Position Summary We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Drupal Developer with strong PHP backend expertise to maintain, support, and enhance an existing enterprise Drupal application. The role is responsible for keeping the platform secure, stable, and performant: resolving issues, applying security updates, developing and maintaining custom modules and integrations, and improving legacy code following development standards and best practices. Experience supporting and modernizing legacy Drupal projects is essential.

Key Responsibilities Maintain, support, and enhance existing Drupal-based websites and web applications. Develop, customise, and maintain custom Drupal modules, themes, and backend functionality. Maintain and refactor backend logic in PHP, improving legacy code towards current coding standards. Apply Drupal core and contributed-module security updates and patches promptly. Maintain and extend integrations with REST APIs and third-party systems. Optimise application performance, security, scalability, and reliability. Troubleshoot production issues and provide L2/L3 technical support. Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards. Assess upgrade readiness and contribute to migration planning towards supported Drupal versions. Collaborate with UI/UX designers, QA engineers, business analysts, and project managers. Prepare technical documentation and mentor junior developers when required
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Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.5+ years of professional experience in Drupal development, including maintaining and supporting existing production applications. Strong experience with Drupal 9 / Drupal 10 and Drupal CMS architecture; familiarity with legacy versions (Drupal 7/8) is a strong plus. Strong proficiency in PHP (OOP), design patterns, and backend development concepts, including working with and upgrading older PHP codebases. Proven experience developing and maintaining custom Drupal modules and themes. Experience integrating Drupal with REST APIs and third-party systems. Experience with the Drupal security update process and secure coding practices. Good knowledge of MySQL, Twig, HTML5, CSS3, Java Script, and j Query. Experience with Git, Composer, Drush, and Agile development methodologies. Technical Skills Drupal 9 / Drupal 10 (legacy Drupal 7/8 exposure a plus) PHP 7.4+ / PHP 8 (OOP) Symfony components (as used in Drupal core) Migrate API / upgrade tooling (preferred) MySQLTwig, HTML5 / CSS3Java Script / j Query REST API / JSON:APIComposer, Drush, Git PHPUnit / automated testing (preferred) Linux, Apache / Nginx Caching (Redis / Memcached / Varnish) (preferred) Docker (preferred) CI/CD pipelin
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Preferred Certifications Acquia Certified Developer - Drupal 10Acquia Certified Back End Specialist Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or AWS Cloud Practitioner (only if cloud hosting is us
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Key Competencies Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, especially in unfamiliar legacy code Excellent communication and teamwork Ability to work independently and under deadlines Leadership and mentoring capabilities Attention to detail and quality standards Strong understanding of secure coding practices Arabic and English communication prefe
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