GLA Digital Estate Rebuild (Drupal 7 to Drupal 8/9)

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Summary of the work GLA current digital estate is built using Open Source Technology which will not be supported post November 2022. Alongside that, the digital landscape for users and our administration has changed significantly since our last major site update six years ago. So this needs to be either upgraded/replaced before then. Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length Initial 12months + Further 12 month extension option Latest start date Friday 12 February 2021 Who Speclialist Work With Existing team: Technical Lead Cloud System Engineer DevOps Delivery Managers Testers Content Managers BA Performance Analyst Product Owners What Specialists Work On We have been working with an agency on the discovery phase for this project and we are now looking to work with a digital agency to help us implement the recommendations, come up with solutions to address the pain points of users and stakeholder raised during the discovery and rebuild our digital estate from Drupal 7 into Drupal 8/9. Skills & Experience • Delivering large-scale content sites built with Drupal 8/9, using cloud technologies to deliver scalable, secure, reliable and performance optimisation for web applications. • Using 3rd party modules to accelerate development and reduce costs. • Using reusable/robust estate wide features and shared code to build a maintainable system. • Developing custom modules to deliver bespoke functionality. • Delivering a content editing experience that is both flexible and friendly to content editors. • Using digital pattern libraries to deliver a consistent & responsive website front-end. • Minimizing technical debt and ensuring that a site remains maintainable as it grows in scale and feature-set. • Implementing content personalization. • Integrating Drupal with other services and technologies. • Experience in Java and when it’s a more suitable tech to use than Drupal. • Optimising user experience in response to data and user testing. • Optimising code for search. • Using Infrastructure as code technologies to quickly provision idempotent environments • Experience using Test Driven Development model for delivery. • Experience of migrating content/data from a multi-platform web estate. • Experience in meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 to AA standard. • Experience in working within the customers standard terms and conditions for software delivery, including compliance with regulation applicable to security and data protection (with the Supplier being the data processor). • Experience in automating workflow tasks such as testing and deployment with CI/CD processes. • Experience in using agile methodologies for delivering time sensitive and complex digital services to deadline and budget. • Creating and maintaining technical documentation. Nice to Haves • Experience working with local or national government • Demonstrable experience of risk assessment and future-proofing of legacy systems • Experience in supporting complex, large organisations through programmes of digital change • Experience of migrating content/data from a multi-platform web estate Work Location We expect the work to be carried out from both the GLA’s location at City Hall as well as from the supplier location remotely. Regular meetings, workshops, show and tells should be held at City Hall or if not applicable, remotely and the chosen agency would need to fully integrate with our team, share their knowledge and insight; work in an open and transparent way and demonstrate good agile product delivery practice. Working Arrangments -Carry out the work using Agile methodology (GLA works in accordance with the GDS Service Manual whenever possible). -Ensuring all development work delivered is accessible. It must meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA standard. -Working within the customers standard terms &conditions for software delivery, including compliance with standards and regulation applicable to security and data protection (with the Supplier being the data processor). -Be able to act as part of the GLA team, in an adaptable &agile way aiming to meet the outcomes we are working towards, testing, gaining learnings and adding value to the process. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria • work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers • be transparent and collaborative when making decisions • have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes • take responsibility for their work • share knowledge and experience with GLA team members • challenge the status quo • be comfortable standing up for their discipline Assessment Method Interview Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there a current incumbent? No, there isn’t. We have a supplier that is tasked to deliver the discovery phase only of the digital estate rebuild project – but not the build phase. 2. Are you seeking one individual Drupal Developer or a Supplier to provide these services? We are looking for a supplier who can provide these services.