Overview
This course provides a solid foundation in data engineering concepts, focusing on understanding data principles, building data pipelines, and working with data storage and processing systems. You will gain hands-on experience with techniques and tools that enable efficient data management and scalable architectures, preparing you to handle real-world data engineering challenges.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of data concepts and system design.
- Familiarity with software development or programming (e.g., Java, Scala, or Python).
- Fundamental knowledge of distributed systems is beneficial.
Course Outline
- Overview of Data Engineering concepts
- Data lifecycle and key challenges
- Batch vs. real-time data processing
- Techniques for ingesting data from multiple sources
- Working with APIs, files, and message brokers
- Tools and frameworks for data ingestion
- Understanding different storage paradigms: Relational vs. Non-relational databases
- File systems, data lakes, and cloud-based storage
- Selecting appropriate storage based on use cases
- Batch processing fundamentals
- Real-time stream processing principles
- Data processing tools and frameworks
- Principles of building robust and scalable pipelines
- Optimizing performance and resource management
- Monitoring and maintaining data pipelines
- Data validation, error handling, and recovery strategies
- Best practices for ensuring data quality
- Data governance and security principles
- Case studies on scalable architectures
- Integrating data engineering tools into existing systems
- Common challenges and solutions in production environments