Drupal Developer at City of Greater Geelong

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Sep, 26

Salary

109342.91

Posted On

24 Jun, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Drupal 10/11, Custom Module Development, Theming, RESTful APIs, CI/CD, Git, MS DevOps, WCAG 2.1 AA, Headless Drupal, Decoupled Architecture, React, Next.js, Agile Delivery, Automated Testing, Configuration Management, Site Building

Industry

Government Administration

Description

About the role In this role, you will collaborate with platform engineers, business stakeholders, and the Digital Experience Team to deliver modern, user-focused digital products and services. Leveraging your Drupal expertise and contemporary web development skills, you’ll help shape our web architecture, influence the future Drupal roadmap, and deliver innovative, scalable solutions that support our long-term digital vision and create meaningful value for the organisation and community. Key responsibilities include: * Design and deliver enterprise-grade Drupal solutions that underpin the City of Greater Geelong’s web presence, exercising a high degree of technical expertise and judgement across custom development, theming, and reusable components. * Contribute to and influence the endorsed Drupal roadmap, ensuring platform development is aligned with Council priorities, community expectations, and strategic digital objectives. * Provide specialist input into solution design, including headless and decoupled Drupal architectures, to support scalable, secure, and future-ready digital service delivery. * Develop and manage integrations with Council systems (e.g. CRM, ERP, and service platforms), ensuring reliability, security, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards. * Apply and uphold standards for accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), performance, security, and privacy, ensuring compliance with government legislation and best practice. * Drive the adoption of contemporary Drupal development practices, including governance, coding standards, CI/CD, automated testing, and quality assurance, contributing to continuous improvement of delivery capability. * Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and provide oversight of external vendors, ensuring delivered outcomes meet Council standards, user needs, and agreed delivery outcomes. * Analyse, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues, while contributing to platform optimisation, knowledge sharing, and the ongoing sustainability of Council’s digital services. About you To be successful in this role, you will have relevant qualification in Computer Science or related field and or significant professional experience in a comparable organisation. Essential Experience: * Relevant qualification in Computer Science or related field and or significant professional experience in a comparable organisation. * Demonstrated expertise in Drupal development (Drupal 10/11), including custom module development, theming, configuration management, and site building. * Proven experience in integrating Drupal with enterprise systems (e.g. CRM, ERP, service platforms) using RESTful APIs. * Experience applying contemporary development practices such as Agile delivery, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and version control (e.g. Git/MS DevOps). * Strong understanding of web standards including security, performance optimisation, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), and privacy requirements. * Experience in designing and implementing headless or decoupled Drupal architectures and integrating with modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js). Desirable: * Experience in designing and implementing headless or decoupled Drupal architectures and integrating with modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js). * Knowledge of content strategy, UX/UI principles, and digital service design practices. If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! A career with us We’d love for you to continue your career with the City and set the benchmark for a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace. With a range of benefits, flexible working options, learning and development opportunities, support services and the opportunity to give back to the community, the City has so much to offer! Click https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx [https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx] to view all the benefits to you working at the City. We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process. Applications and Enquiries Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position. Enquiries: Tony Grgurevic| Digital Experience Lead | TGrgurevic@geelongcity.vic.gov.au [TGrgurevic@geelongcity.vic.gov.au] Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au [careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au] noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch. We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver enterprise-grade Drupal solutions and manage integrations with Council systems like CRM and ERP. Influence the Drupal roadmap and ensure compliance with accessibility, security, and privacy standards.