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  • Week 1
    • 1.What Is Data Engineering
    • 2.Batch vs Streaming
    • 3.A Bird's-Eye View of AWS Data Services
    • 4.Data Formats and Modeling
    • 5.Week 1 Comprehensive Review
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
  • Week 4
  • Week 5
  • Week 6
  • Week 7
  • Week 8
  • Week 9
  • Week 10
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Data Engineer - Associate

10 weeks · 50 days · Associate

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Exam Information

Intermediate · 1-2 years of relevant hands-on experience recommended
Questions
65
Duration
130min
Passing
720 / 1000
Cost
$150
Validity
3y

Domain Weights

Data Ingestion and Transformation34%
Data Store Management26%
Data Operations and Support22%
Data Security and Governance18%
FormatMultiple-choice and multiple-response
PrerequisitesNone (recommended: 2-3 years of data engineering experience and 1-2 years of AWS experience)
LanguagesEnglish, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Benefits & Tips

  • Passing earns you a 50% discount voucher for your next exam. Find it under "Benefits" in your AWS Certification account and use it for recertification or another certification (it has an expiry date, so use it before then).
  • The certification is valid for 3 years and must be renewed before it expires. You can use the 50% voucher for recertification too.
  • There is no free retake (every attempt is paid in full). Passing on the first try is the cheapest route, so take the real exam once your mock exam scores clear the passing mark.
  • Passing also earns you a Credly digital badge that you can add to LinkedIn and your email signature.

FAQ

How many questions are on the DEA-C01 exam, and how long is it?+

DEA-C01 has 65 questions and a time limit of 130 minutes. Questions are multiple-choice and multiple-response.

What is the passing score?+

A score of 720 or higher out of 1000 is required to pass. Scores are scaled to account for question difficulty, so they are not the same as a simple percentage of correct answers.

How much does the exam cost, and how do I register?+

The exam fee is US $150. You can take it through Pearson VUE at a test center or as an online proctored exam. There is no free retake, so you pay the full fee each time you sit the exam.

How long is the certification valid, and how do I recertify?+

The certification is valid for 3 years after you pass, and you must recertify before it expires. Passing the exam earns you a 50% discount voucher for your next exam, which you can use to recertify or to take another AWS certification.

Can I take the exam in Korean?+

Yes. The exam is offered in 4 languages, including Korean. You can choose your language when you register for the exam.

Official Exam Guide Register for Exam

Week 1

  • Day 1What Is Data Engineering
  • Day 2Batch vs Streaming
  • Day 3A Bird's-Eye View of AWS Data Services
  • Day 4Data Formats and Modeling
  • Day 5Week 1 Comprehensive Review

Week 2

  • Day 1Batch Ingestion: S3 Upload, DataSync, Transfer Family, Snow
  • Day 2Kinesis Data Streams: Shards, Partition Keys, and Throughput
  • Day 3Kinesis Data Firehose: Delivery Streams and Loading
  • Day 4Amazon MSK (Kafka): Topics, Partitions, and When to Use What
  • Day 5Week 2 Synthesis: Data Ingestion Part 1 Review

Week 3

  • Day 1Streaming Processing: Managed Service for Apache Flink and Window Aggregation
  • Day 2Ingestion Reliability: Idempotency, Ordering, Retries, Deduplication, DLQ
  • Day 3CDC and Data Replication: Database Migration Service (DMS)
  • Day 4Ingestion Architecture Patterns: Lambda Architecture and Event-Driven Ingestion
  • Day 5Week 3 Synthesis: Data Ingestion Part 2 Review

Week 4

  • Day 1Glue Data Catalog and Crawlers: Adding Metadata to Data
  • Day 2Glue ETL Job: Transform Data on Spark
  • Day 3Glue Studio and DataBrew: Transform Without Code
  • Day 4Schema Management and Data Quality: Tolerate Evolution, Guarantee Trust
  • Day 5Week 4 Synthesis: The Big Picture of AWS Glue Transformation

Week 5

  • Day 1Amazon EMR: Spark, Hive and Cluster Operations, Plus EMR Serverless
  • Day 2Lambda Transformation and Lightweight Processing: Event-Driven ETL's Limits and Fit
  • Day 3Orchestration: Step Functions, MWAA, and Glue Workflows Selection Criteria
  • Day 4Performance and Cost Optimization: File Formats, Compression, Partitioning, and the Small File Problem
  • Day 5Week 5 Synthesis: Data Transformation 2 — Engines, Orchestration, Optimization Integration Review

Week 6

  • Day 1S3 Data Lake Layout and Partitioning Strategy
  • Day 2Centralized Permission Management with AWS Lake Formation
  • Day 3Open Table Formats: Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake
  • Day 4S3 Storage Management and Cost Optimization
  • Day 5Week 6 Review: Data Lakes

Week 7

  • Day 1Amazon Redshift: Distribution and Sort Keys and Workload Optimization
  • Day 2Amazon Athena: Serverless Queries and Cost Optimization
  • Day 3DynamoDB (Analytics Perspective): Key Design and Stream-Based Pipelines
  • Day 4RDS/Aurora and Store Selection: OLTP, Zero-ETL, Workload-to-Store Decision
  • Day 5Week 7 Comprehensive Review: Analytics Stores Recap

Week 8

  • Day 1Pipeline Monitoring: CloudWatch Metrics, Logs, and Alarms
  • Day 2Data Quality and Validation: Glue Data Quality and Quality Gates
  • Day 3Logging, Audit, and Troubleshooting: CloudTrail and Failure Recovery
  • Day 4Cost and Performance Operations: Monitoring, Sizing, Auto Scaling
  • Day 5Week 8 Comprehensive Review: Data Operations and Support Recap

Week 9

  • Day 1Access Control: IAM and Lake Formation Permissions
  • Day 2Encryption: KMS and Per-Service Encryption
  • Day 3Protecting Sensitive Data: Macie and Masking
  • Day 4Data Governance: Catalog, Lineage, Sharing, and Auditing
  • Day 5Week 9 Review: Security and Governance

Week 10

  • Day 1Integrated Review of Domains 1 & 2: Ingestion, Transformation & Storage Management
  • Day 2Integrated Review of Domains 3 & 4: Operations & Support + Security & Governance
  • Day 3Full-Length Practice Exam Pace: 65 Questions in 130 Minutes, Time Allocation and Scenario Strategy
  • Day 4Commonly Missed Traps and Keywords: The "Requirement → Service" Translation Table
  • Day 5D-Day Wrap-Up: Exam Structure, Time Allocation, and Scenario Decomposition Strategy