What is the Get AWS Certified: Data Engineer – Associate Challenge?

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Cory Tucker
Amazon Employee
Published Mar 19, 2024
Last Modified May 6, 2024

What is the Get AWS Certified: Data Engineer – Associate Challenge?

AWS Certified: Data Engineer - Associate is a brand new AWS Certification that validates your skills and knowledge in core data-related AWS services.
If you're interested in earning the certification, join a community of learners prepping for the exam and participate in the challenge! Anyone who registers for the challenge before July 28, 2024 will receive a 33% discount voucher off their exam.

👍 Who should join the challenge?

Individuals in AWS Cloud data roles looking to boost their confidence, credibility, and career profiles.
This certification is perfect for you if:
  • You have experience building data pipelines
  • You manage data ingestion and transformation for analysis
  • You want to advance your career in roles like cloud data engineer and cloud data architect
  • You nerd out about data, AWS cloud, and learning new skills

📚 A step-by-step guide to exam prep

To get ready for exam day, you can access digital training courses related to the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate exam on AWS Skill Builder. Here you will find the four key steps for exam prep* including AWS Certification Practice Question Sets, free digital courses, and the Exam Prep Official Pretest.
AWS Skill Builder Exam Prep Steps
*Note: AWS does not require you to take any specific AWS training as part of your exam prep.

🤝 Connect with a community of learners

As you prep for this certification, don't go it alone! Share any challenge related feedback or questions by dropping a comment on this post and see what others are talking about too.
Plus, you can engage with AWS experts and peers in real-time during our live Twitch series focused on exam prep for Data Engineer Associate! AWS experts will guide you through the exam domains, providing in-depth explanations, hands-on exercises, and exam-style questions. Full series details below.
Live training on Twitch | AWS Power Hour: Data Engineer Associate
The 6-week live training series is designed to help you prepare for the AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate exam with guidance from AWS experts. Streaming live on Fridays at 8am PT from May 10-June 14, 2024.

🤔 What else do I need to know?

Throughout the duration of the challenge, we will continue to add helpful resources below including the on-demand episodes from the upcoming Twitch series – AWS Power Hour: Data Engineer Associate.
Plus, a few of our AWS experts will be prepping for the exam alongside challenge participants. We will highlight any tips, insights, and support they can share here!

📓💻 Additional resources

Helpful AWS community posts

👇 Don't forget to ask questions

Challenge participants – we want to hear from you! As you work your way toward taking the AWS Certified: Data Engineer - Associate exam, share any challenge related questions or feedback below.
 

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