Senior Software Engineer- ServiceNow, AEM
Optum
About the role
Description - External Platform & Environment Support: Support and maintain AEM environments (Author, Publish, Dispatcher, CDN) across Dev, QA, Stage, and Production. Monitor system health, logs, and alerts to ensure availability, stability, and performance Perform incident, problem, and change management aligned with ITIL practices Provide L2/L3 production support, including oncall rotations Incident & Issue Management: Diagnose and resolve AEM issues such as: Publishing and replication failures, Dispatcher cache and invalidation issues, Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures, Coordinate issue resolution with development teams, infrastructure, and Adobe support. Deployment & Release Support: Support code, configuration, and content deployments using CI/CD pipelines.
Validate releases through smoke testing and operational verification. Support rollback and recovery procedures when required. Ensure operational readiness for new features and platform changes Monitoring, Performance & Reliability: Monitor AEM using tools such as Splunk, or similar.
Assist with OSGi configuration optimization, and cache strategies Track SLAs, availability metrics, and operational KPIs, Support capacity planning and scaling activities. Security, Access & Compliance: Manage users, groups, roles, and permissions. Support SSL certificate renewals, patching, and vulnerability remediation.
Ensure operational compliance with organizational security and governance standards Content & Author Support: Provide operational support to content authors for: Publishing and workflow issues. DAM and asset management problems. Permissions and access concerns AI Feature Enablement & Support: Enable, configure, and support vendorprovided AI capabilities related to AEM and adjacent platforms (e.g., Adobe Sensei, GenAIdriven content tools, AIassisted DAM features) Support AIenabled features across environments, ensuring stability and compliance.
Act as the operations point of contact for AIrelated incidents and issues. Support configuration and deployment of AI services, APIs, or extensions Serve as a liaison between authors, development, and platform teams Qualifications - External Must have fulltime graduation degree or equivalent experience. Strong AEM operational and troubleshooting expertise. 36+ years of experience supporting Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) in a production environment AEM Sites, Assets, and Forms (Author / Publish) Dispatcher and caching layers Handson experience providing L2/L3 operations or production support for enterprise platforms Strong understanding of: AEM architecture and deployment models (OnPrem, AMS, or AEM as a Cloud Service) Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and release coordination.
Experience supporting AIenabled enterprise platforms. Understanding of AI feature lifecycles from enablement to production support. Vendor collaboration and technical coordination skills.
Familiarity with DevOps, and Agile operating models
Eligibility & process
Who can apply
Experience: 3-5 Yrs. Open to matching qualifications.
Skills & stack
Selection process
- Online Assessment / Technical Interview Rounds / HR Review
Prep kit
20 resourcesStudy material 4
Company-specific guides 4
Likely coding questions 4
Round-wise strategy 4
Technical questions 5
Explain OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) principles with real-world examples in Aem. Answer
What is the time and space complexity of QuickSort vs MergeSort? Answer
Explain the difference between SQL Indexing (B-Tree vs Hash) and when not to use an index. Answer
What happens under the hood when you enter a URL in a browser? Answer
What is the difference between REST and GraphQL APIs? Answer
Behavioural & HR questions 3
Highlight Optum's market reputation, recent tech innovations, and how your skills in Aem directly solve their team's objectives.
Use the STAR method: Situation (project context), Task (what needed solving), Action (specific tools/logic applied), Result (quantifiable positive outcome).
Explain your prioritization strategy, proactive communication with mentors/peers, and agile mindset.