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Drupal / Acquia Digital Accessibility Integration Lead

Employment Type: Contract
Location: U.S.-based / Onshore
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Drupal / Acquia Digital Accessibility Integration Lead to support a large-scale digital accessibility initiative within a complex public-sector environment.
This role will focus on integrating accessibility requirements and controls into Drupal and Acquia environments, including CMS authoring processes, development pipelines, reusable components and templates, and associated technical governance processes.
The ideal candidate brings a combination of strong Drupal expertise, enterprise CMS/integration experience, and practical knowledge of digital accessibility standards and accessible development practices.
The individual will collaborate across accessibility, development, QA, DevOps, architecture, and program-management teams to help digital properties achieve and sustain WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance, while incorporating WCAG 2.2 practices where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for accessibility within Drupal and Acquia environments.
Define and implement CMS accessibility authoring rules and pre-publish controls.
Design accessibility controls for reusable Drupal components, templates, and content structures.
Develop technical specifications and runbooks for CI/CD accessibility gates.
Integrate automated accessibility testing into development and deployment pipelines.
Establish accessibility thresholds, exception processes, and quality gates designed to prevent regressions.
Support the planning and technical execution of priority website and microsite migrations to Acquia Site Factory.
Help ensure migrated sites and published content meet WCAG 2.1 AA requirements prior to release.
Translate accessibility defects and testing findings into actionable technical remediation requirements.
Define accessibility telemetry and data requirements that support program dashboards and reporting.
Partner with developers, architects, content teams, QA teams, accessibility specialists, and program leadership.
Develop technical documentation and support knowledge transfer and training for development and product teams.
Help establish sustainable accessibility practices within CMS and software-development processes.
Required Qualifications
Strong hands-on Drupal experience, preferably supporting enterprise-scale environments.
Experience with enterprise CMS implementation, integration, or architecture.
Demonstrated understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA, ADA digital accessibility requirements, and accessible web-development practices.
Knowledge of semantic HTML, ARIA, accessible forms, navigation, and reusable component patterns.
Experience incorporating accessibility requirements into software-development or DevOps processes.
Experience translating accessibility requirements into technical specifications and acceptance criteria.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, or software quality gates.
Strong technical documentation skills.
Ability to work effectively across development, QA, accessibility, business, architecture, and PMO teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Acquia Site Factory.
Drupal multisite experience.
Automated accessibility scanning and testing experience.
Experience implementing CI/CD accessibility gates.
Experience developing accessible design systems or component libraries.
CMS accessibility governance and authoring-control experience.
Accessibility remediation experience.
Website or microsite migration experience.
Accessibility telemetry, KPI, or reporting experience.
Public-sector, government, or utility experience.
Particularly Valuable Experience
Acquia Site Factory; Drupal multisite; WCAG testing; accessibility remediation; automated accessibility scanning; CI/CD quality gates; accessible component libraries; CMS governance; accessibility telemetry; large-scale website migrations.