Senior Technical Architect

Acquia empowers the world’s most ambitious brands to create digital customer experiences that matter. With open source Drupal at its core, the Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) enables marketers, developers, and IT operations teams at thousands of global organizations to rapidly compose and deploy digital products and services that engage customers, enhance conversions, and help businesses stand out.

Headquartered in the U.S., Acquia has been named a top software company by The Software Report, rated a leader by the analyst community, and named a top place to work by the Boston Globe and the Boston Business Journal. We are Acquia. We are building for the future and we want you to be a part of it!

Are you enthusiastic about driving customer engagement through innovative marketing programs and communications? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Customer Marketing Manager and make a significant impact on our business growth.

Responsibilities: 

Acquia’s team of enterprise Drupalists are helping our customers build killer web experiences, migrate to Drupal, tune and improve their Drupal implementations, and advise on all things Drupal and web architecture. With the rapid adoption of Drupal as a web platform, and with our growing number of Acquia-led technical development projects supporting our clients and partners, our Technical Architects are in high demand. They consult remotely or travel onsite periodically to work with some of the most talented technologists and some of the hottest web properties on leading edge web development projects. Engagements vary by customer and can include anything from custom coding and mentoring of partner and client teams to application design and ongoing guidance on architecture through development and application launch. 

Requirements:

• Prior deep experience building, leading and architecting Drupal applications 
• Knowledge of or experience with other CMS technologies and/or open-source technologies is a plus
• Guide technical discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Negotiate mutually agreeable outcomes with clients, partners and Acquia stakeholders
• Perform complex Drupal development tasks including custom module development using the Drupal API system and hooks from major Drupal core systems
• Experience defining and scoping a technical solution for large scale Drupal projects
• Experience working in a consulting or agency environment with direct interaction with enterprise level clients preferred
• Excellent ability to partner with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong leadership and presentation skills

Key Skills and Attributes:

• 4+ years developing Drupal applications
• Passion for the web, open source development, and for helping us build meaningful experiences
• PHP coding, SQL administration, and optimization, and Unix/Linux or Windows server administration are key
• Perform work with (internal and external) customer satisfaction in mind, while not compromising the integrity of the work
• Must be a self-starter that thrives in a fast-paced work environment
• Experience providing technical support or consulting strongly preferred
• Strong problem-solving abilities, initiative, and the ability to thrive under pressure
• Maintain a positive and constructive outlook, focus on driving results, finding solutions / breakthroughs to solve problems and challenges; has a positive influence on peers.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Work in collaborative and supportive manner
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred

Acquia is proud to provide best-in-class benefits offerings to our employees and their families in maintaining both a healthy body and a healthy mind. Core Benefits include: competitive healthcare coverage, wellness programs, take it when you need it time off, parental leave, recognition programs, and much more!

Acquia is an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. We hire without regard to age, color, disability, gender (including gender identity), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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