CMS Technical Lead – Forge, OpenText Migration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee the technical exploration of the current Forge/OpenText website setup.

• Catalog CMS components, templates, content types, integrations, APIs, and dependencies.

• Identify functionalities linked to Forge/OpenText that require rebuilding, replacement, or decoupling.

• Evaluate target CMS platforms and ascertain their suitability based on architecture, security, customization, integration, operating model, and scalability.

• Establish the target-state architecture and migration strategy.

• Design the CMS content model, component architecture, and integration frameworks.

• Develop a migration plan for content, media, metadata, redirects, and structured data.

• Lead integrations with digital banking, account opening, CRM, product systems, analytics/tag management, search, branch/ATM location services, calculators, marketing automation, personalization, and authentication/SSO systems.

• Define requirements for APIs and middleware.

• Address security, privacy, hosting, environments, deployment, and access control needs.

• Collaborate with credit union architecture and security teams on technical governance.

• Generate estimates and implementation strategies.

• Provide technical guidance to front-end, back-end, and DevOps teams.

• Review code and architecture for quality assurance and maintainability.

• Support cutover, data/content migration, launch, and post-launch stabilization efforts.

• Contribute reusable migration accelerators and technical playbooks for AEQ’s broader Forge offerings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience with enterprise CMS.

• Ideally, direct migration experience with OpenText.

• Over 10 years in CMS architecture, web engineering, or solution architecture.

• Significant experience in enterprise CMS migrations.

• Experience with OpenText TeamSite / Web Experience Management / related OpenText CMS is highly desirable.

• Strong familiarity with at least one modern enterprise CMS platform.

• Experience with headless/hybrid CMS architecture.

• Strong background in API/integration architecture.

• Understanding of Azure/AWS/cloud infrastructure and CI/CD processes.

• Solid knowledge of security and identity fundamentals.

• Experience in banking, credit unions, or regulated industries is preferred.

• Comfortable facilitating technical workshops with architects, CIO/CTO teams, and vendors.

• Experience with Central1 Forge Digital Banking Experience, especially its public website solution.

• Experience leading backend engineering for public websites in financial institutions, particularly credit unions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance initiatives.

• Collaborative and inclusive company culture.