Onsite Web Developer (Drupal)

Vacancy: 1

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Location: Washington DC 20003

Employment Type: Contract

Engagement Type: W2 or 1099 only; no C2C

Position Overview

Dhaka Technologies Limited is seeking an experienced Web Developer with strong Drupal expertise to support the development maintenance modernization and production support of government web platforms and associated digital properties.

The selected candidate will perform advanced website and internet development work with a focus on Drupal-based site development theming configuration accessibility security integrations deployment support and technical documentation. This role requires strong hands-on experience with Drupal PHP HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript Twig Composer Drush Git and modern web development standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design develop maintain and modernize Drupal-based websites and digital platforms.
  
• Build and customize Drupal modules themes content types taxonomies views blocks menus workflows and related site components.
  
• Perform Drupal core and contributed module updates security patches and version migrations including Drupal 7 to Drupal 9/10/11.
  
• Integrate Drupal websites with enterprise systems APIs analytics platforms and third-party services.
  
• Ensure web deliverables comply with Section 508 WCAG 2.1 AA and applicable web standards.
  
• Apply web security best practices including input sanitization output escaping access checks secure file upload handling CSRF protection and trusted host configuration.
  
• Develop clean semantic HTML5 and responsive front-end interfaces using modern CSS JavaScript and Drupal theming practices.
  
• Use Twig template overrides preprocessing theme hooks and the Drupal Libraries API to produce clean valid maintainable output.
  
• Configure and administer Drupal content types fields vocabularies view modes form/display modes URL aliases redirects media libraries image styles and responsive image styles.
  
• Develop and manage Drupal configuration workflows including config export/import and environment-specific configuration handling.
  
• Collaborate with project managers UX designers content strategists technical teams QA teams and business stakeholders.
  
• Provide Tier 3 production support troubleshoot complex issues and participate in deployment activities including occasional after-hours work.
  
• Produce technical documentation code comments operational runbooks user-facing instructions and other supporting materials.
  
• Follow Git workflows Drupal coding standards code review practices and established development guidelines.
  

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 16 years of experience performing specialized or advanced programming and technical development for websites or internet-based platforms.
  
• At least 3 years of hands-on Drupal development experience including Drupal 7 and Drupal 9 10 or 11.
  
• Demonstrated proficiency in PHP HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript and Twig.
  
• Strong command of semantic HTML5 accessible markup forms tables headings sectioning elements and SEO-related markup.
  
• Strong understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 accessibility requirements including ARIA keyboard navigation focus management alt text and accessible form labeling.
  
• Deep working knowledge of modern CSS including Flexbox CSS Grid responsive design media queries fluid layouts CSS variables cascade specificity and cross-browser compatibility.
  
• Solid command of modern JavaScript including ES6 DOM manipulation event handling Fetch API promises async/await JSON handling and browser DevTools debugging.
  
• Working knowledge of Drupals JavaScript layer including Drupal behaviors once() drupalSettings AJAX framework and Libraries API.
  
• Strong Drupal administration and configuration experience including content types fields vocabularies views blocks menus permissions workflows redirects media management and configuration management.
  
• Strong Drupal theming experience using Twig template suggestions preprocessing theme hooks base themes component-based theming and responsive design practices.
  
• Experience with Composer Drush Git and MySQL/MariaDB.
  
• Experience with local development environments such as Lando DDEV Docksal or similar tools.
  
• Ability to write clear technical documentation that can be followed by both technical and non-technical users.
  
• Strong diagnostic troubleshooting communication and collaboration skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field; equivalent experience may be substituted.
  
• Acquia Certified Developer or Site Builder credential.
  
• Experience with headless or decoupled Drupal using JSON GraphQL REST module or custom REST resources.
  
• Familiarity with Acquia Cloud Pantheon AWS or similar hosting environments.
  
• Prior experience supporting government web platforms.
  
• Knowledge of DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines Docker GitHub Actions Acquia Pipelines BLT or similar deployment tooling.
  
• Hands-on Acquia Cloud experience including environments Cloud Hooks code/database/files workflow and Acquia CLI.
  
• Experience with SCSS/SASS BEM frontend build tools such as Webpack Vite or Gulp and linting tools such as ESLint Prettier Stylelint or PHPCS.
  
• Exposure to React Vue or partially decoupled Drupal frontends.
  
• Experience with Drupal multi-site or multi-domain implementations including domain-specific configuration cache contexts menu/block/path strategies and cross-domain content patterns.
  
• Familiarity with frontend performance optimization including async/deferred loading debouncing throttling reduced-motion preferences and render-blocking script mitigation.
  

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements

Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should send their CV to: