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| vs | P7 INFRAS.SYSTEMSAD28B.P7 Systems Architecture — P7 | P6 INFRAS.SYSTEMSAD28B.P6 Systems Architecture — P6 | P7 INFRAS.DEVOPSSIA2C1.P7 DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering — P7 | P7 INFRAS.INFRASTR5562.P7 Infrastructure & Platform Engineering — P7 |
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| Market pay | $231k ($182k–$294k)inherited | $188k ($148k–$240k)inherited | $231k ($182k–$294k)inherited | $231k ($182k–$294k)inherited |
| Level | P7 · P7 — Staff / Distinguished Professional | P6 · P6 — Principal Professional | P7 · P7 — Staff / Distinguished Professional | P7 · P7 — Staff / Distinguished Professional |
| Function | Infrastructure, DevOps & SRE | Infrastructure, DevOps & SRE | Infrastructure, DevOps & SRE | Infrastructure, DevOps & SRE |
| Focus | Systems Architecture | Systems Architecture | DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering | Infrastructure & Platform Engineering |
| Typical years | 15–22 | 12–18 | 15–22 | 15–22 |
| Scope | Cross-organization / enterprise technical strategy | Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems | Cross-organization / enterprise technical strategy | Cross-organization / enterprise technical strategy |
| Autonomy | Operates autonomously at the enterprise level | Defines direction; minimal oversight | Operates autonomously at the enterprise level | Operates autonomously at the enterprise level |
| Impact | Enterprise-wide | Organization-wide | Enterprise-wide | Enterprise-wide |
| Decision rights | Final technical authority across multiple domains | Sets technical strategy for a major area | Final technical authority across multiple domains | Final technical authority across multiple domains |