For starters- do you even know whats expected from the role or it's more of a fancy title for Lead / Principal Engineer? My $0.02 on SW architecture is that i

For starters- do you even know whats expected from the role or it's more of a fancy title for Lead / Principal Engineer? My $0.02 on SW architecture is that it's not as much about SW or architecture as about people and their needs and you being able to be effective channel for everything between end-users and engineering. If there's one thing- learn as much about your business domain from end-users and "business persons" at your company as much as possible! ps. basically You're screwed! :D