Drupal Developer Job at CGI

Victoria, Canada
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Organization : CGI
Location :
Victoria, Canada
Job type : Full-time
Onsite
Posted on : July 22, 2026
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JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Leading Drupal delivery from planning through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing enhancement.
  • Providing technical direction for Drupal architecture, module development, theming, integrations, and content modelling.
  • Guiding the use of Drupal core and contributed modules, including Paragraphs, Layout Builder, Views, Media, Entity Reference, Fields, Blocks, Taxonomy, Menus, and configuration management.
  • Designing and implementing custom Drupal modules using hooks, plugins, services, event subscribers, Form API, custom entities, route controllers, and Drupal APIs.
  • Leading front end implementation using Twig templates, Drupal theme layer customizations, responsive design practices, HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery.
  • Translating wireframes, design systems, and style guides into maintainable Drupal templates and components.
  • Ensuring consistent styling, accessibility, responsiveness, and cross browser compatibility across Drupal sites.
  • Advising clients on solution design, technical options, architecture decisions, tools, risks, and implementation approaches.
  • Reviewing code, technical designs, and configuration changes to ensure quality, maintainability, performance, security, and alignment with Drupal standards.
  • Coaching and mentoring Drupal developers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, technical guidance, and best practice development.
  • Collaborating with client stakeholders, product owners, UX/design teams, developers, QA, DevOps, and delivery leads.
  • Supporting planning, estimation, backlog refinement, technical discovery, and definition of delivery approaches.
  • Troubleshooting complex technical issues across Drupal, front end implementation, integrations, environments, and deployment workflows.
  • Supporting CI/CD, containerized development environments, configuration management, release processes, and DevOps practices.
  • Ensuring solutions align with accessibility requirements, security standards, performance expectations, and government digital delivery practices.

    Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
     
  • Proven experience as a Senior Drupal Developer, Drupal Technical Lead, or Drupal Team Lead.
  • Strong experience leading Drupal site builds end to end, including planning, estimation, technical approach definition, development, deployment, and support.
  • Deep understanding of Drupal core architecture, Drupal APIs, hooks, plugins, services, event subscribers, routing, configuration management, and entity systems.
  • Expertise with Drupal core and site building features, including Fields, Views, Blocks, Taxonomy, Menus, Media, Layout Builder, Paragraphs, Entity Reference, content types, view modes, form displays, and field formatters.
  • Extensive experience creating custom Drupal modules from scratch while following Drupal coding standards and best practices.
  • Advanced Drupal theming experience, including Twig templates, theme functions, template suggestions, preprocess functions, and custom theme layer implementation.
  • Strong proficiency with PHP 8+, HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and responsive web development.
  • Ability to convert wireframes, design systems, and comprehensive layouts into Drupal templates and reusable components.
  • Strong understanding of responsive and adaptive design, browser compatibility, accessibility, and user experience considerations.
  • Experience integrating Drupal with external systems using RESTful APIs, JSON:API, API development patterns, and integration best practices.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD workflows, DevOps practices, containerized development environments, and Drupal deployment processes.
  • Strong hands on debugging, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
  • Ability to work closely with clients to understand business needs, guide solution design, and influence technical direction.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor developers, review code and designs, promote development standards, and foster technical excellence.
  • Strong collaboration skills with client stakeholders, internal teams, designers, QA, DevOps, and delivery leadership.
  • Familiarity with BC Government digital standards, accessibility requirements, media handling, and style guide expectations is an asset.

    The Drupal Team Lead should demonstrate:
     
  • Technical Leadership Ability to define Drupal architecture, guide implementation decisions, establish standards, and ensure the team follows sustainable Drupal practices.
  • Client Leadership Ability to understand client needs, explain technical options clearly, influence technical direction, and support informed decision making.
  • Hands On Contribution Ability to directly contribute to complex coding, debugging, theming, integration, and optimization work when required.
  • Coaching and Mentoring Ability to support team growth through code reviews, technical guidance, design reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
  • Delivery Ownership Ability to support planning, estimation, prioritization, technical risk management, and delivery execution across Drupal initiatives.
  • Collaboration Ability to work effectively across client, delivery, development, QA, UX, accessibility, and DevOps teams to ensure alignment and technical excellence.

 

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