ABDE – Octave Analytics

ASSOCIATE BIG DATA ENGINEER (ABDE)

Big Data Engineering & Development is one of the hottest Big Data career options in the 21^st Century. The Associate Big Data Engineer by the Data Science Council of America will set apart as unique professionals or students with a view to entering this field. The ABDE by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA) is the leading vendor-neutral certification for graduates with backgrounds in technology or numeric disciplines.

A DASCA-ABDE will prove your proficiency and potential in developing and engineering Big Data projects and applications and will open up more opportunities for you to explore in the Big Data space.

How to prepare

Once you have registered for the DASCA-ABDE exams, you will be provided with the full DASCA Certification Preparation Kit to enable you study and prepare for the exams. The DASCA Official Exam Preparation Kit for the ABDE consists of the following:

ABDE Book 1: Essentials of Big Data Programming
ABDE Book 2: Advanced Big Data Programming
ABDE Lab Workbook: Big Data Engineering Lab
E-Lab for practicing Big Data Engineers
Online Learning & Preparation Resources

Examination Scope

The DASCA-ABDE certification will cover the following areas:

A. Data Science

B. Hadoop

– Hadoop & Big Data Analytics
– Storing, Processing and Modelling Data in Hadoop 3
– Hadoop Ecosystem Tools for Big Data Processing

C. Python & Hadoop 3

– Big Data Analytics with Python and Hadoop 3
– Dealing with Data through Python

D. R & Hadoop

– Reviewing R Fundamentals
– Sources of Data
– Concepts of R for Data Analytics
– Popular R packages
– Analyzing Big Data Using R & Hadoop
– Statistical Big Data Analysis using R and Hadoop

E. ML and AI

– Understanding Machine Learning with Python
– R Applications in Machine Learning
– Overview of Artificial Intelligence

F. MongoDB

– MongoDB & Big Data Analytics
– MongoDB Data Structures
– MongoDB Shell Applications

G. Kafka

– Basics of Messaging Systems
– Kafka & Distributed Messaging
– Building ETL Pipelines Using Kafka
– Building Streaming Applications Using Kafka Streams

H. Spark, Scala & Flink

– Big Data Processing with Apache Spark and Scala
– PySpark and SparkR for Big Data Analytics
– Big Data Processing with Apache Flink

I. Hadoop 3 Deployment

– Elasticsearch & Enterprise Big Data search
– Hadoop Cluster Deployment & Security
– Big Data Processing on Cloud
– Building a Data Analytics Pipeline

Certification Cost

The cost of the DASCA-ABDA Certification is $585. Octave Analytics also offers specialized training with data science internship opportunity for an additional $500 to aid your preparation.

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