Reader Prerequisites

You’ll need some knowledge of working on medium to large scale IT projects. That could be as a developer, analyst, within devops, infrastructure etc. Solution Architecture is a senior role, even at entry level. An organisation is paying for your breadth of experience in delivering change within a complex environment.

Don’t be afraid by these statements. We’ll cover the fundamentals as well as the more elusive to define non technical skills. Could you move from a senior developer role to a junior Solution Architect role? Absolutely. Could you make the jump there from a 1st line support role? Probably not. Point here is be realistic about your career path. You may need an additional hop from where you are now.