Ok, I see.
To be a (good) architect, you just can't take courses.
IMO, you need several years of experience as a developer/DBA/administrator.
If you wish to specialize on a specific industry, you need a honest interest in the business requirements.
That said, here's a package of training that could be of interest:
- General SAS training: corresponding to the advanced certification
- DI Studio: ETL is the backbone in any DW/BI/Analytical system
- SAS Intelligence Platform administration
- The SAS Financial Management is a quite specific solution: so any training taken here should be taken near/within a project. I haven't taken them my self, so you better talk to a SAS training representative to guide you which course(s) suits your needs: http://support.sas.com/training/us/paths/pm.html
- Data Modelling: you should be comfortable with understanding, extending and map source data to a 3rd normal form database. You also need to handle dimensional models. These are not SAS specific capabilities, but there are plenty of training, books, web material available
- General IT architecture: at least some basic knowledge of OS behaviour, networking, RDBMS, web applications etc
Good luck!
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