Web Team Lead/Drupal Developer/ColdFusion Developer/ScrumMaster

SUMMARY

Aldo D. Mereles is a highly experienced Senior Drupal Developer with over 20 years of expertise in the IT field, specializing in building user-centric, accessible, and responsive web solutions for federal agencies and enterprise clients. He has a proven track record of designing, developing, and maintaining robust websites using a wide range of technologies, including Drupal, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and jQuery, while ensuring compliance with Section 508 accessibility standards and government regulations.

Throughout his career, Aldo has led development teams and contributed to major federal projects such as those for the Department of Labor, Defense Acquisition University, and the Department of Justice. His leadership roles have involved managing code deployment pipelines, integrating analytics, enhancing search functionality with tools like Acquia SOLR, and working closely with stakeholders to align development efforts with strategic objectives. As a Certified Scrum Master, he brings agile best practices to every engagement, driving timely delivery and high-quality outcomes.

In addition to his technical capabilities, Aldo is a strong communicator and collaborator, fluent in both English and Spanish. He has actively contributed to the success of his teams by bridging the gap between technical requirements and end-user needs. His commitment to continuous improvement, combined with a solid foundation in cloud environments, DevOps workflows, and government website standards, positions him as a valuable asset in any forward-thinking development team.

Certification: Certified Scrum Master (Issued Dec 2020, Expires Apr 2027)

Security clearance: Active Public Trust

EXPERIENCE

Senior Drupal Web Developer

Insignia Federal Group

Oct 2024 – April 2025

●Work with team members to support the websites of the Department of Labor (DoL) using Drupal 10, PHP, Twig theming, Python, MySQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, and CSS

●Help maintain upgrades to modules and functionality based on security needs by using Composer

●Help maintain content and file updates requested by the customer

●Manage code in Git to allow for seamless code deployment into a staging environment to allow for unit testing and to enable the customer to run User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before any code release

Web Team Lead

Tyto Athene LLC

Nov 2021 – Oct 2024

●Lead a team of 12 developers maintaining websites and applications for Defense Acquisition University (DAU) in SharePoint, .Net, and Drupal 9

●Developed the Drupal Architectural Document Requirements with the customer and then translated

●wireframes/mockups into responsive website pages for Drupal 9/10 modules/sites/themes for desktop, mobile, and tablet devices while implementing USWDS and other government website standards to ensure compliance with federal guidelines.

●Designed, developed, and maintained the organization's public website using the Drupal open-source platform; oversaw operations, maintenance, and content updates using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery code within the existing Drupal installation based on design concepts and functional specifications. Created, administered, and customized Twig theming for Drupal (CMS) templates, including views and blocks, while ensuring compliance with MySQL databases and SQL best practices inside the Acquia Cloud.

●Led the development and integration of a new, federated, faceted search feature on a public website, improving search functionality and user experience using Acquia SOLR Search for public access

●Act as the primary liaison between website stakeholders and Drupal developers, effectively incorporating stakeholder priorities into responsive and compliant web designs while managing timelines with Agile development, contributing to efficient project management and timely delivery of website enhancements

●Work with the Network security team to help ensure IT security protocols to protect agency programs and data

●Utilize Azure DevOps to manage trouble tickets and development within the Azure Repository (utilizing a GitLab implementation) to manage the codebase, which was then pushed to Acquia Cloud and created a development artifact to deploy into the development, Staging, and Production environments.

●Integrate Google Analytics (GA) with Drupal 9 using the latest new GA 4 standards, creating event-based tracking with Google Tag Manager to monitor analytics and site usage to provide metrics to leadership

Senior Drupal Web Developer/Drupal Team Lead

Insignia Federal Group

Feb 2019 – Nov 2021

●Worked with team members to support the websites of the Education and Training Agency (ETA) in DoL using ColdFusion 11, Oracle 11g, Drupal 8, PHP, Twig theming, Python, MySQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, and CSS

●Led a team of 3 developers (myself included) migrating the ETA website (doleta.gov) from a Cold Fusion environment into a Drupal 8 environment using modules like Migrate, MigratePlus, Migrate Tools, and some Python web scraping scripts

●Managed code in Git to allow for seamless code deployment into a staging environment to allow for unit testing and also to allow the customer to run User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before any code release

●Translated wireframes/mockups into responsive website pages for Drupal 8 modules/sites/themes for desktop, mobile, and tablet devices while testing functionality and ensuring smooth deployment of website updates and applied Drupal platform experience to manage and implement web solutions

●Worked with customers on different application developments using Agile methodologies to develop the applications and react to customer feedback. Worked with other team members to test out applications based on user stories that we have developed for the customer and mockups/wireframes and communicated technical details clearly.

●Acted as one of the primary liaisons between the OneWeb@DOL team to employ the DOL Digital Web Strategy with other Drupal developers, effectively incorporating stakeholder priorities into responsive and compliant web designs while implementing USWDS and other government website standards to ensure compliance with federal guidelines were met

Web Developer

Integrated Support Systems Inc./Mindbank Consulting Inc.

Nov 2017 – Jan 2019

●Worked with team members to support the websites of the Antitrust division in DoJ using PHP 5/7, JQuery, and MySQL 5

●Designed, developed, and maintained the organization's public website using the Drupal open-source platform; oversaw operations, maintenance, and content updates using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery code within the Drupal installation based on design concepts and functional specifications.

