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DEA-C01 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Associate

AWS Data Engineer Associate

Data ingestion and streaming, data store management and optimization, data operations and security.

Program: Data & AI
Certification
AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
Exam
DEA-C01
Level
Associate
Modules
3

About this class

Data Engineer Associate teaches you to build reliable data pipelines on AWS: ingestion and streaming, data store management and optimisation, and data operations and security.

It is the current AWS certification for data engineering and ends with exam preparation.

Who it's for: Data engineers, database and BI professionals, and developers moving into data platforms.

Prerequisites: Experience with data concepts, SQL and some AWS services.

Career roles

  • Data engineer
  • Cloud data engineer
  • ETL / pipeline developer
  • Analytics engineer

What you will learn

Curriculum

  1. Data Ingestion Streaming
  2. Data Store Management Optimization
  3. Data Operations Security Exam Prep

Industry trends: why this matters now

Real-time data

Streaming pipelines are increasingly the norm for operational analytics.

Lakehouse platforms

Open table formats and unified storage simplify analytics architectures.

Data governance

Regulation and AI adoption raise the bar for lineage, quality and access control.

Data for AI

Reliable pipelines are the foundation for machine learning and generative AI.

Your certification pathway

  1. AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
    Optional foundation
  2. Data Engineer - Associate (DEA-C01) This class
    Build and operate data pipelines
  3. Next steps
    Machine Learning Engineer - Associate, Solutions Architect or specialty certifications

This class follows the DEA-C01 domains and finishes with exam preparation. Passing earns the AWS Data Engineer Associate certification.

Class schedule

No classes are scheduled for this course yet.

Training materials

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