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Job Opening: Front-end Engineer/Accessibility Expert in Washington, DC area

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From: Cramer, Brian
Date: Feb 21, 2011 4:42PM

Hello Everyone,



I hope this is not misuse of the distro but I have seen a few similar postings and it's honestly been hard to find developers focused on accessibility through traditional routes.



If you feel like you are qualified for this position and local to the DC area please send me your résumé.



Thank you,



Brian Cramer

Technical Lead, User Experience Practice

<EMAIL REMOVED>

703-284-6115



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SRA is seeking a User Interface Developer to join their team as a valued member of the User Experience practice. This individual will apply front-end engineering best practices as they assist with a variety of IT support contracts for the Federal government.

Key Responsibilities include:
>Conducting Section 508 compliance assessments and providing remediation recommendations

>Developing accessible, standards-compliant, cross-browser web pages in (X)HTML, CSS and JavaScript
>Advocating for and implementing front-end engineering best practices related to usability, performance, security and code quality
>Working directly with multiple project managers and application developers in varying server-side environments
>Supporting technical leads in over-arching initiatives
>Using frameworks and libraries to make UI development more efficient.
>Collaborating with visual designers, user-centered designers, requirements analysts, and testers.
>Working in a team-oriented environment while also being self-motivated and working independently.
>Managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
>Mentoring and learning from other developers.
>Stay up to date on emerging technologies and updates to existing technologies



Required Basic Qualifications:

>Strong understanding of (X)HTML, CSS, and Web accessibility (including Section 508)
>Moderately-strong JavaScript skill (functions, objects, JSON, AJAX)



Desired Qualifications:

Preference will be given to those with moderate understanding of any of the following:
>.NET, Java, PHP, C/C++ and/or ColdFusion
>CMS (such as Drupal, Plone, or Percussion), or other application frameworks
>ActionScript and/or Flex
>SharePoint Development or Administration
>eLearning development (SCORM conformant)
>Understanding of Object Oriented Programming

>Understanding of Oracle, SQL Server or MySQL Databases
>In-depth knowledge of other SDLC skill-sets
>Web services, XML, REST, SOAP
>Workflow and collaboration tools