Solutions Architect - CMS

Summary

Join DEPT®'s rapidly growing CMS practice as a CMS Architect, designing, implementing, and optimizing content management solutions. You will be responsible for all aspects of CMS and related technologies, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance architectures that align with business needs. This role involves client-facing interactions and cross-functional collaboration with designers, engineers, QA teams, and business stakeholders to deliver seamless digital experiences. A strong familiarity with enterprise solution design is essential, and a passion for building cutting-edge CMS platforms is highly valued. You will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-level CMS platforms, evaluate and integrate CMS solutions, collaborate with developers and stakeholders, define best practices, ensure security and performance, integrate with third-party services, guide development teams in adopting modern architectures, provide technical leadership and mentorship, and stay updated on industry trends. This role requires 5+ years of experience in CMS architecture and development, proficiency in at least one preferred platform (ContentStack, Contentful, Optimizely), experience with other platforms (Sanity, Builder.io, Sitecore, Umbraco), strong frontend and backend development skills, cloud and DevOps experience, security and performance expertise, excellent communication and collaboration skills, content modeling experience, and the ability to work alongside sales and business development teams.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in CMS architecture and development
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in at least one of our preferred platforms such as ContentStack, Contentful, and Optimizely
• Frontend Development Skills: Strong knowledge of one or more technologies such as JavaScript, React, Angular, NextJS, etc
• Backend Development Skills: Strong knowledge of one or more platforms/languages such as Node.js, .NET, or Java
• Cloud & DevOps: Experience designing and architecting for cloud strategies and products with one or more cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Security & Performance: Deep understanding of security best practices, caching strategies, and performance optimization for CMS platforms, omnichannel integrations, cloud products, and data processing
• Collaboration & Leadership: Strong communication skills, ability to work cross-functionally, and experience in mentoring teams
• Content Modeling Experience : Deep understanding of content modeling practices and approaches
• Business Development: Comfortable working alongside sales and business development teams, structuring proposals, estimates, and pitches, and contributing to the pitch process with prospective clients
• Initiative and Curiosity : We often work with blurry requirements and challenging clients. This role will require the initiative to push past blockers, ask great questions, and get stuff done
• Innovate : Our teams love to collaborate and work on new initiatives that improve ways of working and tooling. The role will require a drive to innovate within the CMS space and practice

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-level CMS platforms
• Evaluate, select, and integrate CMS solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements
• Collaborate with developers, UX/UI designers, and stakeholders to ensure seamless content delivery and optimal user experience
• Define best practices for CMS development, customization, and maintenance
• Ensure CMS security, performance, and scalability by implementing best-in-class solutions
• Integrate CMS platforms with third-party services, APIs, and digital marketing tools
• Guide development teams in adopting headless, decoupled, or hybrid CMS architectures
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to development teams
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and CMS advancements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more other platforms like Sanity, Builder.io, Sitecore, Umbraco, or equivalent is advantageous
• Experience with a variety of platform types from DXPs to Headless and API-driven architectures is preferred

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k plan, plus matching
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays
• Parental Leave