Data Engineering Foundations

About this course

Understand how data platforms connect sources, storage, pipelines and governance to deliver usable data.

This foundation course is part of the Data Engineering & Platforms school. The curriculum includes an estimated 10 of study content. Instructor-led delivery is available online or offline; session schedules are confirmed during enrollment.5 h.

Course curriculum

• Module 1 — What Data Engineers Do
• Module 2 — Data Sources
• Module 3 — Storage Choices
• Module 4 — Batch and Streaming
• Module 5 — ETL, ELT and Pipelines
• Module 6 — Quality, Lineage and Governance
• Module 7 — The Modern Data Platform

Applied learning

• Case Study — Pennard Fresh Builds Its First Data Platform
• Lab 1 — Trace a metric from dashboard to source
• Lab 2 — A first batch pipeline
• Lab 3 — A platform sketch
• Capstone — A Data Flow from Source to Trusted Metric

Who this course is for

Student / Beginner; Data Professional; Engineer / Architect

Prerequisites

No prerequisite course is listed in the academy catalog.

Course details

• Course code: NE-DE-101
• Level: Foundation
• Estimated duration: 10.5 h
• Delivery: Self-Paced