A focused course, tailored for you
IT Services Senior Principal Architect Account Pivot
An integrated architecture pivot for IT services Senior Principal Architects in 2026: customer-cohort-specific reference architecture, customer-side hyperscaler integration, customer-side modernisation programme integration.
IT services Senior Principal Architects carry 8-12 customer accounts where each customer asks about hyperscaler integration, modernisation programme integration, and AI-augmented platform integration.
$199 one-time
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Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.
Why this course
Senior Principal Architects at IT services firms (the firm Services, DXC Technology, the firm, the firm, the firm, the firm, the firm) carry 8-to-12 customer accounts where each customer asks about hyperscaler integration, modernisation programme integration, AI-augmented platform integration. The default architect response reconstructs the reference architecture for each customer. The Senior Principal Architect time burns. The account director sees fragmented architecture work.
The course delivers the integrated architecture pivot. The customer-cohort-specific reference architecture. The customer-side hyperscaler integration. The customer-side modernisation programme integration. The customer-side AI-augmented platform integration. The customer-side data-platform integration. The customer-side identity-federation integration. The customer-side observability integration. The customer-side FinOps integration. The customer-side governance integration. The customer engagement structure. Twelve modules with deliverables. Plus a hand-built playbook for your account mix.
The 12 modules
Module 1. The 2026 IT services architecture landscape
Walkthrough of the 2026 IT services architecture landscape. The the firm Services architecture profile. The DXC Technology architecture profile. The the firm architecture profile. The the firm architecture profile. The the firm architecture profile. The the firm architecture profile. The the firm architecture profile. The competitive landscape across IT services Senior Principal Architects. Plus the integration with the customer's existing programme cadence.
Module 2. Customer-cohort-specific reference architecture
Build the customer-cohort-specific reference architecture. The financial services cohort variant. The energy and utilities cohort variant. The retail cohort variant. The public-sector cohort variant. The healthcare cohort variant. The infrastructure cohort variant. Plus the worked example for the Senior Principal Architect's typical customer-cohort profile.
Module 3. Customer-side hyperscaler integration
Build the customer-side hyperscaler integration. The customer's existing AWS integration. The customer's existing Azure integration. The customer's existing GCP integration. The customer's existing OCI integration. The customer's existing IBM Cloud integration. The integration with the customer's existing hyperscaler-strategy cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical multi-cloud footprint.
Module 4. Customer-side modernisation programme integration
Build the customer-side modernisation programme integration. The customer-side application-modernisation programme integration. The customer-side data-platform-modernisation programme integration. The customer-side AI-platform-modernisation programme integration. The customer-side cloud-platform-modernisation programme integration. The integration with the customer's existing transformation-programme cadence. Plus the worked example for a customer's typical 18-month transformation cadence.
Module 5. Customer-side AI-augmented platform integration
Build the customer-side AI-augmented platform integration. The customer-side first regulated AI workload selection. The customer-side AI governance integration. The customer-side EU AI Act high-risk classification integration. The customer-side NIST AI RMF integration. The customer-side audit-trail integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's first three AI-augmented platform implementations.
Module 6. Customer-side data-platform integration
Build the customer-side data-platform integration. The customer's existing data-warehouse integration. The customer's existing data-lake integration. The customer's existing data-streaming-platform integration. The integration with the customer's existing data-governance framework. The integration with the customer's existing data-quality framework. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical data-platform footprint.
Module 7. Customer-side identity-federation integration
Build the customer-side identity-federation integration. The customer's existing IAM platform integration (Okta, Entra ID, Ping Identity). The SCIM provisioning pattern. The role-based-access pattern. The session-policy pattern. The customer-side audit-trail integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical user population.
Module 8. Customer-side observability integration
Build the customer-side observability integration. The customer's existing Datadog integration. The Splunk integration. The Microsoft Sentinel integration. The Dynatrace integration. The New Relic integration. The Prometheus integration. The Grafana integration. The OpenTelemetry integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical observability stack.
Module 9. Customer-side FinOps integration
Build the customer-side FinOps integration. The customer-side consumption model. The customer-side cost-attribution framework. The customer-side cost-management framework. The customer-side cost-optimisation framework. The integration with the customer's existing FinOps cadence. Plus the worked example for a customer's first-year cost model. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework and the reference pattern from peer customer organisations.
Module 10. Customer-side governance integration
Build the customer-side governance integration. The customer-side strategic-planning committee integration. The customer-side IT-governance committee integration. The customer-side risk-management committee integration. The customer-side compliance committee integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical multi-committee governance cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework and the reference pattern from peer customer organisations.
Module 11. Customer engagement structure
Build the customer engagement structure. The discovery phase. The reference-architecture phase. The pilot-workload phase. The full-rollout phase. The sustainment phase. The renewal conversation. The customer-side programme-governance committee integration. Plus the worked example for a 12-month customer engagement and the pricing framework.
Module 12. Your 10-week build plan
Week by week. Weeks 1-2: landscape and customer-cohort-specific reference architecture. Weeks 3-4: customer-side hyperscaler integration and customer-side modernisation programme integration. Weeks 5-6: customer-side AI-augmented platform integration and customer-side data-platform integration. Weeks 7-8: customer-side IAM, observability, FinOps. Weeks 9-10: governance, customer engagement structure. Deliverable: an integrated architecture pivot ready for the next 12-month account portfolio.
How this addresses your situation
Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.
Customer cohort → Module 2.
Customer hyperscaler → Module 3.
Customer modernisation → Module 4.
Customer AI → Module 5.
Customer data platform → Module 6.
Customer IAM → Module 7.
Customer observability → Module 8.
Customer FinOps → Module 9.
Who it is for
For Senior Principal Architects at IT services firms, principal architects at peer IT services firms.
Who this is NOT for. Pure non-IT-services practitioners. Practitioners with no Senior Principal Architect context.
How it arrives
Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and worked examples and the hand-built playbook.
Time investment. Roughly 18 hours of reading and 60 to 120 hours of build effort across the 10-week plan.
Why $199 is the right number
External IT services architect enablement programmes charge from 100,000 to 500,000 USD. 199 USD buys the focused playbook and the implementation document for your account mix.
FAQ
Does this cover the Tier-1 IT services firm adjacency?
Module 1 covers Tier-1 adjacency.
What about the Tier-2 IT services firm adjacency?
Module 1 covers Tier-2 adjacency.
Does this cover the boutique IT services firm adjacency?
Module 1 covers boutique adjacency.
What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?
Architecture pivot tuned to your account mix.
30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.
