System Design
Develop the skills to design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs through a learning path centred on System Design. Explore concepts, guided practice and an applied project.
Build practical System Design skills.
Skills and knowledge developed in this course.
- Requirements
- Architecture
- Resilience
- Design review
- Applied project: Design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs
- System Design — validation and review
About this course
This course develops practical capability in System Design. Its course-specific content covers Requirements, Architecture, Resilience, Design review, followed by an applied project focused on design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs. The lessons include concrete configuration, design, testing or operational decisions appropriate to the subject.
Who this is for
Administrators, developers and practitioners who work with System Design or plan to take on responsibilities in this area.
Before you start
Basic computer literacy and a foundational understanding of software architecture & engineering. Prior experience with the named product helps with the practical exercises.
Design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs
Deliver design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs. Use the module outcomes to state requirements, demonstrate a working result, test an expected failure or boundary case, and document assumptions and follow-up work.
Course content
Course-specific syllabus and practical exercises. Lab release, access arrangements and final delivery scope are confirmed before enrolment.
01Requirements
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- Functional requirements and service objectives
- Traffic, data and growth assumptions
Practical exerciseApply requirements to the design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs and capture the validation evidence.
02Architecture
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- API boundaries, storage and caching
- Queues, asynchronous work and backpressure
Practical exerciseApply architecture to the design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs and capture the validation evidence.
03Resilience
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- Replication, partitioning and failure isolation
- Consistency, recovery and capacity trade-offs
Practical exerciseApply resilience to the design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs and capture the validation evidence.
04Design review
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- Produce a system diagram and request flows
- Walk through overload and dependency failure scenarios
Practical exerciseApply design review to the design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs and capture the validation evidence.
05Applied project: Design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs
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- Define inputs, assumptions and acceptance criteria for: Design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs.
- Implement the project using requirements, architecture, resilience, design review.
Practical exerciseDesign a service against explicit scale and reliability needs.
06System Design — validation and review
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- Demonstrate the completed project against its acceptance criteria.
- Exercise an invalid-input or failure scenario and document the observed result.
Practical exercisepresent the project evidence, limitations and a repeatable handover.
Technical references
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From understanding to application.
Progress by learning milestone. The schedule is agreed around your starting level and learning goals.
- 01Learning milestone 1 In progress
Set the context
Requirements · Architecture
Establish the System Design scope, baseline concepts and operating assumptions. - 02Learning milestone 2 In progress
Build the working skills
Resilience · Design review
Apply the core System Design techniques in the course lab and record the result. - 03Learning milestone 3 In progress
Validate and handle exceptions
Check expected behavior, investigate a failure case and capture evidence for design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs. - 04Learning milestone 4 In progress
Deliver the applied project
Complete design a service against explicit scale and reliability needs, explain key decisions and identify a practical next step.
Career outlook after this learning path
Typical roles this roadmap can support, with broad salary ranges by relevant work experience.
| Role | 0–3 years | 3–7 years | 7–12+ years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect | Role usually follows hands-on experience | ₹22–38 LPA | ₹40–70 LPA |
Ranges are indicative India-market compensation estimates in ₹ lakh per annum, not a salary promise. They reflect broad market guides and vary by location, employer, skills and role scope; the experience bands refer to relevant work experience, not time since training. Completing this course does not guarantee employment, a role, compensation or career progression. View market reference ↗