🏗️ AI / Solutions Architect

Data, AI & Software career path

Design AI-ready cloud and data platforms: cloud architecture on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud, data management, lakehouse and warehouse, then enterprise architecture.

Typical roles

• AI Solutions Architect
• Data & AI Architect
• Cloud Solutions Architect (AI)

Suggested certifications, by phase

Foundation

• AZ-900 Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• AI-901 Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
• AIF-C01 AWS Certified AI Practitioner
• Google GAIL Google Cloud Generative AI Leader

Core

• AZ-305 Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• AWS SAA AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Google PCSA Google Professional Cloud Architect
• CDMP Practitioner DAMA Certified Data Management Professional – Practitioner
• SnowPro Core SnowPro Core Certification (COF-C03)
• DBX DE-A Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate

Advanced

• AWS SAP AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• AB-100 Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect Expert
• SnowPro Adv Arch SnowPro Advanced: Architect
• CISSP ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Mastery

• TOGAF TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner
• CDMP Master DAMA Certified Data Management Professional – Master

A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.