Senior Drupal Solutions Architect​/Lead Drupal Developer

Company Overview

AZH Consulting is a rapidly growing firm based in New York, NY, specializing in Project Management, Construction consulting and IT solutions. We are dedicated to providing innovative strategies that meet the evolving needs of both public and private organizations throughout the United States.

Hourly Rate: $95–$115/hour
Location: Hybrid (NYC / Remote) — U.S. candidates preferred
Role type: Contract or Full-time (12-month contract / direct hire considered)

Senior Drupal Solutions Architect / Lead Drupal Developer
Drupal | PHP | Full-Stack Web | Government Digital Platforms

Senior Drupal Developer and Solutions Architect with 10+ years of experience delivering mission-critical, public-sector web platforms for large government agencies and enterprise organizations. Proven expertise in Drupal core and custom module development, content migration, API integrations, accessibility compliance (WCAG / ADA), and complex editorial workflow design. Extensive experience supporting living policy documents, design standards, and public guidance portals similar to NYC DOT’s Street Design Manual (SDM), with a strong focus on revision transparency, auditability, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

Adept at collaborating with IT, design, policy, legal, and business stakeholders, translating requirements into secure, extensible Drupal solutions aligned with agency digital strategies.

• Drupal 8/9/10 Architecture & Custom Module Development
• Full-Stack PHP Development (Symfony-based Drupal Core)
• Content Moderation, Versioning & Revision Tracking Systems
• Complex Content Migration (Migrate API, CSV, XML, JSON)
• API Integrations (REST, JSON:
  
  API, OAuth, External Systems)
• Web Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, City Standards)
• Editorial Workflow Design & Governance
• Search, Indexing & Advanced Finder Tools
• Drupal Performance Optimization & Security Hardening
• CI/CD, Configuration Management & Version Control
• Drupal Site Migrations & Upgrade Strategy
• Technical Documentation, Training & Knowledge Transfer

Key Responsibilities & Achievements

• Designed and implemented custom Drupal modules supporting:
  • Revision tracking with full audit trails
  • Paragraph-level and sentence-level content comparison
  • Public-facing historical archives (“as of date” snapshots)
• Built end-to-end editorial workflows using Drupal Content Moderation, Workflows, and custom approval logic for multi-agency review environments.
• Developed content ingestion pipelines converting Microsoft Word (.docx) files into clean, structured Drupal content with:
  • Automated heading, list, table, and link mapping
  • Removal of Word “spam” markup
  • Integrated image and media handling
• Implemented bi-directional content export/import, enabling:
  • Export of Drupal content to formatted Word documents
  • Re-upload without duplication or formatting corruption
  • Seamless revision logging and rollback
• Led Drupal migrations from legacy installations to the latest stable Drupal core, including:
  • Full audits of modules, content types, and dependencies
  • Refactoring deprecated custom code
  • Zero-downtime deployment strategies
• Designed advanced search and finder tools with:
  • Faceted filtering, partial and fuzzy matching
  • Full-text indexing of PDFs and document metadata
  • Grouped and related search results
• Ensured full compliance with accessibility requirements, including:
  • Semantic HTML output
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Screen reader compatibility
  • Automated and manual accessibility testing
• Collaborated closely with business analysts, designers, planners, and IT leadership to translate functional and non-functional requirements into production systems.
• Authored comprehensive technical documentation, system diagrams, admin guides, and conducted training sessions for editors and administrators.

• Implemented Drupal-based revision history with metadata logging (author, timestamp, summary).
• Built comparison tools for granular content review.
• Generated exportable audit reports (PDF, CSV).