Senior Drupal & Php Developer/engineer

Koniag Government Services - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Senior

Arlington, VA

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

Koniag Government Services is seeking a Senior Drupal & PHP Developer/Engineer with a Secret Clearance to support PAC and our government customer in Arlington, VA. This position involves evaluating the existing OIG website hosted in a Drupal environment and creating a comprehensive plan for migrating the website from Drupal version 7 to version 8 or higher, ensuring no data loss and minimal downtime. The successful candidate will also be responsible for setting up and configuring a new hosting environment for the Drupal 8 platform in collaboration with the OIG infrastructure team. In addition to migration tasks, the role requires integrating and modifying existing and new Drupal modules based on the design requirements of the OIG website. The developer will create designs and implement integrations of external components and cloud services, including website search services, content subscription services, reporting services, and analytics within the Drupal environment. The position also entails performing complex XML data and file migrations while adhering to industry best practices for IT security. Continuous operational support for existing and future Drupal environments is essential, including addressing performance issues, implementing security patches, and testing new software in development environments. The ideal candidate will utilize a mature process to manage software development and operations tasks, employing various industry-standard tools and processes such as software source code repositories and automated build/release tools. This role is critical in ensuring the smooth operation and enhancement of the Drupal environments, requiring a strong background in PHP, SQL, and Drupal CMS, along with project management skills for complex web projects.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing OIG website hosted in a Drupal environment.
• Create a plan for migrating the existing website with no data loss and minimal downtime from Drupal version 7 to Drupal version 8 or higher.
• Create a plan for setting up and configuring new hosting environment for the Drupal 8 environment in conjunction with the OIG infrastructure team.
• Integrate and modify existing and new Drupal modules based upon OIG website design requirements to achieve required functionality.
• Create a design and implement integration of external components and/or cloud services such as website search services, content subscription services, reporting services, analytics and business intelligence services in the Drupal environment.
• Perform complex XML data and files migration with no data loss and minimal downtime while following industry best practice IT security requirements.
• Get IT management approval for enhancements and implement all changes with no downtime or data loss.
• Provide continuous ongoing operational support for existing and future Drupal environments including minor/major version upgrades, security patches, module updates and new module installations.
• Utilize a mature process to manage the software development and operations tasks by using various industry standard tools and processes.

Requirements

• Strong PHP 7 and SQL skills, this is a backend development position.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with selecting web hosting software with content management system (CMS).
• Demonstrated strong and current skills and hands-on current experience with Drupal CMS, Drupal headless, Azure hosting, web server configuration, database integration, public website security, DNS, integration with other applications and/or plugins, organizational branding.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with development and management with Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP stack.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with building mobile responsive websites.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with integrating Drupal with other external services such as social media tools, search engines, web analytics, reporting services and other tools.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with migrating existing Drupal content from one environment to another including between different Drupal versions.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with project management for complex web projects.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills creating wireframes for user interface (UI) and user experience design (UX) for websites.
• Demonstrated skills with HTML5, XHTML, XML, CSS, Javascript and similar web technologies.
• Demonstrated strong and current skills with the DevOps methodology.
• Demonstrated skills with Section 508 compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated hands on troubleshooting skills to support operations for the Drupal websites including slowness or other performance issues.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and implementing independent government IT infrastructures.
• Extensive experience deploying new infrastructure requirements in government IT offices.
• Strong demonstrated experience planning new programs and initiatives to address problems identified in situational assessments.
• Substantial understanding of enterprise, platform, industry, and solution architecture best practices related to web technology stacks.
• Ability to prepare clear and concise reports to and present to senior leadership.
• Ability to provide logical and consistent recommendations for change based on industry best practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of statutes, standards, guidance, mandates, and regulations governing Federal IT systems and networks.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K with company matching
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid holidays
• Three weeks paid time off