Job Summary

JD for Sitecore Architect (DX Solution Lead)

The Sitecore Architect is a Sitecore specialist with 12+ years of IT experience, including 8+ years hands-on in Sitecore. The role is the onsite DX Solution Lead and single point of technical accountability for the client account. It owns the architecture, health and roadmap of the Sitecore estates, works directly with client product owners and IT, and guides the offshore pods through run and change work.

Sitecore 10.x Developer certification is mandatory. SitecoreAI (XM Cloud) certification is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITY

• Own the solution architecture of multiple Sitecore XP 10.x estates, including logical, physical and integration views, and keep them current through the support term.
• Act as the technical point of contact for client product owners, IT architects and portfolio managers. Join weekly IT status meetings and Scrum ceremonies.
• Apply the demand boundary. Work under 5 days stays in AMS. Work over 5 days is shaped, estimated and routed to the enhancement team.
• Lead critical incidents on the bridge alongside client IT, drive root cause analysis and make sure fixes go into the runbooks and known error database.
• Plan releases around business calendars, including code freezes during business-critical periods, and run go / no-go decisions with the client.
• Review designs and code for SXA components, integrations and performance. Define coding standards, quality gates and definition of done for the pods.
• Govern integrations with Aprimo DAM, Coveo / Solr, Brightcove, SFMC, Pardot, OneTrust, GA / GTM, Motor API and ERP / CRM feeds.
• Shape the CMS modernization roadmap in line with Sitecore version end-of-support dates, and give platform-neutral advice on SitecoreAI, AEM and Contentful.
• Coordinate vendors and incumbents during transition, including two-track knowledge transfer and third-party support cases with Sitecore, Aprimo, Coveo and Akamai.
• Assess the current platform and recommend improvements in maintainability, performance, scalability, security and cost.
• Guide agency governance for multiple regional agencies, covering roles, workflows and brand standards.

Skill Requirements

MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• Deep knowledge of Sitecore XP 10.x architecture, SXA, Helix, content model, security model, publishing, caching and Content Search.
• Delivered at least 2 enterprise Sitecore implementations as Architect or Lead, ideally multi-site and multi-language.
• Strong C#, ASP.NET MVC and .NET background with REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with containerised Sitecore on Azure (AKS / Docker) and Azure PaaS services.
• Hands-on experience integrating a DAM (Aprimo preferred) and enterprise search (Coveo or Solr).
• Good understanding of CDN, DNS and SSL (Akamai preferred), web security and performance tuning.
• Experience in Sitecore upgrades and at least one XP to SitecoreAI / headless (Next.js) migration.
• Working knowledge of ITIL incident, problem and change processes in an application support model.

GOOD TO HAVE

• Exposure to AEM or Contentful to support platform-neutral evaluation.
• Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Pardot and OneTrust integrations.
• Energy, oil and gas or other regulated-industry client experience.
• TOGAF or Azure Solutions Architect certification.
• Experience working at client locations in the US and leading globally distributed teams.

Other Requirements