
• Experience with PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter, Laravel, Zend, or similar).
• CI/CD and IT security practices for web development (SQL injection, XSS, CSRF).
• Experience with containers (Docker) and automation (Jenkins, GitLab runners).
• Familiarity with Solr/Elasticsearch and enterprise search basics.

Responsibilities

• Support a portfolio of PHP websites and web applications (MySQL, possibly Oracle and Postgres).
• Maintain, enhance, and rewrite existing code.
• Write clean, modular server-side PHP code powering features and business logic.
• Design and manage relational databases, write optimized SQL, ensure data integrity and security.
• Design, develop, and consume RESTful APIs; use frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, or Yii.
• Deploy sites to Apache/NGINX; manage Git; provide updates and refactors.
• Assist with automating CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/Ansible/Terraform/Docker.
• Debug code, perform unit/integration tests, resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Handle authentication, authorization, data validation; protect against common web vulnerabilities.
• Implement monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana; maintain the Solr Search platform.
• Support server content management and COTS applications.

Skills

PHP OOP

CI/CD

Security best practices

Relational databases

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Prometheus

Git/GitLab

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

CodeIgniter

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Prometheus

Grafana

Solr/Elasticsearch

Docker

Git

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Aretum is seeking a PHP Web Developer for federal IT contracting. This remote role counts on U.S. work authorization and Public Trust eligibility. The position supports a contingent contract with a $75,000–$100,000 salary range and requires security-conscious development and DevOps integration.

The role involves maintaining 25+ PHP sites, RESTful API work, database design, and monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana. Expect 3–5 years of experience and a strong emphasis on security and CI/CD practices.