P4P4 — Senior Professional
Advanced
Architect complex, company-wide systems; drive technical roadmaps; resolve high-level integration challenges; mentor junior architects.
What this level means
Seasoned professional; handles complex tasks, may lead small teams or projects
- Scope
- A system or set of related features
- Autonomy
- Self-directed; reviewed at critical decision points
- Complexity
- Complex, ambiguous problems; devises new approaches
- Impact
- Multi-team / function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns technical decisions for a system; influences adjacent design
- Leadership
- Technical lead for focused efforts; mentors several
- Typical experience
- 5–8 yrs
What you'd do
- Architect complex, company-wide systems
- Drive technical roadmaps
- Architect company-wide systems
- Develop technical roadmaps
- Mentor junior architects
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Complex system architecture
- Technical roadmap development
- Mentoring
- Strategic planning
- Enterprise system architecture
- Technical roadmap strategies
- Integration challenge resolution
- Mentorship in architecture
- Strategic mindset
- Mentoring others
What good looks like
- ~7–10 years experience
- Expertise in multiple platforms preferred
Common titles
Systems Architecture IVSystems Architecture 4Senior Systems ArchitectureSr. Systems Architecture
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.