Drupal Architect

Cognizant

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Posted: 22 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

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TL;DR · Drupal Architect

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As a Drupal Architect, you will join the digital engineering team to define and govern enterprise Drupal solutions that deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing digital experiences. You will lead technical design discussions, provide architectural guidance to development teams, and translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and implementation roadmaps. Your daily work involves driving architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical governance to ensure solution quality and maintainability. You will utilize expertise in Drupal 9, 10, and 11, Acquia Site Factory, and cloud-hosted environments. The role focuses on multi-site platform implementations, platform modernization, and large-scale website factory solutions. You must demonstrate proficiency in CI/CD practices, release management, and API-driven integrations while collaborating with stakeholders to solve complex technical problems within enterprise-scale Drupal ecosystems.

Skills

Drupal 9 Acquia Site Factory Acquia Cloud Acquia Site Studio CI/CD React Next.js Headless Drupal Agile Scrum Release Management

What you'll do

Define and govern end-to-end Drupal architecture for enterprise and multi-site platform implementations.
Lead technical design discussions and provide architectural guidance to development teams.
Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and implementation roadmaps.
Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical governance to ensure solution quality.
Support platform modernization efforts and release planning for digital engineering projects.
Manage technical governance activities to ensure security, scalability, and maintainability of the platform.
Oversee API-driven integrations and headless Drupal architecture implementations.

What we're looking for

10+ years of overall IT experience.
5+ years of experience leading Drupal architecture and enterprise platform implementations.
Strong expertise with Drupal 9, 10, and 11 architecture, development, custom modules, and integrations.
Hands-on experience with Acquia Site Factory (ACSF) and enterprise-scale Drupal ecosystems.
Deep understanding of multisite architecture, deployment strategies, platform governance, and cloud-hosted Drupal environments.
Experience leading technical teams as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or Technical Lead while engaging with client stakeholders.
Knowledge of CI/CD practices, release management, and modern software delivery methodologies.
Experience with Acquia Cloud, Acquia Site Studio, headless Drupal, React, Next.js, or Agile/Scrum (preferred).

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