Drupal Developer-Part Time - Heitech Services

OpenTalent; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent seeks a senior Drupal developer to lead enterprise Drupal website and web application efforts in a federal tech environment. You will design, implement, and optimize Drupal modules, themes, and configurations, while collaborating with content, design, and QA teams to deliver secure, accessible, and scalable digital experiences.

You will work across front-end and back-end layers, ensuring performance, usability, and compliance with technical requirements, including accessibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of senior-level Drupal development experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Drupal module development and customization, including views, rules, and core/custom configuration.
• Experience with Drupal theming and Twig, and strong web-design principle understanding.
• Strong understanding of Drupal APIs, including Hooks, Services, Events, and related development concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure, enhance, and maintain Drupal websites, applications, content types, modules, themes, and related components.
• Develop and customize Drupal modules and configurations to meet requirements.
• Create and maintain menus, navigation structures, information architecture, user roles, permissions, and publishing workflows.
• Develop responsive front-end solutions using Twig, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript.
• Support back-end Drupal development, including APIs, entity system, databases, and query optimization.
• Perform testing, troubleshoot defects, and optimize configurations for quality and performance.
• Ensure accessibility compliance and remediate issues.
• Maintain documentation and perform security patching and upgrades.

Skills

Drupal development

Drupal module development

Twig

Front-end development

Back-end development

Accessibility

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Drupal

Twig

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

MySQL/MariaDB

Job description

Provides senior-level development, design, testing, enhancement, and maintenance support for enterprise Drupal websites and web applications within a federal technology environment. This role develops and enhances Drupal content types, modules, themes, workflows, navigation, information architecture, and related components to deliver secure, accessible, responsive, and maintainable digital experiences. Works across both front-end and back-end technologies while ensuring solutions support performance, usability, accessibility, and established technical requirements.

Supports the full Drupal solution lifecycle, including requirements analysis, configuration, development, integration, testing, troubleshooting, security remediation, upgrades, and technical documentation. Collaborates with content specialists, analysts, designers, testers, and other technical team members to translate business and user needs into effective Drupal solutions. Helps maintain reliable and secure web applications by resolving defects and vulnerabilities, optimizing system performance, and supporting controlled implementation of enhancements and platform changes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure, enhance, and maintain Drupal websites, applications, content types, modules, themes, views, workflows, and related components.
• Develop and customize Drupal modules and configurations to meet functional, technical, and business requirements.
• Create and maintain menus, navigation structures, information architecture, user roles, permissions, and publishing workflows.
• Develop and maintain responsive front-end solutions using Twig, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and established web-design practices.
• Support back-end Drupal development, including Drupal APIs, the entity system, MySQL/MariaDB, database interactions, and query optimization.
• Perform functional and automated testing, troubleshoot defects and integration issues, and optimize Drupal configurations and solutions for quality and performance.
• Evaluate and remediate accessibility issues and support compliance with applicable accessibility standards and requirements.
• Perform application maintenance, including security patching, vulnerability remediation, minor and major Drupal upgrades, version control, and preparation of thorough technical documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of senior-level Drupal development experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Drupal module development and customization, including views, rules, and core/custom configuration.
• Experience with Drupal theming and Twig, along with a strong understanding of web-design principles.
• Strong understanding of Drupal APIs, including Hooks, Services, Events, and related Drupal development concepts.