* Federal Government
* ASAP - June 2027
* Canberra, ACT
We are seeking a Drupal Developer to support a Federal Government Department, the Drupal Developer builds and supports Drupal‐based solutions that enable the delivery of the new departmental website. The role works within a multi‐disciplinary Agile team and collaborates with designers, content specialists, testers and technical leads to deliver secure, accessible and high‐performing digital components.
Key duties and responsibilities
Drupal & PHP development
* Design, develop, test and deploy custom Drupal 9/10+ modules, themes and integrations.
* Build clean, reusable, maintainable Drupal/PHP code aligned with industry best practice.
* Configure and extend Drupal core and contributed modules to meet functional and non‐functional requirements.
* Develop secure API integrations for third‐party systems and data exchange.
Quality, performance & documentation
* Apply coding standards, version control workflows (Git) and peer‐review practices.
* Support automated testing, debugging and performance optimisation.
* Produce and maintain technical documentation for custom modules, integrations and system behaviour.
Collaboration & delivery
* Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand‐ups, reviews and retrospectives.
* Translate business, UX and content requirements into technical solutions.
* Work closely with product, design and content specialists to ensure solutions meet user and business needs.
Continuous improvement
* Keep up to date with the Drupal and PHP ecosystem, security patches and best practice.
* Recommend and implement improvements to development workflows and tooling.
* Support the responsible and effective use of modern development approaches, including AI‐assisted tooling.
Essential criteria
* Strong experience developing and supporting Drupal 9/10+ applications.
* High proficiency in PHP and web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Twig).
* Experience with Drupal theming, configuration management and module development.
* Good understanding of relational databases (e.g. MySQL) and query optimisation.
* Ability to debug, troubleshoot and optimise Drupal performance.
* Experience using Git and collaborative development workflows.
* Strong communication and problem‐solving skills, and experience contributing within Agile teams.
Desirable criteria
* Experience integrating APIs and authentication services (REST, OAuth, SAML).
* Exposure to automated testing frameworks (PHPUnit, Jest, Cypress etc.).
* Understanding of web security best practice in PHP/Drupal environments.
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
* Familiarity with Agile delivery tools (DevOps)
* Contribution to open‐source or Drupal community projects.
Please further discussion, please contact:
Emily Priest
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