Web Application Developer, NASA Earth Science Division

Science Systems & Applications; Lanham (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI) is hiring a Web Application Developer to join NASA Earth Science Division. The role centers on PHP, Drupal, and WordPress development for multiple web-based platforms, with a distributed team working across time zones.

You will help deliver engaging sites and tools that inform and showcase NASA Earth science knowledge. The position is full-time, remote, with a 40-hour week and competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or web design/development or comparable work experience.
• 5+ years of experience deploying commercial or government websites and secure web applications/content management systems.
• Drupal 10/11 maintenance and development, including custom module development.
• Ability to write maintainable and scalable code.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Interest in supporting NASA’s communication and research goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain NASA Earth Science Division websites and web apps.
• Focus on PHP with Drupal and WordPress, including custom modules.
• Collaborate with designers, project management, and customers across time zones.
• Contribute ideas and techniques to the NASA community.
• Provide code samples or GitHub links as part of the application.

Education

BS in CS/IS or related

Tools

Drupal 10/11

WordPress

PHP

Job description

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Web Application Developer, NASA Earth Science Division

Full Time 40 Telecommuting, Lanham, MD, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2205

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $115,000.00 Annually

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) is seeking a full-time Web Application Developer to join a team responsible for the development, deployment, and maintenance of several websites and web-based applications within NASA’s Earth Science Division. Our projects include engagement-focused websites driven by WordPress and Drupal, and knowledge management tools.

The ideal candidate is an experienced and forward-thinking web application developer – primarily focused on PHP using Drupal and WordPress – who has interests in a wide variety of application development opportunities. You will be part of a dynamic, virtual team experimenting with several different web-based platforms while collaborating and supporting cross-functional delivery teams that include fellow developers, designers, content producers, project management, and customer stakeholders.

Some of your work will be part of a larger effort, other work will involve self-directed efforts, but all are focused on delivering an experience to various internal and external audiences that will inform and create awareness about the breadth of knowledge and information held within NASA’s Earth Science Division.

We offer a relaxed, fulfilling work environment, a reasonably flexible schedule, a 40-hour workweek, and competitive benefits and salary. You will get to work with some of the brightest minds in NASA science and share the fruits of their labor with the whole world. You will also have opportunities to share your creative ideas and development techniques with our larger NASA community.

** Applicants will be required to submit a code sample or point us to your personal GitHub (or similar). **

The successful candidate must be a U.S. Citizen. The position is a full-time, remote position. While this team is distributed across several time zones, the team works primarily on an Eastern time schedule.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or web design/development or comparable work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in deploying commercial or government websites and secure web applications/content management systems.
• Drupal 10/11 maintenance and development, including custom module development.
• Critical thinking focused on the delivery of architectures and solutions to challenges.
• Sound experience in fundamental web technologies.
• Ability to write maintainable and scalable code.
• Ability to both take direction and work in a self-directed environment as an effective team member.
• An interest in supporting NASA’s communication and research goals.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with Wordpress module development.
• Developing in an Agile environment.
• Experience using Docker, Composer, and Drush.
• AWS administration experience (EC2, RDS, S3 and Application Load Balancers).
• System/server administration and configuration.

EEO/AA Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.