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AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01)

6 Courses
16 Hours
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This Path covers everything you need to know to study for the AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01) exam.

You will learn about services and considerations associated with performing data ingestion, how to use ETL pipelines to transform and process data, and applying basic programming concepts like SQL queries.

You'll learn about data store management services, looking at Amazon S3 in detail different types of data formats. You'll also learn about AWS' different database options, like Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Redshift, and the various data cataloging systems.

Diving into security and governance, you will start with Identity and Access Management, and systematically peel back the many layers of security that are available for data store management on AWS. We will cover networking concepts for connecting to private data stores in your VPC, as well as connecting to services such as S3 from private compute instances. We will also overview database authentication options on AWS.

Once you've completed this course, you should have the foundation you need to understand data store management in the context of the AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01) exam.

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AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01)

This Path covers everything you need to know to study for the AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01) exam, focusing on the four domains from the exam guide:

- **Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation** - **Domain 2: Data Store Management** - **Domain 3: Data Operations and Support** - **Domain 4: Data Security and Governance**

You will learn about services and considerations associated with performing data ingestion, how to use ETL pipelines to transform and process data, and applying basic programming concepts like SQL queries.

You'll learn about data store management services, looking at Amazon S3 in detail and different types of data formats. You'll also learn about AWS' different database options, like Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Redshift, and the various data cataloging systems.

Diving into security and governance, you will start with Identity and Access Management, and systematically peel back the many layers of security that are available for data store management on AWS. We will cover networking concepts for connecting to private data stores in your VPC, as well as connecting to services such as S3 from private compute instances. We will also overview database authentication options on AWS.

Once you've completed this course, you should have the foundation you need to understand data store management in the context of the AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01) exam.

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What You'll Learn
  • Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation
  • Domain 2: Data Store Management
  • Domain 3: Data Operations and Support
  • Domain 4: Data Security and Governance
Prerequisites
  • Basic knowledge of AWS so a broad overview of the AWS platform and AWS services is necessary.
  • A broad knowledge of database fundamentals.
  • A grasp on what constitutes big data including the 5 Vs (velocity, volume, variety, veracity, and value
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