Cascade CMS Architect

About ExemplifiExemplifi designs, builds, and manages digital experiences for government and higher-education clients. We specialize in large-scale CMS implementations, migrations, and long-term support, with deep expertise in Cascade CMS, Drupal, WordPress, Kentico, and other enterprise platforms. Our teams in the U.S., India, and Latin America deliver strategy, design, and engineering at scale while maintaining the highest standards for accessibility, compliance, and security.The Work We DoWe create sleek, modern, and efficient websites that look great and deliver phenomenal uptime, security, SEO, and accessibility. All of our clients are in the US and European markets. We work on four kinds of engagements: Website Builds, Site Redesigns, Regular Maintenance, and Lift-Shift projects (where we shift the CMS and don’t do any redesign).We have established partnerships with – and are experts in – the top CMS products including Adobe Experience Manager, Kentico, Drupal, Webflow, Contentful, and WordPress. As a company, we have the ability to deliver websites on any of these platforms.Role OverviewThe Cascade CMS Architect / Consultant will serve as a technical and strategic advisor for our dev teams. This role is about system design, architecture, governance, and team enablement.Key Responsibilities- Architecture & Design - Define Cascade site/subsite structures, foldering conventions, and reusable components. - Architect structured content types, templates, and blocks for long-term maintainability. - Governance & Workflow - Configure and optimize role-based workflows for faculty, staff, marketing, and IT teams. - Balance centralized control with decentralized publishing needs. - Integration Planning - Advise on integrations with DAMs (Bynder, Acquia DAM), accessibility tools (Siteimprove, Monsido, DubBot), and analytics (GA4). - Guide API-first and headless Cascade use cases. - Migration & Performance - Support high-volume content migration (5k–10k+ pages). - Recommend caching, CDN, and hosting optimizations for scalability. - Team Enablement - Train and mentor developers (India/Argentina teams) on Cascade best practices. - Review code (Velocity, XML, XSLT, JS/CSS) and enforce quality standards. - Develop internal “cookbooks” for common components and workflows.Desired Qualifications- 5+ years of CMS implementation experience, 3+ years hands-on Cascade CMS (Hannon Hill). - Expertise in Cascade templates, structured content, Velocity scripting, and XML/XSLT. - Strong background in accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1 AA) and higher-ed/government environments. - Experience designing publishing workflows for distributed teams. - Familiarity with common integrations: Siteimprove, DAMs, Cludo, Ellucian/Banner, GA4. - Strong communication skills and ability to work across global, distributed teams. - Bonus: Prior work at a Cascade implementation partner (e.g., Beacon, OHO, NewCity, Elliance, Stamats).Engagement Details- Type: Consultant / Contract (10–20 hrs per week to start). - Location: Remote - Duration: 3–6 month initial engagement, with potential extension. - Compensation: Competitive hourly rate / monthly retainer based on experience.Why Join Us?- Small cohesive team and work directly with the Founder of the company. - We are very employee-focused and have 5-Star ratings across Glassdoor, TrustPilot, and Google Business. - We strongly believe in a healthy work and life balance and so provide a 100% Remote Work Opportunity from anywhere across India. If you prefer to work from a co-working space go ahead, we have you covered. - We have been selected as a “Great Places to Work” for 2021-22 - Our values are built upon meritocracy and our team is driven to constantly learn and grow, communicate well and be digitally efficient. You can learn more at https://enterprise.exemplifi.io/3LVaFIt