Open Journal Systems Developer

Our company is seeking to hire competent senior PHP programmer with prior experience in webdesign and Open Journal Systems. We need someone with expertise in writing codes ground up, along with modifying code, debugging, building on existing software, and leveraging available options (i.e., plugins) when necessary. The project also entails creating themes and templates for our current open Journal Systems. OJS Technologies OJS relies on several different web technologies that each provide a piece of the implementation. Per the technical reference: "Open Journal Systems 2.x is written in object oriented PHP using the Smarty template system for user interface abstraction ([login to view URL]). Data is stored in a SQL database, with database calls abstracted via the ADODB Database Abstraction library. The OJS application consists of a complex directory tree with over 4,000 files. The application is implemented using PHP for the application code and Smarty Templates for the user interface. There are over 700 PHP files and almost 400 template files in the default OJS installation which demonstrates how complex the application is. We would expect reliability and competent and if you fail to deliver, we will leave you a negative feedback. PRIOR OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE IS A MUST! TECHNICAL / SKILL REQUIREMENTS: 1. TECHNICALLY FLUENT IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND TECHNIQUES – PHP, .NET, JAVASCRIPT, XML, PERL, HTML5 AND AJAX REQUIRED. WORK DILIGENTLY TO ENHANCE OR IMPROVE BUSINESS PROCESSES VIA STRATEGIC APPLICATION AND INTEGRATION DEVELOPMENT. 2. EXPERIENCE WITH MYSQL POSTGRESQL AND/OR MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 3. DIRECT EXPERIENCE WRITING AND SUPPORTING ENTERPRISE-LEVEL APPLICATIONS/INTEGRATIONS. 4. STRATEGICALLY LEAD, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENT IT APPLICATIONS AND APPLICATION INTEGRATIONS, WHILE ENSURING HIGH LEVELS OF DATA AVAILABILITY, INTEGRITY, AND PROTECTION. 5. ENSURE THAT APPLICATIONS/INTEGRATION PROJECTS MEET BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS AND GOALS, FULFILL END-USER REQUIREMENTS, AND IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE SYSTEMS ISSUES. 6. LEAD ALL PHASES OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE FROM ANALYSIS THROUGH TESTING OF SOFTWARE/INTEGRATIONS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND REMEDY POTENTIAL PROBLEM AREAS 7. WORK DILIGENTLY TO ENHANCE OR IMPROVE BUSINESS PROCESSES VIA STRATEGIC APPLICATION AND INTEGRATION DEVELOPMENT. 8. KNOWLEDGE OF RELATIONAL DATABASE DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES 9. EXPERIENCE INTEGRATING MULTIPLE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS 10. CRITICAL THINKING, SELF-MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL 11. EXPERIENCE WITH UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS 13- EXPERIENCE WITH Smarty template system