Sharique Ahmed Farooqui

5.0

(2 reviews)

US$15.00

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ABOUT ME

Senior Drupal developer/ Architect

Solution Architect & Full Stack Developer with 20+ years of building enterprise software, delivering end-to-end digital transformation programmes for globally recognised organisations including Bayer, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, Royal Mail Group, and Microsoft.

Proven record of owning technical solutions from concept to production, defining solution architecture, leading cross functional engineering teams of up to 5 engineers, conducting workshops, and delivering full project lifecycle in Agile/Scrum environments.

Hindi, English

Berlin (+02:00)

Joined May 2017

EXPERTISE

Drupal

15 years experience | 2 endorsements

I've good experience working with Drupal 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. https://www.drupal.org/u/sharique

API Integration Drupal Module development Content management

PHP

10 years experience | 1 endorsement

I've learned PHP while working with Drupal.

HTML/CSS

10 years experience

I've some basic knowledge about css. I've created theme my personal drupal site. https://openahmed.com

10 years experience

1 year experience

4 years experience

5 years experience

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(2 reviews)

Tina A

July 2019

Sharique was quick to understand the issues I was having and explained the solution and approach well - thanks for being so patient

SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

designs-layouts

This contains the designs and layouts examples that I created for learning or personal use.

HTML

my-blog

A simple blogging application with decoupled components.

PHP

Stack Overflow

4219 Reputation

EMPLOYMENTS

Solution Architect - Drupal

bbg bitbase group Gmb

2022-03-01-2025-01-01

Led technical modernisation across the delivery organisation, introduced Pantheon cloud infrastructure and Bitbucket CI/CD pipeli...

Led technical modernisation across the delivery organisation, introduced Pantheon cloud infrastructure and Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment effort by 70% and enforcing engineering standards across all projects.
Advised executive stakeholders on digital platform strategy and roadmap, translated business needs into technical requirements, set delivery standards, and built an internal Drupal distribution that reduced project setup time by 50%.
Architected unified digital platform for Takeda Deutschland, enabling standardised deployment of 30+ sites from a single codebase, reducing site launch time from weeks to days.
Led end-to-end rebuild of a customer platform, achieving a 5x improvement in application performance through architectural refactoring and technical optimisation.

Drupal

Project management

Scrum

Drupal

Project management

Scrum

Requirements Gathering

Stakeholder management

Software architecture

DevOps

Senior Drupal Developer

Acquia

2018-10-01-2022-02-01

Delivered technical implementation for Bayer’s global website factory and EarlyWarning.com platform rebuild, designing API integr...

Delivered technical implementation for Bayer’s global website factory and EarlyWarning.com platform rebuild, designing API integration patterns, automated test frameworks (PHPUnit), and custom module development within a regulated enterprise environment.
Designed and implemented site synchronisation process for Bayer’s website factory, engineering custom Symfony services, event subscribers, and API integration patterns with comprehensive PHPUnit test coverage, achieving 99.5% reliability across 100+ sites and 300+ environments.
Coordinated with Acquia Site Studio engineering team to diagnose and resolve critical performance issues in Bayer’s website factory, restoring optimal platform performance and maintaining stability across a live enterprise environment.
Conducted system analysis and authored functional designs from user story requirements, supporting sprint planning, estimation, and implementation of complex technical deliverables in Agile/Scrum delivery.
OKR of the Quarter — Acquia: Streamlined Drupal content creation from Google Sheets, enabling automated generation of content types, vocabularies, roles, and menu items, reducing manual effort by 70%.

PHP

Drupal

Test driven development

PHP

Drupal

Test driven development

JavaScript

Acquia cloud

Senior Consultant

Capgemini India

2014-04-01-2018-09-01

Defined technical architecture and led end-to-end delivery of Mina Sidor platform rebuild in Drupal 8 for Sergel, managing a cros...

Defined technical architecture and led end-to-end delivery of Mina Sidor platform rebuild in Drupal 8 for Sergel, managing a cross-functional team of 4–6 developers, coordinating across multiple project stakeholders, and overseeing delivery from requirements through to deployment.
Designed GDPR-compliant data privacy architecture for Mina Sidor, engineering a stateless user data pattern using API-based data retrieval, temporary session storage, and guaranteed deletion on logout to meet both regulatory and client security requirements.
Contributed to 3–5 client RFP responses at Capgemini, supporting technical scoping, effort estimation, and solution positioning for enterprise digital platform engagements.
Delivered Drupal platform implementations for Royal Mail, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Pfizer, designing custom modules, third-party integrations, and platform enhancements as senior technical contributor within cross-functional delivery teams.
Conducted technical interviews, performed code reviews, and supported engineering quality standards across Capgemini’s Drupal delivery practice.
Represented Capgemini at Drupal Camp Pune and Gnunify, delivering technical sessions and facilitating mentoring workshops for students and early-career developers.

Drupal

Mentoring

Project Estimation

Drupal

Mentoring

Project Estimation

Agile

Software architecture

PROJECTS

GroceryStore IaC implementationView Project

2026

- Implemented IaC using Terraform, including creation EC2 and RDS instances, networking, S3 bucket for storing avatar. - Automated creat...

- Implemented IaC using Terraform, including creation EC2 and RDS instances, networking, S3 bucket for storing avatar. - Automated creation of Docker image using GitHub Action.

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AWS