Drupal Developer

Drupal Developer

• Contract role to 30 June 2027 with extensions
• Flexible working arrangements
• Canberra based role

About the company
This large Federal Government Agency is responsible for defending Australia and its national interests, promoting security and stability, and supporting the Australian community as directed by the Government.
About the role
The Drupal Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and enhancing digital user experiences across the Agencies public websites and intranet platforms. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team of web specialists, the role takes ownership of front-end and back-end development, content management solutions, and the continuous improvement of the Agencies digital ecosystem.
The successful candidate will bring solid experience with Drupal 9, 10 and 11, along with well-developed skills across front-end technologies, integration patterns, and modern web development practices. They will contribute to solution design, lead development activities within defined work streams, and ensure high-quality, accessible, and secure digital products.
Duties

• Solid experience with Drupal development, including theming, content architecture, module configuration and custom module development.
• Strong experience delivering and enhancing web content management solutions, with a focus on platform efficiency, performance optimisation and accessibility (WCAG).
• Ownership of development tasks across the full lifecycle, including solution design, build, testing, deployment, and ongoing support within GovCMS PaaS and Azure infrastructure environments.
• Proficiency in front end development technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap 5), with the ability to build responsive and accessible interfaces and editing experiences.
• Working knowledge of server side technologies (e.g. PHP, Java) and ability to contribute to custom integrations and APIs.
• Experience delivering full stack solutions, including configuration and optimisation of web servers (e.g. Nginx, Apache), databases (e.g. MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle), and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Git, Azure DevOps).
• Collaboration with architects, designers, content teams, and cloud engineers to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
• Contribution to documentation best practices and operating standards development, to support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Experience working within Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) aligned environments, contributing to change, release, and incident management processes.

Skills & experience

• Proven experience delivering and maintaining Drupal-based solutions in a professional environment, including customisation and development.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver end-to-end web development work across multiple projects.
• Strong experience with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or similar frameworks).
• Experience working with and implementing APIs, integrations, and RESTful services.
• Working knowledge of server-side development (PHP preferred) and web application frameworks.
• Experience with DevOps practices, including version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience with the GovCMS PaaS product.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Long term role

How to apply
Candidates must be Australian Citizens with a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance and be willing to undergo an NV1 upgrade.
If you would like to discuss further, please contact Megan Hudson -
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