Lead Drupal Developer

Promet is looking for a Contract Lead Drupal Developer to work with its established team of Drupal professionals. The position is remote and available to USA based applicants. The Lead Drupal Developer is responsible for custom PHP development of client’s websites based on project requirements and project scope.  Must have great organizational and interpersonal skills, and be experienced and driven toward code excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and build with best practice and code excellence in mind
• Work in teams to help build and develop websites with Drupal and PHP
• Participate in daily and weekly status meetings
• Reporting time and work details on a daily basis
• Record detailed descriptions of work performed and documentation of progress
• Communicate regularly with project manager
• Rewrite Drupal 7 modules for Drupal 9

Qualifications:

Technical:

• Strong understanding of best practices of PHP development
• Experience in Drupal development
• Some Azure or cloud devops or sysadmin knowledge
• HTML, CSS expertise
• Ability to develop in PHP/MySQL
• Knowledge and experience with API development
• Proven Custom module development
• Understands Integration concepts (RESTful services, API development, etc.)
• Knowledge of PHP and MySQL development techniques: using GIT for code checkouts, version control, and deployment techniques.
• Understands the basics of web accessibility standards
• Knows how to apply accessibility web standards into their job role

Bonus Knowledge:

• Understanding of Apache/nginx configuration
• High availability configuration for CMS driven websites
• MySQL skills
• Mobile Web App Development (Apple or Android)
• Troubleshooting issues that occur at the server level, related to database throughput, preprocessor configuration, memory resident storage, and more.
• Amazon Web Service certification and experience
• Having experience or certification(s) in web accessibility is a big plus
• Acquia Site Studio experience

Business:

• General understanding of project management principles. (Agile, Scrum, Iterative, Waterfall)
• Strong work ethic, a drive for success and proactive attitude
• Experience working in small teams
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Familiar with QA and deployment processes
• Must be a friendly team player who enjoys challenges and learning new skills and techniques