Technology Architect

Project Role : Technology Architect Project Role Description : Design and deliver technology architecture for a platform, product, or engagement. Define solutions to meet performance, capability, and scalability needs. Must have skills : Enterprise Architecture Framework Good to have skills : CommerceTools Commerce Platform Minimum 15 year(s) of experience is required Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education Summary: As a CDP Architect for Adobe Experience Platform, you will be responsible for defining, owning, and governing the enterprise CDP architecture vision — translating complex business requirements and client industry standards into scalable, future-proof AEP implementations. You will serve as the technical authority across all AEP capability domains: XDM schema governance, ingestion architecture (batch, streaming, Flow Service API, CDC), Query Service / Data Distiller analytics strategy, Federated Audience Composition with enterprise data warehouses, identity resolution design, real-time segmentation, and data governance frameworks compliant with GDPR and CCPA. You will operate at the intersection of strategy and delivery — leading architecture review boards, setting platform engineering standards, mentoring senior developers and lead engineers, and managing multiple client engagements simultaneously. You will produce architecture blueprints, HLD/LLD artefacts, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) while driving technical data source deep-dive sessions with clients to assess current-state maturity and define the target AEP architecture. Roles & Responsibilities: - Drive and own technical data source deep-dive sessions with clients — assessing current-state architecture across source systems (Redshift, Reltio, Veeva, Target) and defining the target AEP ingestion architecture and XDM data model. - Define and own the enterprise CDP architecture vision — AEP platform topology, environment strategy (sandbox SDLC pipeline), XDM schema governance model, and dataset lifecycle policy. - Construct custom technical architectures for multiple AEP solutions simultaneously — fitting client industry standards, regulatory requirements, use cases, and technical constraints. - Lead architecture review boards (ARBs) — reviewing team designs against enterprise standards and approving or documenting deviations with risk assessment. - Drive platform selection and ingestion pattern decisions — evaluating and recommending the optimal AEP ingestion approach (batch, streaming, CDC, Flow Service API, FAC) for each source system. - Manage multiple client engagements simultaneously — balancing architecture design, delivery governance, and stakeholder management across concurrent programmer. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams — data engineers, marketing technologists, business analysts, and QA leads — to deliver impactful data-driven CDP solutions. - Govern data quality and integrity — defining quality gates for ingestion pipelines, profile completeness thresholds, and identity resolution accuracy metrics across AEP implementations. - Define and govern AEP schema architecture — owning the XDM field group taxonomy, data type standards, schema versioning policy, and Customer Profile alignment across all ingestion workstreams. - Design and govern batch ingestion architectures using AEP Batch Connectors, cloud storage sources (Amazon S3, Azure ADLS, Google Cloud Storage), and SFTP — defining throughput SLAs, retry policies, partitioning standards, and file format contracts (Parquet, JSON, CSV, Avro). - Architect AEP Source Connector configurations for native Adobe applications (Target) and third-party SaaS platforms (Redshift, Reltio, Veeva) — defining authentication strategy, schema discovery standards, and incremental ingestion patterns for each source system. - Design CDC (Change Data Capture) integration patterns using Kafka, Debezium, and AEP Streaming Inlets — defining topic naming conventions, schema registry alignment, and dead-letter queue (DLQ) strategies. - Govern ETL / ELT pipeline architecture standards for ADF, Informatica IDMC, Talend, and dbt workloads feeding AEP — including Parquet / JSON payload contracts and cloud storage staging conventions. - Architect and govern custom source integrations using the AEP Flow Service API — defining enterprise standards for the full object lifecycle: base connections, source connections, target connections, Data Prep mapping sets, and dataflows. - Define and own the AEP Sources SDK governance framework for custom source connector development — setting authentication spec standards, pagination strategy, rate-limit handling, and error recovery patterns for proprietary systems (Reltio MDM, Veeva CRM, legacy ERPs). Professional & Technical Skills: - The candidate should have overall 12–15 years of experience with minimum 5+ years in AEP / Adobe Experience Cloud architecture and enterprise CDP programmer delivery. - Minimum 2 years hands-on SQL experience — AEP Query Service (PostgreSQL dialect) and Data Distiller experience required ability to define SQL architecture standards and govern compute usage across delivery teams. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 15 years education) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification advantageous. - The ideal candidate will possess a strong educational background in computer science or a related field, along with a proven track record of delivering impactful AEP / CDP solutions at enterprise scale across multiple industries. - Authority-level experience with the AEP Flow Service API object model — connection spec governance, base and source connection standards, Data Prep mapping architecture, and CI/CD-based sandbox-to-production promotion. - Proven experience designing Federated Audience Composition architectures — federated DWH connections (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query, Azure Synapse) with Private Link