Senior Platform Lead — Drupal & React (Remote)

Bixal; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex hours

401K with matching incentive

Parental Leave

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Flex Spending Account

Company provided short-term disability

life insurance

Commuter benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

11 Paid holidays

Job summary

Bixal, a Fairfax, VA-based consulting company, is seeking a senior Lead Developer to guide engineering on a Drupal and React platform hosted on Acquia. You will lead development of data products, dashboards, and interactive tools while keeping the platform secure, FISMA-compliant, accessible, and highly available.

In this full-time role, you will oversee modernization efforts, including hosting and CDN migrations and consolidating sites onto the platform, with a focus on security, compliance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 10 years of Drupal development, including a minimum of 3 years integrating React front-ends with Drupal backends via JSON:API
• At least 8 years of overall web development, including a minimum of 4 years of experience each with React, custom Drupal module development, Acquia-hosted environments, and SQLite/MySQL
• Subject matter expertise in open data standards, Drupal engineering, React engineering, and Agile SDLC
• Familiarity with CDN technologies, including Akamai and alternative CDN platforms
• Experience with cloud hosting and the ability to assess, plan, and execute hosting migrations
• Experience overseeing development, testing, and validation (functional, performance, security, accessibility)
• Experience with Section 508-compliant web development
• Demonstrated experience maintaining a secure, FISMA-compliant codebase
• Familiarity with CMS Authority to Operate (ATO) processes
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust clearance in support of a federal government contract.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for the Drupal and React platform, including JSON:API integration, custom Drupal modules, and the SQLite and MySQL data layers.
• Maintain Acquia hosting, the Akamai CDN, and current integrations, and recommend how to apply platform vendor updates.
• Lead technical design and development of new data products, interactive tools, dashboards, and features.
• Build Drupal role-based access controls and self-service tools so data owners can publish and edit their own content.
• Provide secure APIs and data exchange mechanisms for external systems and third-party use.
• Manage release management, including emergency out-of-cycle releases to production.
• Oversee functional, performance, security, accessibility, and user acceptance testing.
• Ensure Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, with zero unresolved critical accessibility defects in production.
• Maintain a secure, FISMA-compliant codebase, running static and dynamic security scans and fixing all critical and high vulnerabilities before release.
• Maintain the ATO and its security documentation in CFACTS, coordinating with the CMS ISSO.
• Own monitoring, incident response, and disaster recovery.
• Lead the technical analysis and execution of the hosting and CDN migration.
• Lead data migration and system integration for the website consolidation.
• Lead technical knowledge transfer with the incumbent and ensure every release ships with complete technical documentation.
• Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform.

Skills

Drupal development

React integration

JSON:API

Security and compliance

Cloud hosting

Acquia hosting

Accessibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

SQLite

MySQL

Akamai CDN

Acquia hosting

Job description

Bixal, a Fairfax, VA-based consulting company, is seeking a senior Lead Developer to guide engineering on a Drupal and React platform hosted on Acquia. You will lead development of data products, dashboards, and interactive tools while keeping the platform secure, FISMA-compliant, accessible, and highly available.

In this full-time role, you will oversee modernization efforts, including hosting and CDN migrations and consolidating sites onto the platform, with a focus on security, compliance,