AEM - Senior Architect - Sites and Assets

Who We Are

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets.

WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.

The opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to join our top-notch team and work on highly visible enterprise-scale digital transformation projects.

What You'll Do

• Lead enterprise-scale migrations from legacy AEM platforms to AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) across Sites and Assets implementations.
• Define cloud migration strategies, modernization roadmaps and target-state architectures.
• Architect scalable and secure cloud-native AEM solutions leveraging Cloud Manager and modern DevOps methodologies.
• Provide architectural leadership for content migration, asset migration, integration modernization and performance optimization.
• Lead multiple client engagements simultaneously and provide technical leadership.

What You Need to Succeed

• Strong expertise in AEM as a Cloud Service architecture and Adobe Cloud Manager.
• Experience defining and leading AEM Sites and Assets migration programs.
• Deep understanding of dispatcher architecture, CDN integration and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with editable templates migration, content fragments, experience fragments and headless CMS architectures.
• Experience establishing CI/CD pipelines and deployment governance for AEMaaCS projects.
• Knowledge of migration tooling including Content Transfer Tool (CTT), Repository Modernizer and Cloud Acceleration Manager.

What we can offer you

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships – all united by our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

WPP (VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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