Drupal Developer

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Welcome to Sky Solutions, LLC, a dynamic Digital Transformation Firm nestled in the vibrant heart of the Washington D.C. Metro Area. We specialize in empowering leading organizations in the Financial Services and Healthcare sectors, achieving remarkable business outcomes through cutting-edge Digital Process Automation (DPA) and innovative Low-Code/No-Code Application Development. As a certified Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) with Minority Owned certifications, diversity and equal opportunity are integral to our mission. Embark on our journey of innovation and transformation, where your skills align seamlessly with our commitment to excellence.
Job Title: Senior Drupal Developer
Duration: Long term
Location: Woodlawn, MD (Hybrid)
*** Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of Woodlawn, MD *** Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site at least 2 days a week. **** Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
Key Required Skills:
Drupal, PHP, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, DB2, or Oracle), Agile Development, SOA/Microservice Architecture
Position Description:

• Architect, design, develop, and implement next-generation web application using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies:
• Content Management System (Drupal, WordPress)
• PHP
• Custom API development using Drupal.
• Provide software expertise in one or more of these areas: PHP application integration, Drupal, service-oriented architectures (SOA), security, business process management/business rules processing, module integration, user experience (UX) and accessibility (Section 508/WCAG/USDS Web Standards)
• Senior Level experience in development and maintenance of multiple enterprise websites using CMS like Drupal.
• Investigate and repair application defects regardless of component: front-end, business logic, middleware, or database (PL/SQL and Data Modeling).
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.
• All other duties as assigned or directed.

Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
• Master's or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.
• 8 years of combined experience with modern software development using Drupal and PHP
• 8 years of combined experience web development and building responsive UIs with modern front-end technologies.
• 5 years of combined experience with Content Management Systems (Drupal, WordPress)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Required Skills:

• Solid understanding of modern PHP frameworks (Drupal, Laravel, Symfony, Zend).
• Basic knowledge of PHP's type system (typed properties and union types).
• Basic experience with concurrent programming (pthreads, pcntl, ReactPHP).
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, DB2, and Oracle), SQL, and ORM technologies (RedBeanPHP, Doctrine, and Eloquent).
• Solid experience with automated unit testing, TDD, BDD, and associated technologies (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Mockito, Behat / Cucumber, Selenium, and Karma/Jasmine).
• Development experience with building responsive UIs with modern front-end technologies such as React, or Angular.
• Solid knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, Modern JavaScript, Typescript, JQuery, and CSS).
• Basic understanding of DevOps and tools (Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube).
• Experience with API development & monitoring tools (Ready API, Swagger, Splunk, Dynatrace)
• Experience working on Agile projects and understanding Agile terminology.

Desired Skills:

• Preferred experience with AWS cloud technologies or other cloud platforms; AWS cloud certifications.
• Experience with PaaS (Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes) and Docker containers.
• Delivery (CI/CD) best practices and use of DevOps to accelerate quality releases to Production.
• Preferred experience integrating / establishing advance search capabilities (AWS Kendra).
• Basic understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• An in-depth knowledge of Social Security Administration (SSA).

Education:

• Bachelor's and 8 years of experience, Master's, and 5 years of experience or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Must be able to obtain a public trust clearance.

Sky Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who share our vision and values.