Full-Stack Drupal Architect

Position: Full-Stack Drupal Architect
Location: Elk Grove, CA (Hybrid)
Duration: Full-Time

Job Description:

• Upto 15% bonus on top of salary
• Top skills needed or won't consider for role
  • Sr Engr/Lead get into architect role min 3-4 years experience handling all sides business
  • Drupal 8/9/10 - 5-6 years of experience; Drupal CMS experience Mandatory
  • Experience architecting ecommerce sites, translations/localizations
  • Must be ok working with globally distributed teams
• Interview process : Screening round + 2 Technical interviews

Full stack web architect is pivotal in designing and managing comprehensive software solutions that span the entire technology stack, from front-end user interfaces to back-end services and databases. S/he is responsible for participating in all aspects of the software development lifecycle which includes web architecture, estimating, technical design, implementation, documentation, testing, deployment and support of Drupal and Angular based websites.
Position Responsibilities- Other duties may be assigned:
Ideal candidate will have expertise in MVC and Javascripts frameworks, Drupal CMS and ecommerce, PHP, Java, HTML5, CSS3, ISML template files, Angular or React, BackboneJs, RequireJS, RestAPI development and integration, Application Performance Management, Drupal deployment procedures, expertise in SQL databases, Git concepts, Agile practices, LAMP full stack development practices. Candidate must have hands-on experience in developing websites and portals in Drupal 8/9 utilizing Acquia BLT, Pipelines and Git at proficiency level.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Participate in designing and architecting sessions with key business users, gathering and documenting business processes and requirements for the system.
• Re-architect Drupal Solutions to adopt microservices architecture.
• Advise business users on best practices for web designs, development or integration processes. Balance business users requests and requirements with technical constraints
• Lead complex Drupal based system and technology including Rest API, Web services and Third-party integrations. Create custom modules leveraging Drupal hooks and plugin.
• Install, test and deploy patches to the core CMS and modules.
• Research, develop, test, and implement product backlog items (user stories and defects), including analysis and reporting, on the prioritized project backlog within schedule, ensure third party libraries are downloaded and maintained.
• Develop, maintain, and publish standards, guidelines, and processes aligned with Enterprise Architecture.
• Identify, discuss, and decide on exceptions to Enterprise Architecture principles during solution design.
• Participate in technology roadmaps/blueprints for new solutions and legacy system migration.
• Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS or Azure-based Cloud Architecture software development and migration.
• Work within engineering teams to deliver high-quality products on time and reduce technical debt.
• Support the deployment process, including review of logs for errors after code deployment to all environments.
• Collaborate with project manager's /scrum masters and other team members to design and estimate timeline for custom Drupal based solutions.
Position Requirements:
• A bachelor's degree in business, Computer Science or similar is required.
• Strong written communications especially related to articulating technical specifications in an e-Commerce or SaaS organization is a must.
• Passionate coders with 10+ years of application development experience.
• Experience working with MVC and Javascripts frameworks, Drupal, e-Commerce, MySQL, LAMP, etc.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with LAMP full stack development practices.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in Drupal 8 and 2 years of experience in Drupal 9+ and Drupal e-Commerce.
• Must know High Availability and load balancing concepts.
• Experienced in Acquia projects is a major plus.
• Experience with Website Internationalization.
• Strong knowledge and experience in Cloud computing and Architectural patterns.
• Strong knowledge in API management concepts organization, products, monetization and roles.
• Rest API development and integration.
• Experience working with Multisite Drupal setup.
• Extensive experience building custom Drupal modules from specification.
• Working knowledge of Git, SQL, and Apache.
Desired Skills:
• Experience with automation and configuration management (Ansible, Jenkins)
• Experienced in Drupal DevOps and deployment models (Cloud and On-prem)
• Experience working with Virtualization and Docker

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