AWS Data Engineer Associate certification

👋 Welcome to this short and simple repo!

I scored 1000/1000 on the AWS Data Engineer - Associate exam. I hope my materials and cheat sheets help you!

What I did for the preparation:

1. Completed FREE AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate Practice Exam – Sampler
2. Took Planning Large Scale Data Migrations to AWS (for personal interest)
3. Reviewed all questions from Examtopics
4. Checked some concepts hands-on in my AWS Management console

(Disclaimer): I already had experience with core Data Engineering services (Redshift, Athena, Glue, Kinesis, S3) + the Data Analytics Specialty certification (retired) + knowledge of Architecting on AWS + AWS Solutions Architect associate certification.

📌 I do recommend labs, workshops and any relevant hands-on practice.

📌 I do recommend going through fundamental courses, practice exams and example questions:

Courses:

• Udemy course by Stéphane Maarek and Frank Kane

Relevant AWS Skill Builder courses:

• Fundamentals of Analytics on AWS – Part 1
• Fundamentals of Analytics on AWS – Part 2
• Data Engineering on AWS - Foundations

Practice exams:

• Udemy practice exam
• Tutorial Dojo practice exam

Questions:

• Examtopics

Common AWS Data Engineer Associate exam tips: 🏆

1. Focus on what’s being asked: e.g., LEAST operational overhead, MOST cost-effective, FASTEST queries, LEAST latency.
2. Pay attention to question details: data sources, on-premise or on AWS, data size, access patterns, etc.
3. Note specific requirements: fault tolerance, low latency, no public Internet access, etc.
4. Eliminate answers that don't make any sense.
5. For the options remained: choose the most suitable option based on points 1-3.
6. [EXTRA] Does the question scenario remind you anything mentioned in the how-to directory?
7. Unsure? Flag it for review and move on.
8. Stay calm and enjoy the exam—you've got this!