Adobe Architect – Senior

Role Overview

• Define, document, and ensure the evolution of the technical architecture for the AEM platform, including JCR data modeling, content taxonomy, site structure, and integration strategy with external systems;
• Administer and maintain critical AEM infrastructure: Dispatcher (CDN), rewrite rules, cache invalidation policies, clustered topologies, CI/CD pipelines, SSL certificates, and configuration via Runmodes;
• Perform and oversee advanced Oak maintenance routines (Tar Compaction, Datastore GC, Workflow Purge) and manage Lucene/Property indexes to ensure consistent JCR performance;
• Conduct advanced production troubleshooting by analyzing OSGi logs, thread dumps, heap dumps, and New Relic dashboards to diagnose and resolve critical incidents;
• Lead code reviews for development teams in Java, HTL, and Sling Models, ensuring adherence to architecture standards, Proxy Pattern, and reuse of AEM Core Components;
• Architect and govern advanced content solutions: Editable Templates, Policies, Content Fragment Models (headless), Experience Fragments, and MSM strategies using Blueprints and Live Copies;
• Configure and maintain native Adobe Experience Cloud connectors (Target, Analytics, Campaign, Commerce) and design AEM integration architecture with external enterprise systems;
• Manage platform security: design ACL matrices and Closed User Groups, configure Sling Referrer Filter and CORS policies, perform regular vulnerability audits, and remove inactive accesses;
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation (runbooks, infrastructure diagrams, integration flows) and lead architecture board meetings for approval of new integrations;
• Provide technical support to the marketing team, deliver training and onboarding for new developers and Lead Authors, and provide advanced support with Adobe international teams (in English).

Requirements

• Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.x / AEMaaCS — deep expertise across the platform, including Sites, Assets (DAM), MSM, and OSGi/Sling/JCR architecture;
• AEM Infrastructure and DevOps — configuration and maintenance of Dispatcher (CDN), CI/CD pipelines, Runmodes, SSL/TLS, domains and environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod);
• Advanced Oak administration — Tar Compaction, Datastore GC, Workflow Purge routines and management of Lucene/Property indexes;
• Advanced troubleshooting — analysis of OSGi logs, thread dumps, heap dumps and monitoring via New Relic;
• Cluster topologies — configuration of multiple Authors and Publishes, Cold/Hot Standby and Disaster Recovery;
• AEM backend development — Java, HTL (Sightly), Sling Models, REST APIs, OSGi Services, Sling Jobs and Event Listeners;
• Access security and governance — ACLs, Closed User Groups (CUGs), Sling Referrer Filter, CORS policies and vulnerability audits;
• Adobe Experience Cloud integrations — native connectors for Adobe Target, Analytics, Campaign and Commerce; integration with APIs, CRMs and ERPs;
• Content architecture — JCR modeling, Editable Templates, Policies, Content Fragment Models (Headless), Experience Fragments, MSM and Tagging Framework;
• Adobe Workfront (ALM) — workflow management, project and ticket creation and tracking;
• Adobe Target — setup of A/B tests, personalization and integration with AEM;
• Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) certification — AEM Sites Developer or AEM Architect;
• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) and pipelines via Cloud Manager;
• Knowledge of Edge Delivery Services (EDS) and headless/composable architectures;
• Experience with bulk content migration tools (Groovy scripts, import APIs, AEM Bulk Import);
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) applied to managed AEM environments;
• Knowledge of Core Web Vitals and optimization of ClientLibs for frontend performance;
• Advanced English for direct technical support with Adobe international teams.

Tech Stack

• AEM
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform
• Groovy
• Java

Benefits

• Remote work