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OCI Architect Professional
The 1Z0-997 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional certification validates expertise in designing advanced networking, compute, storage, database, and security solutions on OCI, enabling architects to deliver secure, scalable enterprise cloud infrastructures.
120
Minutes
55
Questions
65
Passing Score
$245
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is intended for senior cloud architects, solution engineers, or technical leads with several years of OCI experience who design and oversee complex enterprise deployments. Candidates seeking to prove their ability to craft strategic, high‑performance cloud architectures and to lead security, compliance, and optimization initiatives will benefit.
What's Covered
1
Advanced Networking Design
2
Advanced Compute and Container Architecture
3
Advanced Storage Architecture
4
Advanced Database Architecture
5
Security and Compliance Architecture
6
Disaster Recovery and High Availability
7
Migration and Modernization
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Practice Questions
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Course Outline
60 learning goals
1
Advanced Networking Design
2 topics
Enterprise Network Architecture
- Design hub-and-spoke topologies using DRG transit routing with VCN attachments, route tables, and import/export route distribution.
- Architect multi-region connectivity with cross-region remote peering, DRG route propagation, and inter-region traffic engineering.
- Design redundant hybrid connectivity with dual FastConnect circuits, BGP routing, IPSec VPN backup, and automatic failover.
- Evaluate network segmentation using multiple VCNs, subnets, NSGs, and OCI Network Firewall for zero-trust architectures.
- Architect private connectivity with service gateways, private endpoints, and network path analysis for secure internal communication.
Advanced Traffic Management
- Design global traffic management using DNS steering with geolocation, weighted, and failover policies for multi-region apps.
- Architect L4/L7 load balancing with WAF integration, SSL cipher policies, and content-based routing for complex application topologies.
- Analyze network performance using Network Path Analyzer, VTAP packet mirroring, and VCN flow logs for troubleshooting.
- Design WAF policies with access control, bot management, rate limiting, and protection rules for internet-facing applications.
- Architect cross-tenancy network connectivity using remote peering, cross-tenancy policies, and shared service VCN patterns.
2
Advanced Compute and Container Architecture
2 topics
Enterprise Compute
- Design HPC architectures with bare metal shapes, RDMA cluster networking, and GPU instances for scientific and AI workloads.
- Architect multi-AD compute with instance pools, capacity reservations, and placement groups for fault-tolerant applications.
- Plan compute maintenance strategies: live migration, reboot migration, and maintenance window scheduling for minimal downtime.
- Evaluate shape selection and right-sizing across workload types to optimize performance-to-cost ratios.
Advanced Kubernetes
- Design OKE with virtual/managed node pools, VCN-native pod networking, and service mesh (Istio) for microservice architectures.
- Architect container supply chain security: Registry scanning, image signing, admission controllers, and pod security standards.
- Design K8s scaling: HPA, cluster autoscaler, virtual kubelet, and Karpenter-style node provisioning for variable demands.
- Architect multi-cluster Kubernetes strategies with federation, GitOps deployment, and cross-cluster service discovery patterns.
- Evaluate containerization of legacy apps: sidecar patterns, init containers, stateful workloads, and persistent volume strategies.
3
Advanced Storage Architecture
1 topic
Enterprise Storage Design
- Design block storage with ultra-high performance volumes, cross-AD replication, and tiered backup retention strategies.
- Architect data lake solutions on Object Storage with lifecycle tiering, replication, and Data Flow/Data Catalog integration.
- Design file storage with mount target placement, snapshot strategies, and parallel NFS patterns for HPC shared storage.
- Evaluate storage to balance IOPS, throughput, durability, and cost across block, object, file, and archive tiers.
- Design storage encryption strategies using Vault-managed keys, customer-managed keys, and Oracle-managed encryption.
- Architect data migration strategies using OCI Data Transfer appliance, Object Storage multipart upload, and rsync-based transfers.
- Design cross-region Object Storage replication policies with conflict resolution and compliance retention for global data distribution.
4
Advanced Database Architecture
1 topic
Enterprise Database Design
- Design Exadata Cloud Service with rack configurations, X-scale storage, fleet management, and VM cluster partitioning.
- Architect database DR with Data Guard, Active Data Guard, Autonomous Data Guard, and cross-region switchover/failover.
