# AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate

[AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-data-engineer-associate/)

[AWS-Certified-Data-Engineer-Associate\_Exam-Guide.pdf](https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-data-engineer-associate/AWS-Certified-Data-Engineer-Associate_Exam-Guide.pdf)

Date - Feb-March 2024

### Topics

- Implement data pipelines and to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cost and performance issues in accordance with best practices.
- Ingest and transform data, and orchestrate data pipelines while applying programming concepts.
- Choose an optimal data store, design data models, catalog data schemas, and manage data lifecycles.
- Operationalize, maintain, and monitor data pipelines. Analyze data and ensure data quality.
- Implement appropriate authentication, authorization, data encryption, privacy, and governance. Enable logging.

### Services

- Streaming and transforming data with **Amazon Kinesis** and **Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)**
- Queuing messages with Simple Queue Service (**SQS**)
- Orchestrating data pipelines with **Amazon AppFlow, Amazon EventBridge, AWS Step Functions, and Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA)**
- Transitioning from small to big data with the **AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), AWS DataSync, Snow Family, Transfer Family**, and more
- Storing massive **data lakes** with the Simple Storage Service (**S3**) and managing data lifecycles
- Optimizing transactional queries with **DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Keyspaces, and MemoryDB**
- Tying your big data systems together with **AWS Lambda**
- Making unstructured data query-able with **AWS Glue, Glue DataBrew, and Lake Formation**
- Processing data at unlimited scale with **Elastic MapReduce**, including Apache **Spark**
- Applying advanced machine learning algorithms at scale with **Amazon SageMaker**
- Searching and analyzing petabyte-scale data with **Amazon Opensearch (formerly Elasticsearch) Service**
- Querying S3 data lakes with Amazon **Athena**
- Hosting massive-scale data warehouses with **Redshift** and **Redshift Spectrum**
- Integrating smaller data with your big data, using the Relational Database Service (**RDS**)
- Keeping your data secure with encryption, **KMS**, **Macie, Secrets Manager**, **IAM**, and more
- Managing and governing your systems with **CloudFormation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config**, and more

### Bifurcation

- Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation (34% of scored content)
- Domain 2: Data Store Management (26% of scored content)
- Domain 3: Data Operations and Support (22% of scored content)
- Domain 4: Data Security and Governance (18% of scored content)

## AWS Services

### Analytics

- Amazon Athena
- Amazon EMR
- AWS Glue
- AWS Glue DataBrew
- AWS Lake Formation
- Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
- Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)
- Amazon OpenSearch Service
- Amazon QuickSight

## Course

- [AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate 2024 - Hands On! | Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-data-engineer/)
- [Course Slides](https://dw9ne0o7jcasn.cloudfront.net/AWSDataEngineer/AWSCertifiedDataEngineerSlides.pdf)
- [AWS Certified Data Engineer - Hands On! Course Materials - Sundog Education with Frank Kane](https://www.sundog-education.com/aws-data-engineer/)
- [Free AWS Practice Exam Questions](https://digitalcloud.training/free-aws-practice-exam-questions/)

## Links

- [Building Batch Data Analytics Solutions on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/training/classroom/building-batch-data-analytics-solutions-on-aws/)
- [Exam Prep Official Practice Question Set: AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01 - English) | Self-paced digital training on AWS - AWS Skill Builder](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/16985/aws-certified-data-engineer-associate-official-practice-question-set-dea-c01-english)
- [AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate DEA-C01 | Exam Questions | Exam Dumps | AWS Data Engineer - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95k6eSe9alE)
- [Self-paced digital training on AWS - AWS Skill Builder](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/18546/exam-prep-standard-course-aws-certified-data-engineer-associate-dea-c01?trk=e6934e10-170d-4c94-bf7b-b88f95ed0f47&sc_channel=el)