Lars K.
Lead Drupal Developer
Experience
Aug 2021 - Present
4 years 2 monthsLead Drupal Developer
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- Lead Drupal 10 developer for several greenfield projects in the health sector
- Drupal architecture in a cloud environment
- Setup and maintenance of Gitlab pipelines and Kustomize scripts for Kubernetes deployments
- Development of Docker images
- Drupal custom module development for clients such as OAuth and FHIR
- Drupal frontend theming based on Bootstrap 5 and Single Directory Components
- Setup and maintenance of automated Playwright tests
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021
1 year 1 monthSenior Drupal Developer
Fresenius Netcare
- Drupal 8 technical lead and Drupal development for FNC's global web portal portfolio in an Azure cloud infrastructure
- Maintenance and development of Laravel / VueJS applications
- Preparations to migrate 20+ Drupal sites to Acquia's Site Factory
- Release setup and management on the Kubernetes cluster
- Maintenance of release pipelines in Bamboo
- Setup of an automated tests framework using Cypress
- Integration of the in-house Active Directory Service via LDAP
- Development of a social networking area based on the Group module as well as a Deploy/Workspace/Replication/Relaxed Web Services/Multiversion/JSON:API modules showcase for multisite publishing
- Preparations for the Drupal 9 upgrade
- Maintenance and development on the Particle front end theme (based on Pattern Lab)
Sep 2018 - Aug 2020
2 yearsSenior Software Engineer
Finanzcheck.de
- Maintenance of Symfony 3/MySQL/MongoDB and Node applications hosted on AWS with a Travis CI/Spinnaker deployment pipeline and stacks managed by Terraform
- Maintain application interactions with AWS SNS and SQS messaging services
- Development of React components
- Migration of systems hosted on AWS OpsWorks stacks to Docker images hosted on AWS EKS Kubernetes
- Liaise with freelancers
- Prototyping in Golang and Python
- Lead a review of the legacy systems architecture and drafted an upgrade path suggesting an event-driven microservices architecture along the lines of DDD
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
1 yearSymfony Developer
Oldenburgische Landesbank AG
- Symfony 3.4 development of an XML web service endpoint for intranet applications
- Integration of several SOAP and REST clients
- Performance optimisation of a Zend server architecture
Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
6 monthsDrupal Developer and DevOps Engineer
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH
- Drupal 8 development, DevOps, maintenance and support for public websites
- Introduction of Ansible-based release and provisioning playbooks
- Monitoring system upgrade to Icinga 2
- Bootstrap 3 and Twig cross-browser development supported by Gulp build scripts
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
3 monthsDrupal Developer
UCL
- Drupal 7 and jQuery development for a range of websites
- Web services client development for several feeds and Funnelback endpoints
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
3 monthsDrupal Developer
Cancer Research UK
- Drupal 7 and Symfony 2 development for an online fundraising platform based on a Symfony 2 microservices architecture connected to a Drupal 7 frontend
Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
10 monthsSenior Drupal Developer
PwC UK
- Drupal 7 platform development for UK public service clients
- Development of a deployment infrastructure using Drupal Features, drush, Jenkins, bash scripts, VirtualBox, Vagrant and Docker
- Maintenance of the Behat test framework
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
4 monthsDrupal Developer
Unipro Ltd
- Drupal 7 development for a high street retail client
- Contributed to the development of a global e-commerce site based on Drupal Commerce
Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
5 monthsSenior Drupal Developer
Condé Nast Verlag
- Drupal 7 development for the German edition of Wired Magazine
- Identified areas for improvement and scheduled developments with stakeholders
- Focused on code review according to best practices, performance optimisation and mentoring junior team members
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
2 monthsDrupal Developer
Unipro Ltd
- Drupal 7 development for a pharmaceutical industry client
- Developed custom plugins for the Panels module and a custom product entity using the Entity API
Jul 2014 - Dec 2014
6 monthsDrupal Developer
10 Minutes With
- Drupal 7 development for a startup social network for university students
- Migrated parts of functionality to Node.js and implemented heavy caching with Varnish ESI
- Developed the Questions & Answers section
Jan 2014 - Jul 2014
7 monthsDrupal Developer
BMJ
- Led the Drupal 7 relaunch project including auditing and fixing migrated code
- Coordinated migration and development tasks with external teams
- Restored lost features and maintained the Behat test framework
- Successfully launched the new site on June 30th
Jun 2013 - Nov 2013
6 monthsSenior Drupal Developer
Burda Intermedia Publishing GmbH
- Technical lead for web relaunch of bunte.de using Drupal 7
