Drupal Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The ideal candidate will have several years' experience building large-scale web sites and applications and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast paced environment. The successful candidate will have the ability to develop high-quality code, have excellent communication skills, love solving complex problems, and lead in project design and direction.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

- Develop and implement custom modules in PHP/Drupal according to requirements
- Participate in daily meetings and regular planning and review sessions
- Interact with remote teams to ensure complete delivery of web applications
- Provide documentation as required and lead code reviews, planning sessions and routine status stand-ups
- Provide accurate level of effort time estimates and provide recommendations for feature prioritization
- Assist in release/deployment planning and execution activities

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS: 

- 8+ years experience in web application development with minimum 3+ years experience in Drupal application development
- Advanced experience in Drupal 7 and LAMP stack - PHP5, MySQL and HTML/CSS/AJAX/JavaScript
- Advanced experience with Drupal architecture, best practices, and coding standards
- Experience with object-oriented design and Datamodelling
- Advanced experience with Analytics applications, including Adobe Omniture
- Experience with third-party applications/tools and integration
- Experience with performance optimization of Drupal application
- Experience with source/version control systems like SVN
- Experience in content migration from any CMS to Drupal 7
- Knowledge of web application security considerations
- Familiarity with user experience design principles and processes
- Familiarity with web widget development framework like Apache Wookie
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills and strong time management and analytical/problem solving abilities
- Experience with continuous integration best practice and deployment strategy
- Experience with Selenium or similar automated testing frameworks.