How to become an enterprise or Solution or Software architect
Official title: Enterprise/Solution/Software architect
Also called: Enterprise architect, Information and communications technology (ICT) system integration consultant, Infrastructure architect (IT), Software architect, Solution architect, Infrastructure Architect, Solutions Architect, ICT system integration consultant
Enterprise/Solution/Software architect plans, designs and develops information technology technical systems solutions based on business needs. He/she identifies architecture and systems integration problems, future technological goals and provides expert advice on solutions. He/she develops information management standards and practices.
Main tasks
- Consulting with users to formulate and document requirements and with management to ensure agreement on systems principles
- Identifying and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices
- Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices, and system functionality and behaviour
- Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans
- Developing functional specifications for use by systems developers
- Expanding or modifying systems to improve work flow or serve new purposes
- Coordinating and linking the computer systems within an organisation to increase compatibility
Ways in
- University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 5 universities in Singapore
- University: Architecture & Built Environment degrees, Offered by 2 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an enterprise or Solution or Software architect?
Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees; Architecture & Built Environment degrees.
Will AI change the work of an enterprise or Solution or Software architect?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026