Sr. PHP programmers with Drupal experience and Sr. Open Source Architect/PM --NYC | NorthPoint Solutions

NorthPoint Solutions is a premier full-time employee based technology consulting firm that leverages custom software development and integration services to deliver business solutions through two distinct practices, Content Solutions (media/publishing, entertainment, etc) and Financial Services. NorthPoint is headquartered in New York City and has another office in Boston.

The NorthPoint Content Solutions Practice Team focuses on
• Information Architecture & Content Strategy
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Content Management Strategy & Solutions (CMA/CDA)
• Community Development/User Generated Content platforms
• Website Scalability/Performance Management
• Ad Serving integration and Reporting
• Video Serving
• Content Syndication

Our technology expertise includes
• Languages: PHP, J2EE, Ruby, ASP.NET/C#
• Frameworks: Cake, Smarty, Symfony, Spring/Hibernate, MVC, EJB3 & Rails
• Web Content Management: Drupal, eZPublish, Joomla, Alfresco, OpenCMS, Interwoven, Vignette, Ektron, Sitecore
• Search Engines: Lucene, Google, Endeca, Fast, MS Index Server
• Community Tools: Drupal, Flux, Pluck, Community Server, Ektron

Blue chip media clients
Time Inc, Foxnews.com, Viacom, News International, BBC, Rodale, BET.com, Pearson Publishing, HFMU.S., Parade, Economist.com & Bloomberg

We are actively seeking Sr. PHP programmers with Drupal experience and Sr. Open Source Architect/PM candidates with great analytical and communication skills to join our growing NY team. We offer full-time opportunities for people who want to play multiple roles across a project’s lifecycle, from Project Leader, Analyst, Architect, Technical Lead and Developer.
Our project based consulting approach emphasis smaller teams of high-caliber specialists who have been selected from a strict criteria, trained and developed to deliver high quality solutions.
We believe that the diversity of the technologies we leverage offers a great opportunity for people to learn, grow and further their careers.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Object Oriented developer with PHP 5.0, Drupal 5 or 6 database and distributed computing experience & Theming
• Project Full Life Cycle experience with Project Leader, Analyst, Architect, and Technical Lead skills is a plus
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Content Management applications
• Understanding and knowledge of web development and content solutions
• Experience within the Media or Publishing industry is a plus
• Experience with ECN’s and caching strategies is a plus
• Experience using Linux & XML is a plus
• Experience deploying web infrastructures is a plus

This is a full time employment opportunity with NorthPoint Solutions. We offer training, mentoring and a career path progression. NorthPoint Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Long and Short Term Disability, 401K Plan with Company Match, Flexible Spending Account, Public Transportation Incentives, Company Paid Training Programs
PLEASE EMAIL RESUMES TO: sgranda@northps.com