SFIA Skills Profiles

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Agile change agents

E.g., Scrum Master, Agile Coach

Agile delivery

Agile product management

E.g., Product Manager, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer

Agile delivery

Application development practitioners

E.g., Web Developer, Front End developer, Full Stack Engineer, Back End Developer

Application platform

Application platform management practitioners

E.g., Platform Owner, Application Owner, Platform Manager, Head of Platform Engineering

Application platform

Application support practitioners

E.g., Application Support Analyst, IT Analyst, Application Maintenance Analyst

Application platform

Architecture practice management

E.g., Architecture Practice Leader, Head of Enterprise Architecture, Head of Solutions Architecture, Chief Architect

Architecture

Bid management practitioners

E.g., Bid manager, Proposal manager, Tender coordinator, Bid coordinator

Digital product development, sales and marketing

Business analysis practice management

E.g., Business Analysis Practice Leader, Business Analysis Manager, Head of Business Analysis

Business analysis

Business analysis practitioners

E.g., Business Analyst, Junior Business Analyst, Lead Business Analyst, Principal Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Requirements analyst

Business analysis

Change management practitioners

E.g., Change Manager, Senior Change Manager, Change Lead, Change Consultant, Change Programme Manager, Organisational Change Manager, Business Change Manager, Transformation Manager, Change Analyst, Change Specialist, Organisational Development Manager, Change Implementation Manager, Change Delivery Lead

Change management

Computational science practitioners

E.g., Computational Chemist, Computational Biologist, Research Scientist, Computational Research Assistant

Computational science

Data analytics practitioners

E.g., Data analyst, Business intelligence analyst, Data insights specialist, Reporting analyst

Data and analytics

Data engineering practitioners

E.g., Data engineer, Cloud Data engineer, Cloud Data Architect

Data and analytics

Data operations practitioners

E.g., Database Administrator, Cloud Database Administrator, Data operations engineer, ML operations engineer, Data production engineer

Data and analytics

Data science practitioners

E.g., Data scientist, Lead data scientist, Quantitative analyst, Data analyst

Data and analytics

DevOps practice management

E.g., DevOps Manager, DevOps Director, DevOps VP

DevOps

DevOps practitioners

E.g., DevOps Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer

DevOps

Digital marketing practitioners

E.g., Digital marketing specialist, SEO analyst, Social media manager, Email marketing coordinator

Digital product development, sales and marketing

Enterprise architecture practitioners

E.g., Enterprise Architect, Lead Enterprise Architect, Chief Enterprise Architect, Data Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Innovation Architect, Business Architect, Strategy Architect, Security architect, Cloud architect

Architecture

Incident management practitioners

E.g., Incident Analyst, Incident Manager, Major Incident Manager, Lead Incident Manager, Cyber Incident Manager

Information and cyber security

Infrastructure engineers

E.g., Cloud Engineer, Network Specialist, Cloud Network Architect, Systems Administrator, EUC and Voice Analyst, IT Service Support Analyst, Infrastructure Technical SME, Cloud Site Reliability Engineer

Technology infrastructure platform

Infrastructure platform management practitioners

E.g., Infrastructure Platform Owner, Cloud Service Manager, ICT Operations Manager

Technology infrastructure platform

Learning & development practitioners

E.g., L&D Manager, Chief Learning Officer, Head of L&D, L&D Consultant, Learning and performance consultant, L&D administrator, Trainer

Learning & development

Organisation design practitioners

E.g., Organisation Development Consultant, Finance and Procurement, Technology finance practitioners

Human resource and workforce management

Project delivery practice management

E.g., Project Delivery Practice Leader, Head of Project Delivery, Head of Project & Programme Management

Project delivery

Project delivery practitioners

E.g., Programme Manager, Programme Director, Portfolio Manager, Project Manager, Project Analyst, Project Office Manager, Project Office Analyst

Project delivery

Resource management practitioners

E.g., Resource Manager, Resource Analyst, Workforce Planning Manager, Workforce Planner, Organisation design practitioners

Human resource and workforce management

Sales and sales support practitioners

E.g., Sales representative, Sales support coordinator, Business development executive, Client relationship manager

Digital product development, sales and marketing

Security leadership, strategy and management

E.g., Chief Information Security Officer CISO, Information security manager, Security architect, Cloud Security Architect, Information security analyst, Cyber security manager, Cyber security governance manager, Cyber security analyst

Information and cyber security

Security operations

E.g., Cyber Security Technician, Information Security Technician, Security Operations Manager, Infrastructure Specialist, Operations Support Analyst, Security Operations Centre (SOC) Service Desk Analyst, Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst

Information and cyber security

Security risk management, audit and compliance

E.g., IT auditor, Info sec compliance consultant, Security assessment auditor, Audit manager, Security leadership, strategy and management

Information and cyber security

Service design practitioners

E.g., Service Designer, Senior Service Designer, Customer Experience Designer, Multi-channel Designer, Product Designer

Experience design

Service operations practitioners

E.g., Service Desk Analyst, Service Desk Manager, Service Desk Lead, Problem Analyst, Problem Manager, Service Operations Manager, Identity & Access Management (IAM) Analyst, Customer Service Manager, Customer Engagement Manager, Service Data Analyst, Service Supplier Manager, Service Performance Manager

Service management

Service strategy and architecture practitioners

E.g., Service Architect, Service Designer, Service Introduction Manager, Service Tooling Architect, Service Modeler, Service Process Manager

Service management

Software engineering practice management

E.g., Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, Senior Director of Engineering, VP of Engineering, Senior VP of Engineering

Software engineering

Software engineering practitioners

E.g., Software Engineer, Principal Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Development Engineer, Cloud Software Engineer

Software engineering

Solution architecture practitioners

E.g., Solutions Architect, Cloud Solutions Architect, Solutions Designer, Cloud Solutions Designer, Cloud Services Architect, Lead Solutions Architect, Product Architect, Domain Architect

Architecture

Teaching practitioners

E.g., Teacher, Lecturer, Department Head, Programme Director, Chair of Examiners, Subject Lead, Trainee Teacher

Learning & development

Technology finance practitioners

E.g., Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner, Finance Analyst, Technology Management Accountant, Technology procurement practitioners, FinOps Analyst

Finance and Procurement

Technology procurement practitioners

E.g., Head of Procurement, Contract Manager, Contract Analyst, Vendor Manager, Commercial Manager, Supplier Analyst, Commercial Analyst

Finance and Procurement

Testing practice management

E.g., Testing Practice Leader, Head of Testing, Head of QA and Testing

Testing

Testing practitioners

E.g., Tester, Test Manager, Test Architect, Test Automation Analyst, Test Programme Manager, Test Analyst, Cloud Test Analyst, Junior Tester

Testing

User experience practitioners

E.g., UX designer, UX analyst, UX architect

Experience design

User research practitioners

E.g., User Researcher, Senior User researcher, Service design practitioners, Service Designer, Senior Service Designer

Experience design