P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Senior Engineer/Architect I
Senior technical expert. Designs and architects IT solutions. Leads large-scale projects and sets technical standards.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Designs and architects IT solutions
- Leads large-scale projects
- Sets technical standards
- Mentors junior engineers
- Collaborates with stakeholders
- Design IT solutions
- Lead projects
- Set technical standards
- Mentor engineers
- Collaborate with stakeholders
Skills, knowledge & tools
- IT solution design
- Project leadership
- Technical standard setting
- Mentorship
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Network architecture
- Compliance technologies
- Project management
- Mentorship techniques
- Stakeholder engagement
- Advanced network architecture
- Expertise in compliance-related technologies
- Project leadership
- Technical mentorship
- Stakeholder Collaboration
What good looks like
- Several years of experience
- Graduate degrees or advanced training in IT management preferred
- Proven project leadership skills
Common titles
Information Technology Support IIIInformation Technology Support 3Mid-Level Information Technology SupportSenior Engineer/Architect I
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.