Architecting Scalable Applications and Systems Specialization
Architecting Scalable Applications and Systems Specialization
Architect systems that scale and stay up.
Availability, cloud architecture, and technical risk, decided from the architect's seat.
Instructor: Lee Atchison
Access provided by Universidad de Guadalajara
Advanced level
Recommended experience
8 weeks to complete
at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Make the availability, cloud, and cost decisions that let a system scale, then defend each one to your engineers and to your CFO.
Build a risk matrix for your own systems, score likelihood and severity honestly, and use it to change what actually gets built.
Skills you'll gain
- Risk Analysis
- Software Architecture
- Operational Risk
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Service Level
- Risk Management Framework
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud-Native Computing
- Risk Management
- Systems Architecture
- Cost Management
- Cloud Platforms
- Incident Response
- Risk Modeling
- Infrastructure Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture
- Scalability
- API Design
- Cloud Computing Architecture
- System Monitoring
Details to know
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Taught in English
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August 2026
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