- Implemented ESI caching on Varnish and a Maestro workflow backend
Jun 2012 - Apr 2013
11 monthsDrupal Consultant
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Developed the Common Request Format reporting tool using Drupal 7
- Utilised install profiles, drush make, Features server and localization server
- Modeled administration workflows using the Workbench suite
Dec 2011 - Jun 2012
7 monthsDrupal Developer
mobilcom Debitel Group
- Drupal 7 relaunch of an internal B2B platform
- Developed web services integration and data migration scripts
- Implemented a group-based content access model with EntityFieldQuery, Relation module and custom taxonomy access control
Nov 2011 - Feb 2012
4 monthsDrupal Developer
SAP
- Drupal 7 relaunch of an ABAP/BSP intranet site
- Integrated data and taxonomy via SOAP web services, Apache Solr search and LDAP SSO
Jun 2011 - Sep 2011
4 monthsSenior Drupal Developer
VelocIT
- Drupal 7 project to relaunch the AAT's website
- Integrated legacy systems via web services
- Hosted on Acquia Cloud
Mar 2011 - May 2011
3 monthsDrupal Developer
luuux.com
- Drupal 5 development and maintenance for a social networking platform
- Developed userpoints and Ubercart-based product features
Dec 2010 - Feb 2011
3 monthsDrupal Developer
British Film Institute
- Drupal 7 relaunch with integration of offline assets via web services and custom stream wrappers
- Implemented Search API with Apache Solr backend, Entity API and file stream wrappers
Apr 2010 - Sep 2010
6 monthsDrupal Consultant
Everlution Software
- Technical lead for relaunch of everywoman.com using Drupal 7
- Implemented Organic Groups, ApacheSolr faceted search and Ubercart e-commerce
- Liaised with clients and recruited contractors
Mar 2010 - Sep 2010
7 monthsInterim Head of Drupal Development
Taglab
- Oversaw migration to a Drupal-friendly infrastructure
- Involved in architecture, development and maintenance of client websites
Jun 2009 - Feb 2010
9 monthsTech Lead
Digital People Online
- Led architecture, development and maintenance of custom document management solutions on Drupal
- Integrated Drupal Faceted Search with Google Search Appliance
- Contributed code to the Drupal community
Dec 2008 - Apr 2009
5 monthsDrupal Developer
IPC Media
- Technical lead for Drupal 6 implementation of InStyle site
- Implemented a sophisticated design using Panels, Views and CCK
- Established a dbscripts-inspired deployment solution
Apr 2008 - Oct 2008
7 monthsSenior Drupal Developer
Capita
- Led the setup of site architecture and a small team for a government education portal
- Extended Organic Groups and other modules
- Used PHP, jQuery, MySQL, Linux, SVN, Apache Lucene and Apache
May 2007 - Apr 2008
1 yearDrupal Developer
Teachers TV
- Backend development for a major social networking application
- Technologies used: PHP, jQuery, MySQL, Linux, SVN, Apache
Feb 2007 - Apr 2007
3 monthsPHP Developer
IPC Media
- Object-oriented PHP5 development using Symfony framework
- Application design and XML/XSLT coding
Dec 2006 - Jan 2007
2 monthsSenior Web Developer
Arc Worldwide
- Backend setup for a climate change microsite using Drupal 4.7 on Windows
- Developed AJAX-driven user interfaces
Aug 2005 - Dec 2006
1 year 5 monthsInternal Systems Developer
Information Risk Management
- Developed LAMP client management system and coordinated migration to C#.NET/SharePoint/MS SQL
- Developed a PDF transformation service in C#.NET
Aug 2004 - Jul 2005
1 yearTechnical Web Master
Verlag Dashoefer
- Coordinated migration from Perl5/ASP to PHP4/PostgreSQL
- Customized a PHP-based CMS and administered Linux and Windows servers
Aug 2002 - Jul 2004
2 yearsWeb Developer (Operations)
Nature Publishing Group
- Operations management and development of database-driven web applications
- Extended a Perl-based CMS transforming XML/SGML into HTML and PDF
Feb 2002 - Jul 2002
6 monthsTechnical Support Consultant
SealedMedia Ltd
- Provided worldwide support for a web-based DRM application
- Developed a support tracking tool in ColdFusion
Mar 2000 - Mar 2002
2 years 1 monthTechnical Support Consultant
Pervasive Software
- Supported Tango web platform and Pervasive.SQL across multiple operating systems
- Gained proficiency in database and system administration
- Developed and maintained intranet sites and a sales tracking tool
Jan 1999 - Feb 2000
1 year 2 monthsTechnical Support Agent
IBM Ireland Ltd
- Technical support for IBM Global Networks ISP, Aptiva PCs and ThinkPad laptops
- Trained in OS basics, hardware and applications
- Supported an HTML-based homepage creator tool
Summary
Drupal and Symfony expert with more than 15 years web application development experience. Technically lead several enterprise docker projects both in the UK and in Germany. Regularly contributes single directory components to the Drupal community ([link] Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time using best practice coding standards and Agile methodologies.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
NativeEducation
Oct 1992 - Jun 1997
Freie Universität Berlin
Diploma · Political Science · Berlin, Germany
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