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Data Engineer - Associate Program Guide

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This five-week training series includes self-paced digital training in AWS Skill Builder and live study sessions with our training architects, providing exam strategy insights, real-world use cases, and hands-on demos of AWS services. Live training for this series will be delivered on our Twitch channel AWS Training Live.

Action Required: Add live sessions to your calendar

  • Please note that this series will now start on Tuesday, July 9 at 7:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays July 9 - August 8 at 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. (PDT) Add to calendar

Bookmark this page for easy access to weekly training and live session recordings.

Claim your 33% exam discount:

Schedule your AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate exam. At checkout, enter the discount code AWA361160396. The discount code is valid from July 1 to October 24. Exams must be taken by October 31. Terms and Conditions apply, while supplies last.

Get ready for the Program Kickoff

    1 Set up your AWS Partner Network (APN) account using your business email address.

    2 Sign in to AWS Skill Builder as an AWS Partner using the credentials created in step 1.

    You can now enroll into the Learning Plan created for this program.

    If you encounter any issues accessing the training, don't worry. We will address common problems during the Program Kickoff.

    OPTIONAL: Build practical skills with an AWS Skill Builder Individual subscription.

     

    Weekly Activities

    Week 1: Kickoff and Technical Essentials

    1 Program Kickoff: Tuesday, July 9 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT)

    Watch on-demand | Download Slides

    2 Digital Training from your AWS Skill Builder Learning Plan  

    • AWS Technical Essentials
    • Fundamentals of Analytics on AWS (Part 1)

    If you'd like to go hands-on with AWS, AWS Skill Builder subscription holders may utilize the Companion Learning Plan:

    • A Day in the Life of a Data Engineer
    • Building with Amazon Redshift Clusters
    • Serverless Architectures with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Kinesis Streams with AWS Lambda

    3 Exam Strategy: Thursday, July 11 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) | Watch on-demand | Download Slides

    Week 2: Data Ingestion and Transformation

    1 Content Review: Tuesday, July 16 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT)

    Watch on-demand | Download Slides

    2 Digital Training from your AWS Skill Builder Learning Plan  

    • AWS Partner: Data Analytics (Technical)

    If you'd like to go hands-on with AWS, AWS Skill Builder subscription holders may utilize the Companion Learning Plan:

    • Building BI Dashboards with Amazon QuickSight
    • Migrating RDS MySQL to Aurora with Read Replica

    3 Exam Strategy: Thursday, July 18 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) | Watch on-demand 

    Week 3: Domain 2 - Data Store Management

    1 Content Review: Tuesday, July 23 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) | Watch on-demand | Download Slides

    2 Digital Training from your AWS Skill Builder Learning Plan  

    • Introduction to Amazon Athena
    • AWS Database Offerings
    • Serverless Analytics
    • Best Practices for Data Warehousing with Amazon Redshift

    If you’d like to go hands-on with AWS – AWS Skill Builder subscription holders may utilize the AWS Skill Builder Companion Learning Plan:

    • Using Data Encryption in AWS 
    • Introduction to AWS Database Migration Service

    3 Exam Strategy: Thursday, July 25 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) | Watch on-demand 

    Week 4: Domain 3 - Data Operations and Support

    1 Content Review: Tuesday, July 30 at 7-8:30 a.m. (PDT) on Watch on-demand | Download Slides

    2 Digital Training from your AWS Skill Builder Learning Plan  

    • Getting Started with AWS Storage
    • Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Storage Classes Deep Dive
    • Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Troubleshooting
    • Managing Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

    If you’d like to go hands-on with AWS – AWS Skill Builder subscription holders may utilize the AWS Skill Builder Companion Learning Plan:

    • EMR File System Client-side Encryption Using AWS KMS-managed Keys
    • Analyze Big Data with Hadoop

    3 Exam Strategy: Thursday, August 1 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) on Watch on-demand 

    Week 5: Domain 4 - Data Security and Governance

    1 Content Review: Tuesday, August 6 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) on Watch on-demand | Download Slides

    2 Digital Training from your AWS Skill Builder Learning Plan  

    • Subnets, Gateways, and Route Tables Explained
    • Understanding AWS Networking Gateways
    • Exam Prep Standard Course: AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01)
    • AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate Official Practice Question Set

    If you’d like to go hands-on with AWS – AWS Skill Builder subscription holders may utilize the AWS Skill Builder Companion Learning Plan:

    • Exam Prep Enhanced Course: AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01 – English)
    • Exam Prep Official Pretest: AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01 - English)

    3 Exam Strategy: Thursday, August 8 at 7:00-8:00 a.m. (PDT) Watch on-demand 

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