Lead Drupal Developer

RIVA Solutions Inc.

3d•$155,000•Remote

About The Position

RIVA Solutions is pursuing a highly visible federal digital modernization initiative centered on the transformation and governance of a large-scale, enterprise Drupal web ecosystem. This program involves the migration and modernization of a complex legacy content environment exceeding 65 terabytes of documentation and digital assets, spanning 35,000+ pages and structured content entities across multiple systems. The effort includes large-scale on-premises to cloud migration, enterprise taxonomy rationalization, scalable CMS architecture design, DevSecOps enablement, and long-term digital governance. The Lead Drupal Developer will serve as both technical architect and hands-on engineering lead, ensuring secure, scalable, high-performing digital infrastructure aligned with federal compliance standards. RIVA Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead Drupal Developer to drive technical leadership for an enterprise federal Drupal platform undergoing large-scale modernization and migration. This role requires deep experience executing complex, high-volume Drupal migrations from legacy systems into cloud-based enterprise environments. The ideal candidate has led migrations involving tens of thousands of pages and terabytes of structured and unstructured content while remaining actively engaged in hands-on development. This is not an oversight-only leadership role. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable defining enterprise architecture, building custom migration plugins, writing code, troubleshooting integration challenges, and mentoring development teams in a fast-paced, highly regulated federal environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
Minimum 6+ years of professional experience developing enterprise websites in Drupal
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale content migrations involving high-volume datasets (30,000+ pages preferred)
Experience managing complex legacy-to-cloud Drupal transitions
Hands-on experience building custom Migrate API plugins and managing structured data transformations
Experience designing enterprise Drupal architecture in high-availability environments
Experience integrating Drupal with third-party enterprise systems via APIs
Experience working within CI/CD environments and modern DevSecOps workflows
Strong understanding of Drupal security hardening and vulnerability remediation
U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting enterprise-scale federal digital modernization programs
Experience migrating legacy Drupal versions (7/8) to Drupal 9/10
Experience with Acquia Cloud hosting environments
Familiarity with containerized or cloud-native infrastructure
Experience implementing GitHub Actions and Acquia Cloud Actions
Experience ensuring Section 508 compliance at scale
Acquia or Drupal certifications

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale Drupal CMS architecture
Lead complex legacy-to-cloud migrations involving 65+ terabytes of documentation and 35,000+ page ecosystems
Design and implement large-scale structured content transformations and taxonomy migrations
Architect scalable, secure Drupal solutions for high-volume federal web environments
Design and develop custom Migrate API plugins for complex, non-Drupal data sources
Work directly with stakeholders to identify source systems, define transformation rules, and map data to Drupal destination structures
Execute high-volume content migrations with performance, data integrity, and rollback safeguards
Optimize migration pipelines for performance and repeatability
Develop and maintain custom Drupal modules and reusable components
Design and maintain integrations with third-party systems via RESTful APIs and web services
Maintain secure system integrations between Drupal and enterprise external systems
Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Acquia Cloud Actions
Oversee Drupal core and module security updates, patch management, and vulnerability remediation
Collaborate closely with DevSecOps teams to support automated deployment workflows
Optimize performance, caching strategies, and scalability for enterprise traffic loads
Ensure compliance with federal security and accessibility standards (including Section 508)
Lead peer code reviews and establish engineering best practices
Provide hands-on mentorship to junior and mid-level developers
Participate actively in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical roadmap discussions
Maintain comprehensive documentation for architecture, migrations, integrations, and deployment