Cloud Native Design – Classroom & Virtual

Web Infra Academy

Modern cloud-native systems are built from many technologies, patterns and platforms. Understanding each component individually is not enough: architects and engineers need to understand how the pieces fit together and which trade-offs their design decisions introduce.

This practical, vendor-neutral one-day training provides an end-to-end view of cloud-native architecture without requiring programming.

You will learn:

• Cloud-native fundamentals, including stateless design, immutability, automation and scalability
• Modern API design using REST, OpenAPI, API contracts, versioning and governance
• Microservices architecture, domain-driven design (DDD) and bounded contexts
• Event-driven architecture (EDA), messaging, streaming and asynchronous communication
• Containers, Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals
• Platform design using service discovery, API gateways and service mesh
• Reliability patterns including timeouts, retries and circuit breakers
• Monitoring, logging, tracing and observability in distributed systems
• Cloud-native security including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, mTLS and API security
• DevSecOps practices and security within modern delivery environments
• Platform teams, golden paths, API governance and cloud-native operating models

Throughout the training, the emphasis is on architecture, design decisions and real-world trade-offs rather than writing code.

You will understand how architectural choices affect scalability, flexibility, reliability, security and maintainability, and how modern systems can support independent deployment and team autonomy.

The instructor-led format provides room for questions, discussion and practical examples, helping participants relate cloud-native architecture principles to systems and challenges in their own environment.

This course is designed for IT professionals who design, build or operate modern applications and want to develop a broader architectural understanding of cloud-native systems.

It is particularly relevant for:

• Software and application architects
• Solution and cloud architects
• Senior software engineers
• DevOps and platform engineers
• Technical leads and other professionals involved in architecture and platform decisions

It is especially useful if you already understand individual technologies but want to see how APIs, microservices, Kubernetes, platforms, reliability and security fit together in a complete architecture.

A basic understanding of IT and software development concepts is recommended.

No programming skills or hands-on coding are required. The course is intended for professionals who already work with applications, APIs, cloud platforms or infrastructure and want to deepen their understanding of modern cloud-native architectures, patterns and design principles.

Develop the architectural skills needed to progress from technology-focused roles towards senior engineering, technical leadership and architecture positions. Relevant career paths include Software Architect, Solution Architect, Cloud Architect, Platform Architect, Senior Engineer, DevOps Engineer and Technical Lead.