Today, the Market is Flooded with Architecture Titles
- Sunil Dutt Jha
- Apr 25
- 3 min read
The market has more architects than ever before.
Cloud Architects.
Digital Architects.
Solution Architects.
Enterprise Architects.
Transformation Architects.
On paper, architecture capability has scaled.
In reality:
Architecture itself has not.
Stage 1 — The Real Problem Statement
The issue is not title inflation.
The issue is:
Titles are being assigned without the existence of architecture.
Because when we examine what these roles actually produce, a pattern emerges.
What Exists vs What It Really Means
Let’s be precise.
Cloud Architect exists→ Configures IAM, networking, cloud services (P5)
Digital Architect exists→ Writes Terraform, defines pipelines (P5)
Solution Architect exists→ Draws diagrams, defines APIs (partial P3, no P2 trace)
Enterprise Architect exists→ Reviews programs, attends governance meetings (P6 without P1–P4)
So the enterprise appears architecturally rich.
But structurally:
P1 is not explicitly defined
P2 is not modeled across functions
P3 interactions are not traceable
P4 components are not established
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