- Design migration using Database Migration Service, GoldenGate real-time replication, and Data Pump for cloud migration.
- Architect multi-database environments with CDB/PDB architecture, resource management, and workload consolidation on Exadata.
- Evaluate Autonomous DB versus managed DB Systems based on workload characteristics, management, licensing, and cost.
- Design database security with TDE, network encryption, Data Safe, and database audit policies for regulatory compliance.
- Architect MySQL HeatWave for OLTP-analytics hybrid workloads with in-memory acceleration and ML pipeline integration.
5
Security and Compliance Architecture
1 topic
Enterprise Security
- Design enterprise IAM with identity domain federation, SCIM provisioning, conditional MFA, and cross-tenancy sharing.
- Architect encryption with Vault BYOK, external KMS integration, key rotation, and data-at-rest/in-transit encryption.
- Design Cloud Guard with custom detectors, automated responders, security scores, and integration with SIEM tools.
- Architect compliance with Security Zones, Audit, Logging Analytics, and Certificates for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2.
- Design network security with OCI Network Firewall, WAF, DDoS protection, and traffic inspection for perimeter defense.
- Architect secrets management strategies using Vault secrets, dynamic credentials, and rotation policies for application security.
- Evaluate security postures to identify vulnerabilities and recommend defense-in-depth strategies for enterprise environments.
6
Disaster Recovery and High Availability
2 topics
DR Architecture
- Design multi-region DR with pilot light, warm standby, and active-active patterns using Full Stack Disaster Recovery.
- Architect cross-region HA with redundant compute, storage, network, and database for business continuity.
- Design application-level DR with load balancer failover, DNS steering, and database switchover orchestration.
- Architect backup strategies combining block volume snapshots, object storage replication, and database backups for comprehensive protection.
- Evaluate RTO/RPO requirements to recommend DR strategies balancing recovery speed, data loss, and infrastructure cost.
Performance Optimization
- Design performance optimization: shape selection, storage IOPS tuning, network bandwidth, caching, and CDN patterns.
- Architect cost optimization with committed-use discounts, flexible shapes, preemptible capacity, and lifecycle policies.
- Design auto-scaling architectures combining compute autoscaling, database auto-scaling, and serverless elasticity for demand responsiveness.
- Analyze complex architectures to identify bottlenecks, SPOFs, and cost optimization opportunities.
7
Migration and Modernization
2 topics
Migration Architecture
- Design end-to-end migration using Cloud Migrations, Database Migration Service, and application assessment tooling.
- Architect IaC with Terraform providers, Resource Manager stacks, drift detection, and module reuse for repeatable deployments.
- Design OCI Ansible collection usage for configuration management and operational automation across compute fleets.
- Evaluate modernization: lift-and-shift, replatform to containers, refactor to serverless, and SaaS replacement strategies.
- Design workload assessment frameworks for evaluating cloud readiness, dependencies, and migration complexity.
- Architect landing zone designs with compartment structures, network topologies, and security baselines using OCI best practices.
Enterprise Observability and Governance
- Design centralized logging with Logging, Logging Analytics, and Service Connector Hub for cross-compartment aggregation.
- Architect monitoring with custom metrics, composite alarms, and automated remediation via Functions and Events.
- Design governance with tag namespaces, compartment quotas, budget alerts, and policy-based access for large tenancies.
- Architect Operations Insights for capacity planning, SQL analytics, and database fleet performance management.
- Evaluate observability gaps and recommend monitoring, logging, and alerting improvements for enterprise operations.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains in the OCI Architect Professional (1Z0-997) exam: Advanced Networking, Compute, Storage, Database, Security, DR, Migration, Governance.
- Enterprise architecture: multi-region DR, complex hybrid networking, advanced security, performance optimization, large-scale migration planning.
- Advanced OCI: DRG transit routing, cross-tenancy access, dedicated regions, Exadata, Data Guard, GoldenGate, Terraform, Resource Manager.
- Solution design for HA, DR, cost optimization, performance tuning, and enterprise governance at scale.
Not Covered
- Application code and programming language specifics beyond architecture patterns.
- Oracle Database internals, PL/SQL, and low-level DBA tasks beyond service-level architecture.
- Third-party tool configuration and vendor-specific migration tooling beyond OCI services.
- Specific pricing values and promotional offers that change over time.
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