Senior Drupal Developer

Senior Drupal Developer 📍 Location: Canberra ACT or Melbourne VIC (Hybrid – 5 days in the office per fortnight) ⏳ Contract Duration: Initial 6 months + 1 x 6-month extension 💼 Industry: Federal Government 🔒 Security Requirement: Australian Citizenship required | Police Check required About the Opportunity An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Drupal Developer to join a Federal Government agency responsible for delivering and maintaining critical public-facing digital services. Working within a small, collaborative web team, you'll play a key role in enhancing and supporting a modern Drupal platform, delivering secure, accessible and high-performing web applications while contributing to the ongoing evolution of the organisation's digital capability. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement following an initial onboarding period, with attendance in the office 5 days per fortnight. Key Responsibilities Develop, enhance and maintain enterprise Drupal websites, including custom module development.Design and implement new website features and functionality across front-end and back-end components.Improve website performance, security and overall platform reliability.Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues involving caching, background processing, integrations and production incidents.Develop secure, scalable and maintainable web applications following industry best practice.Participate in code reviews, testing, quality assurance and deployment activities.Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure hosting environments meet business and technical requirements.Support website releases, technical documentation and ongoing platform improvements.Work closely with business stakeholders, content authors and technical specialists to deliver quality digital outcomes. Skills & Experience Required Extensive experience developing and maintaining Drupal websites (Drupal 9/10 preferred).Strong experience developing and supporting custom Drupal modules.Solid knowledge of PHP, Twig, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.Experience improving website performance, security and analytics.Strong understanding of WCAG accessibility standards, usability and user-centred design.Experience with Git, source control, CI/CD pipelines and structured release management.Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues across web platforms.Experience working alongside infrastructure, networking and hosting teams.Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.Previous Australian Government digital project experience will be highly regarded. Why Apply? Opportunity to work on a high-profile Federal Government digital platform.Long-term contract with extension potential.Hybrid working arrangement.Collaborative, technically focused team environment.Competitive market rates.Opportunity to contribute to secure, accessible digital services used by Australians.