Senior Drupal Developer and Solutions Architect

UVA Health

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About The Position

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences seek a senior-level Drupal technologist to lead the design, development, and ongoing evolution of a large-scale Drupal platform supporting the College’s digital presence. This position oversees architecture, operations, and continuous improvement of a modern, enterprise-level Drupal environment serving one of the nation’s top public universities.
We’re looking for a technically advanced problem solver who thrives in complex ecosystems, writes elegant, maintainable code, and can translate institutional goals into scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions.
If you’re passionate about high-impact web architecture, modern development practices, and advancing the digital mission of higher education, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate specialty, or an equivalent combination of accreditation, education and experience required.
• 5+ years relevant experience required.

Nice To Haves

• Proven success leading large Drupal installations (multisite or multi-tenant) using Composer and configuration-split strategies.
• Mastery of modern Drupal APIs, PHP 8.x, and Git-based workflows.
• Experience with cloud-based Drupal hosting (e.g., Pantheon, Acquia, or Platform.sh) and provider CLIs/APIs.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and dependency management.
• Experience developing API integrations with systems like Airtable, university data platforms, or similar services.
• Knowledge of accessibility, security, and performance best practices for public institutions.
• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills in distributed or hybrid teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and lifecycle management of the Arts & Sciences Drupal 10/11 platform, currently supporting 90+ departmental and program websites through a shared upstream architecture.
• Design and evolve the platform to accommodate a broader portfolio of faculty, lab, and research-related sites, many of which are currently hosted on other solutions within the College.
• Develop modular, reusable components and shared install profiles that balance consistency with site-level flexibility.
• Create and maintain custom modules, themes, and configuration patterns aligned with University standards, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), and modern UX practices.
• Develop integrations with Airtable APIs or similar platforms to automate synchronization of faculty data and other academic content into Drupal.
• Define and implement caching, performance optimization, and deployment strategies that ensure reliability and scalability across a growing ecosystem.
• Maintain CI/CD workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions) with Composer-based builds, automated testing, and structured release management.
• Manage local development standards using containerized tools (e.g., DDEV) and document developer onboarding and workflows.
• Oversee hosting and deployment processes across cloud-based Drupal platforms, ensuring the solution remains portable and vendor-agnostic.
• Integrate SSO (SAML) and other University systems; implement secure migration and synchronization workflows between data sources.
• Establish code review practices, branching standards, and deployment governance across multiple sites and teams.
• Collaborate with security leads to maintain compliance with institutional and accessibility standards.
• Maintain configuration management systems and reliable rollback processes across development, test, and production environments.
• Mentor developers, perform code reviews, and guide technical decisions across multiple projects.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders across technical and non-technical domains.
• Contribute to the strategic roadmap for modernizing A&S web platforms and data integrations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees