Serverless Data Architect — Modern Data Platform Masterclass

Design cost-efficient, serverless lakehouse & mesh architectures with FinOps

Format: 8 weeks · Delivery: Databricks / Snowflake / BigQuery · Certification: Serverless Data Architect (Yukti–Durga)

Why this program

Enterprises are cutting cloud costs and moving to serverless. Few courses teach design patterns and cost optimization together.

Audience: Data architects, senior data engineers, cloud specialists

Price: $2,800 (individual) / $35,000 (corporate)

Program Highlights & Curriculum

Key topics and hands-on deliverables for this 8 weeks program.

Program Highlights

Serverless architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP patterns)
Data Mesh vs Lakehouse vs Data Fabric
Cost optimization (FinOps principles)
Monitoring, observability, and data reliability
Capstone: Build a reference serverless data stack

Capstone & Outcome

Capstone: Capstone: Build a reference serverless data stack

Learners will receive a certification badge and a portfolio-ready capstone that demonstrates applied skills.

Week-by-Week Curriculum (High level)

Week 1

Serverless concepts, cost model, and selecting cloud-managed services

Week 2

Lakehouse patterns and storage formats (Delta, Iceberg, Parquet)

Week 3

Streaming ingestion, CDC patterns and event-driven design

Week 4

Schema evolution, partitioning strategies and metadata-driven pipelines

Week 5

Observability: lineage, SLAs, SLOs, and monitoring tools

Week 6-8

Capstone: Design and deploy a reference serverless data stack with cost estimation and runbooks

Pedagogy

Hands-on labs, instructor-led demos, case studies, quizzes and mentor feedback. Emphasis on practical deliverables and PoV artifacts.

Labs, Projects & Deliverables

Deploy a small lakehouse on object storage and query via serverless SQL
Implement CDC using open-source connectors into a Delta table
Run cost estimation and optimize sample workloads (FinOps exercise)
Executive PoV slide deck and implementation runbook

Learning Outcomes & Career Fit

Reference architecture and runbook for serverless data platform
Cost optimization report and FinOps playbook
Capstone deployment and documentation
Certificate & digital badge for professional profiles

Price & Enrollment

Individual

$2,800 (individual)

Self-paced tracks + weekly live office hours.

Corporate Batch

$35,000 (corporate)

Instructor-led cohort for teams; includes PoV consulting add-on.

Enterprise

Custom Pricing

Tailored enterprise programs with on-site options and long-term advisory.

Instructors & Team

Lead Instructor — Practitioner Expert

Seasoned practitioner with real-world delivery experience in the domain.

Advisory Panel

Industry practitioners, compliance leads and domain experts.

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