diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 288d3c0699..0000000000
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Contributors to the Open 3D Engine Project.
- * For complete copyright and license terms please see the LICENSE at the root of this distribution.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- *
- */
-
-#include <AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.h>
-
-namespace AZ::Dom
-{
-    Visitor::Result JsonBackend::ReadFromStringInPlace(AZStd::string& buffer, Visitor& visitor)
-    {
-        return Json::VisitSerializedJsonInPlace(buffer, visitor);
-    }
-
-    Visitor::Result JsonBackend::ReadFromString(AZStd::string_view buffer, Lifetime lifetime, Visitor& visitor)
-    {
-        return Json::VisitSerializedJson(buffer, lifetime, visitor);
-    }
-
-    AZStd::unique_ptr<Visitor> JsonBackend::CreateStreamWriter(AZ::IO::GenericStream& stream)
-    {
-        return Json::GetJsonStreamWriter(stream, Json::OutputFormatting::PrettyPrintedJson);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.h b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.h
index 536fec7418..1ecfa3fb37 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.h
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.h
@@ -13,11 +13,26 @@
 
 namespace AZ::Dom
 {
+    //! A DOM backend for serializing and deserializing JSON <=> UTF-8 text
+    //! \param ParseFlags Controls how deserialized JSON is parsed.
+    //! \param WriteFormat Controls how serialized JSON is formatted.
+    template<Json::ParseFlags ParseFlags = Json::ParseFlags::ParseComments, Json::OutputFormatting WriteFormat = Json::OutputFormatting::PrettyPrintedJson>
     class JsonBackend final : public Backend
     {
     public:
-        Visitor::Result ReadFromStringInPlace(AZStd::string& buffer, Visitor& visitor) override;
-        Visitor::Result ReadFromString(AZStd::string_view buffer, Lifetime lifetime, Visitor& visitor) override;
-        AZStd::unique_ptr<Visitor> CreateStreamWriter(AZ::IO::GenericStream& stream) override;
+        Visitor::Result ReadFromStringInPlace(AZStd::string& buffer, Visitor& visitor) override
+        {
+            return Json::VisitSerializedJsonInPlace<ParseFlags>(buffer, visitor);
+        }
+
+        Visitor::Result ReadFromString(AZStd::string_view buffer, Lifetime lifetime, Visitor& visitor) override
+        {
+            return Json::VisitSerializedJson<ParseFlags>(buffer, lifetime, visitor);
+        }
+
+        AZStd::unique_ptr<Visitor> CreateStreamWriter(AZ::IO::GenericStream& stream) override
+        {
+            return Json::GetJsonStreamWriter(stream, WriteFormat);
+        }
     };
 } // namespace AZ::Dom
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonSerializationUtils.h b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonSerializationUtils.h
index be055d7f5c..4197209b8e 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonSerializationUtils.h
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonSerializationUtils.h
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ namespace AZ::Dom::Json
         PrettyPrintedJson, //!< Formats JSON in a pretty printed form, focusing on legibility to readers.
     };
 
