1. Legacy System Modernization and Documentation

1. Audit and Document: Conduct detailed reviews of existing, undocumented legacy systems, documenting their architecture, functionality, and limitations.
2. Comprehensive Technical Documentation: Maintain thorough records and diagrams to be shared across multiple teams.
3. Identify Optimization Opportunities: Pinpoint performance bottlenecks and propose enhancements for reliability and scalability.

2. Architectural Design and Strategy

1. High-Level Architecture: Develop plans for modernizing legacy systems and architecting new solutions that align with business objectives and follow industry best practices.
2. SAFe-Aligned Vision and Roadmap: Leverage SAFe principles to define and communicate an architectural vision, creating an architectural runway that supports current and future program increments.
3. Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs): Establish and enforce critical system attributes such as performance, security, and compliance.
4. Technical Roadmaps: Chart actionable steps and timelines for transitioning from legacy to modern architectures while ensuring cost-efficiency.

3. Collaboration and Technical Visualization

1. Cross-Functional Engagement: Work closely with Software Managers, Technical Leads, and Product Owners to align architectural designs with product and business needs.
2. Visual Aids and Documentation: Produce architectural diagrams, technical workflows, and prototypes to facilitate effective decision-making and stakeholder buy-in.
3. Coordinate Across Teams (ARTs): In a SAFe context, ensure alignment between multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs), synchronizing technical efforts and dependencies.

4. Technical Leadership and Evaluation

1. Enforce Architecture Standards: Define and govern technical guidelines, best practices, and coding standards in accordance with SAFe and enterprise directives.
2. Support Agile Teams: Offer ongoing mentorship and just-in-time architectural guidance, helping teams address design or implementation challenges.
3. Risk Mitigation and Technical Debt: Proactively identify technical risks in modernization efforts and manage technical debt to keep solutions maintainable over the long term.
4. Tools and Technologies: Evaluate and recommend emerging frameworks, platforms, and methodologies that align with project objectives.

5. Organizational Responsibilities

1. Align with Business and Product Strategy: Partner with Product Management to ensure architectural decisions drive both technical and business value.
2. Facilitate Continuous Exploration: Participate in discovery and feasibility assessments to validate technical approaches and encourage innovation.
3. Incremental Development: Enable iterative and incremental delivery of features through an architectural runway, balancing intentional and emergent architecture.
4. Enterprise Compliance: Work with Enterprise Architects to confirm alignment with broader architectural guidelines and regulatory requirements.