Technical Architect - AEM

Job Description

Our CompanyChanging the world through digital experiences is what Adobe s all about. We give everyone from emerging artists to global brands everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!Our companyAt Adobe, were changing the world. How We give people the tools to bring their ideas to life and create content that makes life more fun and work more meaningful. We give businesses and organizations the power to truly engage their customers. Were the ones behind the gorgeously designed content that streams across your laptop, TV, phone, and tablet every day-and were the ones who harness the massive power of big data to help companies move from data to insight and insight to action by delivering content that people crave most.Were a company that understands that product innovation comes from people innovation, and thats why we invest in cultivating leaders throughout the organization. If youre passionate about leading from where you sit, join us.Position SummaryAEM Technical Architect (TA) position is a client-facing role requiring both technical and business/marketing knowledge and skills. TA works to gather & understand Client s unique business requirements and provide expert guidance by sharing best practices & recommendations to our Customer/Implementation Partners in building customized solutions to meet their business reporting needs through AEM platform. TA also performs quality checks to ensure that the implementation cycle follows industry best practices, flag all technical issues and highlight risks when they arise. TA works with Clients to strategize and drive business value from the platform and enable them to adopt & scale-up in their maturity roadmap. It is a technical advisory role with certain hands-on support and requires a solid technical acumen in digital platform implementation and involves constant customer interaction.What youll do

• Be a recognized expert/SME for Adobe internal and regional stakeholders.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with our Clients & implementation Partners.
• Lead small to large, multi-solution consulting engagements with Adobe clients and partners.
• Adapt to and work effectively with a variety of clients and in challenging situations, establishing credibility and trust quickly.
• Take leadership during project delivery in collaboration with Project & Delivery Managers.
• Work on own initiative without a need for directions for most consulting activities.
• Gain understanding of client business requirements, key performance indicators and other functional and/or technical use cases.
• Review overall solution architecture and custom design solutions for AEM (Sites, Assets and Forms), technical approach and go-live readiness.
• Review assessments & recommendations document and liaise with technical consultants.
• Communicate effectively to Customer/Implementation Partner teams on AEM assessments & recommendations, gaps and risks.
• Provide advisory to key stakeholders with industry best practices & recommendations throughout the implementation process to drive Customer success.
• Interact frequently with Client/Implementation Partner teams - marketers, analysts, web developers, QA team, and C-level executives, mainly via conference calls or emails.
• Manage customer expectations of response time & issue resolution and keep projects on schedule and within scope.
• Troubleshoot and reproduce the technical problems reported by customers and define workarounds.
• Effectively analyze complex project issues, devise optimal solutions, and facilitate the recommendations to the Clients and Partners.
• Proactively maintain the highest level of technical expertise by staying current on Adobe DX technologies and solutions through internally and externally available learning opportunities as well as self-study.
• Provide thought leadership to the team and wider consulting community helping to set future strategic direction.
• Participate within the Adobe technical community to develop and share best practices and processes.
• Enable existing/new team members with new product features, delivery processes, project-based learnings and support with any issues or queries.
• Foster teamwork among consultants and cross functional teams.
• Technical writing and PowerPoint presentation creation.

What you need to succeedMust Have

• 12 years of experience as a client-facing consultant with strong experience in AEM implementation & understanding in areas --
• UI technologies like JQuery, Java Script, HTML 5, CSS.
• Technologies like Java EE, Servlets, JSP, Tag libraries, and JSTL skills.
• Dispatcher Configuration, Clustering, CRX repository, Workflows, Replication and Performance management.
• Application development, distributed application development and Internet/Intranet based database applications.
• AEM sites/assets/forms deployment and migration.
• AEM Backend Development like Sling Servlets, OSGi Components and JCR Queries
• Core frameworks such as Apache Sling and Apache Felix.
• CI/CD tools like Maven, Jenkins.
• Code Quality and Security tools like SONAR.
• Touch UI, Sightly (HTL) and Sling Models.
• Software design patterns
• Problem analysis and resolution of technical problems.
• Experience working effectively on multiple Consulting engagements.
• Ability to handle clients professionally during all interfaces.
• Experience presenting in front of various Client-side audiences.
• Exceptional organizational, presentation, and communication skills - both verbal and written.
• Must be self-motivated, responsive, professional and dedicated to customer success.
• Possess an innovative, problem-solving, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, be a team player, and manage change effectively.
• Preferably a degree in Computer Science or Engineering.

Preference will be given for

• Knowledge on latest AEM features and on new cloud technology AEMaaCS.
• Experience on Adobe Cloud Manager deployment tool.
• Knowledge on Scrum/Agile methodologies.
• Good understanding of integration of AEM with other Adobe DX solutions Commerce, Analytics, Target, Audience Manager etc. would be plus.
• Experience presenting in front of various technical and business audiences.

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Keyskills :
javanetframeworkdeliverysql serverpower point presentationkey performance indicatorsjava eebig datatag librariessecurity toolsemerging artistsbusiness reportingproduct innovationthought leadership