Tools Developer

NewGen Technologies; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NewGen Technologies seeks an experienced automation specialist focused on Adobe Creative Cloud scripting. You will develop, modify, and maintain production scripts for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, ensuring compatibility with updates and upgrades across operating systems and documents.

You will build automated workflows, document architecture, and test cases, while collaborating with teams to meet quality, accessibility, and performance standards.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining automation scripts for Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
• Demonstrated experience developing scripts for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Advanced proficiency in JavaScript/ExtendScript and scripting interfaces for Adobe apps.
• Experience with Adobe UXP, CEP, or other extensibility technologies.
• Experience automating complex production workflows involving document creation/modification, graphics/asset manipulation, and exports.
• Experience troubleshooting scripts after Adobe CC updates and OS changes.
• Experience with SDLC practices and version-control systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot automation scripts for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Automate complex production workflows and document exports.
• Create technical documentation describing script architecture and dependencies.
• Develop test cases and perform functional regression testing.
• Manage project priorities to ensure timely, high-quality outputs.
• Update project statuses in Sponsor's production tracking tool.

Skills

JavaScript/ExtendScript

Adobe scripting

InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop scripts

Adobe CC scripting

Adobe UXP/CEP

Automation workflows

Troubleshooting scripts

Documentation of scripts

Web APIs integration

Version control (Git)

Testing & regression testing

Communication skills

Production workflow automation

Tools

Git

Job description

The Sponsor's production and development services provide high-quality interactive, mobile, video, web, and audio products that concisely convey complex topics to a variety of executive customers. The Sponsor manages its own technical cloud-based infrastructure and custom applications and services to support production efforts. The Sponsor requires support specializing in Adobe Creative Cloud scripting. The Sponsor needs polished skills in communication, teamwork, and collaborative development while managing a moderate to heavy workload.

Responsibilities

• Use Adobe Creative Cloud Scripting to develop, maintain, troubleshoot, document, and enhance automation scripts supporting Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop production environments
• Develop, modify, debug, test, document, and maintain production-quality Adobe scripts
• Troubleshoot scripts following Adobe Creative Cloud application updates, operating-system changes, changes to source documents, and changes to production workflows, and assessing the impact of Adobe Creative Cloud version changes on existing automation
• Automate complex production workflows involving document creation or modification, graphics and asset manipulation, file processing, and document export
• Analyze existing or legacy Adobe scripts, identify defects or performance issues, and modify or refactor scripts while preserving required functionality
• Develop scripts that interact with web APIs, local file systems, directories, and common production file formats
• Create technical documentation describing script architecture, dependencies, configuration, installation, operation, and known limitations
• Develop test cases and conduct functional regression testing
• Manage project priorities and tasks to ensure accuracy and timeliness, clarity of message, and quality control for products
• Meet Sponsor's requirements for quality, responsiveness, and accessibility. The Contractor shall comply with Sponsor development standards and employ modern web and application design and development best practices.
• Update assigned project statuses in Sponsor's production tracking tool

Requirements

• TS/SCI FSP Clearance
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining automation scripts for Adobe Creative Cloud applications
• Demonstrated experience specifically developing scripts for Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop
• Demonstrated advanced proficiency in JavaScript/ExtendScript and demonstrated experience using Adobe application-specific scripting interfaces and object models
• Demonstrated experience with Adobe UXP, CEP, or other Adobe extensibility technologies
• Demonstrated ability to develop, modify, debug, test, document, and maintain production-quality Adobe scripts
• Demonstrated experience automating complex production workflows involving document creation or modification, graphics and asset manipulation, file processing, and document export
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting scripts following Adobe Creative Cloud application updates, operating-system changes, changes to source documents, and changes to production workflows, and assessing the impact of Adobe Creative Cloud version changes on existing automation
• Demonstrated ability to analyze existing/legacy Adobe scripts, identify defects or performance issues, and modify or refactor scripts while preserving required functionality
• Demonstrated experience implementing appropriate error handling, validation, logging, and recovery mechanisms in automation scripts
• Demonstrated experience developing scripts that interact with web APIs, local file systems, directories, and common production file formats
• Demonstrated experience with software development lifecycle practices, including requirements analysis, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and defect resolution
• Demonstrated experience using source-code/version-control systems such as Git or an equivalent technology
• Demonstrated experience diagnosing and resolving production defects within established service or project timelines
• Demonstrated experience developing maintainable, modular, and documented code
• Demonstrated experience creating technical documentation describing script architecture, dependencies, configuration, installation, operation, and known limitations
• Demonstrated experience developing test cases and conduct functional and regression testing

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated experience with Adobe InDesign Server
• Demonstrated experience with automated build, deployment, or testing processes
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale publishing, digital media, graphic production, or prepress environments
• Demonstrated experience maintaining enterprise-level or mission-critical Adobe automation
• Demonstrated experience with sharing of files between InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Demonstrated experience with automated generation of graphics, charts and tables for placement in InDesign or Illustrator
• Demonstrated experience with authoring Adobe plugins
• Demonstrated experience with automated processing of linked assets
• Demonstrated experience with coordinating file naming, directory, and asset-management processes
• Demonstrated experience with batch processing across multiple Adobe applications
• Demonstrated experience integrating Adobe scripting with external files or structured data sources

About Us

For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients’ toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