AEM Solution Architect

About This Role

AEM SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Position Identification

• Job Title: AEM Solution Architect (Senior)
• Business Unit: Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
• Reports To: DXP Technology Director
• Role Level: Senior Architecture Leadership

Mission

Design and build Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions that satisfy both business and technical needs of enterprise clients.

This includes defining the end-to-end technical architecture, selecting the most appropriate Adobe Experience Cloud capabilities, and supervising the implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performing digital experience platforms.

The AEM Architect ensures alignment with industry best practices, Adobe standards, and organizational quality frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

AEM Architecture Design

• Define the architecture of AEM-based platforms, selecting the appropriate technologies, patterns, and Adobe-native capabilities.
• Ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance aligned with client strategic objectives.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with development, operations, UX, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into robust AEM solutions.
• Guarantee that technical delivery effectively supports business outcomes.

Implementation Governance

• Supervise implementation of AEM solutions across components, templates, workflows, integrations, and deployments.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards and Adobe best practices.

Code Reviews & Design Validation

• Perform architectural design reviews and code analysis to identify risks early.
• Mitigate technical issues before implementation, reducing defects and delivery risk.

Technical Leadership & Enablement

• Provide technical guidance and support to developers and Technical Leads.
• Foster continuous learning and improve engineering maturity across teams.

Innovation & Technology Evolution

• Evaluate new Adobe Experience Cloud features, AEMaaCS innovations, and industry trends.
• Identify opportunities for modernization, AI adoption, and platform optimization.

Architecture Documentation

• Maintain updated documentation of AEM architecture, delivery processes, governance standards, and reusable frameworks.
• Enable long-term maintainability and knowledge transfer.

Project Planning & Delivery Support

• Participate in project planning and roadmap reviews to ensure technical alignment.
• Integrate architectural constraints into delivery schedules and execution plans.

Technical Risk Management

• Identify and manage architectural risks related to scalability, security, availability, and operational stability.
• Ensure continuity and resilience of AEM platforms.

Pre-Sales & Solution Estimation

• Support sales and client discovery by contributing architecture designs, feasibility assessments, and effort estimations.
• Ensure proposed AEM solutions match organizational delivery capabilities.

Reusable Accelerators & Standardization

• Design and develop reusable AEM modules, component libraries, and architectural accelerators.
• Improve delivery efficiency and consistency across projects.

Team Training & Architecture Maturity

• Train teams in advanced AEM development, cloud-native delivery, headless patterns, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Elevate the collective technical maturity of the organization.

Requirements Required Knowledge & Experience

• Experience: 11+ years in software engineering
• English Level: B2 or higher

Core Technical Requirements

• Architecture of scalable digital platforms on AEM Sites & AEMaaCS
• Component-driven development (Sling Models, HTL, OSGi)
• Headless delivery with Content Fragments + GraphQL
• CI/CD pipelines with Cloud Manager
• Security compliance (OWASP, ISO 27001, GDPR)
• Cloud-native delivery (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, Terraform
• Deep expertise in AEM Infrastructure & Caching

Certifications

Minimum of two certifications from the following: AEM Sites Developer Expert, AEM as Cloud Service Migration Expert, AEM Dev/Ops Engineer Expert, AEM Business Practitioner Expert, or AEM Sites Architect Master.