Infrastructure Architecture
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Cloud Infrastructure & Data Centers · Infrastructure Architecture
Entry: Infrastructure ArchitectIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Infrastructure Architect InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Infrastructure ArchitectIC1
- Infrastructure ArchitectIC2
- Senior Infrastructure ArchitectIC3
- Staff Infrastructure ArchitectIC4
- Principal Infrastructure ArchitectIC5
- Senior Principal Infrastructure ArchitectIC6
- Distinguished Infrastructure ArchitectIC7
- Fellow, Infrastructure ArchitectureIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: SFIA; Microsoft Careers