Senior Drupal Subject Matter Expert

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Lead the design, modernization, and implementation strategies for enterprise Drupal solutions that align with DHS technical standards and cloud-hosted environments.

• Define the architecture of Drupal applications, distinguishing between monolithic and headless/decoupled approaches.

• Establish architecture patterns, coding standards, and reusable modules.

• Guide the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of custom Drupal modules.

• Review contributed modules and third-party libraries to ensure maintainability and security.

• Enhance Drupal performance through effective caching, content architecture, and page-rendering practices.

• Architect integrations with identity solutions such as Okta SSO, data services, cloud hosting, and external APIs.

• Ensure Drupal applications function seamlessly across systems and databases within DHS Headquarters and enterprise environments.

• Maintain compliance with DHS security directives, cloud security controls, and NIST-aligned safeguards.

• Validate compliance with Section 508 WCAG 2.0 A/AA accessibility standards.

• Oversee functional, regression, accessibility, usability, and integration testing within DHS Agile/SELC processes.

• Provide technical guidance for releases, migrations, deployments, and environment configuration.

• Assess emerging Drupal capabilities, frameworks, hosting models, and tools.

• Advise leadership on Drupal roadmaps, platform consolidation, and enterprise reuse strategies.

• Mentor developers, analysts, and architects.

• Produce or supervise SELC documentation, architectural diagrams, data flows, module specifications, and user/developer guides.

• Support governance reviews, change control, and technical assessments for Drupal enhancements, SCRs, and modernization initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

• 11 years of progressive technical or functional experience in a chosen technical area or specialty skill.

• Must be a US Citizen.

• Ability to successfully pass a government-issued background investigation.

• Capability to obtain a Public Trust.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.

• Proven ability to motivate and guide technical teams.

• Experience or knowledge of Drupal, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Power Platform, SharePoint, Office 365, Azure, Dataverse, Confluence, Jira, and ServiceNow.

• Familiarity with DHS technical standards, DHS security directives such as 4300A, cloud security controls, NIST-aligned safeguards, Section 508, WCAG 2.0 A/AA, and Trusted Tester methodologies.

• Microsoft Certification is preferred.

• Prior Public Trust or Security Clearance is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work opportunity.

• Chance to support a DHS program.

• Microsoft Certification is preferred.

• Prior Public Trust or Security Clearance is preferred.