

#System architect salary software#
The title of systems architect connotates higher-level design responsibilities than a software engineer or programmer, though day-to-day activities may overlap. For example, the architect of an air traffic system needs to be more than superficially familiar with all of the tasks of an air traffic system, including those of all levels of users. Above all, the systems architect must be reasonably knowledgeable of the users' domain of experience.

Because of the extensive experience required for this, the systems architect is typically a very senior technologist with substantial, but general, knowledge of hardware, software, and similar (user) systems. The systems architect's work should seek to avoid implementation issues and readily permit unanticipated extensions/modifications in future stages.

Such definitions include: a breakdown of the system into components, the component interactions and interfaces (including with the environment, especially the user), and the technologies and resources to be used in its design and implementation. Systems architects define the architecture of a computerized system (i.e., a system composed of software and hardware) in order to fulfill certain requirements. The systems architect is an information and communications technology professional.
