Enterprise Drupal Platform: Multi-site Architecture · Centralized Content Services · Identity Integration
Engineered and maintained a large-scale Drupal multi-site platform supporting dozens of institutional properties, introducing a centralized content service layer and sustaining the system through multiple major platform upgrades.
Implemented as a shared multi-site Drupal platform with a centralized content repository, enabling API-driven content distribution and integration with institutional identity systems.
This approach enabled consistent data governance while preserving flexibility across independently managed sites.
The Biological Sciences Division required a scalable web platform capable of supporting a wide range of departments, programs, and institutional units. Existing approaches led to duplicated content, inconsistent data, and fragmented site management.
Key challenges included:
The platform enabled consistent data distribution, scalable site management, and alignment with institutional identity systems. It was successfully modernized across multiple major Drupal versions while continuing to support a large and active ecosystem of sites.