The AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty exam validates technical skills and experience in designing and implementing AWS services to derive value from data. The examination is for individuals who perform complex Big Data analyses and validates an individual’s ability to:
- Implement core AWS Big Data services according to basic architecture best practices
- Design and maintain Big Data
- Leverage tools to automate data analysis
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or a current Associate-level certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate recommended
- Minimum five years hands-on experience in a data analytics field
- Background in defining and architecting AWS Big Data services with the ability to explain how they fit in the data life cycle of collection, ingestion, storage, processing, and visualization
- Experience in designing a scalable and cost-effective architecture to process data
- Format: Multiple choice, multiple answer
- Length: 170 minutes
- Language: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Registration Fee: 300 USD
- Recommended for Study: Big Data Technology Fundamentals and Big Data on AWS, plus Big Data-focused AWS whitepapers and documentation
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