Remote AEM Technical Architect – Enterprise CMS Leader

Merkle Schweiz; Town of Texas, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Disability insurance (short-term &

Flexible paid time off

At least 15 paid holidays per year

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Dentsu seeks an AEM Technical Architect to lead enterprise Adobe Experience Manager implementations and provide architectural direction throughout the project lifecycle. The role partners with client stakeholders, analysts, QA, and DevOps to align requirements and drive delivery.

Responsibilities include designing scalable integrations, creating architecture diagrams, mentoring developers, and guiding delivery teams through complex challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing and delivering solutions with AEM Sites and AEM Assets.
• 3+ years of experience architecting enterprise-grade CMS or AEM implementations.
• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service and/or Adobe Managed Services; exposure to on-premises AEM environments is valuable.
• Strong experience with Java, HTTP, REST APIs, custom AEM components, templates, workflows, and integrations.
• Hands-on ability to troubleshoot implementation issues, assess code and design decisions, and unblock delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end AEM solution design and provide architectural direction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Partner with client stakeholders, business analysts, QA, lead developers, developers, DevOps teams, and third-party vendors to clarify requirements and align the implementation approach.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, technical solution designs, integration designs, and other project-level documentation.
• Design scalable and secure integrations between AEM and external platforms such as commerce, CRM, ERP, analytics, and marketing systems.
• Translate business and technical requirements into componentized AEM solutions, implementation patterns, and actionable direction for delivery teams.
• Guide lead developers and developers, review technical approaches and code, and help resolve complex delivery blockers.
• Design content workflows for creation, review, approval, and publishing within AEM, applying project-level governance and quality standards.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, release readiness, and change-management requirements.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and monitor technical milestones, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress.
• Communicate complex technical recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and influence alignment around the proposed solution.
• Provide technical effort estimates and planning input for AEM engagements.
• Mentor team members and share AEM architecture and implementation best practices.
• Adapt to new clients, technologies, and project needs as engagements evolve.

Skills

Client-facing communication

Presentation

Collaboration

Organization

Independent problem-solving

Tools

GitHub

Bitbucket

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Dentsu seeks an AEM Technical Architect to lead enterprise Adobe Experience Manager implementations and provide architectural direction throughout the project lifecycle. The role partners with client stakeholders, analysts, QA, and DevOps to align requirements and drive delivery.

Responsibilities include designing scalable integrations, creating architecture diagrams, mentoring developers, and guiding delivery teams through complex challenges.