AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate (DEA-C01)

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Learn data engineering on AWS with Stephane Maarek and Frank Kane: pipelines, lakes, warehouses, and every analytics service on the DEA-C01 blueprint.

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AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate (DEA-C01) course by Stephane Maarek

About this course

The AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate validates that you can build data pipelines and manage data platforms on AWS. Co-taught by Stephane Maarek and Frank Kane, this 24-hour course covers the full data engineering toolkit: Glue, Redshift, Kinesis, EMR, Athena, and the orchestration and governance that tie them together.

You'll learn both the how and the when: which service fits which workload, the trade-offs the DEA-C01 exam tests, and the patterns used in real data platforms.

Data ingestion and transformation with Glue, Kinesis, EMR, and Lambda
Data stores in depth: Redshift, S3 data lakes, DynamoDB, and the catalog
Orchestration, operations, and cost optimization for data workloads
Data security and governance: encryption, access control, and compliance
Over 260 practice questions available in the companion practice exams

Co-taught with Frank Kane, founder of Sundog Education and former Amazon machine learning engineer.

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The exam at a glance

Exam code	DEA-C01
Level	Associate
Price	$150 USD
Duration	130 minutes
Questions	65 (multiple choice and multiple response; 50 scored, 15 unscored)
Passing score	720 on a scaled score of 100 to 1,000
Delivery	Pearson VUE, at a test center or online proctored
Languages	English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and more
Recommended experience	1-2 years of data engineering experience and 1-2 years hands-on with AWS recommended
Certification validity	3 years

The exam has 4 domains:

Data Ingestion and Transformation (34%): pipelines with Glue, Kinesis, EMR, and orchestration
Data Store Management (26%): choosing and managing data stores, catalogs, and lifecycles
Data Operations and Support (22%): automating, analyzing, and maintaining data workloads
Data Security and Governance (18%): authentication, authorization, encryption, and governance

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Over 260 brand-new questions for the DEA-C01 exam, with detailed explanations for every option.

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Meet your instructor

Stephane Maarek

Best Selling Instructor, Kafka Guru, 9x AWS Certified · AWS Hero

4.7 average rating · 3.6M+ students · 1,000,000+ reviews

Stephane is an AWS Hero and one of the best-selling instructors on Udemy. His courses on AWS certifications, Claude certifications, and Apache Kafka are trusted by millions of students to pass their exams and, more importantly, to master the technology behind them.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the DEA-C01 exam cost?
$150 USD, taken at a Pearson VUE test center or online proctored.

How many questions does the exam have, and how long is it?
65 questions in 130 minutes. Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect, so never leave one blank: there is no penalty for guessing.

What score do I need to pass?
720 on a scaled score of 100 to 1,000. The scoring is compensatory: you only need to pass overall, not each domain.

Do I need experience before attempting the exam?
There are no prerequisites. Recommended background: 1-2 years of data engineering experience and 1-2 years hands-on with AWS.

How long is the certification valid?
3 years. Recertify by passing the exam again or a higher-level AWS exam.

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