AEM Technical Architect (Remote, Contract)
Blue Acorn iCi3 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and technical direction for complex AEM websites, content management, and digital experience solutions.
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable designs covering interfaces, data flows, deployment, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Evaluate platform capabilities, infrastructure, technical debt, build-versus-buy options, and architectural tradeoffs.
- Guide full-lifecycle delivery through discovery, design, development, testing, deployment, design reviews, and solution readiness.
- Manage architectural risks, dependencies, exceptions, and decision records while guiding engineers on implementation and troubleshooting.
- Support client consulting and presales activities including discovery, technical scoping, feasibility analysis, estimates, and risk identification.
- Communicate architecture recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders and collaborate with client, product, data, quality, delivery, and engineering teams.
- Mentor Lead Engineers and Engineers and develop reusable architecture patterns, accelerators, standards, and lessons learned.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering, solution architecture, web content management, or equivalent technical experience.
- Experience owning architecture and key technical decisions for complex client engagements, products, or digital solution domains.
- Experience translating functional and nonfunctional requirements into solution designs, implementation plans, estimates, and architecture decisions.
- Demonstrated expertise designing and leading Adobe Experience Manager solutions and enterprise integrations.
- Proficiency in object-oriented design and Java-based application architecture, including web application performance troubleshooting and optimization.
- Knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, SQL, HTTP, web servers, content delivery networks, and integration technologies.
- Experience conducting design reviews, managing technical risks and dependencies, and guiding engineering teams through complex implementation challenges.
- Experience with Agile delivery approaches, including Scrum, and technical scoping and estimation.
- Strong client consulting, stakeholder facilitation, communication, presentation, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to travel up to 40% as required by client assignments.
- Preferred: experience with AEM as a Cloud Service, Apache Sling, OSGi, JCR, Dispatcher, caching or CDN configurations, UNIX/Linux, Apache web servers, TCP/IP networking, debugging tools, and advanced XML integration patterns.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Remote role based in the United States.
- Contract position.
- Travel of up to 40% may be required depending on client assignments.
- An 85% utilization target applies.
- Full-time, non-temporary employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, life, disability, paid time off, 401(k), and other benefits.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Blue Acorn iCi
Blue Acorn iCi is a digital customer-experience and commerce consultancy that designs, builds, and optimizes eCommerce sites, content platforms, and data-driven personalization for consumer brands and retailers. It provides implementation and managed services across analytics and commerce platforms (including Salesforce Commerce Cloud), conversion optimization, and direct-to-consumer enablement. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, it operates as an Infosys company serving North American and global clients.