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AI Software Architect (IHK)

Architecting AI responsibly and placing it within the overall system architecture

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Architecting AI responsibly and placing it within the overall system architecture

As a software architect or software developer, you are faced with the task of not only observing technological developments, but translating them into viable decisions for systems, interfaces, data flows, and operating models. This is precisely where artificial intelligence becomes an architecturally relevant topic. It is not just about using new tools, but about meaningfully positioning AI within existing or new software systems, assessing its impact, and developing robust solution approaches for the enterprise context. The IHK certificate program “AI Software Architect (IHK)”, developed by ITech Progress GmbH, the affiliated sister company of actIT Consulting, in cooperation with IHK Pfalz, addresses this exact challenge. It supports you in evaluating AI from a software architecture perspective and applying it purposefully to architecture work, development processes, and operational use cases. The program focuses on questions that are critical to your daily practice:

  • How can AI tools be meaningfully integrated into the architecture process?
  • How can AI components be integrated into existing system landscapes?
  • What requirements arise with regard to interoperability, quality, security, data management, governance, and operations?

With the growing importance of generative AI, large language models, and agentic systems, the demand for software architects and software developers who can combine technological possibilities with architectural clarity is increasing. This certificate program delivers exactly that perspective. You will learn to view AI not as an isolated trend, but as a design domain that must be approached in a structured, reflective, and responsible manner. This enables you to lay the foundation for architectural decisions that are not only innovative, but also transparent, operationally viable, and future‑ready.

Participants should ideally bring the following:

  • Basic knowledge of software architecture
  • Understanding of the development, structuring, and integration of software systems
  • Initial practical experience in the analysis, design, documentation, or evolution of software architectures
  • Basic technical understanding of software development, interfaces, data flows, and quality requirements
  • An interest in artificial intelligence as an architecturally relevant domain
  • An openness to reflect on and evaluate AI tools, AI systems, and agentic approaches from a software architecture perspective

Technical requirements

There are no special requirements for the training environment, as all exercises are conducted using cloud‑ and web‑based tools such as Miro, Draw.io, and platforms like Jupyter or HuggingFace. All that is required is a stable and sufficiently fast internet connection.

What can you expect?

The IHK certificate program “AI Software Architect (IHK)”, developed by ITech Progress GmbH, the affiliated sister company of actIT Consulting, in cooperation with IHK Pfalz, provides you with essential knowledge and skills to assess artificial intelligence from a software architecture perspective, integrate it meaningfully, and design it responsibly. The IHK certificate program “AI Software Architect (IHK)”, developed by ITech Progress GmbH in cooperation with IHK Pfalz, provides you with essential knowledge and skills to assess artificial intelligence from a software architecture perspective, integrate it meaningfully, and design it responsibly. You will learn how AI can be systematically positioned within requirements engineering, design, documentation, communication, quality assurance, data management, and operations. In addition, the program demonstrates how aspects such as interoperability, security, traceability, governance, and productive operations can be incorporated into architectural decisions at an early stage. This enables you to develop a robust understanding of how AI not only functions from a technological perspective, but how it can be translated into sustainable, operable, and future‑ready software architectures.

Your benefits

  • In-depth AI architecture competence: confidently positioning and architecturally evaluating AI tools, AI systems, and agentic architectures.
  • Practical methods: Applying AI approaches relevant to architecture directly to requirements, design, documentation, quality assurance, and operations.
  • Future-relevant know-how: developing a structured understanding of generative AI, AI agents, context architectures, and modern integration approaches—and applying them in practice.
  • Architectural confidence: considering requirements for interoperability, data management, quality, governance, and operations at an early stage.
  • Recognized IHK certificate program: making your professional expertise visible and strategically strengthening your profile as a software architect.

Participant prerequisites

The IHK certificate program is aimed at software architects, software developers, and related professionals who already have basic experience in an architectural context and want to specifically expand their expertise in the field of artificial intelligence.

Training content in detail

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Strategically positioning AI within the architectural context

  • Fundamental AI concepts, generative AI, and architecture-related basics.
  • Assessment of opportunities, limitations, and risks from a software architecture perspective.
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Using AI in a targeted way throughout the development process

  • Support across requirements engineering, design, documentation, architecture reviews, and quality assurance.
  • Structured use of AI tools for architecture‑related tasks and decision‑making.
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Practical projects and knowledge transfer

  • Exercises and final assignments to apply what you have learned in realistic scenarios.
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Configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting

  • ConfigMaps, secrets, logging, monitoring, and error diagnostics in practical use.
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Ensuring interoperability, quality, and security

  • Standardized interfaces, the Model Context Protocol, and agent‑to‑agent communication.
  • Quality, observability, security requirements, and governance in productive operation.
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Robust integration and reliable operation of AI systems

  • Data management, MLOps, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
  • Architectural decisions for operable, traceable, and future‑ready AI solutions.
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Mastering LLMs, prompt engineering, and context engineering

  • Understanding modern language models and relevant concepts such as RAG, CAG, and Graph RAG.
  • Use of effective prompt patterns, context strategies, and integrated tools.
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Understanding AI agents and agentic architectures

  • Design, orchestration, and collaboration of agentic systems in operational environments.
  • Context architectures, state management, and storage approaches for scalable agent-based systems.

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Key Features of Our Trainings

Your benefits at a glance
  • In-depth AI architecture expertise: confidently classifying and architecturally evaluating AI tools, AI systems, and agentic architectures.
  • Practice-oriented methods: directly applying architecture-relevant AI approaches to requirements, design, documentation, quality assurance, and operations.
  • Future-relevant expertise: understanding and applying generative AI, AI agents, context architectures, and modern integration approaches in a structured manner.
  • Architectural confidence: addressing interoperability, data management, quality, governance, and operational requirements at an early stage.
  • Recognized IHK certificate program: demonstrating professional expertise and purposefully strengthening your profile as a software architect.
Live-Online-Training
  • Includes training materials and exercise materials
  • Visual collaboration through methods such as whiteboarding
  • High level of interactivity through tailored exercises and breakout rooms
  • Excellent trainer support, including in breakout rooms

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