Solutions Architect Drupal

Technology/Domain PHP

Job Code PWSPHP08202101

Positions 1

Reporting To Project Manager/Scrum Master

What would this Architect do every day?

• Would work on Drupal 8 or 9 projects (on Drupal or Acquia) with hosting platform as AWS/Acquia/Azure/Pantheon. This would mostly be distributed environment.
• Setup docker based setup on local machine with CI/CD and help developers do the same
• Create Drupal custom modules using the Drupal API system and hooks from Drupal core systems
• Help developers resolving any tech challenges (Coding, Performance, Security, etc) towards completion of Jira tasks
• Create version control branches, merge branches using GitLab/GitHub/Bitbucket
• Create pull requests, review the pull requests created by developers in the team, provide review comments using markdown, compare the code differences, resolve merge conflicts using GitLab/GitHub/Bitbucket.
• Design and develop system design document for all aspects of the web site and migration for the content from existing system to Drupal.
• Develop and maintain technical specifications and documentation.
• Utilize best practices for version control, documentation, and software interoperability.
• Review the code (of developers) for logic, security, scalability and performance.
• Do Coding (hands-on) for any critical requirement involve in Twig, Panels, Views, Features and Rules, core APIs, Fields along with other contributed modules using Visual Studio/Eclipse as IDE.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Drupal User roles (Content Delivery, Content Management etc), develop the components, maintain, and deploy the configurations according to the Drupal user roles.
• Have a good understanding of the deployment pipeline (Stage, UAT, production) and deploy the changes across the different environments using CI/CD (Tools like as Acquia Cloud CD, Jenkins, etc )
• Help team migrate from WordPress to Drupal or migration to latest version of Drupal.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Role would be Drupal Solution Architect

Responsibilities

•  Analysis and identification of the tech stack for any project
• Adoption of best practices in different technologies and enforcing across project teams
• Demonstrate the highest design standards and ensuring the implementation in projects
• Identifying and implementing automation in existing and new projects
• Identify technical risks and guide teams accordingly
• Solutioning for integrations and extending existing solutions
• Lead/mentor developers, if required should be able to do hands-on coding.

• Should be able to understand & comprehend information
• Should have excellent learning & analytical ability
• Should be proficient at debugging & problem solving
• Should demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
• Should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player and exhibit exceptional relationship management skills.
• Should be passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices while leading and mentoring a small team of developers.

• 8 -15 yrs of experience in Drupal
• Must have at least 4 years’ experience on Drupal
• Proficient in setting up applications on AWS, Acquia, Pantheon.
• Proficient in working with CDN like Cloudflare, Cloudfront, Akamai, Fastly.
• Experience in the design and development of system architectures, including the definition of key capabilities and performance requirements.
• Experience in Varnish, Memcache, Redis, NewRelic, Elasticache, Apache Solr.
• Experience in cloud video hosting Youtube, Vimeo, Brightcove.
• Experience in SSO with OAuth, JWT.
• Experience in social media APIs - Facebook API, Twiter API and Google APIs.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure and related technologies (hardware, virtualization, networking).

BTech/M Tech/BE/ME Computers with at least 60% aggregate score consistently.