Building Data Lakes on AWS [for Data Analysts] with DataBrew

Complete and detailed coverage of the essentials - 1-Day hands-on training

Tuition: $1,195 (Early Bird Discount by MAR 25: $100 OFF | 4+ Group Discount: $500+ OFF)

After taking this course, you will be able to:

Apply data lake methodologies in planning and designing a data lake
Articulate the components and services required for building an AWS data lake
Secure a data lake with appropriate permission
Ingest, store, and transform data in a data lake
Query, analyze, and visualize data within a data lake

This course is designed primarily for data analysts, but could also benefit data scientists, data platform engineers, solution architects, and IT professionals who work with data.

Prerequisites: one year of experience building data analytics pipelines or have completed our instructor-led, AWS Data Analytics Fundamentals course.

Outline

Topics are covered in the order they appear, however some jumping back-and-forth is necessary to explore relevant topics at the time they are first encountered. Below is a list of topics that will be covered by module:

Module 1: Introduction to data lakes
- Describe the value of data lakes
- Compare data lakes and data warehouses
- Describe the components of a data lake
- Recognize common architectures built on data lakes
Module 2: Data ingestion, cataloging, and preparation
- Describe the relationship between data lake storage and data ingestion
- Describe AWS Glue crawlers and how they are used to create a data catalog
- Identify data formatting, partitioning, and compression for efficient storage and query
- Lab 1: Set up a simple data lake
Module 3: Data processing and analytics
- Recognize how data processing applies to a data lake
- Use AWS Glue DataBrew to process data within a data lake
- Describe how to use Amazon Athena to analyze data in a data lake
Module 4: Building a data lake with AWS Lake Formation
- Describe the features and benefits of AWS Lake Formation
- Use AWS Lake Formation to create a data lake
- Understand the AWS Lake Formation security model
- Lab 2: Build a data lake using AWS Lake Formation
Module 5: Additional Lake Formation configurations
- Automate AWS Lake Formation using blueprints and workflows
- Apply security and access controls to AWS Lake Formation
- Match records with AWS Lake Formation FindMatches
- Visualize data with Amazon QuickSight
- Lab 3: Automate data lake creation using AWS Lake Formation blueprints
- Lab 4: Data visualization using Amazon QuickSight
Module 6: Architecture and course review
- Post course knowledge check
- Architecture review
- Course review

Lab exercises are designed to cover one particular topic and help with learning retention.

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This course is compatible with AWS official curriculum.

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