RTCDP)

CourtAvenue

1d•$125 - $140•Remote

About The Position

This is a focused part-time contract/freelance engagement, roughly 2 days per week for about six months, well-suited to an independent architect running it alongside other work. The engagement starts the week of June 29, 2026, and runs until December 18, 2026. The role involves supporting GTX Solutions (a CourtAvenue Company) on an enterprise B2B marketing transformation, specifically a migration to Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO) and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP). The ideal candidate is a hands-on data or MarTech architect with experience on a modern CDP, capable of defining schemas, designing ingestion and identity strategy, governing integrations, and documenting processes. They will act as the technical lead in a multi-vendor program, communicating effectively with both data engineers and senior marketing stakeholders.

Requirements

8+ years in data architecture, MarTech architecture, systems integration, or enterprise data engineering.
Hands-on AEP experience: XDM schema design, batch and streaming ingestion, Profile Service configuration. Adobe is preferred, but comparable CDP platforms (Segment, Tealium, Salesforce Data Cloud, Treasure Data) are acceptable.
Strong CDP architecture concepts: identity resolution and real-time profile activation.
SQL proficiency.
Familiarity with Python, pipeline tools (Kafka, Azure Data Factory), or a cloud platform (Azure, AWS, GCP).
Experience designing and governing integrations across enterprise CRM, data warehouse, and marketing activation platforms.
Strong data governance, data quality management, consent frameworks, and enterprise security.
Excellent documentation skills: technical design specs, data dictionaries, and integration diagrams.
Strong communication skills across technical engineering teams and senior marketing stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Adobe RTCDP configuration (merge rules, identity namespaces, audience activation).
Experience supporting a legacy marketing automation migration.
AJO technical configuration (API-triggered journeys, event schema).
Experience in complex, multi-vendor program environments with shared data responsibilities.
MarTech consulting, systems integration, or digital transformation advisory background.
AEP certifications (AEP Architect, AEP Business Practitioner, or equivalent).
Enterprise data experience in telco, technology, or financial services.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical architecture for the client's B2B marketing stack in AEP: XDM schema design, dataset configuration, ingestion pipelines, and identity graph strategy.
Define and govern the data integration architecture between upstream enterprise sources (CRM, order management, customer service, product usage) and AEP.
Architect and oversee RTCDP configuration: profile merge rules, identity namespaces, consent management, and destination activation.
Partner with the technical build team on AJO configuration (channel surfaces, data source connections, event schema).
Provide technical oversight for the legacy-platform migration to AJO/AEP: data mapping, suppression logic translation, and historical migration planning.
Define MarTech integration standards and data contracts between AEP and downstream channels (email, SMS, paid media, sales enablement).
Collaborate with the client's data engineering and architecture teams on governance, security, and compliance alignment.
Document architecture decisions, data flows, integration specs, and platform configurations.
Identify and resolve data quality, latency, and completeness issues affecting activation and personalization.
Support the Analytics & Measurement Lead with AEP Query Service, data lake access, and reporting datasets.