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Magda Kostrzewa

Zetland

Summary

I am a dedicated and industrious professional passionate about Drupal and other web-based technologies. I thrive in collaborative teamwork, adding to the collective enthusiasm with my easygoing and "can-do" attitude.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Project Manager/Senior Drupal Developer

Morpht
12.2023 - 07.2025
  • Internal and external stakeholder management
  • Project Management - multiple projects simultaneously
  • Quality Assurance and Audits regularly carried out
  • Front and back end development

Technical Director

ClubsNSW
01.2021 - 12.2023
  • Led a team of 7 engineers delivering web platforms and system integrations
  • Defined technical scope and supported Agile delivery across projects
  • Oversaw and contributed hands-on to integrations with Okta (SSO), Salesforce and LMS
  • Provided technical guidance on non-Drupal systems, collaborating with internal and external teams.
  • Supported data governance as a member of the internal policy committee

Senior Drupal Developer

ClubsNSW
11.2018 - 01.2021
  • Worked on multiple projects in Drupal 8-10, including applications like MVSE and ClubGrants Online. BAU and builds from scratch.
  • Custom module development and theming 8 & 9 and 10
  • Writing documentation
  • Working with internal and external vendors
  • Working closely with front-end, assisting with any Drupal theming
  • Training internal staff on Drupal
  • Work with external vendors to integrate systems within ClubsNSW

Drupal Developer

Nova Entertainment
02.2016 - 11.2018
  • Maintaining and enhancing websites encompassing both front-end and back-end functionalities. Developing small-scale websites using platforms like Drupal 8 and Wordpress.
  • Collaborated within an in-house team to successfully launch the new NOVA site.
  • Creating comprehensive documentation and manuals. Facilitating communication and coordination among internal and external stakeholders.
  • In the last few months, serving as the sole in-house developer overseeing maintenance for five station sites and several smaller websites.
  • Accountable for deployment operations across all websites.
  • Confluence, and Jira for project management. Managing an external Drupal workshop with a monthly 20-hour retainer.

Drupal Themer/Site builder

PreviousNext
10.2013 - 02.2016
  • Site building
  • Drupal theming/front-end development
  • Conducting accessibility audits and implementing fixes for large government organizations
  • Providing client training

Drupal themer

VML, Sydney
09.2013 - 10.2013
  • Briefly filling in for VML's Drupal themer to work on their Starlight site.

Drupal specialist

CrossFunctional
04.2012 - 09.2013
  • Built and themed different Drupal sites – e-commerce, magazine style and government.
  • Provided ongoing maintenance and support for Drupal sites.
  • Prepare presentations and support for Drupal sites.
  • Write documentation for internal use and clients.

Drupal specialist/Coordinator

Cancer Council
02.2011 - 06.2011
  • Consulting in the brand redesign of a Drupal user generated site.
  • Set-up Wiki and documentation for internal use.
  • Trained content authors on how to operate the site efficiently
  • Setting up a staging site and re-organised hosting
  • Create wireframes for site redesign
  • Maintain the main Cancer Council NSW website (in-house CMS and Wordpress)

Web Coordinator

Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
11.2004 - 01.2011
  • General site support, maintenance and minor development task
  • Specialization in podcast launch and support
  • Strong troubleshooting abilities for website and podcast-related issues

Education

PostGrad Cert - IT Management

UTS Online
06.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Computing Major

Catholic University
01.2009

Skills

  • Frontend: HTML, SASS, JS, jQuery, Bootstrap 4/5, AJAX, Gulp
  • Backend: PHP, SQL, Symfony, Composer, APIs, basic Python (learning)
  • Drupal: v9-11 (theming, site building, custom modules, migration)
  • Version Control: Git (Bitbucket, GitLab)
  • DevOps/Hosting: Lando, DDEV, Pantheon, Acquia, GovCMS (Docker-based)
  • Cloud/Infra: AWS (S3), SSL, DNS, domains, Cloudflare
  • Integrations: Salesforce, OKTA (SAML/REST), Adobe LMS; Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Search: Solr, Elasticsearch
  • Analytics: GA, GTM
  • Accessibility: WCAG
  • Tools: Jira, Confluence
  • Cybersecurity (TryHackMe, OWASP)
  • Other: Power BI, Tableau (basic), React, Vuejs, Laravel (learning)

Certification

  • New Leadership Course (AIM 2022 Feb)
  • Finance for Non-Finance Managers (AIM August 2022)
  • Scrum master course (2014 & 2020)
  • W3C JavaScript course
  • Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility Compliance
  • Intermediate course in XSL/XSLT
  • Advanced CSS and XML
  • HTML (TAFE NSW)

Timeline

Technical Project Manager/Senior Drupal Developer

Morpht
12.2023 - 07.2025

Technical Director

ClubsNSW
01.2021 - 12.2023

Senior Drupal Developer

ClubsNSW
11.2018 - 01.2021

Drupal Developer

Nova Entertainment
02.2016 - 11.2018

Drupal Themer/Site builder

PreviousNext
10.2013 - 02.2016

Drupal themer

VML, Sydney
09.2013 - 10.2013

Drupal specialist

CrossFunctional
04.2012 - 09.2013

Drupal specialist/Coordinator

Cancer Council
02.2011 - 06.2011

Web Coordinator

Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
11.2004 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Computing Major

Catholic University

PostGrad Cert - IT Management

UTS Online
Magda Kostrzewa