The objective of the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Technical lead will be responsible for the management of the VA.com and VFF.com platform (back and front end). This is a newly created role for Virgin Australia as we are undertaking a new project rollout replacing our current CMS platform with AEM and we are looking for a strong and knowledgeable AEM Technical Lead who can work alongside the project and guide the teams on technical decisions, frameworks and implementation, whilst also looking forward to the future management, development and operations of the platform and websites.
This role is highly critical to the success of our digital strategy and only strong AEM technical specialists with hands on experience of AEM 6.3 or later will be considered for the role.

Virgin Australia Group team members are passionate believers in better. When we live our shared values, we can do things that most people would think impossible.

As a result, every person that we come into contact with; our guests, our customers, our colleagues and the community will feel and experience better outcomes, based on the interactions we have with them.

What you’ll be doing:

•            Initially working with Adobe on the re-platforming of VA.com

•            Provide technical oversight and management of resources/ initiatives

•            The lead would need to work closely with solutions architects and cloud engineers to be able to provide up to date and accurate technological advice to the engineering and development & support teams

•            Translating AEM realities into simple terms for non-technical stakeholders

•            Being the technical point of contact for any AEM queries

•            Ensure that strong stakeholder engagement is established and maintained across key portfolio areas

•            Regular meetings / collaboration with Architects & Technology Delivery Partners.

About you:

•            6+ years’ experience with AEM implementations

•            Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) – Adobe Experience Manager Architect

•            Experience end to end implementations of AEM 6.3 or later.

•            Hands on experience Adobe Cloud integrations to AEM solutions/implementation.

•            Good understanding of AEM infrastructure including OSGi, JCR, sling, Bundles, OSGI, Sling model and Dispatcher configuration•            Experience working across multiple products in Adobe Experience Cloud –primarily Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Campaign and Adobe Target

•            Good understanding and appreciation for API, Microservices technologies & Cloud implementations.

•            Proven development experience of front end and back end (using AEM and React) integration, and SPA concept

•            Experience in working in a DevOps culture and practice including continuous integration, testing and deployment

•            Good understanding/worked in Multitenancy AEM Environment

•            Strong analytic, teamwork and collaboration skills to lead discussions and help the team reach consensus

•            Ability to work with designers to develop dynamic user experiences.

What’s next?

If you have the skills and experience and want to be part of our growing Technical team,  please apply via the link below.