Advanced Cloud Solutions Architecture (AWS Professional-Aligned Study Support)

An independent Mai Studies study-support programme covering complex workload design, migration strategy, high availability, security and cost optimisation on major cloud platforms, with design principles that transfer across providers. It supports preparation for professional-level cloud architect certifications. Reported UK salaries for senior cloud architects commonly range from GBP 90,000 to GBP 120,000; these are indicative market figures, not a guarantee. All material is original to Mai Studies. Mai Studies is not affiliated with or endorsed by Amazon Web Services or any certification body, no official exam content is reproduced, and completion does not grant any external certification.

11 weeks 55 guided hours advanced

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No account needed to buy. Pay with your card and we create your student account from the email you enter, with this programme ready inside it for twelve months.

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What you will achieve

Design multi-tier, multi-region architectures for complex workloads
Plan migrations, hybrid connectivity and organisational account structures
Optimise architectures for reliability, performance, security and cost
Select and justify compute, storage, database and network services

Entry guidance

— Solid cloud fundamentals, ideally associate-level architecture knowledge
— Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

3 applied modules

Lessons: 9
Assessed tasks: 3
Practice questions: 9
Timed mock papers: 0

Designing Complex Workloads

Requirements, trade-offs and well-architected thinking.

3 lessons · 3 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. From requirements to architecture20 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Translating business needs into technical design.
2. Compute, storage and database selection21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Choosing services with defensible reasoning.
3. Networking and hybrid connectivity21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Connecting users, clouds and data centres.

Workload design dossier — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Reliability, Security and Migration

Designing for failure and moving safely.

3 lessons · 3 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. High availability and disaster recovery patterns20 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Multi-zone and multi-region design with honest objectives.
2. Security architecture at scale20 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Identity-first design, encryption and detection across many accounts.
3. Migration strategy21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Moving estates to the cloud without breaking the business.

Reliability and migration plan — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Cost and Performance Optimisation

Engineering value, not just systems.

3 lessons · 3 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Cost architecture and visibility20 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Knowing where money goes and designing to spend less.
2. Performance engineering21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Latency, throughput and the discipline of measurement.
3. Operational excellence and continuous improvement21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Running architectures well after go-live.

Optimisation review — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Lesson pages, assessed tasks and mock papers open the moment you join this programme. Teaching material is studied online; the notes you write are yours to download.

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