Lead Web Developer Drupal

Position Description:

We are seeking an experienced Drupal Team Lead to provide technical leadership hands on development solution guidance and delivery oversight for Drupal based web initiatives. This role is ideal for a senior Drupal professional who can lead a team shape technical direction work directly with client stakeholders and contribute directly to complex front end and back end development tasks.

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in Drupal architecture site building custom module development theming integrations accessibility and DevOps oriented delivery practices. They will be responsible for guiding Drupal implementation approaches mentoring developers reviewing code and designs ensuring adherence to Drupal best practices and supporting the successful delivery of high quality accessible maintainable digital services.
This role requires strong hands on skills in PHP Drupal APIs HTML CSS JavaScript Twig configuration management and integration patterns as well as the ability to lead technical discussions estimate work define implementation strategies and collaborate effectively with client and internal delivery teams.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Drupal Team Lead will be responsible for:
. Leading Drupal delivery from planning through implementation testing deployment and ongoing enhancement.
. Providing technical direction for Drupal architecture module development theming integrations and content modelling.
. Guiding the use of Drupal core and contributed modules including Paragraphs Layout Builder Views Media Entity Reference Fields Blocks Taxonomy Menus and configuration management.
. Designing and implementing custom Drupal modules using hooks plugins services event subscribers Form API custom entities route controllers and Drupal APIs.
. Leading front end implementation using Twig templates Drupal theme layer customizations responsive design practices HTML5 CSS/CSS3 JavaScript and jQuery.
. Translating wireframes design systems and style guides into maintainable Drupal templates and components.
. Ensuring consistent styling accessibility responsiveness and cross browser compatibility across Drupal sites.
. Advising clients on solution design technical options architecture decisions tools risks and implementation approaches.
. Reviewing code technical designs and configuration changes to ensure quality maintainability performance security and alignment with Drupal standards.
. Coaching and mentoring Drupal developers through code reviews knowledge sharing technical guidance and best practice development.
. Collaborating with client stakeholders product owners UX/design teams developers QA DevOps and delivery leads.
. Supporting planning estimation backlog refinement technical discovery and definition of delivery approaches.
. Troubleshooting complex technical issues across Drupal front end implementation integrations environments and deployment workflows.
. Supporting CI/CD containerized development environments configuration management release processes and DevOps practices.
. Ensuring solutions align with accessibility requirements security standards performance expectations and government digital delivery practices.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. Proven experience as a Senior Drupal Developer Drupal Technical Lead or Drupal Team Lead.
. Strong experience leading Drupal site builds end to end including planning estimation technical approach definition development deployment and support.
. Deep understanding of Drupal core architecture Drupal APIs hooks plugins services event subscribers routing configuration management and entity systems.
. Expertise with Drupal core and site building features including Fields Views Blocks Taxonomy Menus Media Layout Builder Paragraphs Entity Reference content types view modes form displays and field formatters.
. Extensive experience creating custom Drupal modules from scratch while following Drupal coding standards and best practices.
. Advanced Drupal theming experience including Twig templates theme functions template suggestions preprocess functions and custom theme layer implementation.
. Strong proficiency with PHP 8 HTML5 CSS/CSS3 JavaScript jQuery and responsive web development.
. Ability to convert wireframes design systems and comprehensive layouts into Drupal templates and reusable components.
. Strong understanding of responsive and adaptive design browser compatibility accessibility and user experience considerations.
. Experience integrating Drupal with external systems using RESTful APIs JSON:API API development patterns and integration best practices.
. Familiarity with CI/CD workflows DevOps practices containerized development environments and Drupal deployment processes.
. Strong hands on debugging performance optimization troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
. Ability to work closely with clients to understand business needs guide solution design and influence technical direction.
. Demonstrated ability to mentor developers review code and designs promote development standards and foster technical excellence.
. Strong collaboration skills with client stakeholders internal teams designers QA DevOps and delivery leadership.
. Familiarity with BC Government digital standards accessibility requirements media handling and style guide expectations is an asset.

The Drupal Team Lead should demonstrate:

. Technical Leadership Ability to define Drupal architecture guide implementation decisions establish standards and ensure the team follows sustainable Drupal practices.
. Client Leadership Ability to understand client needs explain technical options clearly influence technical direction and support informed decision making.
. Hands On Contribution Ability to directly contribute to complex coding debugging theming integration and optimization work when required.
. Coaching and Mentoring Ability to support team growth through code reviews technical guidance design reviews documentation and knowledge sharing.
. Delivery Ownership Ability to support planning estimation prioritization technical risk management and delivery execution across Drupal initiatives.
. Collaboration Ability to work effectively across client delivery development QA UX accessibility and DevOps teams to ensure alignment and technical excellence.

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CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors including but not limited to skill set level geographic market experience and training and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $85000 - $160000.

Skills:

• Agile
• Client management
• CSS
• DevOps
• Drupal
• Drupal PHP
• English
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Leadership
• Mentoring and coaching
• Solutions Architecture

What you can expect from us:

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You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

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That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

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Required Experience:

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 85000 - 160000