{"id":5015,"date":"2023-01-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freelancermap.com\/blog\/the-job-of-an-it-architect-career-insights\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:44:49","slug":"the-job-of-an-it-architect-career-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freelancermap.com\/blog\/the-job-of-an-it-architect-career-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"What does an IT Architect do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this third addition to our new article series \u201cCareer Insights,\u201d we\u2019re talking about IT architects. If you\u2019re interested in a new freelancer career for yourself, or just wondering what an IT architect actually does – this article will include a job description, required skills and exactly what salaries you can expect in this role!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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What is an IT architect?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An IT architect<\/strong> is the person that acts as a middleman between the IT and the business side <\/strong>of things. He or she is an expert at applying IT in a way that is efficient and meets the end goals of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a job description that is kind of between two chairs; you will have to know what both sides are aiming at, what resources they have at their disposal and how to make the link between business requirements and software possibilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to acting as a liaison and having a deep understanding of both sides, an IT architect will often be responsible for creating a robust framework<\/strong>. That means keeping IT solutions easy to change and manage \u2013 things change, often quite fast. And that\u2019s why the IT infrastructure has to be adaptable<\/strong>. You don\u2019t want to be starting from scratch and burning down all of your previous work if you can avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind, however, that different companies, depending on their size and focus, will define IT Architects, in a variety of ways or use different descriptions, as there is not an exact definition of the job. So architects doing pretty much the same job and with the same skills are referred to as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n