Mario
Contract engineering (2013 – 2026)
Twenty placements across media, federal agencies, healthcare, and financial services. Drupal 7 through 10, then AI-enabled platforms.
Prometheus Global Media / Billboard.com (Jul 2013 – Mar 2014)
Role: Lead PHP Developer.
Brought Billboard.com in-house from a failed overseas outsourcing engagement.
Improved site performance 65% with Memcache caching. Custom modules for Kaltura video-on-demand. A/B social testing framework with Shareprogress; Brightcove and Doubleclick integration.
Tools and skills: Drupal 7, PHP, MySQL, Memcache, REST APIs, Kaltura, Brightcove, Doubleclick.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, APIs / Headless, Media.
Hearst Digital Media / Cosmopolitan.com (Apr – Aug 2014)
Role: Senior Consultant.
Custom CMS for Cosmopolitan.com supporting multi-level ad targeting and user analytics.
Regex-driven migration tools for large legacy content import. Object-oriented PHP with full PHPUnit coverage. 15 to 20 person international agile team, two-week sprints.
Tools and skills: PHP, PHPUnit, MySQL, AWS, GitFlow, Grunt, Composer.
Sectors and areas: PHP, Cloud, Migration, Media.
Sapient / NHLBI (Jan 2015 – Feb 2016)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Unified search across the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s private intranet and public site.
Apache Solr multi-core solution spanning private and public content. Proofs of concept for Google Search API, RESTful services, and Solr. Deployment moved from written instructions to BASH scripts to Jenkins CI/CD.
Tools and skills: Apache Solr, Drupal 7, PHP, Jenkins, BASH, REST, Ozone Widget Framework.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Search, DevOps, Federal, Healthcare.
LMO Advertising, Baltimore (Feb – Aug 2016)
Role: Senior LAMP Developer.
Concurrent Drupal 7 projects in a commercial ad agency.
Full-cycle delivery for Heidelberg University and NCARB. Tableau analytics and AWS infrastructure integration.
Tools and skills: Drupal 7, PHP, Acquia, Tableau, AWS, AngularJS, Vagrant.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Cloud, Frontend, Education.
Booz Allen Hamilton / SEC.gov, OSHA.gov (Feb – Nov 2017)
Role: Lead Software Engineer.
Modern development workflow and configuration management for two federal platforms.
Introduced pull requests, peer review, and automated functional testing at SEC.gov. Drupal/Composer workflow and Configuration Manager for OSHA.gov, retiring Features. Behat framework speeding QA.
Tools and skills: Drupal 8, PHP, Composer, Behat, Drush, Grunt, Vagrant, Acquia Cloud, Jira.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, DevOps, Federal.
TekSystems / AFT ShareMyLesson.com (Feb – Aug 2018)
Role: Lead Software Engineer.
Recommendation and social features for the American Federation of Teachers’ lesson-sharing platform.
Recommendation engine for discovering relevant lesson content. User following, notifications, activity feeds. Behat automated functional testing.
Tools and skills: Drupal 7/8, PHP, JavaScript, Behat, AngularJS, Acquia Cloud, Grunt.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Frontend, Education.
Mindlance / U.S. Dept. of Education, IFAP.ed.gov (Sep – Nov 2018)
Role: Lead CMS Architect.
Drupal 8 integrated with Oracle 11g for the federal student aid program.
Server infrastructure: LAMP, Oracle Grids, NAS, firewalls, virtual IPs, proxies. OAuth authorization to federal security guidelines. Three redundant environments synced via RSYNC.
Tools and skills: Drupal 8, PHP, Oracle 11g, OAuth, OCI8, Composer, AngularJS.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, DevOps, Federal, Education.
Bluetext, Washington DC (Nov 2018 – Feb 2019)
Role: Lead Architect, interim Director of Drupal.
Technical operations for 30+ client sites across Drupal multi-site installations.
Led and mentored a distributed South American development team. Code review standards and Jira grooming workflow. Daily deployments on Acquia Cloud and GitHub.
Tools and skills: Drupal 8, PHP, Acquia Cloud, Composer, Git, Jira, Team leadership.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, DevOps.
Mindlance / The World Bank (Feb – May 2019)
Role: Site Architect.
Cloud-integrated open data platform on the Drupal 7 DKAN distribution.
AWS and Azure integration for scalable data hosting. RESTful API layer for third-party data harvesting. Searchable interface, visualization, and export for development datasets.
Tools and skills: Drupal 7, DKAN, PHP, AWS, Azure, GeoJSON, WMS, REST.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Cloud, APIs / Headless, Federal.
Mastech / U.S. Dept. of Transportation (May 2019 – Mar 2020)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
OST permitting dashboard for federal infrastructure projects exceeding $100M in scope.
ArcGIS layer visualizing 500+ active projects in real time. Multi-API orchestration across Socrata and internal DOT systems for 15 agencies. Drupal 7 to 8 migration with no operational downtime.
