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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Web Designer / Developer / Drupal / Section 508 - **Company:** UNITECH CONSULTING, L.L.C. - **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Adobe Analytics, JavaScript (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Access Network, HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Command-Line Interface, Encodings, Cyber Security, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Data Visualization, Web Development, Drupal, Monitoring of Systems, Automation of Marketing, Regression Testing, Screen Reader, Semantic Web, Service Pack, Verification and Validation (Software), Management of Software Versions, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Application Frameworks, Software Modules, Software Troubleshooting, Git, Twig (templating), Core Data, Web Architecture, Software Version Control, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18006476?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18006476%2FSenior-Web-Designer-Developer-Drupal-Section-508-Missouri-St-Louis ## About the Role Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship Required; Ability to complete DHS suitability, background investigation, and Entry-on-Duty requirements. Experience Metric - 7+ Years of Web Development and Substantial Recent Drupal Production Experience. Length- 1-year intervals, up to 3 years, We are seeking an enterprise Senior Web Designer / Developer / Drupal / Section 508 expert to maintain and optimize public website environments supporting critical data dissemination. This critical technical role focuses on publishing high-visibility statistical content, maintaining robust system configurations, and enforcing stringent accessibility parameters across public federal domains. The ideal candidate must possess an extensive professional chronology demonstrating roughly 7+ years of web development work. This timeline should showcase deep, recent hands-on programming and system administration mastery within a secure Drupal infrastructure. This expert will manage deployment lifecycles, perform vital security patches, execute code updates, and lead remediation workflows to maintain absolute digital compliance. Mandatory Compliance Metrics Candidates must satisfy these strict gates to ensure a successful Government onboarding determination: * Resume must explicitly reflect 7+ years of total web development experience with extensive, verified production work administering core Drupal environments. * Demonstrated hands-on experience identifying, testing, and remediating WCAG Level A/AA findings, keyboard navigation issues, and screen-reader accessibility defects. * Must accept a production posture capable of managing the full change request process, environment deployments, and continuous system monitoring within federal parameters., * Possession of a formal DHS Trusted Tester certification or extensive verified experience utilizing Trusted Tester automation suites. * Prior domain background administering or modernizing high-visibility public-sector digital environments or civilian agency web architectures. * Experience aligning web delivery systems with automated CI/CD pipeline triggers and secure cloud configuration environments. ## Description Work Location - Remote (DHS treats remote network access as a privilege rather than a contractual guarantee, allowing work at assigned or other designated locations)., * Maintain public websites by posting new reports, statistical tables, and interactive data visualizations utilizing compliant web architecture. * Execute core software upgrades, manage custom module patches, and maintain system security postures through proactive administration. * Monitor public-facing environments to remediate discovered software vulnerabilities, perform code updates, and resolve functional bug tickets. * Remediate Section 508 and WCAG compliance gaps, optimizing focus order, alt text, form labels, and table layouts for assistive technologies. * Navigate formal Change Request processes to orchestrate smooth code promotions across development, testing, and live production environments. * Engineer clean, semantic web layouts utilizing structured HTML5, CSS stylesheets, JavaScript frameworks, and customized Drupal template engines. * Perform systematic regression testing, software validation routines, and complete quality assurance evaluations prior to code releases. Core Data & Architecture Capabilities * Expert level knowledge of Drupal administration, module development, Composer dependencies, and Drush command line operations. * Complete mastery of core front-end languages including semantic HTML5, modern CSS layouts, JavaScript, and PHP/Twig template architectures. * Advanced familiarity implementing Git source control versioning, software troubleshooting methods, and continuous integration pipelines. * Programmatic understanding of embedding external analytics packages or responsive data visualization dashboards into web frameworks. Governance, Clearance & Government Infrastructure * Comprehensive mastery of federal Section 508 standards, WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA success criteria, and complete Accessibility Conformance Reports. * Direct experience generating Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates and managing Trusted Tester web methodology protocols. * Knowledge of federal information security requirements, cyber-supply chain risk management protocols, and PII safeguarding guidelines., * Message type: Informational; you will receive text messages regarding your application and potentially regarding interview scheduling. * No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. * Message frequency will vary depending on the application process.Msg & data rates may apply. * OPT out at any time by texting "Stop". ## Related Videos - [Decoupling 101 - Why decouple, when not to, progressive decoupling and success stories in decoupling](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/266-decoupling-101-why-decouple-when-not-to-progressive-decoupling-and-success-stories-in-decoupling) - [The Resilience of the World Wide Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1281-the-resilience-of-the-world-wide-web) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Oh S***! 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