Data Engineering Tasks and Components
- Explain the role of a data engineer.
- Understand the differences between a data source and a data sink.
- Explain the different types of data formats.
- Explain the storage solution options on Google Cloud.
- Learn about the metadata management options on Google Cloud.
- Understand how to share datasets with ease using Analytics Hub.
- Understand how to load data into BigQuery using the Google Cloud console or the gcloud CLI.
Data Replication and Migration
- Explain the baseline Google Cloud data replication and migration architecture.
- Understand the options and use cases for the gcloud command-line tool.
- Explain the functionality and use cases for Storage Transfer Service.
- Explain the functionality and use cases for Transfer Appliance.
- Understand the features and deployment of Datastream.
The Extract and Load Data Pipeline Pattern
- Explain the baseline extract and load architecture diagram.
- Understand the options of the bq command-line tool.
- Explain the functionality and use cases for BigQuery Data Transfer Service.
- Explain the functionality and use cases for BigLake as a non-extract-load Pattern.
The Extract, Load, and Transform Data Pipeline Pattern
- Explain the baseline extract, load, and transform architecture diagram.
- Understand a common ELT pipeline on Google Cloud.
- Learn about BigQuery’s SQL scripting and scheduling capabilities.
- Explain the functionality and use cases for Dataform.
The Extract, Transform and Load Data Pipeline Pattern
- Explain the baseline extract, transform, and load architecture diagram.
- Learn about the GUI tools on Google Cloud used for ETL data pipelines.
- Explain batch data processing using Dataproc.
- Learn how to use Dataproc Serverless for Spark for ETL.
- Explain streaming data processing options.
- Explain the role Bigtable plays in data pipelines.
Automation Techniques
- Explain the automation patterns and options available for pipelines.
- Learn about Cloud Scheduler and Workflows.
- Learn about Cloud Composer.
- Learn about Cloud Run functions.
- Explain the functionality and automation use cases for Eventarc.
Exams and Assessments
No formal examinations for this course.
Hands-on Learning
Within this course there are opportunities for learners to engage in hands-on labs to support module learning.
In addition, each module will also have a quiz, to support knowledge capture.
