Senior AEM Cloud Architect

Tekgence Inc; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekgence Inc. in Malvern, PA is seeking a Senior AEM Cloud Architect/Tech Lead to drive cloud migration, architecture, and DevOps practices across the enterprise. The role combines hands-on development of AEM components and templates with strategic leadership to align delivery with business objectives.

You will orchestrate Cloud Manager pipelines, CI/CD, and integrations with Adobe Experience Cloud, while mentoring a team and shaping best practices for scalable, headless content delivery.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of AEM experience with 5+ years on Cloud Service.
• At least one completed AEM Cloud migration from 6.x to Cloud Service.
• Expert knowledge of AEM Cloud architecture, Cloud Manager, and deployment pipelines.
• Proficiency with AEM development building blocks (HTL, Sling Models, OSGi).
• Experience with headless content design using Content Fragments/Experience Fragments and GraphQL.
• Adobe Experience Cloud integrations experience with Data Collection, WebSDK, Analytics, and Target.
• Lead migration efforts from on-prem AEM 6.5 to Cloud Service.

Skills

AEM Cloud Service

AEM Migration

AEM Architecture

CI/CD

OSGi & HTL

Sling Models

Content Fragments/Experience Fragments

GraphQL

Adobe Experience Cloud

Cloud Manager

GitHub/Bitbucket

Education

AEM Developer or Architect certifications

Tools

Cloud Manager

GitHub

Bitbucket

Adobe I/O

Job description

Role Name - Senior AEM Cloud Architect/Tech Lead

Location: Malvern, PA-Hybrid, onsite

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 15+ years of AEM experience, including 5+ years with AEM as a Cloud Service.
• At least one completed AEM Cloud migration from AEM 6.x to AEM as a Cloud Service.
• Expert knowledge of AEM Cloud architecture, Cloud Manager, and deployment pipelines.
• Proficiency with AEM Development building blocks:
• Knowledge of API integrations (internal and external) with AEM.
• Experience with headless content design and delivery using Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, and GraphQL.
• Experience with enterprise DAM implementations and multi-site architectures.
• Strong understanding of AEM Dispatcher configurations, reverse proxy and load balancers.
• Proficiency with AI coding tools (Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) for development acceleration.
• Adobe Experience Cloud integrations experience with Adobe Data Collection - Tags, WebSDK, MobileSDK, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target and AEP.
• Adobe OpenAPI experience for AEM Assets and AEM Sites communication.
• Exposure to AI tools within AEM as a Cloud Service.
• Modern CDN architecture and performance optimization expertise.
• CI/CD pipeline design and DevOps best practices.
• Experience with Adobe I/O and event-driven integrations.
• AEM Developer or Architect certifications.
• Lead migration efforts from on-prem AEM 6.5 to AEM as a Cloud Service.
• Design and implement AEM templates, components, and OSGi services.
• Develop HTL templates, Sling Models, custom OSGi configurations, servlets, and schedulers.
• Design omnichannel and headless content delivery using Content Fragments, Experience Fragments and GraphQL.
• Configure Cloud Manager pipelines and GitHub or BitBucket to Cloud Manager repository synchronization.
• Optimize AEM Dispatcher and CDN configurations for performance and reliability.
• Integrate AEM with the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem.
• Support enterprise DAM implementations and integrations with AEM Sites.
• Establish AI-assisted development workflows and the best practices for the team.

Skills

Digital : Application Programming Interface (API)~Digital : ReactJS~Digital : Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)~Digital : Cloud Service Management