Senior Drupal Engineer for Federal Web Platform

International Executive Service Corps; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis is seeking a Senior Drupal Developer to lead re-platforming of legacy apps onto a Drupal foundation, with focus on accessibility and security for federal clients. You will design Drupal 10 sites, implement complex forms, build connectors to enterprise services, and optimize performance on Kubernetes containers.

Required 7+ years web development, 5+ years Drupal, PHP, Twig, REST APIs, and experience with Docker/Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years web development with 5+ years hands-on Drupal (Drupal 9/10 required).
• Strong PHP, Symfony components, Twig theming, and Drupal APIs (Entity, Form, Plugin, Services).
• Webform module expertise for complex public-facing forms.
• REST/JSON:API development and third-party system integration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Drupal 10 sites: content types, fields, views, custom entities, custom modules, and theming.
• Implement complex multi-step forms, conditional logic, file uploads, and submission handling using the Webform module and custom form APIs.
• Favor marketplace/contributed modules over custom code; evaluate, harden, and configure OOTB capability before building.
• Develop custom connectors and integration modules to enterprise case management, document, identity, and messaging services.
• Build reusable component libraries and configuration-driven patterns intended for reuse across future initiatives.
• Implement caching, performance tuning, and scalability patterns for containerized Drupal running on Kubernetes.
• Maintain configuration management, deployment configuration, and update/patch discipline including Drupal security advisories.
• Ensure all delivered themes and components meet Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Develop and operate Drupal 10+ applications with MySQL on the DOL PACE container platform, using configuration-driven and OOTB/contributed capabilities before custom code wherever feasible.
• Implement integrations with Login.gov, Appian/WISE/CAPS/PWRS, Kafka, document scanning/file services, analytics, and DOL identity/access management as required.
• Support release evidence, vulnerability remediation, immutable audit logging, records-retention requirements, and ATO/security authorization activities.

Skills

Drupal expertise

PHP

Twig

REST APIs

WCAG accessibility

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Drush

Composer

Job description

NuAxis is seeking a Senior Drupal Developer to lead re-platforming of legacy apps onto a Drupal foundation, with focus on accessibility and security for federal clients. You will design Drupal 10 sites, implement complex forms, build connectors to enterprise services, and optimize performance on Kubernetes containers.

Required 7+ years web development, 5+ years Drupal, PHP, Twig, REST APIs, and experience with Docker/Kubernetes.