Senior AEM Cloud Architect — Hybrid Lead for Cloud Migrations

Vanguard Group; General Warren Village (PA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking an experienced Senior AEM Cloud Architect / Technical Lead to drive an Adobe Experience Manager transformation from on-prem to AEM as a Cloud Service. You will lead migrations, design templates, and guide teams across content delivery, DAM, and omnichannel strategies.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, enterprise DAM and content delivery integrations with the Adobe Experience Cloud, and the use of AI-assisted development practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of AEM experience, including 3+ 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 HTL/Sightly, clientlibs, HTML, CSS and modern front-end technologies based on JavaScript/TypeScript, Lit, ReactJS, NextJS etc.
• OSGi services, Sling Models, Servlets, Schedulers, Event Handlers
• Knowledge of API integrations(internal and external) with AEM.
• Experience with headless content design and omni-channel 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.
• Experience with at least one Adobe Experience Cloud integration involving Adobe Data Collection (Tags, WebSDK, and MobileSDK), Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, and AEP.
• Proficiency with AI coding tools (Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) for development acceleration.

Responsibilities

• 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

AEM Cloud Service

AEM migration

Cloud Manager

HTL/Sightly

Sling Models

ReactJS / NextJS

APIs integrations

GraphQL

AI coding tools

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Adobe I/O

AEM Assets

CDN/configuration tooling

Job description

Vanguard is seeking an experienced Senior AEM Cloud Architect / Technical Lead to drive an Adobe Experience Manager transformation from on-prem to AEM as a Cloud Service. You will lead migrations, design templates, and guide teams across content delivery, DAM, and omnichannel strategies.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, enterprise DAM and content delivery integrations with the Adobe Experience Cloud, and the use of AI-assisted development practices.