Senior Sitecore Engineer

Senior Sitecore Engineer (810 years) .NET & Azure

Role Summary

Sitecore (XM/XP/XM Cloud)

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design

• Define Sitecore solution architecture aligned to

  Helix

  principles, multi-tenant patterns, and content modeling best practices (Data/Feature/Project layers).
• Select hosting model (XM/XP on-prem/PAAS vs

  XM Cloud

  ), topologies (CM/CD), and integration patterns (REST/GraphQL, webhooks, event-driven).
• Plan content governance: templates, standard values, branching/cloning, workflows, roles & permissions.
  

• Development

• Build components with

  ASP.NET Core

  ,

  Razor

  ,

  SXA

  (renderings/partials),

  JSS/Next.js

  (headless), and

  Sitecore GraphQL

  endpoints.
• Implement personalization (rules/segments), A/B testing, and

  xConnect

  data capture (if XP).
• Create pipelines, processors, commands, custom facets, and search indexes (

  Solr

  /

  Azure Cognitive Search

  ).
• Serialization with

  Unicorn

  or

  TDS

  ; enforce code conventions and Helix layer boundaries.

• Cloud & DevOps (Azure)

• Provision and operate

  App Service / AKS

  ,

  Front Door

  ,

  Azure CDN

  ,

  Application Gateway/WAF

  ,

  Key Vault

  ,

  App Configuration

  ,

  Storage

  ,

  SQL Database

  ,

  Redis

  ,

  Service Bus

  ,

  Cosmos DB

  (as required).
• CI/CD with

  Azure DevOps

  /

  GitHub Actions

  : build pipelines, gated PRs, content serialization promotion, blue-green/canary releases.
• IaC using

  Bicep/Terraform/ARM

  ; environment strategy (Dev/Test/Stage/Prod), slot swaps, config transforms.

• Search & Discovery

• Configure

  Solr

  schemas/cores, synonyms, relevancy tuning; or integrate

  Azure Cognitive Search

  /

  Coveo/Sitecore Search

  .
• Implement faceted search, autosuggest, and SEO-friendly URLs/sitemaps.
  

• Performance, Reliability & Observability

• Apply caching layers (Sitecore HTML/output cache, item/cache keys, Redis), image optimization, CDN strategies.
  
• Load/soak testing, capacity planning, autoscale rules.
  
• Telemetry with

  Application Insights/Log Analytics

  , custom KPIs, error budgets, SLOs; dashboard and alerting setup.

• Security & Compliance

• AuthN/Z via

  Azure AD / Entra ID / B2C

  (OIDC/OAuth2), role-based access, Managed Identity.
• Secrets rotation (Key Vault), WAF rules, bot protection, DDoS mitigation.
  
• OWASP Top 10 hardening,

  CSP

  ,

  SameSite

  ,

  TLS

  , and data privacy (GDPR/CCPA).
• Content workflow approvals & audit trails.
  

• Content & Marketing Integrations

• Content Hub

  ,

  DAM

  ,

  Sitecore Personalize & CDP

  ,

  OrderCloud

  (commerce),

  EXM

  (where applicable).
• CRM/MA integration (Dynamics 365/HubSpot/Marketo), analytics pipelines, consent management.
  

• Quality Engineering

• Unit/integration tests (xUnit/NUnit), API contract tests, UI tests (Playwright), accessibility (

  WCAG 2.2

  ), performance budgets, security scans (SCA/SAST/DAST).
• Code reviews, technical debt management, documentation.
  

• Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Mentor developers, run architecture reviews, estimate and plan sprints, collaborate with designers/SEO/content ops.
  
• Conduct root-cause analysis and continuous improvements.
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 810 years

  total;

  5+ years

  hands-on with Sitecore (v9–v10 and/or

  XM Cloud

  ).
• Strong

  C# / .NET 6+ / ASP.NET Core

  ,

  Razor

  ,

  REST/GraphQL

  ,

  JavaScript/TypeScript

  ; exposure to

  Next.js

  for headless.
• Deep knowledge of

  Helix

  ,

  SXA

  ,

  JSS

  , serialization (

  Unicorn/TDS

  ), Sitecore pipelines/events, item architecture.
• Search expertise with

  Solr

  or

  Azure Cognitive Search

  (schema, analyzers, relevancy).
• Proven Azure experience:

  App Service/AKS

  ,

  Front Door

  ,

  CDN

  ,

  SQL

  ,

  Redis

  ,

  Key Vault

  ,

  App Config

  ,

  Monitor/App Insights

  ,

  Storage

  ,

  Service Bus

  .
• CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions), IaC (

  Bicep/Terraform

  ), release management, environment promotion.
• Performance tuning (profiling, caching strategies), CDN optimization, image/media best practices.
  
• Security fundamentals (OAuth/OIDC, JWT, MSI), OWASP, WAF, secrets hygiene.
  
• SEO & web vitals: semantic markup, structured data, sitemaps, redirects, canonicalization.
  
• Excellent communication, estimation, and stakeholder engagement.
  

Nice-to-Have / Plus

• Sitecore XM Cloud

  enablement/migration experience.

• Sitecore Personalize/CDP

  ,

  Content Hub

  ,

  OrderCloud

  ,

  EXM

  .
• Commerce stack (Sitecore Commerce, OrderCloud, or alternative).
  

• Coveo

  /

  Sitecore Search

  advanced tuning.
• Headless at scale with

  Next.js

  ISR/SSG/SSR; edge rendering via

  Vercel/Azure Front Door

  .
• Containerization (

  Docker

  ), Kubernetes (

  AKS

  ) with GitOps (Flux/Argo).
• Multi-region DR, RTO/RPO planning, backup/restore drills.
  
• Certifications:

  Sitecore 10 Developer

  ,

  Sitecore XM Cloud

  ,

  Microsoft Azure Architect/Developer

  .

Education

• B.E./B.Tech/MCA in Computer Science or related discipline (or equivalent experience).