The NREL Communications Office is seeking a Drupal 8 developer with strong technical and problem-solving skills to design, build, and maintain Drupal web applications and PHP frameworks. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Configure the basic modules and settings in the core and export configurations to code
• Research and install 3rd party modules and libraries to accomplish project requirements
• Develop custom themes from scratch, meeting necessary HTML/CSS code standards
• Create custom modules from scratch utilizing core hooks and module hooks
• Build maintainable code with security and scaling in mind, working with cyber team to remediate vulnerabilities
• Launch and integrate Drupal with RESTful web services
• Debug frontend and backend bugs and troubleshoot infrastructure and network issues
• Develop testing plans, perform functional testing, and create automated tests to meet quality thresholds
• Collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze business and functional requirements and develop formal project plans

Required knowledge, skills and attributes

• Strong PHP 7.x development experience using OOP and open source
• Experience with composer package manage to install and maintain Drupal
• Experience writing and debugging Twig templates
• Experience using migrate module to upgrade Drupal or import data sources
• Proficient with the command line in *nix environments
• Thorough knowledge of jQuery, HTML5, CSS (SASS/LESS)
• Strong knowledge of SQL relational databases and data stores such as MongoDB
• Proficient in debugging frontend and backend bugs
• Strong customer service skills and excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to analyze requirements and rapidly model and prototype applications
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail
• Knowledge of Apache and Nginx web servers and settings
• Familiar with subversion/source control, specifically Git
• Ability to mentor and train staff on Drupal development and application integration
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment
• Knowledge of best practices, cross-browser compatibility, and developing for mobile environments
• Results-oriented, reliable, able to work under pressure
• Ability to communicate technical ideas to business users and other teams
• Ability to both collaborate with team members and to work independently