Adobe DXP Architect

About the Role

Brainlake is seeking an Adobe DXP Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise digital experience platforms. This is a hands-on, client-facing contract role based in Makkah, with work primarily in Jeddah and Makkah. The successful candidate will have over 10 years of experience in digital or enterprise technology.

Role Context and Impact

This position involves shaping target architectures across the Adobe Experience Cloud and guiding delivery teams to produce scalable, production-ready platforms. The architect will work on enterprise-scale transformation programs, understanding business operations, and making key architectural decisions. The role requires a proactive approach to solution design and architectural defense through to go-live.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with business and technology stakeholders to define objectives, current landscapes, and customer experience requirements.
• Define end-to-end target architectures across Adobe Experience Manager (Sites, Assets, Forms) and Adobe Experience Platform (RT-CDP, Journey Optimizer, Target, Analytics / CJA).
• Translate business and experience requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Document key architectural decisions, including AEM as a Cloud Service vs. on-premise/AMS, headless vs. hybrid delivery, and data/identity strategy.
• Design integrations between Adobe products and enterprise platforms (CRM, commerce, ERP, CDPs, identity providers, data warehouses) using APIs, event-driven patterns, and middleware.
• Define data models, XDM schemas, identity resolution, and audience segmentation approaches for personalization and journey orchestration.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including code/design reviews, development standards, CI/CD via Cloud Manager, and environment strategy.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, security, accessibility, and data privacy requirements, including regional data residency.
• Contribute to solutioning, estimation, and scoping for new phases and change requests.
• Prototype and validate approaches to mitigate delivery risk.
• Identify opportunities for AI capabilities across the Adobe stack to create business value.
• Advise clients on platform roadmap, licensing implications, and adoption best practices.
• Produce high-quality architecture artifacts, including solution designs, integration specifications, and decision records.
• Collaborate with UX, data, marketing, and delivery leads throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications and Experience

• 10+ years of experience in digital or enterprise technology.
• 6+ years of experience architecting on the Adobe Experience Cloud.
• Proven track record of leading end-to-end Adobe implementations on large-scale, multi-workstream programs.
• Experience in a consulting or systems integration environment, delivering for enterprise clients within a structured, client-facing model.
• Deep hands-on AEM expertise, including Cloud Service, components and templates, Sling/OSGi, Dispatcher, content and DAM architecture, and headless delivery (GraphQL, Content Fragments).
• Strong working knowledge of AEP and its applications (RT-CDP, AJO, Target, Analytics / CJA), with practical experience in data ingestion, schemas, and identity.
• Solid integration and cloud architecture skills, including REST APIs, Adobe I/O / App Builder, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Ability to communicate architecture clearly to both senior business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Comfort working independently in a contract capacity and quickly integrating into established client teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Adobe certifications such as Adobe Certified Master or Expert (AEM Architect, AEP Architect).
• Experience in regulated or public-sector environments (*, financial services, government, telecoms).
• Experience with Adobe Commerce or Workfront.