Technical Lead, Drupal

About the role

@ ICF Next, we are fearless in finding new ways to solve problems, relentless in making sure it pays off for our clients and committed to making a positive change in the world.

Join our community of mission-driven creatives, communicators, strategists, and technologists to challenge the status quo.

Support a high-impact digital presence by providing technical expertise and operational support across web and social media channels. This work will help ensure reliable, accessible, and engaging online experiences while advancing the client's ability to inform, connect, and engage with diverse audiences through innovative digital communications strategies.

Location: On-site in Washington, DC up to 2 days per week

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain secure, high-performing Drupal websites that meet industry standards for accessibility, usability, security, and design excellence.
• Design, implement, and execute automated testing strategies to ensure the delivery of reliable, high-quality software solutions.
• Support the full application lifecycle, helping define deployment strategies and ensuring smooth, efficient releases to production environments.
• Mentor and collaborate with engineers across varying experience levels, fostering technical growth and promoting development best practices.
• Partner directly with clients, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to establish priorities, manage expectations, and deliver successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to an Agile development environment, actively participating in planning, sprint execution, continuous improvement, and team collaboration.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges while identifying opportunities to enhance application performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Champion quality, innovation, and continuous learning to help drive project and team success.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years building secure, accessible, responsive web applications
• 5+ years building Drupal solutions, including module development, theming, migrations, writing automated tests, Drush and Composer
• 3 years of leadership experience
• All work must be conducted within the U.S.
• Must be capable of receiving a Public Trust level clearance per the contract
• 7 + years of the fundamental technologies of the web: HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON

Preferred Skills/Qualifications

• Familiarity working in and with Cloud technologies like AWS and Acquia
• Familiarity with PHP frameworks such as Symfony, Laravel, and CakePHP
• Experience building decoupled Drupal solutions
• An active account on drupal.org
• A general understanding of containerization

Please note this role is contingent.

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Working at ICF

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Candidate AI Usage Policy

At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.

Pay and benefits

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is

$108,006.00 - $183,610.00

DC Remote Office (DC99)