Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect

Job Title: Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect

Duration: Long Term

Onsite – 5 days a week at client site

Job Description:

• Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect
• This role is responsible for designing, building, and optimizing Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions to power client Digital’s customer-focused digital experience.
• The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AEM architecture, component development, and cloud based optimizations, with a deep understanding of best practices for security, performance, and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable AEM components following Adobe best practices and focusing on reusability.
• Lead AEM template, workflow, and dispatcher configurations, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Guide AEM Cloud implementations, ensuring alignment with Adobe’s evolving cloud-native capabilities.
• Collaborate with system administrators, DevOps, and security teams on deployments, optimizations, and system upgrades.
• Serve as a technical leader, providing mentorship to developers and ensuring adherence to AEM development standards.
• Troubleshoot complex authoring, performance, and integration issues across the AEM platform.
• Oversee and optimize AEM integrations with Adobe CJA Analytics, Adobe Launch, and third-party services.
• Define and enforce security, accessibility, SEO, UX, and analytics best practices.
• Lead code reviews, technical design sessions, and solution architecture discussions.
• Maintain and evolve comprehensive technical documentation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and product teams, aligning AEM capabilities with business goals.
• Provide leadership in Agile/Scrum environments, ensuring efficient sprint planning and execution.

Qualifications:

• 14+ years of overall experience in software development, with at least 8+ years of hands‑on AEM experience.
• Extensive experience in AEM core technologies (Apache Sling, OSGi, JCR/CRX, AEM Workflows, AEM Dispatcher).
• Expertise in AEM as a Cloud Service, including modern cloud deployment strategies.
• In‑depth understanding of J2EE architecture and scalable web application design.
• Strong experience with SSR, caching strategies, and performance optimizations.
• Hands‑on experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) knowledge is a plus.