Position Summary
The Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Engineer is a hands-on technical role responsible for solution design, development, delivery, and support of MVW’s customer-facing and associate-facing content management systems (CMS) for branded websites and mobile applications. This position contributes specialized IT knowledge and provides guidance on overall application expertise, experience, and design that supports the MVW enterprise.
The Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Engineer provides technical leadership, supports platform governance, and engineering enablement for MVW’s AEM as a Cloud Service implementation. This role serves as the primary internal subject matter expert for AEM architecture, onboarding, and vendor alignment—leading the implementation, operation, and evolution of AEM alignment with MVW’s digital experience strategy and Adobe cloud service best practices.
This role is accountable for supplier performance and outcomes for partners engaged by MVW to support web and mobile application development and application maintenance. This role works closely with platform owners, product owners, key stakeholders, and leaders to define the application strategy and delivery approach. The role partners with enterprise architects to align technology solutions, with platform owners to align business strategy across business units, and with delivery engineers and vendors to implement the solutions.
Expected Contributions
AEM Platform Ownership & Governance
Serve as the technical leader of the AEM Cloud Service environment, including Development, Publish, and Cloud Manager configurations.
Support platform governance decisions, including multi-tenant structure, brand separation, folder hierarchies, and deployment constraints.
Act as the escalation point for AEM platform questions across engineering, DevOps, vendors, and Adobe.
Architecture & Solution Design
Enhance and maintain the AEM platform supporting marketing sites, brand separation, headless delivery, and integration patterns.
Manage, review, and validate MVW best practices for AEM implementations.
Manage, review, and validate partner‑provided designs and implementation approaches for consistency with MVW standards.
DevOps, CI/CD & Release Management
Support the AEM CI/CD strategy, working with DevOps teams and partners to define deployment pipelines, branching strategies, and release governance.
Coordinate Cloud Manager pipeline usage across multiple brands and sites.
Ensure releases align with MVW security, stability, and operational readiness expectations.
Vendor, Partner & Adobe Engagement
Serve as the primary technical point of contact with Adobe for:
Platform onboarding
Expert Sessions
Ultimate Success / Success Accelerator engagements
Partner with system integrators on implementation planning, technical reviews, and issue resolution.
Access Management & Environment Readiness
Manage AEM Admin and Support role assignments, ensuring teams have appropriate access for development and support ticketing.
Coordinate sandbox, non-production, and production readiness to avoid delivery blockers.
Enablement & Knowledge Transfer
Manage internal AEM capability build‑out, including:
Technical onboarding
Best practice alignment
Knowledge transfer from vendors and Adobe
Identify skill gaps and coordinate enablement sessions rather than relying on indefinite vendor dependency
General
Subject matter expert for platform/capability; works with supplier and other experts to stay ahead of technology trends related to the platform
Manages application and platform innovation
Manages delivery partners to produce application development outcomes in alignment with solution designs
Candidate Profile
Education
College degree: technology based, engineering, computer science, or statistical/math sciences or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree
Experience
Significant experience developing customer facing web and mobile applications
Requires at least 7 years of progressive experience with CMS systems, with a focus on Adobe AEM.
Requires at least 7 years of progressive experience with web (Java, REST APIs, CSS, and HTML) and mobile development technologies
Hands-on experience in Agile methodology
Progressive experience with integrations to backend services, analytics, CMS solutions, and security best practices.
Applied understanding of User Experience Architecture, User-Centered Design Analysis and application design.
Experience with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for web and mobile applications
Experience with DevOps best practices and release automation
Experience in a multi-channel environment (web, mobile, agent, automated phone, etc.)
Able to exhibit a progression of increasingly complex platforms/applications and successfully deliver complex IT projects
Skills/Attributes
Strong leadership and communication skills
Proven project management and team organization capabilities
Web and Mobile application development and testing practices
Strong problem resolution skills
Ability to build and maintain effective business relationships to align AEM capabilities with business objectives
Demonstrated application strategy and design expertise
Process management and improvement mindset
Innovation and forward-thinking approach
Ability to coach and train business users on AEM capabilities, standards and best practices
Supplier management skills, with experience collaborating with third-party or offshore teams to deliver projects.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in technology, engineering, computer science, or related quantitative field
- 7+ years progressive experience with CMS systems, focused on Adobe AEM
- 7+ years experience with web and mobile development technologies (Java, REST APIs, HTML, CSS)
- Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies
- Experience with integrations to backend services, analytics, CMS solutions, and security best practices
- Applied understanding of User Experience Architecture and User-Centered Design
- Experience with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for web and mobile
- Experience with DevOps best practices, CI/CD and release automation
- Experience supporting multi-channel environments (web, mobile, agent, phone)
- Supplier/vendor management and ability to coordinate with system integrators and Adobe
- Strong leadership, communication, project management, and coaching skills
What We Do
Marriott Vacations Worldwide encompasses a diverse portfolio of businesses — and a distinctive family of brands. Innovation. Integrity. Excellence. This is our story. And while the company spans brands and businesses, decades and continents, our shared inspiration continues to drive us forward: delivering unforgettable experiences that make vacation dreams come true. Grounded in our culture of caring and collaboration, we empower people to live their most fulfilling lives. We believe that how we do business is as important as the business we do. We put our customers at the center of every decision we make. And we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity and excellence, all while having fun and winning together as one team. Marriott Vacations Worldwide offers part-time and full-time careers at more than 100 resorts worldwide. Whether sharing warm, welcoming smiles, information about local fun spots or authentic cultural traditions, each of our associates leverages their passion for vacations to create fulfilling careers -- and lives. We foster environments where associates are given opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. Our first focus is to care for our associates so they can care for our customers. #TheMVWay #TeamMVW
