Software Factory Architecture — Enterprise Multi-Cloud DevSecOps Platform

Technology Resources

Enterprise Architecture

Developer Experience

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Policy Engine

Security — SAST & DAST

Security — SCA & IaC Scanning

Security — Secrets & Runtime

Identity & Access

Observability

Networking & Connectivity

AWS Services

Azure Services

GCP Services

Data & AI Platform

DR & Resilience

FinOps & Cost Management

Compliance & Frameworks

Layer 0 — Governance & Strategy

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Enterprise Architecture Governance

Strategy Portfolio Standards

🗺️

Enterprise Architecture

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Portfolio & Demand

📜

Standards & Governance

📡

Technology Radar

Layer 1 — Developer Experience

🖥️

Developer Portal (Backstage)

Developer Request Self-Service

💻

IDE & Tooling

🔀

Source Control & Collaboration

📚

Documentation & Knowledge

Layer 2 — Software Factory Core

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CI/CD Templates

Pipeline-as-Product
Language stages (Java, Go, Python, Node)
Cloud deploy steps (EKS/AKS/GKE)
Version-pinned templates

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IaC Modules

Network modules (VPC/VNet)
Kubernetes modules (EKS/AKS/GKE)
Database modules (RDS/Cloud SQL)
AI/ML modules (SageMaker/Vertex)

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Policy Engine

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Service Catalog

Security & Compliance

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Shift-Left Security

SAST (Semgrep, CodeQL)
DAST (OWASP ZAP)
Dependency scan (Snyk, Trivy)
IaC scanning (Checkov, tfsec)
Secrets detection (GitLeaks)
Container image scan

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Runtime Security

Observability

📊

Telemetry

OpenTelemetry (OTel)
Metrics (Prometheus + Thanos)
Logs (OpenSearch / Splunk)
Traces (Jaeger / X-Ray)
Cloud adapters (CW, Azure Monitor)
Auto-instrumentation

📉

Dashboards

Layer 2.5 — Identity & Access Management

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Identity Providers

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Zero Trust & Access

🔑

Secrets & Certificates

📝

Authorization & Policy

Layer 3.5 — Networking & Connectivity

🕸️

Service Mesh

🔌

API Management

🌐

Edge & CDN

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DNS & Load Balancing

Layer 4 — Cloud Execution

AWS

Amazon Web Services

EKS (Managed Kubernetes)
Lambda (Serverless)
Fargate (Serverless containers)
RDS / Aurora
SageMaker (AI/ML)
Managed Services (S3, SQS, SNS)

Azure

Microsoft Azure

AKS (Managed Kubernetes)
Azure Functions (Serverless)
Container Apps
Azure SQL / Cosmos DB
Azure ML Workspace
Managed Services (Blob, SB, EH)

GCP

Google Cloud Platform

GKE Autopilot
Cloud Run (Serverless)
Cloud Functions
Cloud SQL / Spanner
Vertex AI (AI/ML)
Managed Services (GCS, PubSub)

Workload Types

Execution Models

API Services (REST / gRPC)
Web Apps (SPA / SSR)
Batch Jobs (Scheduled)
AI/ML Models (Endpoints)
Data Pipelines (ETL/ELT)
Event-Driven (Streaming)

Layer 4.5 — Data & AI Platform

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Data Platform

⚙️

Data Engineering

🤖

AI/ML Platform

🏷️

Data Governance

Layer 5 — Business Continuity & DR

🔁

Disaster Recovery

🐒

Chaos Engineering

📟

Reliability Engineering

Layer 6 — FinOps & Cost Management

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Cloud Cost Optimization

📊

Chargeback & Allocation

🌱

Sustainability

Design Principles

Business Value

Faster delivery (standardised pipelines)
Built-in security (shift-left controls)
Cloud flexibility (no vendor lock-in)
AI-ready platform (governed workspaces)
Full visibility & cost governance

Traffic Flow Legend

Strategy & Standards

Developer Request

Factory Processing

Identity Validation

Zero Trust / Cost

Data Flow

Observability Feed

Industry Ready

NIST SP 800-53 Rev5

Zero Trust Architecture