Moodle Developer & LMS Administrator

Moodle Developer & LMS Administrator

Experience: - 2 - 3 Years

Job Overview

We are looking for a Moodle Developer & LMS Administrator with 2 3 years of experience to join our team. The candidate will be responsible for Moodle development customisation administration configuration troubleshooting and ongoing support of Moodle-based Learning Management Systems.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Moodle LMS administration and development along with good knowledge of PHP MySQL JavaScript HTML CSS Moodle APIs plugins user management courses enrolments roles reports and system configuration.

Key Responsibilities

Moodle Development

• Develop customise maintain and troubleshoot Moodle LMS applications.
• Develop and customise Moodle local block activity authentication enrolment and other plugins.
• Work with Moodle APIs events callbacks scheduled tasks and database APIs.
• Develop and integrate REST APIs and Moodle Web Services.
• Customise Moodle themes and UI using HTML CSS JavaScript Mustache templates and Moodle APIs.
• Write and optimise MySQL/MariaDB queries.
• Debug Moodle core plugin and custom application issues.
• Implement new features and enhancements based on functional requirements.
• Support Moodle version upgrades and ensure custom plugins are compatible.
• Work with Moodle cron scheduled tasks events and background processes.
• Follow Moodle coding standards and security best practices.

Moodle LMS Administration

• Perform day-to-day Moodle LMS administration and configuration.
• Create and manage users cohorts courses categories roles and permissions.
• Configure and manage enrolment methods including manual enrolment self-enrolment cohort enrolment and other supported methods.
• Configure and manage roles and capabilities.
• Manage users and user access across different courses and categories.
• Configure course settings activities resources completion criteria and restrictions.
• Configure and manage Moodle plugins from the administration interface.
• Configure authentication methods and user account settings.
• Manage Moodle site administration settings.
• Configure and monitor scheduled tasks and cron jobs.
• Monitor Moodle logs events errors and system warnings.
• Manage course backups restores imports and course templates.
• Configure and maintain Moodle reports and custom reports.
• Manage badges certificates competencies learning plans and completion settings.
• Configure and support SCORM H5P quizzes assignments forums and other Moodle activities.
• Assist with Moodle performance monitoring and basic optimisation.
• Troubleshoot user access enrolment course activity and configuration-related issues.
• Support Moodle deployments across Development Test UAT/Pre-Production and Production environments.
• Maintain proper documentation for Moodle configuration and administration activities.

Required Technical Skills

Moodle Development

• 23 years of hands-on Moodle development experience.
• Strong knowledge of PHP.
• Good understanding of Moodle architecture and coding standards.
• Experience developing Moodle plugins.
• Knowledge of Moodle APIs and database APIs.
• Experience with Moodle Web Services / REST APIs.
• Understanding of Moodle events observers scheduled tasks and cron.
• Good knowledge of MySQL/MariaDB.
• Experience with HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript and jQuery.
• Knowledge of Git/version control.

Moodle Administration

• Hands-on experience with Moodle LMS Administration.
• Good understanding of Moodle Site Administration.
• User and bulk user management.
• Course and category management.
• Roles and capabilities management.
• Enrolment and authentication configuration.
• Course completion and activity completion configuration.
• Gradebook and assessment configuration.
• Groups and cohorts management.
• Moodle reports and logs.
• Plugin installation configuration and management.
• Backup restore and course migration.
• SCORM and H5P administration.
• Badges and certificates configuration.
• Scheduled tasks and cron management.
• Basic Moodle security and performance troubleshooting.

Good to Have

• Experience with Moodle upgrades and migrations.
• Experience with Moodle 4.x/5.x.
• Knowledge of Linux/Ubuntu server environments.
• Basic knowledge of Apache/Nginx and PHP configuration.
• Knowledge of Docker.
• Experience with AWS/Azure cloud environments.
• Experience with Moodle theme development.
• Knowledge of Mustache templates and Moodle AMD/RequireJS.
• Experience with SCORM and e-learning standards.
• Knowledge of React Angular or modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience integrating Moodle with third-party applications.
• Experience with SSO integrations such as OAuth2 SAML or LDAP.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to understand functional requirements and convert them into technical solutions.
• Good documentation skills.
• Attention to detail and code quality.
• Willingness to learn new Moodle features and technologies.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have 2 3 years of hands-on experience in Moodle development and administration and should be capable of handling both Moodle application development and day-to-day LMS administration.

Candidates with experience in an e-learning/LMS environment Moodle plugin development LMS configuration user/course management API integration and Moodle troubleshooting will be preferred.

Key Skills

Moodle Development Moodle Administration PHP MySQL/MariaDB Moodle Plugins Moodle APIs REST APIs JavaScript HTML CSS Moodle Web Services User Management Course Management Roles & Capabilities Enrolments Course Completion Gradebook SCORM H5P Reports Cron Scheduled Tasks Git Moodle Upgrades

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time