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Design systems that outlast the team that builds them.
Solutions architects design the high-level structure of complex software systems. You evaluate trade-offs, choose technologies, define integration patterns, and ensure the architecture supports business goals. You bridge the gap between engineering depth and business strategy.
“Your morning starts with a design review for a new service boundary. You draw architecture diagrams, evaluate whether to use an event bus or direct API calls, and document the decision in an ADR. After lunch, you meet with stakeholders to explain trade-offs, review a vendor proposal, and mentor a senior engineer on system design thinking.”
10 required
16 required
24 required
When you complete this track, you'll have built:
Amazon Web Services
Best practices for designing reliable, secure, efficient cloud architectures.
The Open Group
Enterprise architecture framework used globally for designing IT architectures.
ISO
Defines software quality characteristics: reliability, security, maintainability, etc.