Senior AEM Architect
Job Description
We Are:
Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence. Visit us at: www.accenture.com/song
There will never be a typical day at Accenture Song, but that's why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference while working on exciting client initiatives are limitless in this ever-changing space.
You Are:
We are looking for a highly effective Senior AEM Architect to join our team. This person will utilize best practices and methodologies to design and implement the best solution for our clients. This key member of our team contributes to the entire software development lifecycle including analysis, requirement specification, use case and data modeling, development, testing, and implementation as well as educating and leading others in the form of code reviews, workshops, and documentation.
Responsibilities:
Lead large scale AEM technical requirements
Responsible for supporting any new business development activities or RFPs
Technical grooming for functional stories and create tech design documentation for development team
Responsible for providing platform governance and operational guidelines following best practices in multi-tenant environment
Support development team in designing and troubleshooting any environment issues
Impact analysis and effort estimations on change request
Assesses work effort for time to complete estimates
Build multi-view architecture diagrams for different stakeholders and meeting their prospects
Interact with client technical leads and architects in support of physical and integration architecture
Interact with engagement and project managers to ensure proper adherence to SDLC and to conduct project risk identification and mitigation planning
Participates in the software design, software development, and package implementation using standard WCM or eCommerce platforms such as Adobe AEM (CQ), SDL Tridion, hybris and Oracle/ATG
Provides advanced-level development, testing, debugging and documentation skills
Provides oversight, planning, and technical guidance to ensure successful delivery of software projects
Ensures software developed adheres to best practices and quality standards through code and design reviews
Vendor management with AMS team
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
7+ years experience designing Adobe Experience Manager solutions
5+ years experience leading teams and technical project requirements
5+ years of hands on Java & J2EE/JEE software development experience
3+ years of experience designing solutions with related techs (Target, Analytics, AEP etc…)
A minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required for this position
English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
Nice to Have:
AEM Architect Certified
Experience working with WCM platforms and tools such as SDL Tridion, Sitecore, Fatwire, CrownPeak, hybris, Oracle/ATG Demandware, Intershop and IBM WebSphere Commerce
Experience in multiple web technologies including: XML, HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, AJAX / JavaScript, Web Services/SOAP, SQL
Experience with one or more Java concepts and patterns including: Java/J2EE, JSP, Spring, Sling, JMS, JUnit, AOP, MVC, Eclipse
Experience and full lifecycle involvement with both waterfall and Agile methodologies
Experience with multiple source control systems: CVS, SVN, Git
Working knowledge of multiple web and application tier technologies: Tomcat, WebSphere, Weblogic, Apache Http, Spring tcServer, Solr, open source packages Experience with project automation technology: Jenkins, Continuum, Hudson, automated unit testing, Maven, Ant Experience with the performance tuning and analysis: thread dump analysis, heap dump analysis, profilers, performance troubleshooting
Experience with web application design and analysis, design patterns, and object oriented design
Experience with multiple Unix/Linux operating systems
Ability and willingness to split time between management and hands-on software design, development, and review
Strong leadership skills, including the ability to deliver constructive feedback and the ability to lead by example
Hands on experience estimating development tasks
Ability to anticipate issues and formulate remedial actions
Experience managing and/or being managed by remote teams/offices
Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Experience in a consulting environment
Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian