Building Data Lakes on AWS

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

1 day

Audience

Information Technology Specialists

Description

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In this course, you will learn how to build an operational data lake that supports analysis of both structured and unstructured data. You will learn the components and functionality of the services involved in creating a data lake. You will use AWS Lake Formation to build a data lake, AWS Glue to build a data catalogue, and Amazon Athena to analyze data. The course lectures and labs will further enhance your learning with the exploration of several common data lake architectures.

Learning Objectives

• 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.

Target Audience

• Data platform engineers
• Solutions architects
• IT professionals

Prerequisite(s)

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Completed the AWS Technical Essentials course and
• One year of experience building data analytics pipelines.

Notes

Course level: Intermediate

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