Senior Application Developer – Full Stack

SRA Staffing Solutions

  • Toronto, ON
  • $100,000-110,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Application Developer, Full Stack, will play a pivotal role in developing high-performance,
dynamic website features and maintaining the high availability of both production and non-production
environments. This role involves collaboration with project managers and clients, utilizing multiple CMS
platforms and PHP frameworks, and engaging in complete development life cycles to deploy, monitor,
and support our digital initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Collaborate with project managers and clients to build dynamic website features using CMS
platforms like Drupal and WordPress and PHP frameworks like Symfony and OpenCart.
  • Own the entire development life cycle – from requirements gathering, coding, testing, debugging,
documentation, deployment, and monitoring to support.
  • Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications, ensuring alignment with
enterprise architecture and IT security standards.
  • Design, evaluate, update, and maintain complicated database schemas utilizing Web Services,
Microservices, and APIs.
  • Developed, deployed, and monitored applications using multiple scripting languages, embracing
automated build, test, and deployment capabilities.
  • Handle code deployments across environments, create KPIs, monitor performance, and identify
areas for improvement.
  • Install, upgrade, configure, document, and maintain LAMP architecture, ensuring system security
through access controls, backups, and firewalls.
  • Perform regular backup operations, implementing data protection, disaster recovery, and failover
procedures.
  • Monitor system health and performance to ensure high performance levels, availability, and
security.
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Possess a bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, System
Administration, or a closely related field. Equivalent professional experience may also be
considered.
  • Additional certifications such as Linux, AWS Cloud Architect, SQL, or application development
certifications are highly regarded.
  • At least eight years of hands-on experience in full stack application development, including
proficiency in:
o PHP frameworks such as Symfony and OpenCart.
o HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
o XML, JSON.
o Experience with SOAP/REST API integration.
AJAX.
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SQL database development and administration.
A minimum of three years of experience in administering and managing LAMP (Linux, Apache,
MySQL, PHP) stack environments.
Strong familiarity with Amazon AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, LB (Load
Balancer), IAM (Identity and Access Management), SES (Simple Email Service), SNS (Simple
Notification Service), etc.
Demonstrated discipline in making scheduled and granular commits with detailed comments in
code repositories such as Bitbucket, GitLab, and GitHub.
Proficient understanding of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines,
with experience using tools like Jenkins and Git for automation and version control.
Knowledge of system and application monitoring tools such as NAGIOS, with the ability to
configure and interpret system metrics for performance tuning and troubleshooting.
Familiarity with IT automation platforms like Ansible, showcasing an understanding of
automation scripts for system configuration and management.SALARY & TERMS OF EMPLOYMENTSTART DATE: ASAP
OPEN DATE: March 11, 2024
CLOSE DATE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED
STATUS: Full-time Permanent
EMPLOYEE GROUP: OPSEU Local 543
SALARY: $ 100 000 – 110,000
SCHEDULE: 35 hours weekly
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: six (6) months
LOCATION (hybrid): Toronto, ON

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