Sr. AEM Architect

Job Title: Sr. AEM Architect

Location: Taylor TX 76574

Duration: 12 Months

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect to lead the design implementation and governance of enterprise-scale digital experience platforms. This role requires deep technical expertise across AEM Sites Assets Forms and AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) combined with the architectural vision to build scalable secure and high-performing solutions aligned with business objectives.

The ideal candidate will act as the technical authority for AEM bridging business requirements with platform capabilities driving engineering excellence and mentoring development teams while establishing best practices across the organization.

Core Technology Stack

AEM Capabilities

• AEM Sites AEM Assets AEM Forms AEM as a Cloud Service

Frameworks & Foundations

• OSGi (Apache Felix) Apache Sling JCR (Oak) HTL (Sightly)

Infrastructure & Integration

• Adobe IMS Dispatcher CI/CD Pipelines CDN (Fastly/Akamai)

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture & System Design

• Design end-to-end AEM architectures for multi-site multi-tenant and multi-lingual implementations.
• Define author/publish topology dispatcher configuration and CDN integration strategies.
• Establish content architecture including:
  • JCR repository design
  • Taxonomy and tagging models
  • Metadata schemas
• Architect reusable component libraries templates and design systems using Core Components and Style Systems.
• Lead AEM Cloud Service migrations including discovery code refactoring content migration and go-live strategy.
• Design integrations with Adobe Experience Cloud (Analytics Target Campaign Tags) and third-party systems via APIs and event-driven patterns.

2. Implementation & Development Governance

• Own and govern the AEM codebase including:
  • OSGi bundles
  • Sling Models
  • Servlets Workflows and Schedulers
• Define and enforce engineering standards including:
  • Code quality and PR practices
  • Unit and integration testing
  • Documentation guidelines
• Design and implement Cloud Manager CI/CD pipelines (Full Stack Frontend Config).
• Build and maintain Dispatcher configurations for caching routing and security.
• Implement DAM strategies:
  • Asset workflows
  • Rendition pipelines
  • Smart tagging and metadata governance

3. Performance Security & Governance

• Optimize AEM performance through:
  • Query optimization and Oak index tuning
  • Component rendering improvements
  • Cache and CDN strategies
• Enforce security best practices including:
  • Service users and ACLs
  • CSRF protection and Sling security
  • Adobe IMS integration
• Manage content distribution strategies:
  • Replication topology
  • Sling Content Distribution
  • MSM / Live Copy models
• Monitor system health using Cloud Manager New Relic and Splunk and define alerting/runbooks.

4. Stakeholder Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate with Product Owners UX teams and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship for AEM developers.
• Conduct architecture reviews design workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Create and maintain:
  • Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
  • Technical design documents
  • Runbooks and onboarding materials
• Evaluate and recommend third-party tools and Adobe ecosystem enhancements.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 5 years of software engineering experience including 3 years in AEM (CQ5/CRX).
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale AEM implementations end-to-end.
• Hands-on experience with AEMaaCS including Cloud Manager and migration tooling.

Technical Expertise

AEM Platform

• AEM Sites Assets Forms Screens Commerce
• OSGi (Apache Felix) Sling framework
• JCR (Jackrabbit Oak) query optimization
• HTL Sling Models Core Components
• Workflows Event Handlers Launchers

DevOps & Engineering

• Java Maven multi-module architecture
• Git-based workflows (trunk-based preferred)
• CI/CD (Cloud Manager Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps)
• Docker Kubernetes
• API design (REST GraphQL Adobe I/O Runtime)
• Observability tools (New Relic Datadog Splunk)

Preferred Qualifications

• Adobe Certified Expert (AEM Sites Developer/Architect)
• Experience with Headless AEM (Content Fragments GraphQL SPA frameworks)
• Knowledge of identity protocols (SAML OAuth OIDC Adobe IMS)
• Experience with Adobe Target and personalization strategies
• Integration experience with Adobe Commerce (Magento)
• Familiarity with CDN platforms: Fastly Akamai CloudFront
• Exposure to MACH architecture composable DXP or hybrid CMS patterns

Architecture Competencies