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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
Candidate Overview
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
Exam Overview
- Format: Multiple choice, multiple answer
- Length: 170 minutes
- Language: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Registration Fee: 300 USD
AWS Training:
- AWS Big Data Forum
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Group
- Big Data Technology Fundamentals
- Big Data on AWS
AWS Whitepapers:
- AWS whitepapers and documentation
- Overview of Amazon Web Services whitepaper, April 2017
- Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practices whitepaper, February 2016
- How AWS Pricing Works whitepaper, March 2016
- The Total Cost of (Non) Ownership of Web Applications in the Cloud whitepaper, August 2012
- Compare AWS Support Plans webpage
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