diff --git a/job_scout/scout.py b/job_scout/scout.py
index 458e716..03c073a 100644
--- a/job_scout/scout.py
+++ b/job_scout/scout.py
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ POSITIVE_KEYWORDS = {
     "solutions architect": 2, "platform engineer": 2,
     "ai infrastructure": 2, "inference": 2, "rag": 2, "agentic": 2,
     "kubernetes": 1, "docker": 1, "etl": 1, "pipeline": 1,
+    # Core CV lane — DevOps / data-platform / cloud (was scoring 0; surfaced only via "senior")
+    "data platform": 3, "platform engineering": 2, "devops": 2,
+    "sre": 2, "site reliability": 2, "cloud engineer": 2, "cloud": 1,
+    "software engineer": 1,
+    # Technical-architect pivot targets (cloud/data/platform = build on his stack; rank above
+    # bare "solutions architect" pre-sales). Generic "architect" catches the long tail.
+    "cloud architect": 3, "data architect": 3, "platform architect": 3,
+    "enterprise architect": 2, "architect": 1,
     "crypto": 2, "blockchain": 2, "web3": 2, "solidity": 3,
     # Trading / quant-finance — explicit user interest (energy/finance/crypto trading)
     "trading": 2, "trader": 2, "quant": 2, "quantitative": 2,