IT Web Developer III - Drupal Job Washington area,District of Columbia USA,Software Development

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.
Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so IT Web Developer III for a Full-Time position.

Role Summary

A Drupal front-end developer who turns WHD’s modernization designs into production-grade, accessible user interfaces. Working on DOL’s PACE platform (EKS, Aurora MySQL, Cloud Front/WAF), the role builds the Drupal themes, components, and form experiences behind the WHD External User Portal, Workers Owed Wages, Section 14(c), FLC Online, the Wage Determination public-facing portal, and the Online Complaint Intake portal. The focus is on USWDS-compliant, mobile-first, Section 508-conform ant interfaces that replace paper and form-heavy processes with guided digital journeys for workers, employers, and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain custom Drupal 10+ themes and sub-themes (Twig, Sass/CSS, JavaScript) aligned with the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) and DOL.gov styles.
Translate wireframes, prototypes, and style guides from the UI/UX team into reusable front-end components, Twig templates, and design-system patterns.
Configure and theme Drupal content structures (Layout Builder, Paragraphs, Views, blocks, menus) so that routine changes can be made through the Drupal admin interface without custom code.
Build the front end of Webform-based public forms: multi-step and cascading-question flows, conditional logic, real-time inline validation, save-and-resume, document upload, and confirmation-number lookup.
Implement Drupal behaviors and JavaScript for interactive features, including the user interface for the OCIO-built AI chatbot embedded in the complaint intake portal.
Deliver responsive, mobile-first layouts with touch-friendly controls that work across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge (current and one previous version) on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Build accessibility in from the start: semantic HTML, ARIA, focus management, keyboard operability, and screen reader compatibility (JAWS, NVDA) to WCAG AA / Section 508; remediate accessibility findings.
Implement bilingual (English/Spanish) interfaces using Drupal multilingual and translation modules with WHD-provided translations.
Optimize front-end performance to meet the ≤3-second page/form load standard: asset aggregation, image optimization, lazy loading, and cache-friendly markup for Cloud Front and Redis.
Integrate front-end tagging for the DOL Data Analytics Capability (page views, submission counts, funnel abandonment) without capturing PII.
Use DOL-provided secure AI coding tools (Microsoft Copilot) as part of the mandated AI-assisted development workflow; review all generated code before commit.
Commit code to the DOL OCIO Git Lab repository, participate in sprint code reviews, write front-end unit and visual regression tests, and support release through the Dev Sec Ops pipeline.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Design, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of professional front-end web development experience, including 3+ years building Drupal themes (Drupal 8/9/10+).
Expert HTML5, CSS3/Sass, and JavaScript (ES6+); strong Twig templating skills.
Hands-on experience with the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) or a comparable design system.
Experience theming Drupal Webform, Layout Builder, Paragraphs, and Views.
Demonstrated experience building WCAG AA / Section…