Enterprise Architecture
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Entry: Enterprise ArchitectIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Enterprise Architect InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Enterprise ArchitectIC1
- Enterprise ArchitectIC2
- Senior Enterprise ArchitectIC3
- Staff Enterprise ArchitectIC4
- Principal Enterprise ArchitectIC5
- Senior Principal Enterprise ArchitectIC6
- Distinguished Enterprise ArchitectIC7
- Fellow, Enterprise 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