How UTS established a modern curriculum data services foundation on AWS
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This article describes how the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) established a modern curriculum data services foundation on AWS using domain-driven design and managed services.
- Replaced tightly coupled integrations with governed API contracts using Amazon MSK, Lambda, and API Gateway
- Implemented purpose-built persistence with Amazon Neptune for graph traversal and OpenSearch for semantic search
- Achieved 1.6-second average latency from source system to downstream consumers
- One engineer operates the domain with zero production incidents since November 2024 launch
- 11 institutional consumers adopted the services, replacing point-to-point integrations
- Reduced total cost of ownership while consolidating capabilities across multiple teams
- Established repeatable pattern for subsequent data domains like student data and learning activities
UTS demonstrated how managed AWS services enable small engineering teams to operate institutional-scale data domains with increased capability, reduced complexity, and demand-aligned costs.
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