AEM Solution Architect

Location: Dauphin County, PA

Work Arrangement: Telework eligible position

Schedule: 7.5 hrs/day, 5 days/wk, 37.5 hrs/wk

Contract: 06/01/2026 – 06/30/2027. Historically, these roles are extended for an additional year.

Visas Accepted: USC, GC, GC EAD, H1B

Role Overview

• CODE PA is seeking an experienced AEM Solution Architect to assess the Commonwealth's majority vendor-built Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service implementation and define a sustainable long-term support model for the implementation of pa.gov.
• This role begins with an upfront platform assessment and continues as a strategic technical advisor supporting transition execution, governance, and long-term platform decisions.
• The architect will help leadership understand what is sound versus what introduces risk and recommend the staffing, governance, and support approach needed for the platform's next phases.

Primary Responsibilities

• Evaluate the current AEM as a Cloud Service implementation and distinguish standard platform practice from over-customization or unnecessary complexity.
• Assess long-term maintainability and recommend simplification, stabilization, or remediation where warranted.
• Define what support work can be performed internally, by contractors, or by a vendor and develop a credible transition approach.
• Identify the skills and roles required for the future-state support team.
• Establish documentation standards and guide knowledge transfer from the current vendor to future support resources.
• Support architecture decisions across AEM Sites, Assets, Forms, templates, workflows, and content models.
• Advise leadership on governance, technical debt, vendor oversight, procurement input, and long-term supportability.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to executive, procurement, and operational stakeholders.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience in Enterprise Contect Management, Digital Platform Architecture, or closely related roles
• Deep hands-on Adobe Experience Manager expertise across architecture, implementation and support
• Deep knowledge of Java, Sling, dispatcher, and front-end integration.
• Experience assessing complex, highly customized enterprise platform environments and identifying supportability risks.
• Experience working with vendor-built systems and evaluating transition readiness.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical assessments, support models, and documentation strategies.
• Experience with collaboration and delivery tools such as Confluence, SharePoint, or Azure DevOps.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting transitions from vendor-led to internal or hybrid support models.
• Experience establishing enterprise platform governance, including customization standards and change management.
• Experience contributing to technical procurement, SOWs, or contractor role definition.
• Experience supporting large public-facing or government digital platforms.
• Familiarity with AEM as a Cloud Service operational constraints, including Cloud Manager pipelines, deployment strategies, and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of AEM security models and familiarity with accessibility requirements.
• Relevant Adobe or architecture certifications.