Foundations architects are judged on
Failure domains and identity - the two things reviewers always test.
£299 programme
Mai Studies Original · Cloud Computing
Cloud Solutions Architecture
A practitioner programme in cloud architecture written from the decisions architects are actually judged on: failure domains, identity, choosing compute and storage, observability, and cost. Vendor-neutral in principle, with the naming differences between the major providers explained as you go.
10 weeks 55 guided hours Intermediate
This programme carries its own fee in addition to membership, and gives you twelve months to complete it. Your certificate is issued once the fee is paid.
What you will achieve
- Design across regions and availability zones for a stated recovery objective
- Apply least privilege to identity, secrets and network boundaries
- Choose between virtual machines, containers and serverless with reasons you can defend
- Select data stores that match the access pattern rather than the fashion
- Build observability and a cost model into the design rather than after it
Entry guidance
- — Working knowledge of one cloud console
- — Basic networking and Linux familiarity
Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.
Programme syllabus
3 applied modules
4h
Designing the workload
Compute and data choices, made for the access pattern rather than the trend.
Operating and paying for it
Observability, incidents and the cost architecture nobody designs until it hurts.