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Solutions Architect's Handbook

Solutions Architect's Handbook: Kick-start your career as a solutions architect by learning architecture design principles and strategies , Second Edition

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Solutions Architect's Handbook

Solution Architects in an Organization

A solution architect understands the needs and goals of an organization as part of a team—all stakeholders, processes, teams, and the organization's management affect solution architect roles and their work. In this chapter, you will learn and understand the role of the solution architect and how they fit into the organization. Following that, you will learn about the various types of solution architects, and how they coexist within an organization. An organization may need a generalist solution architect, along with other specialist solution architects that are required based on a project's complexity.

This chapter will provide details on the solution architect's responsibility and how it can impact an organization's success. A solution architect wears multiple hats, and business executives heavily depend on their experience and decision making to understand the technical vision.

The solution-and-software development...

Types of roles for a solution architect

In the previous chapter, you learned about solution architecture and how various stakeholders impact solution strategies—now, you will understand the solution architect's role. The software solution can develop without a solution architect, depending on the project's size, but for a large project it is a requirement to have a dedicated solution architect. The success or failure of the plan depends on the solution architect.

There is always a need for someone who can make architectural decisions for the team and drive team collaboration with stakeholders. Sometimes, it is required to have multiple solution architects in the team, depending on the size of the project. The different types of solution architect are depicted in Figure 2.1, showing how they have different responsibilities in the organization.

Figure 2.1: Types of solution architect

An organization can have multiple types of solution architect. Solution...

Understanding a solution architect's responsibilities

Now we have broken down the various roles of a solution architect, we will next take a look at the details of the responsibilities of a solution architect. A solution architect is a technical leader in a customer-facing role, which comes with many responsibilities. The primary responsibility of a solution architect is to convert organization business visions into a technical solution and work as a liaison between businesses and technical stakeholders. A solution architect uses broad technological expertise and business experience to ensure the success of the solution's delivery.

A solution architect's responsibilities may differ slightly based on the nature of the organization. Often, in a consulting organization, a solution architect may be dedicated to a particular project and customer, while in a product-based organization, a solution architect may be working with multiple customers to educate them on a product...

Solution architects in an agile organization

In the last half decade, you may have seen the rapid adoption of the agile methodology. In this competitive market, an organization needs to be proactive to rapid changes, and bring output to the customer very quickly. Fast innovation and release can only be possible if organizations are adapting quickly and respond to change faster to accommodate user demand, which means there must be flexibility built into every part of the organization and solution architecture.

To be successful in an agile environment, a solution architect needs an agile mindset, and must adopt a rapid delivery method by continuously working with stakeholders to fulfill their needs. First, let's understand a little bit more about the agile methodology. This is a vast topic, and in this section, we will see a high-level overview.

Why the agile methodology?

Agile can create and respond to changes to make a profit in a fast-moving business environment...

Summary

In this chapter, you have learned how the solution architect fits into an organization, and how different kinds of solution architect roles may coexist within one. There are generalist solution architect roles, such as the enterprise solution architect, solution architect, technical architect, cloud architect, and architect evangelist. The generalist solution architect has a broad knowledge of technology and may develop in-depth expertise in a particular area. The specialist solution architect dives deep into other required areas of the project. The specialist solution architect possesses in-depth knowledge of their area of expertise, with some of the most common specialist solution architect roles being the network architect, data architect, security architect, infrastructure architect, and DevOps architect.

You have also seen solution architect responsibilities in great detail. Solution architects wear multiple hats; they work with stakeholders across the organization...

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Key benefits

  • Turn business needs into end-to-end technical architectures with this practical guide
  • Assess and overcome various challenges while updating or modernizing legacy applications
  • Future-proof your architecture with IoT, machine learning, and quantum computing

Description

Becoming a solutions architect requires a hands-on approach, and this edition of the Solutions Architect's Handbook brings exactly that. This handbook will teach you how to create robust, scalable, and fault-tolerant solutions and next-generation architecture designs in a cloud environment. It will also help you build effective product strategies for your business and implement them from start to finish. This new edition features additional chapters on disruptive technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing, data engineering, and machine learning. It also includes updated discussions on cloud-native architecture, blockchain data storage, and mainframe modernization with public cloud. The Solutions Architect's Handbook provides an understanding of solution architecture and how it fits into an agile enterprise environment. It will take you through the journey of solution architecture design by providing detailed knowledge of design pillars, advanced design patterns, anti-patterns, and the cloud-native aspects of modern software design. By the end of this handbook, you'll have learned the techniques needed to create efficient architecture designs that meet your business requirements.

Who is this book for?

