Professional Summary
I’m a Lead Drupal Developer specializing in complex high-traffic Drupal platforms, Drupal 10/11/n development, custom module architecture, API integrations, technical leadership, Drupal migrations, and practical delivery support. I’ve led Drupal work for federal, enterprise, nonprofit, and public-facing platforms, including cfainstitute.org, which serves approximately 250k unique visitors per day with periodic surges to approximately 580k, and a 10-site HRSA/HHS ecosystem serving approximately 35k unique visitors per day and 1M unique visitors per month.
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Contact
sean.maccath-moran@triskelemedia.com
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(877) 622-2284, ext 710
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Core Strengths
Drupal 10/11 development; Drupal 7-to-10 migrations; Drupal architecture; custom module development; shared module architecture; Views plugins; code-driven configuration; PHP/LAMP; Sass/CSS; JavaScript; Apache Solr; AWS integrations; APIs; deployment workflows; Git workflow design; technical leadership; code review; mentoring; Scrum delivery.
Work Experience
Lead Developer & Scrum Master
- Lead Drupal development for cfainstitute.org, a high-traffic enterprise website serving approximately 250k unique visitors per day, with periodic surges to approximately 580k unique visitors per day during events such as exam score releases.
- Define Drupal architecture, coding standards, and maintainable development practices for a 5-person enterprise website team within a 12-person multi-site support group.
- Maintained the Drupal 10-to-11 upgrade deployed in January 2026 and improve deployment workflows using code-driven configuration.
- Own development across 1 primary site, approximately 6 custom site modules, 15 shared company modules, and 4 custom APIs/integrations.
- Developed and maintain a Gitflow-inspired, environment-aligned branching model with persistent develop, testing, and main branches; secure team buy-in and coach developers through a promotion-based release process.
- Serve as Scrum Master for backlog management, capacity planning, ceremonies, sprint cadence, and team visibility.
- Mentor developers through code review, implementation guidance, blocker removal, and technical decision-making.
Senior Drupal Engineer — Short-Term Contract
Forum One — Alexandria, VA — Jul 2025-Oct 2025
- Led Drupal 7-to-10 migration work for archives.gov as part of a 3-person implementation team, focusing on data integrity, workflow continuity, and maintainable migration tooling.
- Built custom migration tooling across approximately 8 custom site modules and 1 custom API/integration.
- Partnered with technical leads and stakeholders to validate migration behavior and reduce transition risk.
Lead Developer
- Led Drupal development for a Public Trust-cleared HRSA/HHS portfolio of 10 federal websites serving approximately 35k unique visitors per day and 1M unique visitors per month.
- Directed an 8-person Drupal delivery team across front-end development, back-end development, content management, QA, and technical implementation.
- Owned development across approximately 40 custom site modules, 25 shared company modules, 25 custom APIs/integrations, 35 repositories, 20 content types, and 30 paragraph types.
- Refined branching and deployment workflows across approximately 35 repositories, standardizing release practices across multiple platforms, vendors, and development/test/stage/production environments to improve stability and reliability.
- Built and maintained shared Drupal modules and reusable components across the HRSA website ecosystem.
- Developed custom Drupal functionality including content-driven block visibility, Views plugins, APIs, data integrations, and public-facing interactive features.
- Supported a two-week deployment cadence across the HRSA ecosystem, contributing to approximately 26 deployments per year.
- Coordinated technical delivery with approximately 15 editors and 20 stakeholders across federal web properties.
- Mentored developers through code review, architecture discussion, implementation support, and day-to-day technical decision-making.
Senior Web Application Engineer — Short-Term Contract
Qase — Vancouver, BC — May 2018-Oct 2018
- Led development for qase.org as part of a 5-person distributed team including 3 developers and a project manager.
- Built and maintained approximately 6 custom site modules and 4 custom APIs/integrations.
- Implemented third-party integrations and supported core application development.
- Provided code review and technical guidance to improve implementation consistency and quality.
Senior Web Application Engineer
- Built data-driven systems across approximately 8 sites, 12 custom site modules, and 10 custom APIs/integrations.
- Developed the multi-source “Data Exchange” integration platform.
- Developed a Solr-backed data store for a Drupal-based CRM.
- Built custom CRM functionality for client organizations.
- Provided architecture and implementation guidance during team transitions.
Senior Web Application Engineer
Phase2 — Alexandria, VA — Mar 2013-Oct 2015
- Developed large Drupal migrations and multi-site platforms for clients including NCAA, Georgia Tech, and The Nation.
- Built and supported approximately 6 sites, 10 custom site modules, and 10 custom APIs/integrations.
- Built custom search and indexing systems, including a Drupal-integrated crawler that extended Solr capabilities.
Selected Work and Community
- HRSA Website Suite: Led Drupal development for 10 federal websites, including hrsa.gov, bhw.hrsa.gov, bphc.hrsa.gov, bloodstemcell.hrsa.gov, mchb.hrsa.gov, newbornscreening.hrsa.gov, nhsc.hrsa.gov, organdonor.gov, poisonhelp.hrsa.gov, and ryanwhite.hrsa.gov.
- Drupal GovCon 2023: Presented a live-coded technical session to approximately 50 in-person developers, plus remote attendees, on extending Drupal Views with DisplayExtenderPluginBase to solve complex government website integration challenges.
- Folklore & Fiction: Architected, designed, developed, migrated, and modernized a long-term Drupal author platform.
- Your Vegan Fallacy Is: Led development, internationalization coordination, and theme architecture.
- NCAA: Contributed to a complex Drupal 6-to-7 migration with custom data transformations.
- Red Hat: Contributed to enterprise Drupal implementation work.
Open Source Contributions
- Built Email Control, a Drupal module for granular control over email delivery.
- Built View Column Control, a Drupal Views extension for advanced column configuration.
- Built Views SOL Filter, a Drupal Views filter implementation for advanced filtering requirements.
Education and Certification
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Maine
Zend Certified Engineer
Zend Technologies, Inc.