Tools and skills: Drupal 7/8, PHP, ArcGIS API, Socrata API, GeoJSON, WMS, Acquia Cloud.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, APIs / Headless, Migration, Federal.
Diamond IS / U.S. Dept. of Treasury (Apr – Nov 2020)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Six SharePoint sites consolidated into a unified Drupal 8 platform for treasury.gov.
Taxonomy, content model, and governance for 200+ content creators. Migration framework moving 15,000+ documents at 98% fidelity. CI/CD cut deployment time from 3 days to 4 hours.
Tools and skills: Drupal 8, PHP, XML, Acquia Cloud, Custom ETL, CI/CD.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Migration, DevOps, Federal, Financial.
Infosys / Vanguard (Nov 2020 – Sep 2021)
Role: Technical Lead.
Monolithic Drupal 8 to headless architecture for multi-channel delivery.
RESTful API layer serving an Angular frontend with language, taxonomy, and user-state filtering. Optimized JSON export cut API response times 40%. Drupal 8 to 9 upgrade delivered alongside the headless work, no interruption.
Tools and skills: Drupal 9, PHP, REST, JSON, Angular, PHPUnit, Acquia Cloud, AWS.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, APIs / Headless, Cloud, Migration, Financial.
Phase2 / Mastercard, FDA (Sep 2021 – Apr 2022)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Custom bulk upload system for Mastercard; platform enhancements for FDA.
Drupal 9 module: zip upload, naming validation, automated node creation for hundreds of files. Error handling and reporting with detailed logging.
Tools and skills: Drupal 9, PHP, Acquia Cloud, Docker.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Financial, Federal, Healthcare.
Horizontal Systems / Blue Cross Blue Shield (Mar – Jun 2022)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Real-time member notification and alert system for the BCBS Connect Drupal 9 portal.
Customizable alert types and user preferences. Mockups to production in three months. Notification history for member audit requirements.
Tools and skills: Drupal 9, PHP, Lando, Acquia Cloud, Docker.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Healthcare.
Deloitte / Texas HHS (Jul – Oct 2022)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Two legacy ASP.NET sites migrated into a unified Drupal 9 platform for Texas health services.
Content workflows improving publishing efficiency 50%. Apache Solr cross-site content discovery.
Tools and skills: Drupal 9, PHP, Apache Solr, Acquia Cloud, Jira.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Search, Migration, Healthcare.
ICF International / USAID (Dec 2022 – Oct 2023)
Role: Lead Software Architect.
Legacy PHP environmental compliance application rebuilt as an enterprise Drupal 10 platform.
Microservices integration layer cut data latency 75%. Solr search over 50,000+ records at sub-second response. Led a team of three; code review standards cut production defects 60%. Delivered under budget and ahead of schedule.
Tools and skills: Drupal 10, PHP, Apache Solr, Acquia Cloud, Microservices, API integration.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Search, APIs / Headless, Migration, Federal.
LCG Systems / NIH NINR (Oct 2023 – Jan 2024)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Drupal 8 to 10 migration for the National Institute of Nursing Research under FISMA.
FISMA-compliant architecture to NIH security standards. Integration layer connecting research databases to the public site. NIH background check and facility badge.
Tools and skills: Drupal 10, PHP, Apache Solr, Acquia Cloud, AWS, FISMA.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Search, Migration, Federal, Healthcare.
Scope Infotech / HHS (Jan – May 2024)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Drupal 9 to 10 upgrade for an HHS system serving public health information to millions.
50+ custom and 100+ contributed modules brought to Drupal 10. Backward-compatible API layer kept external health integrations live. PHPUnit framework cut regressions 80%; zero-downtime cutover.
Tools and skills: Drupal 9/10, PHP, PHPUnit, Apache Solr, Acquia Cloud, AWS, DDev.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Migration, Cloud, Federal, Healthcare.
Blue Cadet / National Gallery of Art (Jun – Aug 2024)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Legacy Adobe CMS to Drupal 10 for a premier cultural institution.
Custom ETL moved 10,000+ art collection records at 99% fidelity. Content model for art metadata, artist relationships, exhibition chronologies. Solr faceted browsing by medium, period, artist, exhibition; publishing time down 60%.
Tools and skills: Drupal 10, PHP, Apache Solr, Acquia Cloud, DDev, Custom migration tools.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, Search, Migration, Culture / Museums.
Red Cedar / USDA FSIS (Jul 2024 – Jan 2026)
Role: Senior Software Architect.
Enterprise Drupal 10 modernization with AI-powered content services for Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Redis Cluster on Azure Kubernetes Service: 70% faster responses, no single point of failure. AI translation service for real-time multilingual regulatory content. Custom JSON API framework enabling decoupled frontends and third-party integration. Kubernetes pipeline with autoscaling cut infrastructure cost 40%.
Tools and skills: Drupal 10, PHP, Kubernetes, Redis Cluster, Azure, Azure AI Translation, Apache Solr, JSON API, TypeScript/React.
Sectors and areas: Drupal, PHP, AI / ML, Cloud, DevOps, APIs / Headless, Search, Federal.