WordPress Developer at Cognizant in Fort Worth, Texas

Job Description:

Role: WordPress Developer

Cognizant is looking for a WordPress Developer in developing customized product for our clients. The role is expected to drive technology discussions and analyze the current landscape for gaps in addressing business needs. Cognizant needs a motivated individual to challenge the status quo and provide thought leadership/best practices to enhance our current services and technologies. 

An ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working in a fast paced, collaborative environment.  Someone that values the “team” and leverages the opinions and expertise of their teammates to deliver quality.

You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Key Qualifications:

• Interact with Business System Analyst to understand Agent Portal requirements.


• Analyze the existing Legacy portal content.  


• Perform development activities for the new Agent Portal.


• Responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins.


• Familiarize with different programming skills such as namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript Creates and implements websites for clients using the WordPress web creation tool.


• Help for a variety of organizations like design agencies, computer systems firms, and marketing agencies.


• Need to work as part of agency design or marketing teams, or for themselves as freelancers.


• Work directly with clients, designers, brand strategists, writers, marketers, and other developers to create attractive and user-friendly websites.


• They typically work on weekdays during regular business hours and report to the department director.


• Depending on their work venue, attend agency meetings or meet with clients.


• Plan to focus on working with clients to conceptualize their ideas to help bring the client’s vision into reality.


• Help with performance monitoring.


• Help with the server-side, which controls how the site works and encompasses changes and updates as part of back-end development.


• Generate Plug-Ins and Themes and work with code to create them.


• After a developer creates a WordPress site for a client, help to train the client on how to use WordPress to manipulate the site, add content, and whatever else the client needs to know to make the most of their site.

Cognizant is a strategic partner to the Fortune 2,000, helping the world's most influential companies to build software and solutions, ‘empowering our clients' businesses and enabling their competitive advantages.

Cognizant Interactive helps clients reinvent products, experiences, and business models to create new value, differentiation, and drive revenue in the digital economy. We take an Experience centered approach which uses human insights to take ideas from vision to outcome and building end to end experience led solutions that enables brands to transform their customer and employee experiences using design, marketing, and commerce capabilities

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core.

Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry recognized, award winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to obtain certifications on the latest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you’re comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. Cognizant considers all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital and family status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status or any other classification protected by state, federal or local law.

About Cognizant

Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 200, and was recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing “All Star” by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant leverages a highly flexible business model, a seamless global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of world-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

www.cognizant.com

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