Company Profile:
AWARDED FOR BEST PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE YEAR 2014. Best work environment, Employee friendly. We have expats working with us for more than 10 years!
Established in 1984 and headquartered in London, the Contec Global Group has a worldwide presence, with operations in Asia, Africa, Europe and America. As a company established on the platform of e-Governance and smart technologies, Contec Global is amongst the most experienced independent technology and systems organizations operating in developing countries. Today, the Group is engaged, globally, in providing integrated, systems-based solutions in the fields of Energy, Secure Technologies, Infrastructure and Hospitality.
Our experience working on large-scale security solutions projects, as well as our laterally integrated business interests, puts us in a unique position to provide seamless, end-to-end solutions for mega projects. With our worldwide presence and close associations with the governments of nations at the very highest levels, Contec Global is uniquely positioned to not just initiate and implement mega projects but to also influence policy makers on key issues.
The Group has vast presence in India, Dubai, and Africa, which continues to be our primary market, with mission critical, large-scale operations spanning the continent from Nigeria to Uganda, the Republic of Niger, Burundi, Congo DRC and Southern Sudan.
Deals with major Government projects in several countries across globe like assisting government of various countries in issuing work Visas, passports, driving licenses etc.
Some of the major projects undertaken revolve around :
1) Biometrics
It provides automated authentication of people
2) Smart Cards
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC)
3) E-Passports
E-Passport sols incorporate an array of up-to-the-minute technologies
4) Structured Magnetics
It is used to protect plastic cards, paper-based documents.
5) E-Visas
The e-Visa is designed to automate your entire visa issuing process.
Apart from this the company has its presence in mobile manufacturing and selling, mobile wallets, national lottery, hospitality, Agriculture and oil and gas to name a few as well.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Previous working experience as a web developer.
- API design/development
- Hands on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design, MySQL profiling and query optimization
- Security based practices
- Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming
- Test Driven Development (TDD)/automated software testing (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Behat)
- Software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
- Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
- Integration of data storage solutions
- Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
- Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
- Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.
Skills Required:
- Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks {{such as Laravel, Yii, etc depending on your technology stack}}
- Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
- Understanding of MVC design patterns
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Understanding accessibility and security compliance {{Depending on the specific project}}
- Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
