AEM Architect

Skills

Description

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent degree in a related Field required.
• 6-12 years Architecture experience with 3-4 in a Content Management System or Adobe marketing technology stack focus.
• May substitute an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Technical proficiency in CMS platforms.
• Technical proficiency in Adobe stack (e.g. AEM, Target, Launch & Digital Asset Manager).
• Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Understanding of architecture and design across all systems
• Must have practical experience with unit testing including deep understanding of Mock Testing Frameworks like EasyMock or Mockito ATDD
• Experience with Acceptance Test Driven Development including the use of tools like Cucumber and Selenium as well as CI/CD
• Experience in Healthcare industry is desirable
• Familiarity with compliance standards such as HIPAA, PCI, OWASP is a plus
• Experience working with the SAFe scaled agile framework

Responsibilities

• • Work as an Adobe technical expert with clients, analyst, software developers, and AEM engineers to oversee custom solution quality and compliance with AEM standards and best practices.
• • Ensure consistency in application of AEM architectural technology (e.g. Apache Sling Models, CRX – Content Repository, OSGi, or JCR)
• • Develop and mature automated and manual quality gates within the software development lifecycle to ensure compliance with AEM and software engineering standards.
• • Update AEM coding standards as necessary.
• • Work with UX/UI, SEO and Content Strategist to identify reusable components.
• • Work with software engineering leadership to establish standard engineering design patterns for client and server-side integrations.
• • Diagnose and solve technical problems related to content management, search services, dynamic content linking, formatting, internationalization and personalization.
• • Oversee the creation and maintenance of web application architectural documentation and standards.
• • Incorporate architectural enhancements to uplift AEM engineering standards.
• • Facilitate knowledge transfer to development and support team members.
• • Mature automated testing framework for AEM custom solution development. Implement enhanced testing automation standards across development teams.
• • Guide integration of Adobe Analytics and Digital Asset Manager.
• • Work with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to define user stories, acceptance criteria and data requirements for Web and Digital products/services.
• • Facilitate configurations within all Adobe tools, as necessary, including Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Audience Manager, Marketo, Ad Cloud
• • Provide technical support and troubleshoot application issues and bugs as necessary.
• • Participate in educational opportunities, read professional publications, maintain personal networks and participate in professional organizations.
• • Provide information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing development and service issues.
• • Recommend improvements to existing software programs.
• • Enhance Software Development Life Cycle Standards (SDLCS) and applicable Data and Technology Services Policies and Standards.
• • Enhance AEM software development practices as platform capabilities enable/improve continuous integration and continuous deployment practices, source code management and deployment strategies.
• • Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues.
• Qualifications
• Experience and Education
• • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent degree in a related Field required.
• • Six to twelve (6-12) years Architecture experience with 3-4 in a Content Management System or Adobe marketing technology stack focus.
• • May substitute an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Required Skills

Educational Requirements

• • Technical proficiency in CMS platforms.
• • Technical proficiency in Adobe stack (e.g. AEM, Target, Launch & Digital Asset Manager).
• • Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• • Understanding of architecture and design across all systems
• • Working proficiency in developmental toolsets
• o Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• o HTL, JSP, AEM Templates and client libraries
• o Maven, Azure Dev Ops, Git
• • Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
• • Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals
• • Passionate about building an innovative culture
• • Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages
• • Understanding of software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance, and software improvement. Experience defining REST APIs and implementing RESTful services
• • Adobe AEM/ Sling/ JCR/ JEE/ OSGI required
• • Implementation skills with the Core Spring Framework and including other sub-projects like Spring Security and Spring Integration required