Ruby on Rails Developer

Long Term Contract - On Site for Six Months, then hybrid

• Develop secure, web-centric applications for employees and external stakeholders using a variety of frameworks, especially Ruby on Rails.
• Work with the business users to assist in developing application requirements and in writing end-user documentation.
• Work in a test-driven development environment using a variety of tools to create automated test scripts to perform unit and regression testing.
• Recognize data quality and consistency errors and recommend solutions to resolve them.
• Develop close working relationships with team members to enhance everyone's technical capabilities.
• Debug and troubleshoot existing distributed-systems applications.
• Provide level-two application support for front-line support staff.

Requirements:

• Experience developing web-based applications on Linux using Ruby on Rails (or another MVC stack).
• Detailed knowledge of the software development lifecycle and experience working with various development frameworks.

• Understanding of SQL and experience building complex, database-driven web applications.
• Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
• Experience with the integration and transformation of various data types.

• Experience utilizing Linux shell scripting techniques such as regular expressions for the manipulation, cleansing, pattern matching and transformation of data.
• Proven track record of focusing on security in all stages of application development.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality documentation.
• Good interpersonal skills with a proven ability to interact easily and cooperatively with end-users and peers.

Desired Skills:

• RoR, Linux Shell Scripting, Full Stack Development and data management.
• Passion for Security and for learning emerging technologies.