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We are creating an exciting new information product that will report on, analyze, and quantify the impact of government actions on business and industry. This new product will be marketed to government agencies including Congress, Beltway influencers (lobbyists, associations, etc.), and business leaders (C-suite executives, government sales, government affairs, etc.) in the industries that are most impacted by government actions. We will bring the same unparalleled level of fact based, objective reporting and analysis to Washington, DC as it has provided to the financial community for the past 27 years. We are looking for experienced hands-on Ruby on Rails Consultants who have experience with working in an agile / scrum environment leveraging Webs/ Rails best practices. Candidates should have a passion for developing high quality innovative and scalable solutions to challenging problems.

Qualifications:

- Write code in Ruby, HTML, CSS, and Javascript
- Work as part of an Agile development team incorporating feedback from product managers, product support and other development team members
- Design, implement, and maintain Ruby on Rails based components
- Rapidly solve problems and bugs
- Proactively look for ways to make the BGov product better

Requirements:

- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Experience with Ruby on Rails & MySQL in a consumer facing web environment
- Experience with object oriented analysis/design
- Experience in XHTML, Javascript, CSS and general Web 2.0 techniques
- Familiarity with relational databases, preferably MYSQL and Oracle
- Understanding of web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, an REST.
- Understanding of code manipulation and optimization issues
- Knowledge of design patterns, refactoring and unit testing
- Familiarity with the MVC model
- Experience working in Agile environments using Scrum, Pair Programming, or Extreme
Programming
- A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments
- Superb analytical skills, self directed, excellent communication skills with engineers and
non-engineers, strong team ethic, and pays close attention to details
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full
software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control
management, build processes, testing, and operations