AWS Certified Big Data: Specialty

Code: awsbd

What you'll learn

On this accelerated AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty course, you'll learn how to use cloud-based big data solutions, like Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift and Amazon Kinesis, in just 4 days.

Use best practices to build big data environments for effective security by working with Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift and Amazon Kinesis. On Firebrand’s accelerated course, you’ll also learn how to:

Incorporate AWS solutions inside of a big data ecosystem
Use visualisation software to show data and queries
Control in-memory analytics with Spark and Spark SQL
Manage ingesting, transferring and compressing data
Process data using Hadoop tools like Hive and Hue

If you’re responsible for designing and implementing big data solutions, or a Data Scientist/Data Analyst who needs to learn more about big data on AWS, this course is ideal for you.

This accelerated course provides training and knowledge equivalent to AWS’s Big Data on AWS course.

Curriculum

16 modules

Module 1- Overview of Big Data
Module 2 - Big Data Ingestion and Transfer
Module 3 - Big Data Streaming and Amazon Kinesis
Module 4 - Big Data Storage Solutions
Module 5 - Big Data Processing and Analytics
Module 6 - Apache Hadoop and Amazon EMR
Module 7 - Using Amazon EMR
Module 8 - Hadoop Programming Frameworks
Module 9 - Web Interfaces on Amazon EMR
Module 10 - Apache Spark on Amazon EMR
Module 11 - Using AWS Glue to automate ETL Workloads
Module 12 - Amazon Redshift and Big Data
Module 13 - Securing Your Amazon Deployments
Module 14 - Managing Big Data Costs
Module 15 - Visualising and Orchestrating Big Data
Module 16 - Big Data Design Patterns

Prerequisites

To achieve your AWS certification, you should have a minimum of two years' experience using AWS technology and be able to:

Independently define AWS architecture and services and understand how they integrate with each other
Define and architect AWS big data services and explain how they fit in the data lifecycle of collection, ingestion, storage, processing, and visualisation

You should also possess at least five years' experience in a data analytics field and understand:

How to control access to secure data
The frameworks that underpin large scale distributed systems like Hadoop/Spark and MPP data warehouses
The tools and design platforms that allow processing of data from multiple heterogeneous sources with difference frequencies (batch/real-time)
How to design a scalable and cost-effective architecture to process data

Exam info

You'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty

Number: BDS-C00
Format: Multiple choice and multiple response
Duration: 170 minutes
Domains

Domain 1: Collection (17%)
Domain 2: Storage (17%)
Domain 3: Processing (17%)
Domain 4: Analysis (17%)
Domain 5: Visualisation (12%)
Domain 6: Data Security (20%)

Course Dates

Sorry, there are currently no dates available for this course. Please submit an enquiry and one of our team will contact you about potential future dates or alternative options.

FAQs

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Yes, we do provide courses suitable for beginners. However, Firebrand's accelerated courses aren't easy and it's essential that you are interested and actively pursuing a career in IT.

Traditional training providers usually run their courses from 9am to 5pm. At Firebrand Training we maximise the number of learning hours to minimise the number of training days, so you’ll be back to your job as quickly as possible. You don’t waste time travelling to several courses and finding an exam centre after that.

Firebrand's accelerated courses are constantly reviewed. We ask our delegates for feedback after every course. We are official partners with leading vendors and therefore, we're provided with certification changes and updates, which we can then implement in our course delivery at a very early stage. This feedback is then analysed in view of changes or discrepancies. We will then address the topics mentioned and have a panel of subject matter experts provide us with valuable suggestions for improvement and solutions.

If you need to learn new skills and you want to be able to put them into practice quickly, then Firebrand is the right training company for you.

Our unique accelerated training method means that we are your fastest way to learn. By delivering training for up to 12 hours per day, seven days per week, with exam centres on-site, we ensure that you are trained and certified quicker than anywhere else, having spent less time out of the office away from the day job.

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