Moodle Developer at Moonstone Business School of Excellence

Role Description

• Duties include maintaining the in-house admin system codebase; developing new features for the admin system; developing plugins for Moodle; managing, developing APIs and other integrations between systems; managing and altering the admin and Moodle databases and helping internal clients with system-related issues.
• The Moodle Developer will report to the Manager: Learning Technologies for Moonstone Business School of Excellence.

Job Specification

• Executing development, updates, and maintenance of the vanilla PHP-based admin system codebase, and related integrations with 3rd party systems.
• Develop server and consumer-side RESTful API applications, including authentication.
• Liaise with other business units to develop efficient business processes supported by technology.
• Identifying bugs and implementing effective and efficient bugfixes.
• Manage and administer Moodle LMS, and other related 3rd party systems.
• Update and maintain Moodle LMS platform, including creating custom developed plugins.
• Develop required custom reports based on a scoped design and agreed upon output.
• Assist academics and staff with technical queries and suggest technical interventions to improve business processes.
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant IT related qualification (e.g. Software Engineering, Multimedia Technology etc.).
• Atleast 5+ years PHP development experience.
• Atleast 4+ years Moodle Administration experience (Advantageous).
• Atleast 2+ years Moodle Development experience (Advantageous).
• Proof of continuous professional development (development related courses) will be advantageous (LAMP stack, PHP, front-end technologies, API development etc.).
• Working experience in a corporate e-learning or educational environment will be advantageous.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

Development Experience

• Strong PHP Development (5+ Years’) experience.
• Experience working with custom-built Vanilla PHP LAMP stack web applications.
• Proficient in MySQL database administration, design, and development
• Troubleshooting system issues and identifying bugs, while implementing appropriate and efficient fixes.
• Experience in user authentication, SSO and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments (web services).
• Experience in development of RESTful client-side and server-side API services.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (Kanban Methodology Adavantageous)
• Knowledge & experience of Front-End Technologies such as jQuery, AJAX, CSS, HTML, VUE.js will be advantageous
• Experience working with GIT.
• Experience with Ubuntu or Linux Command Line Interface.

Moodle Knowledge & Experience

• Thorough understanding of Moodle codebase and database schema, as well as understanding of the back-end administration of Moodle. (Advanteageous)
• Extensive knowledge of the functions and limitations of the Moodle platform. (Advanteageous)
• Experience in custom plugin development. . (Advanteageous)
• Experience in developing custom Moodle reports. (Advanteageous)

Personal Skills

• Attention to detail; reliable; focussed; goal and deadline driven.
• Excellent business ethics and good time management skills.
• Pro-active problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to quality and excellence.