Strategic Planning and Alignment

• Developing the enterprise architecture
• Aligning IT strategy with business goals
• Developing cloud adoption strategies
• Defining cloud governance models
• Identifying (cloud) technology trends
• Defining application requirements
• Developing application roadmaps

Analysis and Design

• Conducting business needs analysis
• Designing architectural solutions
• Designing cloud architectures
• Creating solution architectures
• Modeling and documenting architectures
• Optimizing cloud resources
• Identifying cloud services providers
• Creating application architectures
• Modeling data structures
• Integrating cloud with on-premises systems
• Integrating applications with other systems
• Managing data flows
• Selecting appropriate technologies
• Considering scalability and performance
• Designing data ingestion pipelines
• Ensuring data quality
• Integrating data sources

Innovation and Adoption

• Driving cloud adoption
• Supporting cloud-native development
• Driving innovation
• Improving application performance
• Evaluating emerging technologies
• Recommending technology investments
• Enabling analytics
• Supporting data visualization

Governance and Compliance

• Establishing and enforcing architectural standards
• Managing architectural change
• Ensuring compliance with regulations
• Establishing data governance policies
• Implementing data security measures
• Ensuring data compliance
• Managing data lifecycle

Communication and Collaboration

• Communicating with stakeholders
• Collaborating with teams
• Providing guidance and mentorship
• Managing cloud migrations

Technology Evaluation and Selection

• Evaluating technology options
• Selecting technology solutions
• Selecting technology stacks
• Managing technology risks

­­­Cloud Operations and Management

• Monitoring cloud performance
• Managing cloud costs
• Ensuring cloud security
• Providing technical support
• Ensuring application security
• Administration of an architecture repository