In this course, you will learn to build batch data analytics solutions using Amazon EMR, an enterprise-grade Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop managed service. You will learn how Amazon EMR integrates with open-source projects such as Apache Hive, Hue, and HBase, and with AWS services such as AWS Glue and AWS Lake Formation.

The course addresses data collection, ingestion, cataloguing, storage, and processing components in the context of Spark and Hadoop. You will learn to use EMR Notebooks to support both analytics and machine learning workloads. You will also learn to apply security, performance, and cost management best practices to the operation of Amazon EMR.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for data warehouse engineers, data platform engineers, and architects and operators who build and manage data analytics pipelines.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

• Compare the features and benefits of data warehouses, data lakes, and modern data architectures
• Design and implement a data warehouse analytics solution
• Identify and apply appropriate techniques, including compression, to optimise data storage
• Select and deploy appropriate options to ingest, transform, and store data 
• Choose the appropriate instance and node types, clusters, auto scaling, and network topology for a particular business use case
• Understand how data storage and processing affect the analysis and visualisation mechanisms needed to gain actionable business insights
• Secure data at rest and in transit remediate problems
• Apply cost management best practices