Drupal Software Engineer, Senior

Location: Washington DC

Work Type: Hybrid Work (Minimum 2 days Onsite)

Required Clearance: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Job Title: DrupalSoftware Engineer Senior

Job Overview: The Drupal Software Engineer Senior serves as a senior technical lead supporting the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) enterprise web platform. This role is responsible for the engineering operations maintenance and continuous improvement of DOTs Drupal-based Content Management System (CMS) and any future CMS platforms adopted during the BPA period of performance.

This position requires a minimum of ten (10) years of overall professional software development experience including at least eight (8) years of hands-on Drupal CMS platform engineering experience within controlled federal or similarly regulated environments. The role places a strong emphasis on security accessibility (Section 508/WCAG) automated testing integrations performance optimization and reliable deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Drupal Platform Engineering & Operations

• Perform ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) of the DOT Drupal CMS platform including Drupal core and contributed module updates patching upgrades and compatibility validation.
• Design develop and maintain enterprise Drupal templates content types workflows and reusable components aligned with DOT standards and governance.
• Monitor and implement Drupal community releases to ensure platform stability security and performance.

Integrations & Enhancements

• Implement and support integrations with analytics and optimization tools (e.g. Google Analytics Google Tag Manager) search services (e.g. DigitalGov Search) identity and access mechanisms (including PIV and MFA) and external APIs.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors such as Acquia Akamai and other CMS-related service providers to support hosting CDN authentication and performance services.

Security Accessibility & Compliance

• Apply secure coding practices and support implementation of security controls in collaboration with DOT OCIO and Chief Information Security Office (CISO).
• Support vulnerability remediation configuration management and compliance with federal security requirements.
• Lead accessibility-first development and remediation efforts to ensure compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA standards.

Testing Release & Quality Assurance

• Build maintain and execute automated and functional test suites; perform regression testing and resolve defects.
• Coordinate release engineering across development test staging and production environments including CI/CD alignment deployment validation and rollback planning.
• Support quality assurance activities throughout the system development life cycle (SDLC) including O&M releases and enhancement efforts.

Performance Reliability & Support

• Support platform performance tuning availability improvements and disaster recovery readiness.
• Provide operational and on-call/after-hours support for urgent issues impacting the DOT Drupal environment acting as an intermediary among DOT teams vendors and contractors as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
• Ten (10) or more years of overall professional software development experience with a minimum of eight (8) years of specialized Drupal CMS engineering experience.
• At least five (5) years of experience supporting enterprise CMS platforms in federal or similarly regulated environments with disciplined SDLC testing release management and documentation practices.
• Strong knowledge of web accessibility implementation and remediation practices in compliance with Section 508 and WCAG standards.
• Experience with automated testing CI/CD pipelines multi-environment deployments and change management.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with government stakeholders security teams infrastructure providers and cross-functional technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications & Certifications

• Acquia Certified Developer Drupal and/or Acquia Certified Site Builder
• AWS Certified Developer Associate or AWS Solutions Architect Associate
• CSSLP or CompTIA Security
• IAAP CPACC (IAAP WAS preferred but optional)

Compensation and Benefits

The projected compensation range for this position is $90000 to $130000 per year benchmarked in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Salary at LCG is determined by various factors including but not limited to role location the combination of education/training knowledge skills competencies certifications and work experience.

LCG offers a competitive comprehensive benefits package which includes health insurance options (medical dental vision) life and disability insurance retirement plan contributions as well as paid leave federal holidays professional development and lifestyle benefits.

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