Senior Drupal Developer with 7.5+ Years Experience

Mitthu Kumawat Senior Drupal Developer

Contacts : +91-810******* Pune, Maharashtra

Email: *******************@*****.*** (B.Tech in Computer Science) Drupal: https://www.drupal.org/u/mitthukumawat

SUMMARY

Senior Drupal Developer with 7.5+ years of experience across Drupal 6–11, specializing in custom module development, enterprise migrations, API integrations, and full-stack delivery. Strong expertise in PHP, Symfony, REST, ReactJS, SSO, decoupled architectures, multisite/multilingual setups, and cloud-based DevOps workflows. Proven track record delivering high-quality Drupal solutions for global clients and contributing to the Drupal community, including the announcements_feed module. Recognized for strong architectural decision-making, mentoring, and building scalable, secure, and performance-driven applications.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Backend Skills: PHP OOPS, Symfony, REST APIs integration, RESTful Authentication, Drupal Custom Module Development, Laravel, Third Party Integrations, ASP.Net, C# CMS Expertise: Drupal Site-Building, Drupal upgrades and migrations to latest versions, Layout Builder, Panels, Acquia Site Factory and Site Studio, Component-Based Design, Drupal Commerce, DKAN, Sitefinity

Frontend Skills: Drupal Theme Customization, Twig engine, Decoupled Drupal, Component creation, ReactJS, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, SASS, HTML5. Databases: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server DevOps & Tools: Docker, Acquia cloud, AWS, Azure, Pantheon, Drush, Composer, DDEV/Lando, GitHub.

Integrations: REST APIs, SSO (OKTA, LDAP, OpenID Connect / OAuth2, SAML2, Shibboleth), Third Party APIs, Social Media Integration, GA4 Agile: Scrums (Jira, Pivotal Tracker), Story points estimations, Retro meetings / Sprint planning, Risk management, Release planning.

PROFILE

● Delivered multiple enterprise-level Drupal applications with strong focus on usability, performance, scalability, and business value.

● Experienced across the full SDLC including requirements analysis, architecture design, development, deployment, and long-term maintenance.

● Skilled in translating business needs into technical solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior developers on best practices and coding standards.

● Strong hands-on experience with custom modules, REST integrations, Symfony services, PHP OOP, multisite and multilingual frameworks, and large content architectures.

● Proficient in frontend theming with Twig, decoupled/headless Drupal, component-driven architecture, and responsive UI development.

● Experienced in cloud hosting platforms (Acquia, Pantheon, AWS, Azure) and enterprise authentication systems including SSO, MFA/2FA, OAuth2, and SAML2.

● Active Drupal contributor with published modules, recognized for improving performance, solving complex issues, and enhancing engineering workflows. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Total 7.5+ years)

The Mission Group, UK (Senior Full Stack Drupal Developer - December 2024 - present)

● Led architecture and full-stack development for Drupal-based e-commerce applications with component-driven and scalable design.

● Upgraded Drupal 9.x codebases to Drupal 7/9/10/11 with zero downtime and improved performance.

● Delivered end-to-end development single-handedly, including backend, Headless Drupal design, theming.

● Work estimations, scrum management, CI/CD on Jenkins for AWS server, deployments, and release planning.

Zyxware Technologies (Full Stack Drupal Developer - January 2021 - December 2024)

● Led Drupal migration and upgrade initiatives covering 100+ websites, designing advanced Drupal distributions and reusable frameworks.

● Migrated around 40+ Drupal 7 projects to Drupal 9/10.

● Designed the technical solutions to complex problems and had a great hands on debugging skill to solve complex problems.

● Architected decoupled Drupal applications using ReactJS, improving development speed and frontend performance.

● Work closely with clients to provide demos of features and technical discussions on feasibility areas.

● Built multisite/multilingual platforms from scratch, handling architecture, CI/CD, and cloud deployments on Pantheon, Acquia, and Linux servers.

● Heavily worked on Drupal Custom Modules Development, Drupal site-building, Theme creation and Twig Customizations.

● Headless Drupal design, component-based designing, page layouts and scalable twig template designing.

