Drupal Administrator-Developer

Title: Drupal Administrator-Developer

Duration: 4 Months

Location: Denver, Colorado
 

Note: Hybrid role

Job Description:

• This contract position is primarily focused on administering and managing a Drupal platform. 
• Working with others to make necessary content updates and helping others learn the platform as needed. 
• Experience with ColdFusion is also a plus.  We are looking for a technical expert in Drupal and also a good communicator.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains internet and intranet portals, forms, and structures in accordance with the organization’s needs; collaborates closely with division and teams across the Judicial Department.
• Serves as the primary contact for all aspects of the organizations public website(s).
• Performs backups and ensures site reliability.
• Ensure website(s) are accessible per Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) international standards.
• Encourages and facilitates consistent, creative, and unified web design across the organizations web properties.
• Collects and analyses web analytics and similar data; identifies opportunities to improve search engine optimization (SEO), time on site, web traffic, and other relevant metrics.
• Improves the portal's efficiency and designs the look and feel for the site. Keeps the design of the website standardised and current.  Monitors for drift from established standards and implement corrections.
• Monitors site traffic and helps scale site capacity to meet traffic demands and performance expectations.
• Maintains and documents ownership of company’s internet domains.
• Assists employees with use of company websites through one-on-one support, user guides, and training sessions.
• Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures, and ethical standards; software licenses; and applicable state and federal laws and regulations including data security, privacy, and intellectual property laws.
• Maintains current knowledge of best practices and emerging developments in web design, web development, and technology.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of website management, analytics, design, and SEO best practices and standards.
• Experience with the latest version of the Drupal platform. 
• Ability to create new content and integrate with other services in the Drupal platform.
• Ability to administer the Drupal platform.  Ability to help others learn about the Drupal platform. 
• We are looking for someone with extensive experience in Drupal who understands the platform well.
• Working knowledge of the latest design web design standards. 
• Experience with doing web design on larger scale websites.  Ability to be creative in designing solutions. 
• Knowledge of REST APIs and integration of APIs with websites.
• Working knowledge of or ability to learn web content management systems quickly, applications, and tools used by the organization.
• Highly proficient with HTML/CSS; working knowledge of PHP, XML, SQL, JavaScript, and other programming languages.
• Experience working with ColdFusion is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required; coursework in digital media, web design, and/or computer programming highly preferred.
• Equivalent progressive professional experience may be substituted for education experience.
• At least five years working with the Drupal platform in an administration and content management capacity.