Drupal Developer

Job Title: Drupal Developer

Location: USDA 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC, 20250 

Summary:

The candidate will work on an integrated project scrum team that is responsible for a publicly available Drupal website, collaborating with testers, a scrum master, a technical SME, a project manager, and another Drupal developer.  The candidate will participate in operations and maintenance, enhancement security, and system upgrade activities. 

Responsibilities:

• Experience building the content types, taxonomy, navigation, image presets, rules etc


• Provide technical resources with knowledge of Drupal,.Net, Linux, Python,PHP, PostGres, AKS, Redis, Docker, SOLR, and SAML single sign-on


• Extensive handson experience working on MySQL relational database management system; experience migrating MySQL Single Server to Flexible Server a plus


• Drupal Theme / Front End Development experience that includes experience in HTML, CSS and Javascript, and the Drupal theme layer, well versed in implanting a responsive design


• Drupal Module Developer / Backend developer experience that includes experience with PHP and other server side languages.


• Experienced in writing of custom modules, automated tests, consume web services, automate deployment etc.


• Proficiency in the developing, maintenance and administration of Drupal modules and sites


• Ability to debug Drupal, using devel, drush, firebug, and the various log files (watchdog, Apache, PHP, MySQL etc)


• Ability to deploy and manage Drupal websites on servers


• Website application performance monitoring and troubleshooting

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field 


• 4+ years of Drupal experience across at least two of three areas: site building, theming, module development 


• Proficiency using templates to theme components 


• Proficiency in writing template pre-process functions for overriding custom output. 


• Experience with revision/version control systems (Git, SVN, etc.) 


• Strong communication skills (oral and written) 


• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology 


• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps, JIRA, or similar platforms 


• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance 


• Azure Cloud experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Drupal in a clustered Redis Microsoft Azure environment


• Mentorship of junior developers