●Acted as the primary liaison between website stakeholders and Drupal developers, made recommendations to improve content and communication with stakeholders

●Applied Agile methodologies to develop the applications and worked with the customer's requirements to implement USWDS, 508 accessibility, and other government website standards to ensure compliance with federal guidelines, including.

●Worked with other team members to test out applications based on user stories that we have developed for the customer.

●Set up the JIRA and Bitbucket Git repository for the department and maintained the code base in the repository

Senior Drupal Web Developer

Karsun Solutions LLC

May 2017 – Sept 2017

●Worked with other team members to be able to develop the Acquisition Gateway for GSA FAS in PHP 5, Angular JS, NodeJS, a headless Drupal 7, and MySQL 5 as the database.

●Installed and created custom modules and themes in Drupal for the different projects as needed.

●Worked with other team members to create and modify the REST API (using JSON data), which was written in PHP and documented with Swagger PHP and Swashbuckler

●Worked with other team members to create and maintain the development process where we used GIT, JIRA, and BitBucket throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). We used three-week sprints, releasing new code to the website three times a year, utilizing the Agile development methodology.

●Worked with other team members to create/maintain documents needed by the requirements for the project as well as for the marketing team.

Senior Drupal Web Developer

BICITIS Group, Inc

Mar 2017 – Apr 2017

●Worked with other team members to be able to develop websites for DoT in PHP 5, JQuery, Drupal 7, and MySQL 5 as the database.

●Installed and created custom modules and themes in Drupal for the different projects as needed.

●Implemented USWDS, 508 Accessibility, and other government website standards to ensure compliance with federal guidelines.

●Worked with other team members to create and maintain the development process where we used GIT, JIRA, and BitBucket throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). We have transitioned the process from Waterfall to Agile.

●Worked with other team members to create/maintain documents needed by the requirements for the project as well for the marketing team

Drupal Web Developer

Cogent Solutions

Feb 2016 – Feb 2017

●Designed, developed, and maintained the organization's public website using Drupal open source platform using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery code within the existing Drupal installation based on design concepts and functional specifications for the Department of Defense WHS internal website. Applied Drupal platform experience to manage and implement web solutions

●This site was built using Acquia’s Dev Developer environment system.

●Worked with other team members to create and maintain the development process where we used GIT, JIRA, and BitBucket throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

●Implemented USWDS, 508 Accessibility, and WCAG government website standards to ensure compliance with federal guidelines.

●Worked with other team members to create/maintain documents needed by the requirements for the project as well as for the marketing team.

Drupal Developer

ISSC

June 2015 - Feb 2016

●Worked with other team members to be able to develop websites and applications for the US Forestry Service

●Translated wireframes/mockups into responsive website pages for Drupal 9/10 modules/sites/themes for desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.

●Using Drupal (7 & 8), PHP 5, MySQL 5, CentOS (6 & 7), Bootstrap 2 within the existing Drupal installation based on design concepts and functional specifications while managing the code in a Git repository

●Create documents throughout the whole lifecycle of the development process, from requirements, documenting processes, and user/developer manuals

PHP Developer

Cogent Solutions

July 2014 – June 2015

●Create/Maintain scripts in Ansible/Python to provision and secure servers in the AWS environment to host the Drupal 7 server and MySQL server

●Worked with other team members to document the Ansible scripts and also the FAQ for the development process

●This site was built using Acquia’s Dev Developer environment system.

●Worked with other team members to create and maintain the development process where we used GIT through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

●Worked with other team members to create/maintain documents needed by the requirements for the project as well as for the marketing team.

* Further experience details are provided upon request.

Information Technology Skills

Skill

Description

Web Application Server Environment

Apache Web Server

Advance – 10 years of troubleshooting websites, interacting with weblogs, and modifying properties of directories and files for use with websites.

Microsoft IIS 5, 6

Intermediate – 5 years of setting up websites, configuring Front Page Extensions, configuring application pools, and setting up users in Active Directory.

Database Technologies

MySQL 4, 5, 7

Advanced – 10 years of experience with database creation in MySQL 4, 5, and 7 environments and creation and execution of SQL insertion, extraction, update, and deletion scripts and administration of the users on the server.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Intermediate – 3 years of experience with database creation in SQL Server 2000 and creation and execution of SQL insertion, extraction, update, and deletion scripts and administration of the users on the server.

Oracle 10g, 11g

Intermediate – 4 years of experience with database creation in Oracle and creation and execution of SQL insertion, extraction, update, and deletion scripts.

Programming Languages/Web Development Tools

Experience

Last Used

Experience Level

PHP

15 years

Currently

Expert

Drupal

8 years

Currently

Advanced

ASP Classic/ASP.Net

2 years

11 years ago

Intermediate

HTML/CSS/Javascript

12 years

Currently

Advanced

jQuery

10 years

Currently

Advanced

GIT/SVN

7 years

Currently

Intermediate

XML

2 years

Currently

Intermediate

Ajax

4 years

Currently

Intermediate

Python

2 years

4 years ago

Intermediate

Coldfusion

11 years

2 yrs ago

Advanced

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EDUCATION:

Brock University (did not graduate), 1993-1997, Computer Science.

LANGUAGES: Fluent in both English and Spanish

REFERENCES:

Glen Adams, CEO, Cogent Solutions

Email:*********@******-****.***

Phone: 540-***-****

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