Master

Architect — Master

The highest Adobe Commerce certification. Validates the ability to design enterprise-scale solutions, lead technical architecture decisions, manage complex integrations, and ensure performance, security, and scalability across the entire commerce platform.

60 Questions
120 Minutes
12 Sections

Exam Topics & Objectives

1

Solution Design & Architecture

Enterprise solution design for Adobe Commerce
Microservices vs monolithic architecture trade-offs
Technology stack selection & justification
2

Multi-Site Topology

Global multi-brand, multi-region site architecture
Shared catalog vs separate store strategies
Content & configuration management across sites
Multi-Store Setup
3

Integration Architecture

Middleware design patterns (ESB, API gateway)
Synchronous vs asynchronous integration strategies
Event-driven architecture & webhook patterns
ERP Integration Message Queues
4

Performance at Scale

Infrastructure sizing & capacity planning
CDN strategy, Varnish tuning & cache architecture
Database optimization, read replicas & query tuning
Full Page Cache Indexer System
5

Cloud Architecture

Adobe Commerce Cloud infrastructure & services
Environment topology: production, staging, integration
Auto-scaling, resource management & monitoring
CI/CD Deployment
6

Security Architecture

PCI DSS compliance architecture
WAF, DDoS protection & network security
Data encryption, tokenization & secure API design
Security Checklist
7

B2B Commerce Architecture

Company hierarchy & organizational structures
Shared catalog architecture & custom pricing engines
Approval workflows & purchase order systems
B2B Features
8

Data Architecture

EAV optimization strategies at scale
Data migration architecture & ETL pipelines
Master data management across systems
EAV System
9

API & Headless Architecture

GraphQL schema design for headless storefronts
REST/SOAP API versioning & deprecation strategy
BFF (Backend for Frontend) pattern implementation
GraphQL Resolvers
10

Order Management Architecture

Distributed order management (DOM) patterns
Multi-source inventory architecture
Returns, exchanges & complex fulfillment flows
Sales Module Checkout Module
11

Catalog Architecture at Scale

Large catalog strategies (1M+ SKUs)
Search architecture: Elasticsearch/OpenSearch tuning
Product information management (PIM) integration
Catalog Module Import/Export
12

DevOps & Reliability

Zero-downtime deployment architecture
Monitoring, alerting & incident response
Disaster recovery & business continuity planning
CI/CD Deployment Cron Jobs
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