Job Description

Company Description

Syngenta Group is one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet \xe2\x80\x93 making us the world\xe2\x80\x99s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner.

Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Syngenta Group is also Committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment.



As a Web Technical Architect, you will be responsible for leading the technical design and architecture of a global large-scale Drupal multisite platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, developers, and stakeholders, to build a scalable, secure, and high-performing digital solution that meets the business requirements and best practices. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Drupal 9/10, Acquia Cloud Platform and Site Factory, Cloudflare, New Relic, integrations with Salesforce, Marketing cloud, and other enterprise platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the overall technical vision, architecture, and development of Drupal 10 enterprise multi-site platform built on Acquia Site Factory to ensure maximum performance, scalability, and security.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, developers, and stakeholders of all levels, to identify business requirements.
• Evaluate technical requirements and dependencies, provide recommendations, and develop solutions for multisite Drupal architecture, CMS integration, API development, security and performance optimization.
• Identify and propose innovative solutions to meet business challenges and continuously improve the platform\'s performance, scalability, and security.
• Ensure that web applications comply with industry standards, including web accessibility, usability, and security.
• Implement website performance, scalability, and security best practices, including load testing, caching, and other optimization techniques.
• Monitor and analyze system performance using New Relic and take proactive measures to optimize performance based on the insights gained.
• Integrate Drupal with enterprise and marketing platforms, including Salesforce and Marketing cloud, using API integrations.
• Establish technical standards and guidelines for the development team to follow in Drupal development projects.
• Work collaboratively with the development, testing, and security teams to ensure quality and security standards are met.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team, review code, and ensure that it meets coding standards and best practices.
• Ensure proper documentation of the architecture, configuration, and maintenance processes for the Drupal platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s or Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in Drupal development, with at least 4 years as a Technical Architect.
• Extensive experience in enterprise-scale multisite Drupal 9/10 projects, with experience in Acquia Cloud hosting platform and Acquia Site Factory.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and other web service integration techniques.
• Practical experience in integrations with Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, and other platforms through API development.
• Strong understanding of optimization, security, performance, scalability, and API best practices.
• Proficiency in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and other relevant web technologies.
• Experience with Apache Solr. & enterprise-grade CDN solutions like Cloudflare.
• Experience with New Relic or other performance monitoring and analysis tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA teams, and project managers.
• Experience with project management, agile development methodologies, and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Willingness to stay up to date with Drupal advancements and continue learning new technologies.

Additional Information

Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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