This book is for software developers, system engineers, DevOps engineers, architects, and team leaders who already work in the IT industry and aspire to become solutions architect professionals. Existing solutions architects who want to expand their skillset or get a better understanding of new technologies will also learn valuable new skills. To get started, you'll need a good understanding of the real-world software development process and general programming experience in any language.

What you will learn

  • Explore the various roles of a solutions architect in the enterprise landscape
  • Implement key design principles and patterns to build high-performance cost-effective solutions
  • Choose the best strategies to secure your architectures and increase their availability
  • Modernize legacy applications with the help of cloud integration
  • Understand how big data processing, machine learning, and IoT fit into modern architecture
  • Integrate a DevOps mindset to promote collaboration, increase operational efficiency, and streamline production

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Table of Contents

21 Chapters
The Meaning of Solution Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Solution Architects in an Organization Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Attributes of the Solution Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Principles of Solution Architecture Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Cloud Migration and Hybrid Cloud Architecture Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Solution Architecture Design Patterns Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Performance Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Security Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Architectural Reliability Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Operational Excellence Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Cost Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
DevOps and Solution Architecture Framework Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Data Engineering for Solution Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Machine Learning Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Internet of Things Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Quantum Computing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Rearchitecting Legacy Systems Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Solution Architecture Document Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Learning Soft Skills to Become a Better Solution Architect Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Piotr Mokry Jun 18, 2024
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Krishna Neeraja Jan 24, 2022
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This book has been structured and sequenced more like a text book to assist anybody who is zero with their knowledge on subject to making them get a clear knowledge and well equipped to play the role.I felt like I was going through a academic book making sure students understand each of the topic easily.With the advent of all cloud technologies every organization is pushing all their deep skilled resources to pursue or upgrade themselves to cloud technologies and also the cloud projects to handle.My personal favourites are Hybrid cloud architecture which is the most realistic situation we face day in day out ,solution architect design patterns and performance considerations.All and all a guide every new SA should have handy
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Lynn Feb 02, 2022
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The book walks you through the patterns and strategies that will help you prepare for a role as a Solutions Architect. The 2nd edition of Solutions architect’s handbook added new chapters on emerging technology such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Quantum computing while expanding on new topics like blockchain and various big data design patterns including data mesh, lake house, data lake, streaming data with the reference architecture. Each chapter refreshed, keeping the latest industry trend such as the cloud in mind with new topics like defining multi-cloud strategy approach, cloud-native architecture, Cloud DevOps and mainframe modernization, etc. The key takeaway for me, to grow as a solution architect, you need to have the breadth and depth of technology and soft skills to work at all levels of the organization, from engineer to C-level. You also need to have the strong business acumen to drive ROI while defining overall enterprise IT strategy. Solution architect has a critical role in accelerating enterprise digital journey by helping them upgrade to a more efficient tech stack and introducing emerging technology to help them stay ahead of the competition. I will recommend this book to anyone looking to embark on a solution architect role.
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John rider Jan 29, 2022
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The media could not be loaded. A book worth of every penny. Very comprehensive guide on building cloud architecture. A must-have guide for solutions architects. This book focuses on an effective transition from a current IT role to a Solutions Architect. It explains the steps to embark on that journey in a very logical manner. It starts with a simple, relatable explanation of what this role entails and how it differs from a few other similar types of profiles. Next, it goes into the technical skills and knowledge needed to be a successful Solution Architect. It begins with fundamental design pillars and architectural principles (like high availability, reliability, performance, security, and cost optimizations), followed by a dive deep into each one of those. The book also covers some key concepts around cloud-native architectures, DevOps, data engineering, and machine learning domains, which are the cornerstone of any modern-day architecture. The latest revision of the book included very insightful details on Machine Learning/MLOps, Internet of Things (IoT) Architectures, Data architecture best practices, and Quantum computing. All these areas are slowly becoming pivotal to the enterprise IT landscape, and hence Solutions Architects need to be aware to stay ahead in the learning curve.
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Amogh Joshi Apr 25, 2022
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For anyone interested in becoming a Solution Architect, this book is an excellent resource. I personally liked the chapters on Attributes of Solution Architecture(Chapter 3), Principles of Solution Architecture Design(Chapter 4), and Solution Architecture Design Patterns(Chapter 6). From definitions, roles, and duties to solution design, performance, cost, and operational factors, the writers cover it all. The writers highlight several architectural ideas and provide instances of when to employ them in Chapter 6, which I found to be really helpful. Specialized solution architect responsibilities, such as Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and DevOps, are covered in detail in the book. Despite a few grammatical errors and typos (example: Page 89 image), the technical jargon is easily understood. Overall, I believe the book is a worthwhile read for aspiring Solution Architects and a useful resource for passing the AWS Solution Architect Exam.
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