Business Analyst
Great for people who enjoy understanding problems, documenting requirements and helping teams make better decisions.
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Enterprise technology career paths
Roles worth exploring
These paths are broad enough to fit different personalities. Some suit people who enjoy stakeholder work, while others suit people who enjoy building, data or system design.
Functional Consultant
Useful for people who like bridging business needs and practical solution delivery.
Explore this career path →CRM Consultant
Good for people who enjoy customer processes, sales workflows, service operations and business systems.
Explore this career path →Developer
Best for people who enjoy building software, automating work and creating user-facing solutions.
Explore this career path →Forward Deployed Engineer
Best for builders who want to work close to customers, understand real problems, prototype quickly and turn business needs into working software, automation or AI solutions.
Explore this career path →Power Platform Developer
Best for people who want low-code and pro-code skills together in business-focused delivery.
Explore this career path →AI Engineer
Good for people who like building with modern tools, data and practical automation.
Explore this career path →Data Analyst
Great for people who enjoy insight, reporting, analysis and helping teams make data-driven choices.
Explore this career path →Data Engineer
Suitable for people who enjoy pipelines, data modelling, integration and reliable systems.
Explore this career path →Solution Architect
Right for people who enjoy system thinking, integration, design decisions and delivery planning.
Explore this career path →Enterprise Architect
Useful for people who want to shape strategy, standards, governance and long-term technology direction.
Explore this career path →Cloud Architect
Best for people who enjoy platform choice, scalability, security and modern infrastructure decisions.
Explore this career path →How to choose
Match the role to the kind of work you enjoy
Most people do not need to choose perfectly on day one. They need enough clarity to begin learning with direction.
If you enjoy people and process
Start with business analysis, functional consulting or CRM consulting.
If you enjoy building with users nearby
Start with development, forward deployed engineering, Power Platform development or AI engineering.
If you enjoy data and patterns
Start with data analyst or data engineer work.
If you enjoy system thinking
Move toward solution architecture, enterprise architecture or cloud architecture over time.
Practical next steps
Use a simple learning path
Choose one path, learn the fundamentals, then build evidence that shows how you think and deliver.
1. Learn the role
Understand the day-to-day work, common tools and typical problems the role solves.
2. Learn the delivery fundamentals
Requirements, workshops, testing, documentation and communication matter across most roles.
3. Build a small portfolio
Create sample work such as process maps, solution notes, test scenarios, dashboards or simple automation.