+    //! Specifies parsing behavior when deserializing JSON.
+    enum class ParseFlags : int
+    {
+        Null = 0,
+        StopWhenDone = rapidjson::kParseStopWhenDoneFlag,
+        FullFloatingPointPrecision = rapidjson::kParseFullPrecisionFlag,
+        ParseComments = rapidjson::kParseCommentsFlag,
+        ParseNumbersAsStrings = rapidjson::kParseNumbersAsStringsFlag,
+        ParseTrailingCommas = rapidjson::kParseTrailingCommasFlag,
+        ParseNanAndInfinity = rapidjson::kParseNanAndInfFlag,
+        ParseEscapedApostrophies = rapidjson::kParseEscapedApostropheFlag,
+    };
+
+    AZ_DEFINE_ENUM_BITWISE_OPERATORS(ParseFlags);
+
     //! Visitor that feeds into a rapidjson::Value
     class RapidJsonValueWriter final : public Visitor
     {
@@ -128,16 +143,18 @@ namespace AZ::Dom::Json
     //! \param lifetime Specifies the lifetime of the specified buffer. If the string specified by buffer might be deallocated,
     //! ensure Lifetime::Temporary is specified.
     //! \param visitor The visitor to visit with the JSON buffer's contents.
+    //! \param parseFlags (template) Settings for adjusting parser behavior.
     //! \return The aggregate result specifying whether the visitor operations were successful.
-    template<int ParseFlags = rapidjson::kParseCommentsFlag>
+    template<ParseFlags parseFlags = ParseFlags::ParseComments>
     Visitor::Result VisitSerializedJson(AZStd::string_view buffer, Lifetime lifetime, Visitor& visitor);
     //! Reads serialized JSON from a string in-place and applies it to a visitor.
     //! \param buffer The UTF-8 serialized JSON to read. This buffer will be modified as part of the deserialization process to
     //! apply null terminators.
     //! \param visitor The visitor to visit with the JSON buffer's contents. The strings provided to the visitor will only
     //! be valid for the lifetime of buffer.
+    //! \param parseFlags (template) Settings for adjusting parser behavior.
     //! \return The aggregate result specifying whether the visitor operations were successful.
-    template<int ParseFlags = rapidjson::kParseCommentsFlag | rapidjson::kParseInsituFlag>
+    template<ParseFlags parseFlags = ParseFlags::ParseComments>
     Visitor::Result VisitSerializedJsonInPlace(AZStd::string& buffer, Visitor& visitor);
 
     //! Takes a visitor specified by a callback and produces a rapidjson::Document.
@@ -159,31 +176,25 @@ namespace AZ::Dom::Json
     //! \return The aggregate result specifying whether the visitor operations were successful.
     Visitor::Result VisitRapidJsonValue(const rapidjson::Value& value, Visitor& visitor, Lifetime lifetime);
 
-    template<int ParseFlags>
+    template<ParseFlags parseFlags>
     Visitor::Result VisitSerializedJson(AZStd::string_view buffer, Lifetime lifetime, Visitor& visitor)
     {
-        static_assert(
-            (ParseFlags & rapidjson::kParseInsituFlag) == 0,
-            "VisitSerializedJsonInPlace requires kParseInSituFlag not to be set, use VisitSerializedJsonInPlace to parse in-situ");
-
         rapidjson::Reader reader;
         rapidjson::MemoryStream stream(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
         RapidJsonReadHandler handler(&visitor, lifetime);
 
-        reader.Parse<ParseFlags>(stream, handler);
+        reader.Parse<static_cast<int>(parseFlags)>(stream, handler);
         return handler.TakeOutcome();
     }
 
-    template<int ParseFlags>
+    template<ParseFlags parseFlags>
     Visitor::Result VisitSerializedJsonInPlace(AZStd::string& buffer, Visitor& visitor)
     {
-        static_assert((ParseFlags & rapidjson::kParseInsituFlag) != 0, "VisitSerializedJsonInPlace requires kParseInSituFlag to be set");
-
         rapidjson::Reader reader;
         AzStringStream stream(buffer);
         RapidJsonReadHandler handler(&visitor, Lifetime::Persistent);
 
-        reader.Parse<ParseFlags>(stream, handler);
+        reader.Parse<static_cast<int>(parseFlags) | rapidjson::kParseInsituFlag>(stream, handler);
         return handler.TakeOutcome();
     }
 } // namespace AZ::Dom::Json
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/azcore_files.cmake b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/azcore_files.cmake
index ecc7a41ba1..8557773c93 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/azcore_files.cmake
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/azcore_files.cmake
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ set(FILES
     DOM/DomBackend.h
     DOM/DomVisitor.cpp
     DOM/DomVisitor.h
-    DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.cpp
     DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonBackend.h
     DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonSerializationUtils.cpp
     DOM/Backends/JSON/JsonSerializationUtils.h