Senior Specialist IT Architecture – Application & Solution Architecture (Adobe & Design Systems)

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
Waukegan, IL · Chicago, IL
Salary
$113,300–$226,700 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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This role $170k
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$220,925 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $170k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 56 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $113,300–$226,700 across 54 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Specialist IT Architecture – Application & Solution Architecture (Adobe & Design Systems)

The Senior IT Architect role focuses on designing and delivering scalable application architectures for digital experience platforms within the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem. This hands-on position requires deep expertise in AEM, analytics, target marketing, and campaign management to create high-quality, reusable solutions that enhance user engagement. The architect will collaborate closely with product, UX, and engineering teams to implement modern design systems, component-based architecture, and headless CMS integrations using React or similar frameworks. Key responsibilities include establishing scalable integration patterns, providing technical leadership, ensuring performance and security standards are met, and driving adoption of cloud-native and DevOps practices. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in application/solution architecture with a strong background in Adobe Experience Cloud, API design, microservices, and front-end frameworks like React or Angular.

What you'll do

  • Design end-to-end application and solution architectures aligned with business needs.
  • Lead implementation of Adobe Experience Cloud platforms, particularly AEM.
  • Define and implement design systems architecture for reusable UI components.
  • Architect component-based and headless solutions integrating AEM with modern front-end technologies.
  • Establish scalable integration patterns using APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
  • Ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, scalability, security, and reliability.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of IT experience with a focus on application/solution architecture.
  • Proven expertise in Adobe Experience Cloud (AEM required; Analytics, Target, Campaign preferred).
  • Strong hands-on experience with AEM and digital marketing platforms including Martech stack strategy.
  • Expertise in design systems, component-based architecture, API design, microservices, and integration architectures.
  • Solid collaboration skills working across engineering, UX, and business teams.
  • Knowledge of modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular) and headless CMS architectures.

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