AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate (SSA)

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• Mechanical Sympathy
• AWS Well-Architected Framework

Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures

• 1.1 Design a multi-tier architecture solution

• 1.2 Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures

• 1.3 Design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services

• 1.4 Choose appropriate resilient storage

Domain 2: Design High-Performing Architectures

• 2.1 Identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload
• 2.2 Select high-performing and scalable storage solutions for a workload
• 2.3 Select high-performing networking solutions for a workload
• 2.4 Choose high-performing database solutions for a workload

Domain 3: Design Secure Applications and Architectures

• 3.1 Design secure access to AWS resources
• 3.2 Design secure application tiers
• 3.3 Select appropriate data security options

Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

• 4.1 Identify cost-effective storage solutions
• 4.2 Identify cost-effective compute and database services
• 4.3 Design cost-optimized network architect

Related certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

See also

• Architecture, Event-driven architecture (EDA), Service-oriented architecture (SOA), TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate (SSA), AWS Well-Architected Framework, SAFe Architect (ARCH), Open CA, SDLC, LLD, HLD, Architectural pattern, ODS, Archimate, Best practices, Good practices
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