Client First Technologies is currently seeking a Drupal Developer to support a contract with our government customer. The Drupal Developer will support the customer's public website and related web properties, deliver secure, 508-compliant Drupal features, themes, and modules, manage updates/patching, and collaborate on content workflows and performance. CFT offers a competitive benefit package and collaborative work environment with a strong company culture. Veterans and military spouses are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Drupal modules and themes; implement custom blocks, views, and site configs.
• Plan and apply core/module security updates; perform regression testing in staging/Test Lab before production.
• Implement content types and editorial workflows; improve authoring experience and governance.
• Ensure Section 508/WCAG 2.1 AA compliance (semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard support, captions/alt text).
• Optimize performance (cache/Twig/Views tuning), search, and SEO hygiene; monitor uptime and errors.
• Coordinate deployments, backups, and environment promotion; participate in Change Control.
• Produce documentation and knowledge articles; train content owners on best practices.
• Support integrations (e.g., GovDelivery, analytics).
• Assist with incident response during off-hours on rotation.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of professional web dev with 2–4 years focused on Drupal 8+ (preferably 9/10).
• Proficient in PHP, Drupal APIs, Composer, Drush, Twig, and front-end fundamentals (HTML/CSS/JS).
• Experience with Acquia (or similar managed Drupal hosting), environment pipelines, and configuration management (Config Split, Export).
• Demonstrated experience with 508/WCAG implementation and testing.
• Comfortable working within a formal SDLC and meeting release/quality SLAs.

Nice To Haves

• Security hardening for public-sector web (headers, CSP, auth patterns).
• Familiarity with SharePoint interoperability and basic data integrations.

Candidate will need to successfully pass a Government Background Investigation (BI).