Web Developer/Webmaster

Abacus Technology is seeking a Web Developer/Webmaster to design, develop, administer, and support the public website and suite of intranet sites for the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). This is a full‑time position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as webmaster for OMAO's public‑facing website and Google‑based intranet sites, overseeing site structure, content, functionality, standards, lifecycle, priorities, and day‑to‑day administration.
• Partner with OMAO offices, programs, content owners, end users, and the NOAA Web Committee to identify, gather, analyze, document, validate, and prioritize web requirements.
• Provide web design, user‑interface development, content development, client‑side and server‑side configuration, webpage development, and ongoing website support.
• Design, develop, update, administer, and maintain OMAO's public website using Drupal and approved modules, themes, templates, integrations, and configuration standards.
• Design, build, update, and manage Google intranet sites for OMAO offices and programs, including site navigation, permissions, content organization, collaboration features, and user support.
• Develop and maintain responsive, accessible, usable, and consistent web experiences.
• Design and implement approved customizations such as workflows, features, templates, web parts, forms, integrations, front‑end components, and back‑end portions of custom GOTS code.
• Integrate websites and web applications with SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, APIs, directories, content repositories, and other approved enterprise systems and data sources.
• Develop and maintain web project plans, coding plans, implementation schedules, test plans, deployment activities, release plans, and operations and maintenance documentation.
• Evaluate customer needs and recommend web platforms, content‑management solutions, configurations, licenses, upgrades, hosting approaches, technical support requirements, and COTS‑versus‑GOTS options.
• Evaluate, test, and document emerging web technologies, cloud‑supported products, development tools, languages, and standards in support of acquisition, modernization, and development efforts.
• Ensure web products and services comply with OMAO cybersecurity requirements and applicable federal acquisition, NIST, FIPS, NIAP, Common Criteria, privacy, and security guidance.
• Develop web test plans that map user requirements to functionality, capture typical use conditions, incorporate performance and stress testing, and document mitigations for errors and defects.
• Perform unit, system, functional, interface, regression, performance, integration, interoperability, cross‑browser, and Section 508 accessibility testing; coordinate user testing and resolve anomalous results.
• Troubleshoot and resolve website, web application, content‑management, permissions, configuration, integration, display, performance, and publishing issues and deploy approved fixes.
• Provide technical support for public websites, intranet sites, and custom web applications, including user assistance, incident resolution, escalation, and system‑support documentation.
• Collect, analyze, and report website and application usage statistics, performance data, content metrics, and other information requested by OMAO stakeholders using custom or packaged tools.
• Conduct quality assurance throughout the web development lifecycle using NOAA tools and processes for source‑code control, code review, change management, configuration management, release management, content review, and testing.
• Perform design reviews, code walkthroughs, test‑plan evaluations, accessibility reviews, and documentation reviews; prepare and deliver web‑development reviews and administrator, support, and user documentation.
• Maintain accurate website, application, interface, content, configuration, access, and deployment documentation and adhere to OMAO change‑management and configuration‑management procedures.
• Follow Agile practices, Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 processes, and applicable federal, Department of Commerce, NOAA, and OMAO IT policies, mandates, web standards, and guidelines.

Qualifications

• 5 + years experience in web development, website administration, content‑management system administration, or webmaster responsibilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, information technology, software engineering, information systems, digital media, or a related field.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and supporting public websites, intranet sites, and web applications.
• Hands‑on experience with Drupal or another enterprise content‑management system and proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive web design.
• Experience with one or more related technologies such as AngularJS, ASP.NET, .NET Core, C#, Java, J2EE, IIS, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or Google Sites.
• Knowledge of Section 508 accessibility, cross‑browser testing, web security, source‑code control, code review, configuration management, change management, release management, quality assurance, and web analytics.
• Ability to translate stakeholder requirements into usable, accessible, secure, and maintainable web solutions and coordinate effectively with content owners, developers, cybersecurity personnel, infrastructure teams, vendors, and end users.
• Strong communication, customer‑service, collaboration, organization, and documentation skills.
• Preferred experience supporting federal government, NOAA, public‑sector websites, Google‑based intranets, COTS/GOTS acquisition, CMMI Level 3 processes, or Agile delivery.
• U.S. citizenship required; selected applicants will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.