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AWS Solutions Architect Mastery – Deep Dive Workshop

AWS is the world’s #1 cloud platform, and Solutions Architect is its most in-demand certification. But passing the exam alone isn’t enough—organizations want architects who can design secure, scalable, cost-optimized, and production-ready systems on AWS.

This workshop goes beyond theory. You’ll gain exam-ready knowledge plus hands-on design skills to architect real applications using compute, networking, storage, databases, and security services across the AWS ecosystem. Whether your goal is certification success or career acceleration, this deep dive gives you the unfair advantage.

In one immersive day, you’ll explore AWS’s Well-Architected Framework, security features, global infrastructure, and deployment strategies. But unlike standard cert prep, we’ll tackle real case studies and labs: how to design a high-availability e-commerce backend, optimize costs for analytics pipelines, or secure APIs for global traffic.

You’ll leave not only confident about the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam, but also armed with the architectural patterns, tools, and best practices to succeed in the real world—from startups to enterprise workloads.

Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you will:

  • Be fully prepared for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam (latest version).
  • Gain hands-on practice designing secure and reliable architectures.
  • Master cost-optimization and scaling strategies for enterprise workloads.
  • Build confidence to deploy real applications across AWS services.
  • Leave with a career roadmap for advancing as a cloud architect.

Agenda

Module 1: AWS Cloud Foundations

  • Global Infrastructure & Regions
  • Core AWS Services: Compute, Storage, Networking
  • Shared Responsibility Model

Module 2: Designing Scalable Architectures

  • Load Balancing & Auto Scaling Patterns
  • Database Choices (RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora)
  • Networking Design (VPC, Subnets, Peering, Transit Gateway)

Module 3: Security & Reliability

  • IAM & Identity Federation
  • Encryption, KMS, Secrets Manager
  • Designing for HA/DR (Multi-AZ, Multi-Region, Backups)

Module 4: Deployment & Cost Optimization

  • Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform overview)
  • Monitoring, Logging, & Automation with CloudWatch & Systems Manager
  • Cost Optimization Strategies (Savings Plans, Spot, Storage Tiers)

Module 5: Well-Architected Design in Action

  • Case Studies & Hands-On Labs:
    • Secure E-Commerce App
    • Global API Deployment
    • Analytics Data Pipeline

Module 6: Exam & Career Readiness

  • AWS Solutions Architect Exam Deep Dive
  • Practice Scenarios & Mock Q&A
  • Career Pathways: From Certification to Cloud Leadership

Rohit Bhardwaj

About Rohit Bhardwaj

Rohit Bhardwaj is a Director of Architecture working at Salesforce. Rohit has extensive experience architecting multi-tenant cloud-native solutions in Resilient Microservices Service-Oriented architectures using AWS Stack. In addition, Rohit has a proven ability in designing solutions and executing and delivering transformational programs that reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

As a trusted advisor, leader, and collaborator, Rohit applies problem resolution, analytical, and operational skills to all initiatives and develops strategic requirements and solution analysis through all stages of the project life cycle and product readiness to execution.
Rohit excels in designing scalable cloud microservice architectures using Spring Boot and Netflix OSS technologies using AWS and Google clouds. As a Security Ninja, Rohit looks for ways to resolve application security vulnerabilities using ethical hacking and threat modeling. Rohit is excited about architecting cloud technologies using Dockers, REDIS, NGINX, RightScale, RabbitMQ, Apigee, Azul Zing, Actuate BIRT reporting, Chef, Splunk, Rest-Assured, SoapUI, Dynatrace, and EnterpriseDB. In addition, Rohit has developed lambda architecture solutions using Apache Spark, Cassandra, and Camel for real-time analytics and integration projects.

Rohit has done MBA from Babson College in Corporate Entrepreneurship, Masters in Computer Science from Boston University and Harvard University. Rohit is a regular speaker at No Fluff Just Stuff, UberConf, RichWeb, GIDS, and other international conferences.

Rohit loves to connect on http://www.productivecloudinnovation.com.
http://linkedin.com/in/rohit-bhardwaj-cloud or using Twitter at rbhardwaj1.

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