Mastering Solutions Architecture

Master solutions architecture with key soft and technical skills for successful project and stakeholder management.

What you’ll learn
The exact role of the Solutions Architect.
Practical techniques to become a Solutions Architect.
Structure of the Solutions Design document.
Address the soft skills that make your work much easier.
Approach system design problems with the right questions.
Design highly scalable, highly available and performant software solutions.

Requirements
Basic knowledge of software engineering

Description
Throughout this comprehensive course, we cover a wide range of soft skills and technical skills to help you succeed in this role. Then we go through the solutions architect processes and we finish the course with a case study for a large-scale data and AI project. For Additional learning, I have also included some interview questions to help you prepare for potential interviews for the solutions architect role. Here is the course outline in details:Soft SkillsCommunication​Excellent verbal and written communication​Team Collaboration​Presentation​Leadership​Stakeholder ManagementEmpathy​Active ListeningPay attention​Show that you are listening ​Listen without judgment ​Ask questions​Summarize or paraphraseNegotiationProblem-Solving​Requirement Analysis​Analytical Thinking​Decision MakingBusiness and StrategyBusiness Acumen​Cost Management​Project ManagementTechnical SkillsNetwork and Security​ ProtocolsNetwork MetricsNetwork Security Protocols (SSH, SSL, TLS)Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)Data Transfer Protocols (FTP, POP, IMAP, SMTP, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS)Security Threats (XSS, SQL Injection, DDoS)Additional Internet Concepts (DNS, URL, URI)Software Architecture​ PatternsThree Tier ArchitectureMulti-Tier ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureMicroservice ArchitectureServerless ArchitectureContainer ArchitectureAPI Design and ArchitectureREST (HTTP Methods)​SOAP​GraphQL​Webhooks​GRPC​WebSocket​Socket​SSE (Server-Sent Events)System DesignHorizontal Scaling vs Vertical ScalingLoad BalancingSQL DB vs Non-SQL DBCap TheoremDatabase design for distributed systems (Database Sharding, Database Replication, Database Partitioning)CachingCDNConsistent HashingDisaster RecoveryBig Data (Streaming Data, MapReduce)Machine LearningSolutions Architect ProcessesDiscover (Triage)Solution DesignProof of ConceptDeploymentProject ClosureCase StudyMore LearningsBehavioural Interview QuestionsTechnical Interview Questions

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Getting Started

Lecture 2 Who is this course for?

Lecture 3 Course Outline

Section 2: Solutions Architect Role

Lecture 4 Types of Architect

Lecture 5 Who is a Solutions Architect?

Lecture 6 Who is the client?

Section 3: Soft Skills

Lecture 7 Intro to Soft Skills

Lecture 8 Communication

Lecture 9 Problem Solving

Lecture 10 Business and Strategy

Section 4: Technical Skills – Network Metrics and Protocols

Lecture 11 Intro to Technical Skills

Lecture 12 Netwrok Metrics

Lecture 13 Network Security Protocols

Lecture 14 Directory Access Protocol

Lecture 15 Data Transfer Protocol – FTP, POP, IMAP, SMTP

Lecture 16 Data Trasngfer Protocol – TCP/IP, UDP

Lecture 17 Data Transfer Protocol – HTTP, HTTPS

Lecture 18 Security Threats

Lecture 19 Additional Internet Concepts

Section 5: Technical Skills – Software Architecture Patterns

Lecture 20 Intro to Software Architecture

Lecture 21 Three Tier Architecture

Lecture 22 Multi Tier Architecture

Lecture 23 Event Driven Architecture

Lecture 24 Microservice Architecture

Lecture 25 Serverless Architecture

Lecture 26 Container Architecture

Lecture 27 Architecture Comparison

Section 6: Technical Skills – API Design and Architecture

Lecture 28 Intro to API Design

Lecture 29 What are the different types of APIs?

Lecture 30 REST API

Lecture 31 SOAP

Lecture 32 GraphQL

Lecture 33 Webhook

Lecture 34 gRPC

Lecture 35 WebSocket

Lecture 36 SSE

Lecture 37 API Gateway

Section 7: Technical Skills – System Design Key Concepts

Lecture 38 Horizontal Scaling vs Vertical Scaling

Lecture 39 Load Balancing

Lecture 40 SQL DB vs No SQL DB

Lecture 41 Cap Theorem

Lecture 42 Database Design

Lecture 43 Caching

Lecture 44 CDN

Lecture 45 Consistent Hashing

Lecture 46 Disaster Recovery

Lecture 47 Big Data

Lecture 48 Streaming Data

Lecture 49 Map Reduce

Lecture 50 Machine Learning

Section 8: Solutions Architecture Processes

Lecture 51 Intro to Solutions Architect Processes

Lecture 52 Discovery or Triage

Lecture 53 Solutions Design

Lecture 54 Solutions Design – Functional Requirements

Lecture 55 Solutions Design – Non Functional Requirements

Lecture 56 Solutions Design Review

Lecture 57 Proof of Concept

Lecture 58 Deployment

Lecture 59 Customer Satisfaction

Section 9: Case Study

Lecture 60 Intro to the Case Study

Lecture 61 Problem Statement and Proposed Solutions

Lecture 62 Business Justification

Lecture 63 Risk Management and Success Metrics

Lecture 64 Assumptions and Constraints

Lecture 65 Functional and Non-Functional Requirements

Lecture 66 Data Flow, Data Model and API

Lecture 67 Technical Architecture Diagram – AWS Services

Lecture 68 Technical Architecture Diagram – ETL Task

Lecture 69 Technical Architecture Diagram – EMR CLuster

Lecture 70 Technical Architecture Diagram – REST API and Resource Costs

Lecture 71 Data Access Controls and Security Compliance

Lecture 72 Test Plan and Deployment Plan

Lecture 73 Appendix – Slack Notification | Data Analysis and Predictions

Section 10: Conclusion

Lecture 74 Conclusion

Section 11: More Learnings

Lecture 75 Interview Questions

Anyone who is willing to become a Solutions Architect,Software Engineers,Technical Leads,Engineering Managers,Solutions Designers/Engineers,Application/Technical/Softwate Architects,Associate Solutions Architects,Solutions Architects who just entered this path,Or anyone with at least 1 year of Software Development experience