What are the responsibilities and job description for the AEM Architect @ Chicago IL Hybrid. position at NextRow Inc.?
Job Summary:
We (NextRow) are looking for an experienced AEM Architect to lead the architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise-scale Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AEM 6.x/AEM as a Cloud Service, cloud architecture, integrations, CI/CD, and digital experience platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and lead end-to-end architecture for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) implementations.
- Design scalable and secure solutions using AEM Sites, Assets, Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, OSGi, Sling, JCR, HTL, and Dispatcher.
- Lead AEM Cloud Service implementations, modernization, migrations, and upgrades.
- Design integrations between AEM and enterprise systems using REST APIs, microservices, CRM, DAM, eCommerce, and third-party platforms.
- Develop reusable AEM components, templates, services, and architecture frameworks.
- Establish CI/CD and DevOps practices using tools such as AEM Cloud Manager, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Terraform, or similar technologies.
- Ensure application performance, scalability, security, caching, CDN, and availability.
- Work with business stakeholders, Product Owners, UX teams, developers, DevOps, security, and enterprise architects to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Provide technical leadership, architecture reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, and mentoring to development teams.
- Define technical standards, best practices, governance, and architecture roadmaps.
- Support headless and omnichannel digital experience solutions using GraphQL, Content Services, and API-first architecture.
Required Skills
- 8 years of software development/architecture experience with 5 years of hands-on AEM experience.
- Strong expertise in AEM 6.5 and/or AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS).
- Strong knowledge of AEM Sites, AEM EDS, Assets, OSGi, Sling, JCR, HTL, Dispatcher, workflows, templates, and components.
- Strong Java/J2EE and Spring Boot experience.
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON/XML, microservices, and enterprise integrations.
- Experience with AEM Cloud Manager and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or other cloud platforms.
- Strong understanding of web performance, coaching, CDN, security, and scalability.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Experience working across projects for multiple clients and organizations.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Platform, or Adobe Commerce.
- Experience with React, Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Experience with headless AEM, GraphQL, Content Fragments, and Experience Fragments.
- Experience integrating AEM with Salesforce, PIM, CRM, DAM, eCommerce, or other enterprise platforms.
- Experience with Kubernetes/Docker and cloud-native architectures.
- Adobe AEM certification is a plus.
- Experience with large-scale digital transformation programs.