Job Title              : AEM Solution Architect

Job Type             : 50% onsite / 50% remote

Location              : Dauphin County, PA

Role Overview :

This role focuses on evaluating and stabilizing the Adobe Experience Manager platform supporting PA.gov and helping define the long-term support model for the environment. The architect will assess platform risks, recommend improvements, support vendor transition planning, and advise leadership on governance, documentation, and future-state architecture decisions.

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 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 Content 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