[Hiring] Senior WordPress VIP Engineer @Koniag Government Services, LLC

Role Description

Koniag Professional Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior WordPress VIP Engineer to support the CRM, Integration, and Platform Services workforce. This role will support secure, scalable, accessible, and high-performing digital experience delivery on WordPress VIP while helping the customer deliver secure, reliable, accessible, and maintainable digital services. The successful candidate will deliver complex configuration, development, integration, troubleshooting, and sustainment work with minimal oversight and will work closely with government stakeholders, architects, engineers, product owners, cybersecurity, operations, and business users to convert requirements into mission-aligned platform capabilities.

The Senior WordPress VIP Engineer will provide senior platform engineering or application development support for WordPress VIP capabilities within the CRM, Integration, and Platform Services environment.

• Design, configure, develop, integrate, test, document, and sustain WordPress VIP capabilities using WordPress VIP, PHP, Gutenberg, custom themes and plugins, REST APIs, CI/CD, caching, search, performance optimization, and content governance.
• Develop secure themes, plugins, editorial workflows, integrations, accessibility remediation, and performance improvements aligned with WordPress VIP standards.
• Translate business, mission, security, accessibility, and operational requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Support platform architecture, backlog refinement, implementation planning, release readiness, and production transition activities.
• Develop reusable patterns, configuration standards, automation, documentation, and support procedures that reduce delivery and sustainment risk.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across platform configuration, code, data, APIs, identity, security, performance, and user experience.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data, infrastructure, QA, and change management teams to align delivery with federal operating expectations.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, design decisions, implementation notes, test evidence, and operational runbooks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of experience in senior platform engineering or application development, preferably in complex enterprise or government environments.
• Hands-on experience with WordPress VIP implementation, configuration, development, integration, testing, or operations.
• Experience working with Agile delivery teams and translating stakeholder needs into maintainable technical outcomes.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on knowledge of WordPress VIP capabilities, implementation patterns, administration, development, integration, and lifecycle management.
• Ability to design and implement secure, supportable, upgrade-aware solutions that avoid unnecessary customization and reduce technical debt.
• Experience with APIs, identity and access controls, data management, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and release coordination.
• Ability to document technical designs, configuration decisions, operational procedures, test results, and risks in clear business and technical language.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across government stakeholders, product owners, engineers, QA, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance.
• 401K with company matching.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Paid holidays.
• Three weeks paid time off.
• And more.