● Work estimations, Scrum management, deployments and release plannings. Ongraph Technologies (Drupal Developer - May 2018 - December 2020)

● Introduced as technical analyst to be promoted as drupal software engineer within a year and awarded as best engineer of the year.

● Delivered custom modules, SSO integrations, and multisite configurations while supporting enterprise clients across AWS and Azure.

● Provided production hotfixes, client communication, and rapid issue resolution with high reliability.

● Collaborated with a global engineering team to design features focused on performance, UX, and maintainability.

KEY PROJECTS

● APPORTO– Drupal Developer Team Size: 25

https://www.apporto.com/

(Drupal 7, PHP, AngularJS, jQuery, MySQL, AWS, Azure) A cloud virtual desktops provider which targets colleges and universities to provide SAAS and DAAS.

● IIT Palakkad - Drupal Developer Team Size: 8

https://www.iitpkd.ac.in/

(Drupal 8, 9, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Acquia, SASS) A portal of Indian institute of technology Palakkad. It has various portals separated for PG Admissions, Faculty, Students, Research etc.

● Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET) Distribution - Sr. Drupal Developer Team Size: 8

https://aset.az.gov/

(Latest of Drupal (9.5), PHP, Javascript, MySQL, SASS, Pantheon) It manages all the Arizona state agencies. It was running on Drupal 7 distribution and this project is to upgrade a distribution in Drupal 9 with all custom requirements.

● Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET) Migration–Drupal Technical Lead Team Size: 6

(Drupal 9, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, SASS, Pantheon) Migration of all Arizona state agency websites from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. In this migration, all contents, users, roles, blocks, modules, and other components/entities from Drupal 7 websites migrated over the new distribution in Drupal 9.

● Iteris - Sr. Drupal Developer Team Size: 3

https://www.iteris.com/

(Drupal 9, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, SASS, Pantheon) A portal of Indian institute of technology Palakkad. It has various portals separated for PG Admissions, Faculty, Students, Research etc.

● Insead - Senior Drupal Developer Team Size: 10

https://www.insead.edu/

(Drupal 10, PHP, MySQL,Component-Based Design, Javascript,SASS) I have been there as a full stack developer to enhance and add new features, add component-based design elements in theme, integrate and use APIs, custom module developments, deployment CI/CD etc.

● 3IE Impact - Senior Drupal Developer Team Size: 3 https://www.3ieimpact.org/

(Drupal 10, PHP, MySQL,Javascript,SASS)

Custom module development to add new features, create site building components and add layouts and panel based page designs.

● The National Forest UK - Full Stack Developer Team Size: 2 https://www.nationalforest.org/

(Drupal 9/10, PHP, MySQL,Component-Based Design, Tailwind, Javascript,SASS) It is an e-commerce project on drupal commerce with decoupled frontend design. My main role is custom module development to add new features, create component-based designs, fix the payment, cart, checkout flow and other related issues, create site building components, create Rest APIs to integrate in drupal frontend.

● Government of Jamaica Open Data Portal - Drupal Tech Lead Team Size: 4

( An upgraded version of https://data.gov.jm)

(DKAN, Drupal 10, React JS, MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL, RedHat, PHP, SASS) This project, involving public sector agencies, called for building a Drupal DKAN distribution and migrating contents from the existing Open Data Portal.

● DSSE - Drupal Tech Lead Team Size: 2

(https://www.dsse.iitb.ac.in/)

(Drupal 9, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, SASS, Linux & Apache) DSSE (Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship) is a department of IIT Bombay which provides training on Entrepreneurship and is responsible for many startups in India.

● IIT Bombay Main Website - Drupal Tech Lead Team Size: 2

(https://www.iitb.ac.in/)

(Drupal 7, Drupal 9, Drupal 10, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, SASS, Apache, Linux, Kubernetes, Lagoon,)

It is the official main website of Indian institute of technology, Bombay. It was running on Drupal 7 version so it now migrates over Drupal 9.

● Indian institute of space science and technology - Drupal Tech Lead Team Size: 5

(https://iist.ac.in/)

(Drupal 7, Drupal 11, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, SASS, Apache, Linux, Docker,) It is the official main website of The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. It was running on Drupal 7 version, so needed to migrate to Drupal 11 with enhancements.

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