Solutions Architect's Handbook

From fundamentals and design patterns to the different strategies for creating secure and reliable architectures in AWS cloud learn everything you need to become a successful solutions architectKey FeaturesCreate solutions and transform business requirements into technical architecture with this practical guideUnderstand various challenges that you might come across while refactoring or modernizing legacy applicationsDelve into security automation DevOps and validation of solution architectureBook DescriptionBecoming a solutions architect gives you the flexibility to work with cutting-edge technologies and define product strategies. This handbook takes you through the essential concepts design principles and patterns architectural considerations and all the latest technology that you need to know to become a successful solutions architect.This book starts with a quick introduction to the fundamentals of solution architecture design principles and attributes that will assist you in understanding how solution architecture benefits software projects across enterprises. You'll learn what a cloud migration and application modernization framework looks like and will use microservices event-driven cache-based and serverless patterns to design robust architectures. You'll then explore the main pillars of architecture design including performance scalability cost optimization security operational excellence and DevOps. Additionally you'll also learn advanced concepts relating to big data machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT). Finally you'll get to grips with the documentation of architecture design and the soft skills that are necessary to become a better solutions architect.By the end of this book you'll have learned techniques to create an efficient architecture design that meets your business requirements.What you will learnExplore the various roles of a solutions architect and their involvement in the enterprise landscapeApproach big data processing machine learning and IoT from an architect's perspective and understand how they fit into modern architectureDiscover different solution architecture patterns such as event-driven and microservice patternsFind ways to keep yourself updated with new technologies and enhance your skillsModernize legacy applications with the help of cloud integrationGet to grips with choosing an appropriate strategy to reduce costWho this book is forThis book is for software developers system engineers DevOps engineers architects and team leaders working in the information technology industry who aspire to become solutions architect professionals. A good understanding of the software development process and general programming experience with any language will be useful. About the Author Saurabh Shrivastava is a technology leader author inventor and public speaker with over 18 years of experience in the IT industry. He currently works at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Global Solutions Architect Leader and enables global consulting partners and enterprise customers on their journey to the cloud. Saurabh led the AWS global technical partnerships set his team's vision and execution model and nurtured multiple new strategic initiatives. Saurabh has authored various blogs and whitepapers across a diverse range of technology such as big data IoT machine learning and cloud computing. He is passionate about the latest innovations and their impact on our society and daily life. He holds a patent in the area of cloud platform automation. Before AWS Saurabh worked as an enterprise solution architect software architect and software engineering manager in Fortune 50 enterprises start-ups and global product and consulting organizations.Neelanjali Srivastav is a technology leader product manager agile coach and cloud practitioner with over 16 years of experience in the software industry. She currently works at