EDS Architect

TechDigital Group; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group in Mettawa, Illinois is seeking an Architect to design and govern Adobe AEM solutions for global clients. The role focuses on translating business requirements into scalable architectures that enhance digital experiences and optimize content operations.

The successful candidate will have hands-on experience with AEM architecture, drive AEM implementations, and ensure high-quality delivery standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands‑on experience designing and implementing Adobe AEM solutions across forms, sites, frontend and backend modules.
• Proven background in AEM sites architecture, including content modeling and component design.
• Strong understanding of web technologies and modern frontend approaches.

Responsibilities

• Design end to end Adobe AEM architectures that deliver scalable digital experiences.
• Drive solution blueprints for complex AEM implementations emphasizing performance and security.
• Oversee configuration and customization of AEM sites.

Skills

AEM Forms, AEM Sites – Architect

Adobe AEM

AEM Backend

AEM Frontend

Education

Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) – Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect

Equivalent advanced certification in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Job description

Top 3 Skills Required

• EDS Design and Architecture
• Understanding and translating EDS Blocks, Themes and other components
• AEM Architecture and Design

Job Summary

Architect will design and govern robust Adobe AEM solutions across sites, forms, frontend and backend capabilities for global clients, translating business requirements into scalable architectures that enhance digital experience, optimize content operations and align with hybrid work practices while supporting manufacturing and supply chain and research and development use cases in a day shift role.

Required Skills

• AEM Forms, AEM Sites – Architect
• Adobe AEM
• AEM Backend
• AEM Frontend

Job Responsibilities

• Design end to end Adobe AEM architectures that integrate forms sites frontend and backend components to deliver consistent and scalable digital experiences for global stakeholders across a hybrid work environment.
• Drive solution blueprints for complex AEM implementations by translating business goals into technical designs that emphasize performance, security, maintainability and reuse across multiple product lines.
• Oversee configuration and customization of AEM sites and related modules to support content authoring workflows, multilingual experiences and personalized journeys that improve customer engagement and satisfaction.
• Guide development teams on AEM frontend implementation, including component‑driven design, responsive layouts and client‑side optimization to ensure accessible, fast and intuitive interfaces.
• Direct backend solution patterns for AEM, including service layer design, integration patterns and content modeling so that systems are loosely coupled, resilient and easier to evolve over time.
• Coordinate with enterprise architects, product owners and manufacturing and supply‑chain stakeholders to align AEM capabilities with operational process optimization and digital thread initiatives.
• Partner with research and development teams to explore innovative AEM use cases, experimentation frameworks and proof‑of‑concept efforts that accelerate product innovation and knowledge sharing.
• Establish reference architectures, coding standards and review practices for Adobe AEM solutions so that delivery quality remains consistently high across distributed teams working in a hybrid model.
• Collaborate with security and compliance experts to embed privacy, data protection and access control requirements within AEM solutions while meeting industry regulations and internal governance expectations.
• Optimize AEM performance by defining caching strategies, content structure guidelines and monitoring dashboards that enable proactive detection and resolution of issues before they impact business operations.
• Coordinate cross‑functional work planning for AEM releases, including estimation, technical risk assessment, dependency mapping and deployment strategies to minimize disruption during business hours.
• Support content authors and business users by shaping intuitive templates, components and workflows that reduce manual effort, accelerate content publishing and improve time to market for campaigns.
• Document solution decisions, patterns and runbooks in clear and reusable formats to enable knowledge transfer, onboarding of new team members and sustainable long‑term platform ownership across the organization.

Qualifications

• Require extensive hands‑on experience designing and implementing Adobe AEM solutions across forms, sites, frontend and backend modules with a strong focus on large‑scale enterprise deployments.
• Require proven background in AEM sites architecture, including content modeling, template frameworks, component design and workflow configuration to support complex business structures.
• Require strong understanding of web technologies, including modern frontend approaches, Java‑based backend development and integration techniques applicable within the Adobe AEM ecosystem.
• Require ability to collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders in a hybrid work arrangement while communicating complex architectural concepts in clear and practical terms.
• Nice to have experience applying AEM capabilities to manufacturing and supply‑chain business scenarios such as product information distribution, dealer portals and field‑enablement solutions.
• Nice to have exposure to research and development environments where digital platforms support collaboration, experiment tracking and knowledge management for innovation programs.
• Nice to have familiarity with cloud‑based hosting models for AEM and related DevOps practices that improve reliability, observability and continuous delivery across environments.

Certifications Required

• Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) – Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect
• Equivalent advanced certification in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)