Technical Project Manager (Web Services) - Level Ii

Job Title: Technical Project Manager (Web Services) - Level II

Job Location: Jersey City, NJ (HYBRID) with possible meetings at other Facilities in the NY/NJ area

Job Type: Contract – 12 Months

Work Schedule: 9AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday except for observed holidays, 40hrs/week

Job Pay Rate: $75 - $85/hr (1099 Based)

Under the direction of the manager of the Digital Customer Service Manager, the Technical Project Manager is responsible for the management of major projects involving the development, implementation and maintenance of web applications for the client's Internet/Intranet websites. Applications will be developed and maintained using primarily the Adobe Experience manager CMS using React, web pack, Less, Sass and other frontend development frameworks with JAVA as backend platform.

The Technical Project Manager will ensure web application development shall include all phases of development: planning and analysis, system design, programming, testing, implementation, deployment, and documentation.

Web application maintenance shall include troubleshooting and problem resolution, code and content modification, enhancements, recurring maintenance tasks, and technical assistance for the customer community.

Project Management should follow best practices and will leverage sprint methodology.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Digital Customer Service Manager, the successful candidate is an experienced Project Manager with solid technical skills set to help the client manage high priority website projects. This individual is responsible for ensuring major project deliverables are delivered by the vendor and that all delivered content is consistent with site standards and style guides, and that all delivered code and architecture meets the agency's technical standards. The successful candidate will be working side-by-side with a variety of vendors, content owners, and experts to complete a major website project and launch a new employee portal that delivers on the department and the client's objectives.

• Manage major Technical Projects and ensure key deliverables are completed on schedule.
• Work with vendor to prioritize technical requirements, ensure technical requirements are aligned with agency standards.
• Report progress on a regular basis to stakeholders and management, communicate any issues or risks to project deliverables.
• Test and review deliverables from vendor to ensure it meets requirements and standards.
• Responsive Website development and maintenance, utilizing: Adobe AEM CMS, or non-CMS, React, web pack, node, HTML5, CSS4, JavaScript development; execute as per the corporate design standards;
• Integrate frontend code with backend Java code using Adobe slightly/HTML
• Research and development: Investigate and evaluate new practices, technologies, and tools that may enhance or improve existing applications and provide valuable business benefits to the agency. prototype development;
• Work with vendor project teams to resolve technical blockers and keep deliverables on schedule
• Work with Adobe AEM Architect for directions and implementation best practices.
• Participate in strategy and brainstorm sessions with colleagues and clients;
• Handle Daily Ad-Hoc service calls, troubleshooting and resolution;

• Debug, troubleshoot, and fix the configuration and integration issue
• Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues related to delivering custom site experience
• Deliver against the website optimization and customized experience strategies across the website and other touch points
• Provide general analytics on digital content to determine effectiveness and to gain insights to future strategies
• Troubleshoot and respond to issues in order to resolve them quickly.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in computer science, programming or engineering, and at least 7+ years professional experience performing Technical Project management.

• Must have: 7+ years of experience in project management, preferably website development;
• A minimum a bachelor's degree in computer engineering;
• Hands-on development experience working with CMS, specifically Adobe Experience Manager;
• Knowledge of Adobe Marketing Cloud;
• 2+ years of hands-on development experience with Java;
• Experience in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model;
• Hands-on expertise in React.js and its core principles;
• Expertise in React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux);
• Expertise in RESTful APIs;
• Extensive hands-on experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Web pack, NPM, Gulp, Grunt, node etc.;
• Experience working with a CSS preprocessor LESS/SASS;

Candidates must also possess the following:

• Strong UX and design sensibilities, and a desire to sweat the small stuff;
• Technical background with expertise in engineering principles and design patterns;
• Passionate about writing clean, modern, maintainable, & highly-performant code;
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems;
• Have a positive, collaborative, and solution-oriented approach;
• Experience with working in an Agile team;
• Experience with Typescript is a plus.